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: S6W-20883
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 25 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the introduction of the Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill, whether there are any recommendations of the Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Policing that it anticipates will not be implemented.
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Question reference: S6O-02582
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to engage with Regional Screen Scotland regarding their call for funding for a new Screen Machine vehicle, in light of concerns that a lack of funding could lead to the end of the service.
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Question reference: S6W-21127
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further information on the commitment in its Programme for Government 2023-24 to "provide additional targeted investment to enhance the capacity of our renewables supply chain to trade internationally and identify critical markets to export to".
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Question reference: S6W-20468
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners are being held in (a) individual cells and (b) cells holding more than one person, and how many are being "doubled-up" in individual cells.
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Question reference: S6W-20469
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) design capacity, (b) number of occupants and (c) occupancy rate was in each prison in July 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-20491
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been convicted of possession-only drug offences in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-20598
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion, in percentage terms, of the total crimes reported resulted in charges being brought by the procurator fiscal, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-20599
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many crimes were reported in each of the last five years, and of those, how many resulted in charges being brought by the procurator fiscal.
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Question reference: S6W-20399
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many households have received Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan funding for energy efficiency measures in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-20397
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been distributed through the Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan scheme for renewable systems, including energy storage systems and district heating scheme connections, in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) system type and (b) local authority area.
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