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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 28 January 2026
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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: 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-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: 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-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.

Question reference: S5W-01691

  • 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 (a) average and (b) longest wait has been for patients to receive subsequent pain relief procedures following their initial pain relief treatment in each NHS board area in each of the last five years.

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-01012

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 21 July 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of figures published in Police Scotland's Management Information Force Report: Quarter 4 2015/16, which show a 3.3% rise since 2014-15, whether it plans to re-evaluate its strategy to tackle the crime of handling a bladed or pointed instrument.

Question reference: S5W-01013

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice’s announcement on 9 June 2016 that more offenders will be subject to electronic tagging, whether there will be a new procurement process for an electronic monitoring service.

Question reference: S5W-01016

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many offenders convicted of crimes or offences related to domestic violence have been electronically tagged in each of the last five years.