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
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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Question reference: S5W-27125
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 6 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason lawyers employed by it and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service are not subject to the same pay scales.
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Question reference: S5W-27126
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 6 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent in total on staff costs by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in each financial year since 2014-15.
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Question reference: S5W-27127
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 6 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the current pay scales are for lawyers employed by (a) it and (b) the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
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Question reference: S5W-26896
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area have been recorded as having alcohol-related brain damage in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-26892
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recently reported alcohol-related brain damage statistics, which suggest that the number of people with this condition is at a 10-year high.
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Question reference: S5O-04057
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce delays at A&E departments.
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Question reference: S5W-26666
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the Cabinet Secretary for Justice has met the Chair of the Scottish Police Authority since December 2017, and whether it will publish the minutes.
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Question reference: S5W-26893
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what alcohol-related brain damage treatment services there are in the (a) NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area and (b) rest of Scotland, and what action it plans to improve the level of services available.
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Question reference: S5O-04022
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local authorities in preparation for Brexit.
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Question reference: S5F-03853
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2020
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that Police Scotland has spent £11.6 million in compensation over the last five years.
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