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
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Question reference: S5W-18235
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to ensure that full integration provides an enhanced service, whether, post-integration, railway policing in Scotland will be evaluated according to the same performance criteria as the remaining British Transport Police, or whether it will be assessed against different criteria from those used at present.
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Question reference: S5W-18239
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates the Police Scotland Digital, Data and ICT strategy, which is being developed in line with Policing 2026, will cost; where British Transport Police integration sits within the plan, and what the information and communications technology costs associated with integration are.
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Question reference: S5W-18237
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) undertake and (b) publish an analysis of Police Scotland's capacity and capability to absorb railway policing before a decision is made on the new implementation date for their integration.
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Question reference: S5W-18242
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government who will conduct the independent gateway review of the integration of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland; whether the resulting report will be published once the review concludes, and, if so, when this will be.
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Question reference: S5W-18240
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the proposed information and communications technology programme associated with the integration of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland will fully address the public safety concerns that were raised in February 2018, and whether it will provide details of what those public safety concerns were.
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Question reference: S5W-18236
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent Scottish Police Authority report, which states that Police Scotland may not have the capacity or capability to absorb rail policing and that there may be significant differences in running costs to those at present, whether it expects any Train Operating Companies to meet any additional costs.
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Question reference: S5W-18243
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Scottish Police Authority and (b) Police Scotland plans to reduce the cost of railway policing post-integration, and, if so, how.
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Question reference: S5W-18241
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the pension provision for British Transport Police officers in Scotland following integration with Police Scotland, which body will cover the longer-term liabilities that have been estimated at between £45 and £100 million, and whether it will provide a statutory guarantee that it will meet these liabilities.
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Question reference: S5W-18178
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns regarding safety risks and the financial cost of full integration, whether it will consider the option of a commissioned service model for the devolution of British Transport Police.
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Question reference: S5W-18177
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that a new Scottish Police Authority report states that Police Scotland may not have the capacity and capability to absorb the work of the British Transport Police, and that there may be significant differences between actual costs and previous estimates.