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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government whether it will detail the protocols that are in place for making an arrest when children are present.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the repeal of section 32 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 will impact the implementation of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the flexibility provided by the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Act 2015 to reduce the number of prisoners being released on a Friday is being used to its full potential.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on the Scottish Prison Service Digital Strategy.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what assessment has been made of the level of threat to IT systems from international cyberattacks.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment by the education secretary during the ministerial statement on 19 September 2019 to repeal parts 4 and 5 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Official Report, c. 52), when it plans to formally do so, and whether it plans to repeal any other legislation in connection to the named person scheme.
To ask the Scottish Government how many trainee radiographer posts have been (a) available and (b) unfilled in each year since 2014-15.
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent on child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in each year since 2014-15, also broken down by what percentage of the NHS budget this represents.
To ask the Scottish Government what barriers it has identified for people with a self-identified disability to undertake a modern apprenticeship in the (a) construction and related, (b) creative and cultural skills, (c) engineering and energy-related, (d) financial services, (e) food and drink, (f) management and (g) transport and logistics occupational grouping.
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports people with a self-identified disability to undertake a modern apprenticeship.