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
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Question reference: S6W-32511
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how often the Lord Advocate’s instructions have been used to protect victims of human trafficking and exploitation since the commencement of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-32510
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve coordination and information sharing between the justice, social services and education sectors, other statutory agencies and the third sector to address the criminal exploitation of children.
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Question reference: S6W-32499
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with representatives of (a) the justice, (b) the social work, (c) the education, (d) the health sector and (d) other professional sectors regarding dealing with the criminal exploitation of children, also broken down by what training it provides.
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Question reference: S6W-32498
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the (a) UK Government, (b) Welsh Government, and (c) Northern Ireland Executive regarding how to respond to the criminal exploitation of children, and whether it is developing a coordinated approach to deal with cross-border issues that have arisen in relation to this issue.
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Question reference: S6W-32504
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is implementing to improve the (a) reporting and (b) detection of the criminal exploitation of children.
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Question reference: S6W-32505
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring it has made of the trends, techniques and approaches used by organised criminal gangs to exploit children criminally; what measures are being taken to respond to these and any emerging threats; how it targets the perpetrators, and how effective this has been.
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Question reference: S6W-32501
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what initiatives there are to inform (a) children, (b) parents and (c) the public regarding the awareness, signs and risks of the criminal exploitation of children and where to seek help should they have concerns regarding this.
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Question reference: S6W-32513
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been under the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 regarding children who have been criminally exploited.
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Question reference: S6W-32502
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated to services and programmes over the last five years aimed at (a) early intervention in response to and (b) the prevention of criminal exploitation of children.
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Question reference: S6W-32508
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that the justice system treats children who are criminally exploited as victims rather than offenders, and how justice professionals and their colleagues in child protection teams communicate and share information with each other to ensure that the children involved are identified and supported.
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