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-08314
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the average frequency of monitoring visits per prison is by (a) independent prison monitors and (b) prison monitoring coordinators.
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Question reference: S5W-08322
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what work has been undertaken to assess prisoners’ awareness of independent prison monitors and prison monitoring coordinators.
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Question reference: S5W-08319
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Independent Prison Monitoring Advisory Group has met.
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Question reference: S5W-08304
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) publish a record of all phone calls, (b) release all (i) written and (ii) electronic correspondence and (c) publish details of all meetings, including all formal and informal minutes and notes, between ministers and (A) Police Scotland and (B) the Scottish Police Authority regarding the proposed merger of the British Transport Police in Scotland into Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-08300
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) publish a record of all phone calls, (b) release all (i) written and (ii) electronic correspondence and (c) publish details of all meetings, including all formal and informal minutes and notes, between ministers and the rail unions regarding the proposed merger of the British Transport Police in Scotland into Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-08288
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) publish a record of all phone calls, (b) release all (i) written and (ii) electronic correspondence and (c) publish details of all meetings, including all formal and informal minutes and notes, between ministers and rail operators regarding the proposed merger of the British Transport Police in Scotland into Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-08308
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) publish a record of all phone calls, (b) release all (i) written and (ii) electronic correspondence and (c) publish details of all meetings, including all formal and informal minutes and notes, between ministers and (A) charities and (B) other third sector bodies regarding the proposed merger of the British Transport Police in Scotland into Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-08292
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) publish a record of all phone calls, (b) release all (i) written and (ii) electronic correspondence and (c) publish details of all meetings, including all formal and informal minutes and notes, between ministers and the (A) British Transport Police and (B) British Transport Police Authority regarding the proposed merger of the British Transport Police in Scotland into Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-08296
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) publish a record of all phone calls, (b) release all (i) written and (ii) electronic correspondence and (c) publish details of all meetings, including all formal and informal minutes and notes, between ministers and (A) the Scottish Police Federation and (B) other police staff representative bodies regarding the proposed merger of the British Transport Police in Scotland into Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-00777
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to claims that return patients who require regular treatment are not counted in chronic pain waiting times, and what action it is taking to address the reported excessive delays that some face before receiving treatment.
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