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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted under Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the proportion of community payback orders that include unpaid work or other activities.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports of an increase in the number of arson incidents in prisons.
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent of the £308 million that it plans to allocate to social security by 2022-23.
To ask the Scottish Government what consultations it has had with tourism businesses in the north east regarding factors that can impact on the effectiveness of their operation.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23146 by Humza Yousaf on 28 May 2019, whether it was aware that the Scottish Police Authority reportedly did not meet its commitment to move 100 officers from support roles to the front line in 2018-19, and, if it is not aware of such issues, whether it can meet its commitment that "decisions to slow police officer recruitment must not be taken until there is evidence that increases in operational policing capacity have been delivered".
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done with all of the materials recovered from the Aberdeen to Inverness rail improvements project.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on its review of the National Transport Strategy, and when it expects to (a) publish a consultation on and (b) complete this review.
To ask the Scottish Government whether prison officers receive formal training for dealing with prisoners with mental health problems and, if so, what form this takes.