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: S5W-17840
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) complaints, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions have been made under the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016, broken down by offence.
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Question reference: S5W-17484
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-16438 by Michael Matheson on 17 May 2018, whether the meetings between officials and the Head of Police Scotland’s Cybercrime Unit, Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority were minuted; whether any minutes will be published and, in the event that no minutes were taken, for what reason they were not.
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Question reference: S5W-17371
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when the Victim Surcharge Fund will (a) become operational and (b) issue its first payment; what progress it is making with establishing the fund; what the reasons have been for any delay in its establishment, and when it will set out the details of how the fund will operate.
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Question reference: S5W-17373
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether Victim Support Scotland will act as the provider for the Victim Surcharge Fund and, if not, which organisations have applied to run the service.
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Question reference: S5W-17483
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has analysed how many upskirting prosecutions and convictions have taken place in Scotland since the offence was introduced, and whether it will analyse voyeurism cases to establish how many involved upskirting.
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Question reference: S5W-17410
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what crimes the "illegal homosexual acts" that are recorded at Table A1 of the report, Criminal Proceeding in Scotland, 2016-17, consist of, and whether it will provide a breakdown of the 111 incidents in 2016-17.
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Question reference: S5W-17464
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 12 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how the timescale for fatal accident inquiries in Scotland compares with those in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
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Question reference: S5W-17463
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 12 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason mandatory fatal accident enquiries into prisoner deaths for (a) six cases in 2014, (b) six cases in 2015, (c) 18 cases in 2016 and (d) 24 cases in 2017 are still awaiting outcomes.
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Question reference: S5W-17462
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 12 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time to complete a fatal accident inquiry has been in each year since 2010, and what the longest time has been in each year, broken down by whether it was for an inquiry into a death while in custody.
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Question reference: S5W-17327
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the average daily prison population was for 2017-18.
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