Parliamentary Questions in the German Bundestag Dataset 1980-2017

The dataset provides information on the number of parliamentary questions (PQs) tabled in the German Bundestag between 1980 and 2017. It contains party-portfolio dyads and gives information on the number of oral and written PQs that government parties submitted to a ministry in a single legislative period. In addition, the dataset provides several party- and cabinet-specific variables (e.g. issue salience, policy positions) for systematic analyses of questioning behavior in the German Bundestag.本数据集提供了1980年至2017年间德国联邦议院（German Bundestag）内提交的议会质询（Parliamentary Questions，PQs）的相关统计信息。数据集包含政党-职权范畴二元组数据，并提供了单个立法任期内执政党向各政府部门提交的口头与书面议会质询的数量详情。此外，本数据集还涵盖若干政党与内阁专属变量（如议题显著性、政策立场），可用于针对德国联邦议院议会质询行为开展系统性分析研究。