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
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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Question reference: S6W-11682
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the 44 Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs) that ended during 2021-22, what five recommendations were made, and to which FAI each related to.
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Question reference: S6W-11619
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been reported missing from (a) NHS hospitals and (b) other healthcare settings in each year since 2016, and how many of these individuals were (i) under and (ii) over 18 years of age.
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Question reference: S6W-11618
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Clan Childlaw's report Improving Legal Support For Children And Young People In Conflict With The Law: A Scoping Study, which highlighted, among other issues, a "significant gap" in the justice system between young people's need to access legal support and its availability.
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Question reference: S6W-11739
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comments by the Law Society of Scotland that thousands of people in the most deprived communities are facing a "chronic shortage of civil legal aid firms".
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Question reference: S6W-11700
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support is being provided to the police and fire services to assist them in their duties ahead of bonfire night 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-11785
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many police station closures there have been since 2013 in the areas served by the (a) Ayrshire and (b) Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Police Division.
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Question reference: S6W-11644
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to boost recruitment to Police Scotland’s Contact, Command and Control (C3) Division.
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Question reference: S6W-11738
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) children's and (b) adult support organisations in (i) North Ayrshire and (ii) Inverclyde currently receive funding from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund, broken down by the value of the funding allocations.
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Question reference: S6W-11705
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it is taking to reduce the reported backlog in Scotland’s Redress Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-11703
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent (FTE) caseworkers are currently employed for processing claims in Scotland’s Redress Scheme.
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