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-22800
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21911 by Angela Constance on 24 October 2023, what action it is taking in response to the finding by the University of Edinburgh's Child Safety, Justice and Recovery Research Group in its North Strathclyde Bairns Hoose Evaluation: Phase One Report, published in March 2023, that the use of joint investigative interviews (JIIs) has had “little impact” on children and that child witnesses are still required to attend court “in almost all cases”.
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Question reference: S6W-22759
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many dedicated mental health staff have been recruited to work in (a) prisons and (b) custody suites in each quarter of 2023 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-22761
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of police custody suites currently have full-time access to dedicated mental health professionals, in line with Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027.
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Question reference: S6W-22763
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which police custody suites do not currently have full-time access to dedicated mental health professionals.
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Question reference: S6W-22762
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which prisons do not currently have full-time access to dedicated mental health professionals.
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Question reference: S6W-22760
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of prisons currently have full-time access to dedicated mental health professionals, in line with Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027.
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Question reference: S6W-22767
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many FTE dedicated mental health staff have there been operating in (a) prisons and (b) police custody suites in each quarter of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-22565
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 14 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in any of Scotland’s prisons, a majority of cells containing two or more inmates have less than 8m² of living space, excluding space dedicated to sanitary facilities, and, if so, in which prisons this is the case.
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Question reference: S6W-22566
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 14 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many prison cells currently containing two or more inmates have less than 8m² living space, excluding space dedicated to sanitary facilities, broken down by prison.
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Question reference: S6W-22238
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 13 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it would consider introducing a pilot project as part of a risk-based approach to introducing itinerant slaughterers on farms in island communities, in a manner that would allow the meat to be sold on the market.
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