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-14556
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many air weapons were presumed to be in circulation when the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 came into force, and how many have been subsequently (a) legalised through the granting of a licence and (b) handed in to Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-14557
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many licence applications under the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 have been (a) awarded, also broken down by how many were subsequently revoked, and (b) refused.
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Question reference: S5W-14563
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement that a new pension fund for retired British Transport Police (BTP) officers will be established around the time of merger with Police Scotland, how much the so-called triple-lock guarantee will cost in the (a) short, (b) medium and (c) long term; from which budget line this will be drawn, and whether allocating this money to cover the pension fund will lead to a reduction in other services and, if so, which.
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Question reference: S5W-14864
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the recommendation by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Scotland, published in August 2017, to carry out a detailed analysis of the benefits, disbenefits and risks of the transfer of railway policing has been discharged.
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Question reference: S5W-14558
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many crimes have been committed since the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 came into force, in which it has been suspected that the perpetrator used an illegally-held air weapon.
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Question reference: S5W-14555
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many weapons have been seized in the course of criminal investigations under the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015.
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Question reference: S5W-14713
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 6 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13691 by Annabelle Ewing on 24 January 2018, what progress has been made with the establishment of the joint working group; what the key milestones are in this process; what the reason has been for the reported delay with it being set up, and whether the Orange Order will be invited to join and/or participate in it.
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Question reference: S5W-14729
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations the Scottish Prison Service is taking to implement the no smoking policy across the prison estate, which is due to be introduced in November 2018, and whether electronic cigarettes will be permitted.
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Question reference: S5W-14734
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) officers and (b) other staff have been absent due to sickness in each of the last three years, broken down by prison.
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Question reference: S5W-14813
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of body-worn video cameras for prison staff, in light of the plans to introduce this at HMP Addiewell.