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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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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 15 June 2025
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Question reference: S5F-00310

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 September 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2016

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the comment by the chief constable that it will "take a two-to-three-year adjustment period" to balance Police Scotland's finances.

Question reference: S5W-02683

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Police Authority's statement that the agreement it reached with Accenture on the termination of the i6 programme did not result in "financial detriment to the police budget" takes account of expenditure on the project over the last four financial years.

Question reference: S5W-02691

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Justice has had sight of the Scottish Police Authority's long-term financial strategy up to 2025-26, and when this will be made publicly available.

Question reference: S5W-02685

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a different payment structure for the provision of railway policing to railway operators following the proposed merger of the British Transport Police and Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-02684

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its report on the consultation process to integrate D Division of the British Transport Police into Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-02681

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it was made aware of the Scottish Police Authority's decision to terminate the i6 contract with Accenture.

Question reference: S5W-02682

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what contingency plans have been put in place for an operational policing IT system following the Scottish Police Authority's decision to terminate the i6 project with Accenture.

Question reference: S5F-00218

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 September 2016

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the Faculty of Advocates' reported concerns that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is under resourced.

Question reference: S5W-01692

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring it carries out in respect of waiting times for subsequent treatments for chronic pain relief procedures after a patient has had an initial pain relief treatment.

Question reference: S5W-01690

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the pain management budget has been in each NHS board area in each year since 2010.