Seòmar agus comataidhean

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Criathragan Hide all filters

Displaying 1015 questions Show Answers

Order by |

Question reference: S5W-17277

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2018
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what protections exist for landlords where the (a) quality and (b) cost of their compulsory building’s insurance coverage is determined in advance by property factoring companies.

The Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 (the Act) provides protections for homeowners who use the services of a property factor. This includes homeowners who may be landlords. The Act makes provision for a register of property factors, a Code of Conduct, which amongst other things sets minimum standards of practice where factors have an agreement with homeowners to arrange any type of insurance, and a route of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber where disputes arise.

Question reference: S5O-02248

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update on the enquiry by Professor Alison Britton into the review of mesh implants, and when it expects the findings to be published.

Question reference: S5W-16406

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) action it has taken and (b) promotional materials it has published to ensure that victims of fraud are aware that Police Scotland is the correct organisation to report the crime to.

Police Scotland work with a wide range of partners including the Scottish Government through the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce to implement Scotland’s Serious Organised Crime Strategy and reduce the harm caused by those intent on exploiting vulnerabilities for their own financial gain. While the Scottish Government has not published any promotional materials, Police Scotland has produced a leaflet entitled Victims of Fraud , which provides advice on some common types of fraud and how to report it. Police Scotland have also recently conducted a social media campaign to raise awareness of fraud.

I would encourage anyone who has been a victim of fraud or any other crime to report it to Police Scotland by calling 101, or 999 in an emergency.

Question reference: S5W-16403

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to Police Scotland formally participating in the UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cyber-crime, Action Fraud.

Question reference: S5O-02141

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements are in place for patients at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre who require treatment at weekends or after 6 pm on weekdays.

Question reference: S5W-16404

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what channels of communication have been established between Police Scotland and Action Fraud for situations where victims of fraud in Scotland have reported the crime directly to Action Fraud instead of Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-15970

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 1 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been convicted in each of the last five years (a) nationally, (b) in the Eastwood constituency and (c) in the East Renfrewshire local authority area under section 54 of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 for failing to comply with a dog control notice.

The following table provides information on convictions at national level, constituency level is not held centrally. Our database shows there were no convictions in East Renfrewshire local authority for this period.

People convicted of offences under section 5 of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010, where main charge, 2012-13 to 2016-17

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Total convicted -Scotland	4	4	9	6	9

Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database

Question reference: S5W-15923

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 1 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) dogs have been destroyed and (b) owners have been convicted (i) nationally, (ii) in the Eastwood constituency and (iii) in the East Renfrewshire local authority area in each of the last five years under the (A) Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and (B) Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010.

Information on numbers of dogs destroyed is not held centrally. The following table provides information on convictions at national level, constituency level is not held centrally. Our database shows there were no convictions in East Renfrewshire local authority for this period.

Number of people convicted under specific dog legislation, where main charge, 2012-13 to 2016-17

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
DANGEROUS DOGS ACT 1991	97	86	94	78	64
CONTROL OF DOGS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2010	4	4	9	6	9
Total convicted - Scotland	101	90	103	84	73

Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database

Question reference: S5W-15924

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 1 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the impact of section 10 of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 in extending the scope of section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to cover any place, whether public or not.

Question reference: S5W-15922

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 30 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been subject (a) nationally, (b) in the Eastwood constituency and (c) in the East Renfrewshire local authority area to an order under section 9(5) of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 disqualifying them from owning or keeping a dog in each of the last five years, also broken down by the average length of order.

The requested information is provided in the table below. Information is not held broken down by either Eastwood constituency or East Renfrewshire Council level.

Number of accused people who have been disqualified from owning or keeping a dog						Average length of disqualification period (years)
Court	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
National	17	19	18	17	13	7.4	13.6	3.7	11.0	5.6
High Court	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	99.0	-
Airdrie Sheriff	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5.0	-	-
Ayr Sheriff	1	2	1	1	-	5.0	3.3	3.0	1.0	-
Banff Sheriff	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1.5
Dumbarton Sheriff	2	2	1	-	-	7.0	2.0	3.0	-	-
Dumfries Sheriff	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3.0	-
Dundee Sheriff	1	-	1	-	-	7.0	-	10.0	-	-
Dunfermline Sheriff	1	1	-	-	-	8.0	2.0	-	-	-
Edinburgh Sheriff	1	-	-	-	1	1.0	-	-	-	3.0
Elgin Sheriff	-	1	1	-	-	-	2.0	1.0	-	-
Falkirk Sheriff	-	2	-	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-
Forfar Sheriff	-	1	-	2	-	-	10.0	-	1.0	-
Glasgow Sheriff	2	2	2	3	2	2.0	50.0	2.0	4.3	6.0
Greenock Sheriff	2	-	1	-	1	25.0	-	3.0	-	1.0
Hamilton Sheriff	1	1	-	2	3	5.0	99.0	-	3.0	10.7
Inverness Sheriff	-	1	-	-	-	-	4.0	-	-	-
Jedburgh Sheriff	2	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-
Kilmarnock Sheriff	-	1	2	2	1	-	3.0	3.0	5.0	5.0
Kirkcaldy Sheriff	1	-	1	-	1	5.0	-	2.0	-	5.0
Kirkcudbright Sheriff	1	-	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	-
Lanark Sheriff	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5.0
Lerwick Sheriff	-	1	-	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-
Livingston Sheriff	1	-	4	-	-	5.0	-	3.3	-	-
Paisley Sheriff	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	5.0	20.0	-
Perth Sheriff	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2.0	-	-
Peterhead Sheriff	1	2	-	-	-	10.0	7.5	-	-	-
Rothesay Sheriff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Selkirk Sheriff	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5.0
Stirling Sheriff	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	10.0	-
Stornoway Sheriff	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3.0
Stranraer Sheriff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tain Sheriff	-	1	-	1	-	-	1.0	-	1.0	-
Dunfermline JP	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2.0	-
Greenock JP	-	1	-	-	-	-	5.0	-	-	-
Glasgow JP	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	10.0	-	-
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service uses a live operational case management system for the processing of court business. The information held on the system is structured for these operational needs, rather than for statistical reporting or research purposes. The information provided is based on the best information available from the case management system as at 24-04-18. Data produced by the SCTS Management Information Analysis Team.