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: S4W-04814
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people serving sentences of more than four years have been released early in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-04813
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been released under automatic unconditional early release in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-04815
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people received or have received community service orders in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2008-09, (e) 2007-08 and (f) 2006-07.
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Question reference: S4W-04806
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it expects the Scottish Police Service to initiate a voluntary redundancy scheme in 2011-12.
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Question reference: S4W-04816
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community service orders have not been or were not completed in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2008-09, (e) 2007-08 and (f) 2006-07.
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Question reference: S4W-04819
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it expects that the VAT liability will be of a single (a) police force and (b) fire service.
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Question reference: S4W-04802
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the Scottish Court Service regarding future court structures.
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Question reference: S4W-04818
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people received or have received custodial sentences in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2008-09, (e) 2007-08 and (f) 2006-07.
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Question reference: S4W-04811
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time (i) judges and (ii) sheriffs the Scottish Court Service employs.
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