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-18580
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm by what date it expects the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) to be fully open, in light of the comment by the First Minister on 4 September 2018 (Official Report, c. 16) that it "will be fully open by the end of the year" and the assertion in its Programme for Government that it "will be fully open to traffic this autumn", and whether it considers the First Minister's comment to be a guarantee that the AWPR will be fully operational on 31 December 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-18238
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent Scottish Police Authority report, which states that there may be significant differences in running costs following the integration of British Transport Police in Scotland and Police Scotland, what its position is on the Financial Memorandum supporting the Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill, which states that "the cost of railway policing is not expected to rise as a result of the changes made by this Bill".
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Question reference: S5W-18244
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how Police Scotland will allocate annual policing running costs to the Train Operating Companies, and whether it will retain the funding model currently used by the British Transport Police Authority.
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Question reference: S5W-18235
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to ensure that full integration provides an enhanced service, whether, post-integration, railway policing in Scotland will be evaluated according to the same performance criteria as the remaining British Transport Police, or whether it will be assessed against different criteria from those used at present.
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Question reference: S5W-18239
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates the Police Scotland Digital, Data and ICT strategy, which is being developed in line with Policing 2026, will cost; where British Transport Police integration sits within the plan, and what the information and communications technology costs associated with integration are.
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Question reference: S5W-18237
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) undertake and (b) publish an analysis of Police Scotland's capacity and capability to absorb railway policing before a decision is made on the new implementation date for their integration.
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Question reference: S5W-18242
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government who will conduct the independent gateway review of the integration of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland; whether the resulting report will be published once the review concludes, and, if so, when this will be.
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Question reference: S5W-18240
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the proposed information and communications technology programme associated with the integration of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland will fully address the public safety concerns that were raised in February 2018, and whether it will provide details of what those public safety concerns were.
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Question reference: S5W-18236
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent Scottish Police Authority report, which states that Police Scotland may not have the capacity or capability to absorb rail policing and that there may be significant differences in running costs to those at present, whether it expects any Train Operating Companies to meet any additional costs.
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Question reference: S5W-18243
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Scottish Police Authority and (b) Police Scotland plans to reduce the cost of railway policing post-integration, and, if so, how.