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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 12 November 2024
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Question reference: S5O-00326

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported £42.7 million funding gap in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

Question reference: S5W-03919

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Bus Investment Fund support for the Ring of Breadalbane Explorer minibus service in Perth and Kinross is for three years only; what analysis it has carried out of demand for this service, and what its position is on extending the support.

Question reference: S5W-03535

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to Police Scotland to help tackle drug-related crime.

Question reference: S5O-00294

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to minimise antibiotic resistance in livestock.

Question reference: S5O-00267

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle cybercrime in light of the challenges faced by Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-03260

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle ScotRail's performance regarding delays to train services in Mid Scotland and Fife.

Question reference: S5W-03259

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason waiting time targets for treatment for cancer are reportedly not being met in Mid Scotland and Fife.

Question reference: S5W-03261

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle reported GP shortages in NHS Forth Valley.

Question reference: S5W-03027

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what progress Police Scotland is making with regard to the rationalisation of control rooms.

Question reference: S5W-02150

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report in the Stirling Observer on 24 August 2016, which states that in NHS Forth Valley over the last year (a) 20,000 people did not turn up for appointments, (b) 5,500 people did not attend nurse-led outpatient appointments and (c) nearly 1,000 people did not attend appointments with allied health professionals; what the cost of this has been to the NHS board, and what support it is providing to encourage people to attend appointments.