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-05426
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on its senior (a) civil service and (b) agency posts being filled on an interim basis by staff hired through agencies or third-party employers; how many positions are currently filled in this manner, and have been in each of the last five years, broken down by the (i) position filled and (ii) name of the agency or third party-employer; what criteria are used to determine whether such an appointment is necessary; what role its (A) Director-General, Finance and (B) finance directorate have in the process, and whether the final decision on each is subject to ministerial approval and if so, whether it will provide details of which ministers have approved these.
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Question reference: S5W-05430
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths in prisons there have been in each of the last five years, and in how many cases the cause of death has been recorded as “undetermined”.
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Question reference: S5O-00504
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed transport issues in Fife with ScotRail.
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Question reference: S5W-05428
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many community payback orders in each of the last five years have included a requirement for the treatment of alcohol problems.
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Question reference: S5W-05429
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it is providing to develop bail supervision as an alternative to remand.
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Question reference: S5W-04944
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports concerning the strip-searching of children and young people by Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-00413
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent child obesity figures, whether it will commit to establishing a specific children's food policy, as highlighted by the work of the Food Commission.
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Question reference: S5W-04655
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03425 by Michael Matheson on 26 October 2016, how many of those convicted were given a custodial sentence each year of (a) less than three, (b) between three and six, (c) between six and nine and (d) between nine and 12 months.
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Question reference: S5W-04060
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to hold a charity event, similar to the M74 Hike and Bike, prior to the opening of the Queensferry Crossing and, if so, what discussions it has had with charities such as MND Scotland regarding such a proposal.
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Question reference: S5W-04107
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 9 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government in what month it will introduce the (a) Limitation (Childhood Abuse), (b) Railway Policing, (c) Expenses and Funding of Civil Litigation and (d) Contract (Third Part Rights) Bill.
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