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-10940
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many services on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen route since 1 January 2016 were held for one minute or more at the single track section at Usan.
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Question reference: S5W-10853
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what processes are in place to measure and address (a) illiteracy, (b) substance abuse and (c) mental health issues among (i) prisoners and (ii) offenders.
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Question reference: S5W-10856
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what processes are in place to measure and address (a) the housing difficulties of and (b) poverty among offenders, (i) generally and (ii) upon release from prison.
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Question reference: S5W-10679
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many times in each year since 2013 have police control rooms been unable to answer (a) 999 and (b) 101 calls, broken down by (i) control room and (ii) the reason.
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Question reference: S5W-10501
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the overtime costs at the Police Scotland Dundee control room (a) were in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17, broken down by quarter, and (b) have been since April 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-10502
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents at the Police Scotland (a) Aberdeen service centre, (b) Aberdeen control room and (c) Dundee control room (i) were recorded in (A) 2015-16 and (B) 2016-17, broken down by quarter, and (ii) have been recorded since April 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-10499
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is has been informed of any issues at the Police Scotland Dundee control room arising from a lack of space necessary for it to take over operations from Inverness control room and, if so, what action it has taken.
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Question reference: S5W-10500
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff there are at the Police Scotland Dundee control room, broken down by grade, and how this compares with the number immediately prior to the transfer of operations from the Aberdeen control room.
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Question reference: S5W-10359
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent IT failure at the Dundee Police Scotland control room, what other failures of the force's integrated communications control system there have been.
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Question reference: S5W-10366
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of all communication that it has had with Police Scotland regarding the recent IT failure at the Dundee Police Scotland control room and other similar incidents.
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