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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 24 July 2025
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Question reference: S3W-19690

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 22 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of findings from the University of Stirling published in the British Journal of Psychiatry in January 2009, indicating that 13.8% of children self-harmed and a further 14.4% thought seriously about self-harm, what steps it has taken or will take to improve emotional literacy in schools.

Question reference: S3O-05592

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to publish responses to the recent consultation on agricultural pay and conditions.

Question reference: S3W-19691

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive which programmes in the Choose Life or Breathing Space initiatives are designed to address the problems of self-harm in children.

Question reference: S3W-19687

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S3O-5063 and S3W-18359 by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 and 8 December 2008 respectively, whether it will set out the timeline by which information on healthcare associated infection (HAI) will be made available to the public in a form broken down by individual hospital and with a commentary to assist understanding of variations in the HAI rate.

Question reference: S3W-19481

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that when provision at the State Hospital is reduced to 140 beds there will be adequate provision in high, medium and low secure units for (a) male and (b) female offenders requiring inpatient treatment.

Question reference: S3W-19478

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that there is effective support in the community for offenders with severe and enduring mental illness on release and how it will monitor effectiveness.

Question reference: S3W-19689

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-18262 by Kenny MacAskill on 8 December 2008, whether medical information obtained (a) on admission, (b) from any health screening undertaken, (c) from any health education or improvement programme and (d) from any attendance at a medical or nursing centre or any specific physical, mental or dental service is conveyed to the prisoner’s general medical or dental practitioner on release.

Question reference: S3W-19508

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cycles of IVF and ICSI per person can be provided by each NHS board.

Question reference: S3W-19509

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to the implications of a move towards single embryo transfer.

Question reference: S3W-19507

  • Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether infertility treatment will be included in the 18-week waiting time initiative.