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-17566
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in the event of the merger of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland, who will bear the cost of any redundancies that arise.
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Question reference: S5W-17526
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent to date on the proposed merger of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-17527
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how Ernst and Young was selected for its work on the proposed merger of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-17622
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) core and (b) non-core revenue resource limit has been for the Scottish Ambulance Service in each year since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S5W-17621
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many new vehicles have been provided to the Scottish Ambulance Service in each year since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S5W-17534
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Supreme Court ruling affecting heterosexual couples in England and Wales, whether it plans to pursue its 2015 announcement to allow civil partnerships for heterosexual couples in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-17535
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Supreme Court ruling affecting heterosexual couples in England and Wales, what its position is on civil partnerships for heterosexual couples in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-02240
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time has been in the last year for adults seeking diagnosis for ADHD, and how many rejected referrals for diagnosis there have been.
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Question reference: S5W-16874
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 7 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many dog control notices have been served in each year since the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 came into force.
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Question reference: S5W-16877
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 7 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many dogs have been ordered to be destroyed under section (a) 5 and (b) 9 of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 in each year.