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-14412
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 21 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it expects the number of (a) firefighters, (b) fire stations and (c) fire appliances to change as a result of the transformation plan for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and when it was informed of these changes.
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Question reference: S5W-14415
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 21 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it indicated to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service that it would provide the increase in budget to facilitate the transformation plan.
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Question reference: S5W-14182
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that EMIS, which provides electronic GP records products, has failed to meet standards across three categories in its service-level agreement with NHS Digital in England, what assessment it has made of whether this will impact on any services that the company provides to the NHS in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-14123
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of all meetings between ministers and members or former members of the Scottish Police Authority Board since 2015, including whether there was a minute taken of the meeting.
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Question reference: S5T-00900
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported allegations of “government interference” in the independence of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner.
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Question reference: S5W-13862
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the effectiveness of the relationship between the Scottish Police Authority and ministers and officials, and whether it plans to review this relationship.
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Question reference: S5W-13864
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of what (a) meetings and (a) phone calls there have been between ministers and members of the board of the Scottish Police Authority, and which of these were minuted.
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Question reference: S5W-13863
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 24 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that lawyers from the Edinburgh Bar Association have unanimously voted to resign from the police station duty scheme and that the Glasgow Bar Association is due to vote on this, what action it plans to address the reported concerns regarding the workload issues that are associated with the scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-13798
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 24 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there is a gap in the publication of statistics for racist incidents recorded by the Police Scotland, and when they will next be published.
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Question reference: S5W-13799
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there is a gap in the publication of prison statistics and population projections, and when they will next be published.
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