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-18241
- 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, regarding the pension provision for British Transport Police officers in Scotland following integration with Police Scotland, which body will cover the longer-term liabilities that have been estimated at between £45 and £100 million, and whether it will provide a statutory guarantee that it will meet these liabilities.
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Question reference: S5W-18178
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns regarding safety risks and the financial cost of full integration, whether it will consider the option of a commissioned service model for the devolution of British Transport Police.
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Question reference: S5W-18177
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that a new Scottish Police Authority report states that Police Scotland may not have the capacity and capability to absorb the work of the British Transport Police, and that there may be significant differences between actual costs and previous estimates.
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Question reference: S5W-18174
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the cost to Police Scotland of backdated overtime payments in relation to the judgement that police officers are entitled to an extra shift payment for every 24 hours that they work away from home.
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Question reference: S5W-18176
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland has taken increased overtime payments into account in its financial planning in light of the judgement that police officers are entitled to an extra shift payment for every 24 hours that they work away from home.
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Question reference: S5W-18175
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the cost to Police Scotland of future overtime payments in relation to the judgement that police officers are entitled to an extra shift payment for every 24 hours that they work away from home.
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Question reference: S5W-18033
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any settlement agreement, confidentiality agreement or similar post-employment contract that has been put in place for the former chief executive of NHS Tayside.
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Question reference: S5W-17948
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17467 by Humza Yousaf on 27 June 2018, whether any costs have emerged to date and, if so, how much, and whether it will commit to providing any further costs within 28 days of their being incurred.
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Question reference: S5W-17947
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17469 by Humza Yousaf on 27 June 2018, whether it will answer the question that was asked and confirm the advice given at the staff engagement session on 20 June 2018, and, regardless of the final costs of integration, whether it will meet those costs or whether other bodies would be expected to meet some or all of these.
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Question reference: S5W-17950
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17474 by Humza Yousaf on 25 July 2018, whether it has received any legal advice that states that, under no circumstances, any British Transport Police officer in Scotland would be in a redundancy situation following the merger with Police Scotland and, if so, whether it will provide that advice.
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