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-18229
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to spending the Barnett consequential of £11.6 million that arose from the UK Government’s announcement of £100 million to support computer science education development, which is assigned to Industry Strategy Skills in the Autumn Budget, specifically on computer science education.
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Question reference: S5W-18018
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17535 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 July 2018, when it will complete its consideration of the recent UK Supreme Court judgement.
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Question reference: S5W-17620
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency calls were made and responded to by the Scottish Ambulance Service within (a) 10 mins, (b) 30 mins, (c) 1 hour and (d) 2 hours, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-17528
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it anticipates it will pay Ernst & Young in total for its work on the proposed merger of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-17614
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 30 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of some families reportedly waiting over four years for official confirmation of the cause of the death, what assistance it is giving to family members affected by failures to complete fatal accident inquires for inmates dying in prison.
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Question reference: S5W-17611
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 30 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the longest time is for a fatal accident inquiry to be (a) completed and (b) currently awaiting completion following a death in custody.
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Question reference: S5W-17615
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 30 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many fatal accident inquiries have (a) taken place and (b) not yet taken place for deaths in custody in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-17612
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 30 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason fatal accident inquires are yet to be held for people who died in custody four years ago.
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Question reference: S5W-17613
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 30 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there are long delays in conducting fatal accident inquires following a death in custody.
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Question reference: S5W-17616
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 30 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) mean and (b) median number of months it takes for a fatal accident inquiry report to be published following a death in custody.