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-13874
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when an update to the Reconviction Rates in Scotland statistics will next be published.
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Question reference: S6W-13875
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many drug tests for any prohibited substance have taken place in prisons (a) in 2021-22 and (b) so far in 2022-23, broken down by how many test results were (i) positive, (ii) negative and (iii) inconclusive.
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Question reference: S6W-13873
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when Parole Board for Scotland’s annual report for 2021-22 will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-13377
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the publication of the Drug Seizures and Offender Characteristics 2020-21 statistics has reportedly been delayed.
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Question reference: S6O-01633
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports local authorities to ensure that the provision of local services meets the needs of local communities.
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Question reference: S6F-01572
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
To ask the First Minister how much the Scottish Prison Service has spent on providing free mobile phones to all prisoners.
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Question reference: S6W-11834
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any significant case review into the murder of Esther Brown, as referred to by the First Minister in the Scottish Parliament on 18 November 2021.
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Question reference: S6O-01561
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to keep teachers and pupils safe while at school.
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Question reference: S6W-11507
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its reported commitment to end the detention of under-18s in Young Offenders Institutions, whether it intends to raise the age of criminal responsibility.
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Question reference: S6W-11685
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of all communications between the Scottish Ministers and law enforcement agencies in relation to the so-called "110 Overseas" centre in Glasgow, which, according to a report by the Spain-based human rights NGO, Safeguard Defenders, operates as a branch of the Chinese police service.
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