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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 10 December 2024
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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.

Question reference: S5O-00139

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 14 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making regarding investment in rolling out superfast broadband to communities in Fife, Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross.

Question reference: S5W-02093

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in relation to Police Scotland officers having second jobs.

Question reference: S5W-02005

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action NHS Fife is taking to support (a) Forth Valley Royal and (b) Victoria Hospital in meeting the target of at least 98% of people waiting no longer than four hours from arrival to admission, discharge or transfer for accident and emergency treatment.

Question reference: S5W-01915

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 August 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS patients have been treated in private hospitals in each year since 2011, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5O-00120

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent figures suggesting that the number of drug-related deaths is at a record level, what action it is taking to tackle drug dependency.

Question reference: S5W-02091

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to address the level of problem online gambling.

Question reference: S5W-01986

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local authorities in (a) Mid Scotland and Fife and (b) the rest of the country to improve the condition of roads and pavements.