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.
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To ask the Scottish Government which budget lines will be affected by the proposed transfer of responsibilities from the British Transport Police to Police Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will retain a rail policing specialism following the proposed transfer of responsibilities from the British Transport Police to Police Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government how many operationally deployable officers Police Scotland has, and how this compares with each year since 2011.
To ask the Scottish Government what service improvements it expects following the proposed transfer of responsibilities from the British Transport Police to Police Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03318 by Kevin Stewart on 17 October 2016, whether it will provide a breakdown of the offences committed by those people who were identified as homeless when entering prison in 2015-16.
To ask the Scottish Government what was the average age of the Police Scotland vehicle fleet in each year since the creation of the single police force.
To ask the Scottish Government how it tackles discrimination against Gypsy/Travellers.
To ask the Scottish Government what housing support and advice services are available for prisoners in each prison to ensure that they have suitable accommodation on their release.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take (a) prior to the implementation of and (b) as part of the new community justice system to provide prisoners and former prisoners with housing support and advice to sustain or find a tenancy when they leave prison.
To ask the Scottish Government how many former prisoners who are homeless on release go on to reoffend, broken down by (a) prison, (b) region and (c) local authority.