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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 29 May 2025
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Question reference: S1W-28257

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 September 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have now been identified as eligible for a share of the Scottish Transport Group Pension Fund schemes and whether this number is in excess of the planning figure of 17,000.

Question reference: S1W-27858

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what M77 hourly flows were used in the assessment of whether the design of the proposed M77/Glasgow South Orbital junction will have sufficient capacity on opening and after 15 years.

Question reference: S1W-27857

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the morning and afternoon peak hour weekday traffic flow on the A77 at Raithburn, Fenwick, has been in each of the last six months.

Question reference: S1W-27855

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 20 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to amend National Planning Policy Guideline 9 (NPPG9), particularly in respect of the minimum spacing distance between motorway service stations, and what action it would take if a local authority did not take NPPG9 into account in granting a planning application.

Question reference: S1W-28201

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what provision is made for drug misusers who leave HM Prison Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S1W-27206

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26635 by Lewis Macdonald on 25 June 2002, whether it will further improve safety measures to take account of recent accidents and the latest figures on traffic use of the Fenwick to Malletsheugh stretch prior to the completion of the scheduled upgrade of the A77.

Question reference: S1W-26730

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25917 by Cathy Jamieson on 29 May 2002, what action will be taken to evaluate the compliance with, and implementation of, attendance orders made under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.

Question reference: S1W-26636

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that the construction time taken to upgrade the Fenwick to Malletsheugh section of the A77 is reduced to the minimum amount necessary to secure the effective upgrading of that section of the road.

Question reference: S1W-26635

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to reduce the number of accidents on the A77 prior to the completion of the scheduled upgrade.

Question reference: S1W-26732

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 14 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what stage it has reached in its roll-out of Victim Liaison Offices across Scotland.