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: S6O-04167
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the reoffending rate.
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Question reference: S6W-31977
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many panel members for children’s hearings have resigned before their three-year term has been completed in each of the last three calendar years.
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Question reference: S6W-31976
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many panel members for children’s hearings have been recruited in each of the last three calendar years.
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Question reference: S6W-31974
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of children’s hearings have been conducted with at least one panel member who was from outwith the local authority area of the child or young person in each of the last three calendar years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-31975
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many panel members for children’s hearings there have been in each of the last three calendar years.
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Question reference: S6W-31978
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of children’s hearings have been conducted (a) in person, (b) virtually and (c) in hybrid format in each of the last three calendar years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6O-04101
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the reported decrease in levels of satisfaction with local government services.
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Question reference: S6W-31482
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have been investigated by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team following a complaint from employees in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-31479
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses received correspondence requesting corrections to underpayments identified as part of (a) control test inspections and (b) inspections as a result of a complaint from employees, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-31480
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many control test inspection visits by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team involved the use of interpreters (a) on-site and (b) subsequent to the visit, in each of the last five years.
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