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-06600
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06096 by Michael Matheson on 26 January 2017, whether it considers that the lower rate of reoffending for people detained for more than 12 months is further evidence towards increasing the presumption against short-term sentences to 12 months.
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Question reference: S5W-06598
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many offenders in each year since 2010-11 were (a) reconvicted for (i) up to three, (ii) between three and six, (iii) between six and 12, and (iv) more than 12 months, and (b) given a Community Payback Order.
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Question reference: S5W-06599
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06096 by Michael Matheson on 26 January 2017, what the rates have been for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
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Question reference: S5W-06563
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06094 by Michael Matheson on 25 January 2017, whether it will provide an approximate timeline of when it will publish its response to the consultation.
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Question reference: S5W-06477
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Prison Service in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 regarding prison officer workforce planning.
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Question reference: S5W-06471
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths there have been at HM Young Offenders Institution Polmont in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-06479
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many posts at the Scottish Prison Service it anticipates will remain unfilled following the 2017-18 budget settlement.
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Question reference: S5W-06478
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the due diligence report by Scott-Moncrieff on the staffing and financial outcomes of the efficiency review process of the Scottish Prison Service will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-06473
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the occupancy rate has been for each prison in Scotland in each year since 2010.
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Question reference: S5W-06476
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what schemes it has considered for increasing recruitment of prison officers.