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-17469
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the proposed merger of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland, whether it will confirm the advice given at the staff engagement session on 20 June 2018 regarding the Scottish Government meeting the full costs of integration.
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Question reference: S5W-17467
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the proposed merger of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland, whether it will provide details of any costs that are yet to be established, such as (a) information and communications technology and (b) signage.
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Question reference: S5W-17475
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the proposed merger of British Transport Police (BTP) in Scotland with Police Scotland, in light of the Scottish Police Federation only being regulated to represent officer holders, and BTP officers having dual status, which staff organisation will represent transferring BTP officers.
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Question reference: S5W-17473
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the proposed merger of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland, whether it will commit to meeting the long-term liabilities of a segregated pension scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-17470
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the proposed merger of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland, what its position is on whether any proposed benefits of integration will outweigh the anticipated costs and risks, and how it will ensure that any analysis of these will be independent, transparent and evidence-based.
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Question reference: S5W-17465
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-16958 by Humza Yousaf on 13 June 2018, what its position is on the robustness of the Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum, which states that the transitional costs would be "minor" and were "expected to be small".
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Question reference: S5W-17543
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the updated rules for Scottish Police Authority board meetings and the extension of circumstances in which meetings may be held in private.
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Question reference: S5W-17395
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the figures in the report, Criminal Proceeding in Scotland, 2016-17, which record a 96.2% reduction in the number of police formal adult warnings since 2009-10.
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Question reference: S5W-17392
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-16736 by Michael Matheson on 4 June 2018, in light of the workbook referred to in the response providing the information on an individual court basis only, whether it will confirm (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) sheriff and (ii) justice of the peace court cases nationally were dealt with from caution and charge to verdict within the 26-week target in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-17394
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 19 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the figures in the report, Criminal Proceeding in Scotland, 2016-17, which record a 74.9% reduction in the number of antisocial behaviour fixed penalty notices since 2009-10.
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