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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-20412

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-20069 by Kenny MacAskill on 21 March 2014, how many nationally deployed police officers are based in (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire and Moray.

Question reference: S4W-20070

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers there have been in Aberdeenshire and Moray in each quarter since the second quarter of 2013.

The Scottish Government now publishes national police officer numbers. Sub-national police officer numbers are not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

Police Scotland published sub-national police officer numbers as at 31 December 2013, on the 4 March 2014; they can be found at:

http://www.scotland.police.uk/about-us/police-scotland/212598/

This was the first publication of sub-national police officer numbers since 31 March 2013. These statistics include the number of dedicated local police officers deployed in Aberdeenshire and Moray division, the number of regionally deployed police officers in North region along with the number of nationally deployed police officers available to provide support whenever and wherever Aberdeenshire and Moray division require.

Question reference: S4W-20069

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers there have been in Aberdeen City in each quarter since the second quarter of 2013.

The Scottish Government now publishes national police officer numbers. Sub-national police officer numbers are not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

Police Scotland published sub-national police officer numbers as at 31 December 2014, on the 4 March 2014; they can be found at:

http://www.scotland.police.uk/about-us/police-scotland/212598/

This was the first publication of sub-national police officer numbers since 31 March 2013. These statistics include the number of dedicated local police officers deployed in Aberdeen City division, the number of regionally deployed police officers in North region along with the number of nationally deployed police officers available to provide support whenever and wherever Aberdeen City division require.

Question reference: S4W-20068

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers there were in Grampian Police in each quarter between the first quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2013.

Question reference: S4W-19976

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2014
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-19659 by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 February 2014, what discussions the Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs had with members of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Board (SFRS) regarding the decision not to hold a public consultation on the closure of fire control rooms following the programme of engagement carried out by the SFRS Board on this issue.

Question reference: S4O-03029

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it will support strategic infrastructure developments in the Aberdeen city region.

Question reference: S4W-19660

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2014
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 6 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it was aware in advance of the decision to revise the costings of the options for fire control rooms on the day of the meeting of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Board on 30 January 2014.

Question reference: S4O-03014

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what special measures are being put in place to allow families from the north and north east of Scotland to attend the Scottish League Cup Final in Glasgow on 16 March 2014.

Question reference: S4W-19662

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2014
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government which ministers have met senior officers from the (a) Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Board and (b) the Scottish Police Authority since April 2013; when those meetings took place; where they were held, and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S4W-19661

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2014
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Police Authority on its decision not to hold a public consultation on the closure of police control rooms.