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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government how many virtual prison visits there have been each month since January 2020, broken down by prison.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of mobile telephone calls that have been made by prisoners to (a) Samaritans, (b) Breathing Space and (c) other mental health helplines in each month since April 2020, broken down by prison.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there has been a delay with the statutory consultation on the merger of Shetland College with Train Shetland and the North Atlantic Fisheries College Marine Centre; by what date the consultation will begin, and how long it will last.
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to the calls for young people living on Scotland's islands to be given first refusal for available housing in order to tackle depopulation.
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners were moved to the Open Prison system from elsewhere in the prison system (a) during 2020 to date and (b) from 23 March 2020 to date.
To ask the Scottish Government how many community disposal orders have been issued (a) during 2020 to date and (b) from 23 March 2020 to date.
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners have been released (a) during 2020 to date and (b) from 23 March 2020 to date.
To ask the Scottish Government how many electronic tagging orders have been issued (a) during 2020 to date and (b) from 23 March 2020 to date.
To ask the Scottish Government how many environmental health officers from each local authority area have been seconded to NHS Test and Protect teams.
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of care-experienced 18- to 26-year-olds received support from the extension to them of eligibility for free NHS dental care that was announced in the 2019-20 Programme for Government.