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.
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Question reference: S5W-02948
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will launch the nuisance calls commission, as set out in the Programme for Government, and what its membership will be.
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Question reference: S5W-03138
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5W-02405 by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016, whether it will provide the minutes of those meetings.
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Question reference: S5W-03128
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the findings of the report, HMICS Crime Audit 2016, and what action it will take to implement its recommendations.
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Question reference: S5W-03137
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02404 by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016, whether it will provide information on the input that it has had on the setting of local priorities.
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Question reference: S5W-03154
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) police inspectors and (b) chief inspectors have (i) retired, (ii) resigned or (iii) left their post for other reasons at Police Scotland each year.
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Question reference: S5W-03152
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) police inspectors and (b) chief inspectors there have been in Police Scotland each year.
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Question reference: S5W-03153
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many new (a) police inspectors and (b) chief inspectors have been recruited by Police Scotland each year since.
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Question reference: S5W-02951
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00157 by Fergus Ewing on 1 June 2016, what engagement has taken place with "key stakeholders, including businesses and organisations on how the £5 million investment fund can promote island...produce" and what conclusions have been reached.
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Question reference: S5W-03045
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many entries Police Scotland and its predecessor constabularies have made to the Interim Vulnerable Persons Database (iVPD) in each year since 2010-11, broken down by the local authority that the information was in relation to.
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Question reference: S5W-02993
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates it has met the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to discuss introducing a travelling domestic abuse court for remote and rural areas, and whether it will publish the minutes.
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