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-27391
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with patient representatives, including Coeliac UK, regarding the reported challenge of the underdiagnosis of coeliac disease.
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Question reference: S6W-27442
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 23 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost to Police Scotland of any data breaches was in the financial year to 5 April 2024, including (a) legal cost incursions, (b) the employment of additional staff, (c) the payment of contracts with third party companies and individuals, (d) the repair of existing or employment of new systems and (e) redundancy payments to existing staff.
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Question reference: S6W-27390
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to mark Coeliac Awareness Month in May 2024, and what strategies it has in place to raise awareness of the condition.
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Question reference: S6W-27439
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 23 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it and Police Scotland have been required, mandated or legally compelled to put in place to prevent the informal disclosure of privileged information by serving officers or civilian employees with access to police databases on personal or private devices.
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Question reference: S6W-27359
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide police officer relocation figures, in light of the reported closure of five current and 14 potential locations in Edinburgh and the Lothians, and of safety issues identified in buildings that they have been working in from at least the 1970s onwards, including reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
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Question reference: S6W-27364
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints to public bodies related to non-crime hate incidents have been received since the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 was passed, broken down by parliamentary region.
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Question reference: S6W-27362
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government where the new location of critical policing facilities will be, particularly the Criminal Investigation Department and fingerprinting facilities of the Edinburgh Division, in light of the recently reported closure of Fettes station.
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Question reference: S6W-27363
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland has requested further assistance in the past six months from the Metropolitan Police in relation to its policing and constitutional duties, particularly in relation to serious and organised crime.
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Question reference: S6W-27369
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of alleged hate crimes reported since the commencement of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 have been successfully prosecuted.
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Question reference: S6W-27361
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) police officers of all ranks and (b) civilian staff (i) were offered and (ii) accepted the option of compulsory redundancy following the reported announcement of police station closures in Edinburgh and the Lothians.