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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

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: S4W-10132

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government on what date the First Minister’s office asked Donald Trump to put his name to a statement supporting the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and what response it received.

Question reference: S4W-10140

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the First Minister asked Donald Trump to put his name to a statement supporting the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi.

Question reference: S4O-01594

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged without having been fully paid since 2009.

Question reference: S4O-01575

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 5 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the business rates incentivisation scheme will allow a local authority to retain 50% of any additional non-domestic rates that it raises beyond a set annual target.

Question reference: S4T-00150

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many people appeared in court without legal representation on 3 December 2012 as a result of protest action by defence solicitors in Aberdeen, Forfar, Arbroath, Dundee, Perth, Alloa, Falkirk and Dunfermline.

Question reference: S4W-11283

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the process will be for setting the Police Service of Scotland’s 2013-14 budget.

Question reference: S4W-11353

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will make a decision on the operation of the independent custody visiting scheme and when it will make this available to the (a) Scottish Police Authority, (b) chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland and (c) Parliament.

As I said in response to the member’s question S4W-10175, answered on 2 November 2012, decisions on the administration and operation of the custody visiting scheme will be a matter for the Scottish Police Authority.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

Question reference: S4W-11351

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings officials from the Directorate for Justice have had with organisers of independent custody visiting schemes since May 2007 and on what dates.

Question reference: S4W-11274

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the (a) Scottish Police Authority or (b) chief constable will be responsible for terms and conditions of the Police Service of Scotland’s (i) officers and (ii) civilian staff.

The terms and conditions of police officers are set out in regulations made under Section 48 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 and are subject to negotiation through the Police Negotiating Board (PNB). The Scottish Police Authority and the chief constable will be members of PNB from 1 April 2013.

The setting of terms and conditions for civilian police staff is a matter for the Scottish Police Authority.

Question reference: S4W-11271

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Police Authority will (a) administer and (b) distribute the budget of the Police Service of Scotland.