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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.

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Question reference: S5W-07221

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 21 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26149 by Paul Wheelhouse on 10 July 2015, how many dog wardens there are, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S5W-07222

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 21 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-22841 by Kenny MacAskill on 27 October 2014, how many (a) investigations have been carried out and (b) control notices have been issued by each local authority under the Control of Dogs (Scotland ) Act 2010 since 27 February 2013.

Information on the number of dog control notices issued by local authorities is contained in the following table. Information on the number of investigations is not held centrally.

USE OF THE CONTROL OF DOGS (S) ACT 2010 BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Local Authority

Number of DCNs Issued (February 27 to February 26)

Total for each local authority

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Aberdeen City	4	4	5	8	6	27
Aberdeenshire	3	14	10	4	11	42
Angus	0	0	2	2	2	6
Argyll & Bute	7	5	9	16	17	54
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0	3	3
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	0	0	3	5	4	12
Dumfries & Galloway	2	4	14	7	28	55
Dundee City	0	0	4	15	15	34
East Ayrshire	8	9	4	0	5	26
East Dunbartonshire	10	0	5	5	0	20
East Lothian	12	4	17	11	7	51
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
City of Edinburgh	0	4	5	17	14	40
Falkirk	0	4	14	4	19	41
Fife	10	37	48	57	44	196
City of Glasgow	1	1	0	1	0	3
Highland	2	8	14	23	30	77
Inverclyde	0	1	0	1	0	2
Midlothian	1	1	4	13	7	26
Moray	0	0	2	2	4	8
North Ayrshire	1	1	2	7	4	15
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0	1	1
Orkney	0	0	1	4	8	13
Perth & Kinross	0	1	10	9	11	31
Renfrewshire	0	9	26	21	15	71
Scottish Borders	4	8	10	11	1	34
Shetland Islands	4	2	0	0	0	6
South Ayrshire	0	0	0	0	3	3
South Lanarkshire	0	4	3	11	3	21
Stirling	1	1	6	2	8	18
West Dunbartonshire	0	7	0	1	4	12
West Lothian	22	18	26	20	16	102
Total for year (all local authorities)	92	147	244	277	290

Overall total

1050

Question reference: S5W-06979

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when regulations for the use of electric shock collars for dogs will be introduced.

Question reference: S5W-06171

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06015 by John Swinney on 13 January 2017, whether it will review the schedule to the regulations to extend the exceptions to class size maximum to include Primary 4-7, in light of reports that the current provisions discriminate against older siblings, particularly in rural communities.

Question reference: S5W-06250

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response to its consultation on the ban on tail docking, which closed on 3 May 2016.

The Scottish Government's intention to change legislation to permit the shortening of the tails of Spaniel and Hunt Point Retriever puppies where a vet believes they are likely to be used as a working dog and risk serious tail injury in later life was announced on 4 October 2016.

On the same day the independent analysis of the responses to the consultation was published on the Scottish Government website at https://consult.scotland.gov.uk/animal-welfare/proposal-to-permit-tail-docking/ The consultation documents and published responses can both be accessed from that web page.

Question reference: S5W-06014

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13851 by Michael Russell on 16 April 2013, whether the Schedule to the Education (Lower Primary Class Sizes) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 has been updated and, if not, whether it is under review.

Question reference: S5W-06015

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether, with the exception of children with additional support needs, there is any discretion to permit a local authority, other than changing existing class composition, to allow a child in a rural community to be placed in the local community school when class numbers, including composite classes, have been exceeded.

Question reference: S5W-05156

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Liam McArthur on 9 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, in light of all exhibition spaces being booked out and it not being until April 2017 that applications can be made for the September-December 2017 period, whether it will consider opening an additional space in the Garden Lobby for exhibition purposes.

The Scottish Parliament Corporate Body can confirm that, apart from the existing spaces, there are no other suitable spaces or resources available to support an additional Member-sponsored exhibition space.

Member-sponsored exhibitions are very popular. When the Member-sponsored exhibition programme is full a number of organisations have elected to hold a Member-sponsored event instead; using this opportunity organisations are able to exhibit their displays and at the same time network with Members. If the Member thinks this is something that would be of interest for the organisers the Events and Exhibitions Team would be more than happy to explore options.

Question reference: S5W-05157

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Liam McArthur on 9 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body when it decided to reduce the number of exhibition spaces to three, and for what reason.

Question reference: S5F-00631

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2016

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government can take in light of Age Scotland’s campaign to tackle loneliness during the festive season.