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: S4W-08890
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what training is given to police officers to identify the signs of autistic spectrum disorders.
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Question reference: S4W-08889
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners have been identified as being on the autism spectrum in each of the last 10 years, also expressed as a percentage.
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Question reference: S4W-08893
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what provision is made in the penal system for people who are identified as being on the autism spectrum.
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Question reference: S4W-08891
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what training is given to prison staff to identify the possibility of prisoners having an autistic spectrum disorder.
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Question reference: S4W-08586
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Mary Scanlon on 12 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will consider displaying the Saltire flag in the chamber beside the Presiding Officer when the Parliament is sitting.
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Question reference: S4W-08180
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive which community radio stations have received funding in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-08179
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 6 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has provided to community radio in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-08177
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of consultations by Ofcom it has responded to in the last two years.
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Question reference: S4W-08174
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that any of the recommendations made in the report by the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee of the National Assembly for Wales, The future outlook for the media in Wales could be applied in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-08178
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a protocol with the UK Government for dealing with reserved broadcasting issues.
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