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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-24492

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 August 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the annual budget is for Autism Network Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-24485

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 7 August 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many dogs have been ordered to be destroyed under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each year since it came into force.

Question reference: S5W-24486

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 7 August 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each year since it came into force.

The available information is provided in the following table, which has been produced from the Scottish Government’s criminal proceedings database .

Number of people proceeded/convicted under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991¹, 1991-92 to 2017-18.

Financial Year	Proceedings	Convictions
1991-92	24	16
1992-93	71	54
1993-94	63	48
1994-95	62	52
1995-96	45	30
1996-97	42	35
1997-98	51	27
1998-99	66	44
1999-00	70	47
2000-01	54	36
2001-02	42	26
2002-03	51	37
2003-04	67	48
2004-05	67	52
2005-06	65	52
2006-07	66	50
2007-08	61	43
2008-09	84	68
2009-10	63	49
2010-11	105	86
2011-12	162	96
2012-13	219	97
2013-14	171	86
2014-15	185	94
2015-16	171	78
2016-17	141	64
2017-18	147	82

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Source: Criminal Proceedings database

Please note: Information for 2018-19 will not be available until publication of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2018-19 Statistical Bulletin. This is due to be published in December 2019.

The dates of all Scottish Government Official and National Statistics publications are pre-announced, and the up to date list of future publications can be found at: https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/ForthcomingPubs

Question reference: S5T-01687

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that prisoners are being transported in family vehicles.

Question reference: S5O-03278

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5W-22851

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 15 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the average number of prisoners held at HMP (a) Addiewell and (b) Kilmarnock has been in each year since 2010-11.

I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:

The following table shows the average populations at HMP Addiewell and HMP Kilmarnock in each year since 2010-2011.

	HMP Addiewell	HMP Kilmarnock
2010-2011	700	565
2011-2012	771	631
2012-2013	767	577
2013-2014	699	501
2014-2015	700	501
2015-2016	699	500
2016-2017	699	499
2017-2018	696	499
2018-2019	700	504
2019-2020	705	593

Question reference: S5W-22655

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Kezia Dugdale on 14 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what discussions it has had with the fund trustees regarding the investment policy for the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme in relation to fossil fuels and related industries.

Following the completion of the recent triennial valuation of the scheme the trustees commenced a review of the scheme investment strategy. As part of the review process the fund trustees met with the SPCB, as the scheme sponsor, on Thursday 25th October 2018 to seek their views on the investment strategy. The meeting covered all aspect of the scheme investment strategy including investment in fossil fuels and related industries.

Question reference: S5O-03247

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5W-22676

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 3 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what work is being done to ensure that the remaining sections of the Prescriptions (Scotland) Act 2018 come into force, and by what date these provisions will commence.

Commencement provisions for the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 raise a number of important and complex issues, including, but not limited to, the appropriate duration for any transitional period given the range of statutory obligations that would be subject to a shortened period of prescription. The Scottish Government are currently in discussions with stakeholders about these issues. The intention is to lay the Commencement Order as soon as practicable.

Question reference: S5W-22556

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions or correspondence it has had with Police Scotland regarding the operational impact of the £300,000 shortfall in the budget allocation for mobility in 2019-20 as identified in the Scottish Police Authority Board Papers of 28 March 2019.