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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

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Question reference: S6W-09602

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03209 by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many nurses have (a) joined and (b) left the NHS in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-10988

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will allow individual schools to consider student exam appeals due to any delays resulting from proposed SQA strike action.

Question reference: S6W-10987

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether proposed SQA strike action will affect students who are awaiting the results of an appeal in order to enter into university and other higher education destinations.

SQA delivered a priority appeals process for learners requiring the outcome of an appeal for immediate progression to university, college, training or employment this year. These appeals were completed on 5 September and students informed of the outcomes.

Further industrial action has been averted following SQA’s unions accepting a pay offer on 23 September, and SQA is currently reviewing the remaining appeals with the aim of completing these by the end of October.

Question reference: S6W-10519

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made any funding available for the Scottish Seabird Centre in order to access surveillance technology to assess the impact of avian influenza within the northern gannet population on the Bass Rock and the Isle of May.

Question reference: S6W-10358

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the maximum fine of £2,500 for the offence of littering.

Question reference: S6W-10353

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the maximum fine of £40,000 for the offence of fly-tipping.

Question reference: S6W-10357

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalties for the offence of fly-tipping have been issued in each year since 2007, and how many of these have been paid.

The Scottish Government does not hold data on the number of fixed penalties issued for the offence of flytipping, nor information on how many of these have been paid.

This detailed information can be obtained by contacting individual issuing authorities. Authorised officers from Local Authorities, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Police Scotland and Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park can issue penalties for the offence of flytipping.

Question reference: S6O-01352

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest Recorded Crime in Scotland statistics.

Question reference: S6W-10355

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalties for the offence of littering have been issued in each year since 2007, and how many of these have been paid.

The Scottish Government does not hold data on the number of fixed penalties issued for the offence of littering, nor information on how many of these have been paid.

This detailed information can be obtained by contacting individual issuing authorities. Authorised officers from Local Authorities, Police Scotland and Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park can issue Fixed Penalty Notices for the offence of littering.

Question reference: S6W-10356

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the £200 fixed penalty fine for the offence of fly-tipping.

The Scottish Government recently consulted on proposals for our new National Litter and Flytipping Strategy, including measures to strengthen enforcement measures.

The Scottish Government aims to deliver a strong and consistent enforcement model across Scotland that is fit for purpose, promotes positive behaviours and acts as a proportionate deterrent and effectively stops people from littering and flytipping

We will publish the final Strategy later this year, taking account of consultation responses.