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: S5W-18695
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, (a) for how many days and (b) over what time period Ernst & Young will be engaged, and how many staff/contractors/personnel it is providing for this work.
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Question reference: S5W-18690
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, whether it will provide a breakdown of the work produced by Ernst & Young in relation to (a) "Programme Management Support" and (b) "specialist integration Due Diligence analysis".
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Question reference: S5W-18691
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, who the independent consultant engaged through Harvey Nash Recruitment is, and what work they (a) have done and (b) will do.
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Question reference: S5W-18689
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, whether it will provide a plain English description of what "Programme Management Support" and "specialist integration Due Diligence analysis" mean.
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Question reference: S5W-18688
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, (a) for how many days and (b) over what time period the independent consultant will be engaged, and how much this will cost in total for the consultant’s services.
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Question reference: S5W-18684
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the main issues are with HMP Perth’s existing security management system.
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Question reference: S5W-18685
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it expects the upgrade of HMP Perth’s security management system to cost.
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Question reference: S5W-18579
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the consultants that it engaged to advise on the BTP merger with Police Scotland were contracted on a (a) time and line or (b) fixed fee basis, and, in light of the merger no longer proceeding, what the cost will be of settling their fees.
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Question reference: S5W-18604
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will require separate legislation to implement Finn's Law to differentiate between service animals and those protected under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006, and whether the proposals will place offences against service animals in a separate category from other animal cruelty offences.
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Question reference: S5W-18429
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the finding in the Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme 2018 report that, in 2017, only 13 of the 600 patients with severe ischaemic stroke who would be expected to benefit from mechanical thrombectomy underwent the procedure, and whether the remaining patients who did not receive this treatment were made aware that they would have benefited had it been available.