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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

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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 24 December 2024
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Question reference: S5O-03239

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will bring forward measures to improve the input that victims and their families have into the temporary release process.

Question reference: S5W-22756

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 7 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Prison Service uses mobile detection technology that allows officers to pinpoint mobile phone signals to specific cells.

Question reference: S5O-03196

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to protect the jobs of people employed in the North Sea oil and gas sector as the industry changes.

Question reference: S5O-03176

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it next expects to publish a local government finance circular.

Question reference: S5W-22473

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 24 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-22259 by the Lord Advocate on 2 April 2019, whether it will provide details of the improvements to the system of recording and tracking physical evidence; when these were put in place, and how it is monitoring their effectiveness.

Question reference: S5O-03140

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers to tourism businesses in the north-east.

Question reference: S5W-22378

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the NHS to ensure there are sufficient amounts of medication and other supplies in stock to cover the next six months, and what contingency planning it has carried out to ensure that enough will be in place to cover all foreseeable circumstances.

Question reference: S5W-22259

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 2 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what steps the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is taking to avoid losing or destroying video and photographic evidence, in light of reports that this has happened in relation to prosecuting offences committed in football grounds.

Question reference: S5T-01591

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 April 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the approval of the Scottish Police Authority budget, in light of reports that capital funding shortfalls have left Police Scotland using patrol cars that are over a decade old.

Question reference: S5W-21913

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent since May 2016 pursuing full integration of the British Transport Police and Police Scotland.