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: S6W-06403
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the identification of Ardeer as a potential site for nuclear energy production.
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Question reference: S6T-00519
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the most recent recorded crime statistics showing a rise in violent crime.
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Question reference: S6W-06155
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of police officers, who are potentially able to, currently wear a body-worn camera on a regular basis, and what budget it has allocated to Police Scotland to increase these numbers.
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Question reference: S6W-05929
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the offences in relation to which a victim statement cannot be made.
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Question reference: S6T-00450
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that 2 million calls to Police Scotland have gone unanswered since 2018.
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Question reference: S6O-00620
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest figures showing that recorded hate crimes against members of the LGBT+ community have risen for five years in a row.
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Question reference: S6W-04989
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how convicted prisoners who identify as trans male or female are facilitated in the prison estate, and how many are currently held in each part of the prison estate, broken down by facility, prison or institution.
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Question reference: S6W-04802
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will publish its annual report on the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme for 2020-21.
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Question reference: S6W-04798
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04433 by Graeme Dey on 30 November 2021, whether it will provide the information requested regarding whether it has undertaken an assessment of introducing a specific scheme for island businesses that lose income as a result of ferry delays and cancellations, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.
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Question reference: S6W-04785
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle charging points are installed at each of its buildings, and which of its buildings have no such charging points.