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-03360
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to provide further funding similar to the Islands Communities Fund in the near future.
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Question reference: S6W-03342
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported figures stating that Police Scotland lost 6,487 days of work in 2020-21 due to officers being assaulted.
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Question reference: S6W-03541
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on what exact date the Victims Taskforce will next meet.
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Question reference: S6W-03784
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made during year three of Fair Start Scotland, and what impact COVID-19 has had on performance and service delivery.
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Question reference: S6W-03473
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the appointment of a judicial office holder to preside over the public inquiry into the malicious prosecutions concerning Rangers FC.
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Question reference: S6W-03692
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ivan McKee on 14 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that it is using every opportunity to use government funding to promote fair work and pay people the real living wage.
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Question reference: S6W-03339
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many police drivers are trained in standard response driving, and what proportion of the force this represents.
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Question reference: S6W-03338
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what annual data it collects on attacks and/or assaults on police officers, and how this is broken down.
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Question reference: S6W-03335
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many times in the last 12 months there has been a police officer base operational level in the Forth Valley region that has been below what is considered safe.
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Question reference: S6W-03336
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it takes to address police officer base operational levels when they are below what is considered safe, and how routinely each step has been deployed in the last 12 months.