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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

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Question reference: S4W-25993

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 16 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what organisations or agencies are permitted to prepare a Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) report for consideration by Transport Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-04433

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration can be given to individual patient treatment requests for further or repeat courses when the initial treatment has had some success.

Question reference: S4W-25566

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 15 May 2015
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it will give to the (a) breeding, (b) advertising and (c) sale of puppies in its review of the trade and importation of exotic animals for the pet trade.

Question reference: S4O-04405

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent Audit Scotland report, which estimates that there may be a £42.7 million gap in the funding of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in 2019-20.

Question reference: S4W-25278

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 April 2015
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 12 May 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the University of the West of Scotland regarding the provision of additional Postgraduate Diploma of Education places at its Crichton campus to train school support staff employed by Dumfries and Galloway Council as teachers.

Question reference: S4W-25310

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 April 2015
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 30 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the grant application process for national awards is made as accessible as possible to local committee volunteers who do not have professional experience.

Question reference: S4F-02745

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 April 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 April 2015

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to recent reports that police officers are manipulating the recording of crime statistics by using their discretionary powers to prevent reported incidents being recorded as crimes.

Question reference: S4W-25061

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 March 2015
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 2 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what action owner occupiers can take when they are dissatisfied by the factoring service provided by a registered social landlord that owns properties in the block or area concerned.

The Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 provides protections for homeowners who use the services of any property factor, including a property factor which is a registered social landlord.

Homeowners who are unhappy about the service provided by their property factor should, in the first instance, raise the matter with the factor directly and follow the factor’s own internal complaints procedure. If the homeowner remains dissatisfied, they can apply to have their case considered by the Homeowner Housing Panel, which can issue legally-binding enforcement orders.

Question reference: S4W-24792

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what transport arrangements can be made for patients with suppressed immune systems to access treatments offered only at specialist hospitals.

The Scottish Ambulance Service operates the patient transport service which is aimed at patients who require clinical support during transportation in attending healthcare appointments. The patient transport service will advise patients who do not meet their criteria of alternative transport options. These alternatives apply to all patient groups and does not differentiate between illness and condition but do vary according to health boards.

Question reference: S4W-24704

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many wind turbines have been decommissioned in each of the last two years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) location and (b) the reason for decommissioning.