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: S6W-21680
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been in Scotland under section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-21678
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been in Scotland under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-21232
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20398 by Patrick Harvie on 31 August 2023, how many properties have installed one or more renewable systems measures with funding from the Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan scheme, broken down by the measures installed at each property, since the scheme was established.
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Question reference: S6W-21234
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many properties have received Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan funding for one or more energy efficiency measures, since the scheme was established.
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Question reference: S6W-21395
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06805 by Keith Brown on 3 March 2022, how many hours of purposeful activity prisoners had, on average, per week in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023, broken down by prison.
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Question reference: S6W-21353
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people made a non-directed kidney donation in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-21351
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government in how many cases family members overrode their relatives' (a) express and (b) deemed authorisation for organ donation after death, in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-21233
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many properties have received Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan funding, since the scheme was established.
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Question reference: S6W-21403
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated for the Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan scheme in (a) total and (b) each year since the scheme was introduced.
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Question reference: S6W-20885
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 25 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce secondary legislation regarding police scrutiny that is not currently provided for by the Police (Ethics, Conduct, and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill, but is conditional on the passage of the Bill.