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Questions and answers

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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 4 October 2025
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Question reference: S4O-02344

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what statutory duties local education authorities must consider when reorganising school estates.

Question reference: S4O-02200

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for people with autism when engaging with the legal system.

Question reference: S4O-02158

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what help is available to local authorities and social housing agencies to build new homes.

Question reference: S4W-14427

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 7 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time students from the country's most deprived areas, and who started their course over the last three years, would have been eligible to pay the graduate endowment fee.

Question reference: S4O-01959

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how successful this year's Scottish Communities League Cup has been at promoting its values of Respect, Responsibility and Tolerance.

Question reference: S4W-12826

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many consultants specialising in paediatrics were employed by the NHS in September (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008, (d) 2009, (e) 2010, (f) 2011 and (g) 2012 and what the annual change was, expressed as a percentage.

Question reference: S4O-01809

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the so-called bedroom tax will have on families in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-01795

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making to integrate the transport system.

Question reference: S4O-01749

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle metal theft.

Question reference: S4O-01717

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the Department of Work and Pensions' Work Programme is having on unemployment in Scotland.