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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: S6W-06403

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the identification of Ardeer as a potential site for nuclear energy production.

Question reference: S6T-00519

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the most recent recorded crime statistics showing a rise in violent crime.

Question reference: S6W-06155

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of police officers, who are potentially able to, currently wear a body-worn camera on a regular basis, and what budget it has allocated to Police Scotland to increase these numbers.

Police Scotland have advised there are currently over 250 body worn cameras in use within North East Division. In addition, Police Scotland also equipped its Armed Policing officers ahead of COP26. In total 4.6 % of officers are currently equipped with Body worn Video (BWV). A consultation on a wider roll-out of body worn cameras closed in September 2021 and work is ongoing by Police Scotland to consider a national introduction.

The Scottish Government provided one off funding of £0.5m in 2021-22 to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), to support the use of body-worn cameras for specialist officers for COP26.

For 2022-23, the total budget for policing is almost £1.4 billion, including an additional £40.5m increase in resource funding. The allocation of resources is a matter for the Scottish Police Authority and the Chief Constable.

Question reference: S6W-05929

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the offences in relation to which a victim statement cannot be made.

Question reference: S6T-00450

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that 2 million calls to Police Scotland have gone unanswered since 2018.

Question reference: S6O-00620

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest figures showing that recorded hate crimes against members of the LGBT+ community have risen for five years in a row.

Question reference: S6W-04989

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how convicted prisoners who identify as trans male or female are facilitated in the prison estate, and how many are currently held in each part of the prison estate, broken down by facility, prison or institution.

I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:

Decisions by the SPS as to the most appropriate location to accommodate transgender people are made on an individualised basis, informed by a multi-disciplinary assessment of both risk and need.

Such decisions seek to protect both the wellbeing and rights of the individual as well as the welfare and rights of others around them, including staff, in order to achieve an outcome that balances risks and promotes the safety of all.

As of 3 December 2021, there were 15 transgender individuals held across 10 prisons in Scotland. In order to avoid the potential indirect identification of individuals, it is not appropriate to disaggregate the data as requested.

Question reference: S6W-04802

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 17 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will publish its annual report on the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme for 2020-21.

Question reference: S6W-04798

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04433 by Graeme Dey on 30 November 2021, whether it will provide the information requested regarding whether it has undertaken an assessment of introducing a specific scheme for island businesses that lose income as a result of ferry delays and cancellations, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.

There are no plans for a compensation scheme to be offered to businesses due to travel disruption as a result of ferry delays and cancellations. Any such scheme would be extremely challenging and would ultimately draw resources otherwise intended for the operation of ferry services.

Scottish Ministers do fully recognise the importance of reliable ferry services to the economic, social and cultural development of island and remote mainland communities. We have committed to investing at least £580 million in ports and vessels over the next five years to improve resilience.

CalMac Ferries Ltd (CFL), have operational responsibility to deliver the lifeline services and work throughout disruptions to find ways to continue the freight and passenger service to the communities. However, it is impossible to completely remove the risk of disruption due to either inclement weather or other reasons.

Transport Scotland continue to work with CalMac Ferries Ltd and engage with local stakeholders in order to ensure any disruption to services have minimum impact on communities, and assess all the options available to maximise available capacity across the CHFS network.

Question reference: S6W-04785

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle charging points are installed at each of its buildings, and which of its buildings have no such charging points.

The total number of electric vehicle charging points installed at each building on the core Scottish Government Estate is in the following table. Each charging point can charge 2 electric vehicles at the same time except the charging points at Bonnington, Atlantic Quay and Kirkwall which are single points.

PROPERTY	LOCATION	NUMBER OF CHARGING POINTS
Marine Laboratory	Aberdeen	6 Double Points
Ocean Trade Centre	Aberdeen	0
Fishery Office	Anstruther	0
Russell House	Ayr	0
Balivanich	Benbecula	0
Buckie Fishery Office	Buckie	0
Fishery Office	Campbeltown	0
Brooms Road	Dumfries	1 Double Point
Endeavour House	Dundee	0
Bute House	Edinburgh	1 Double Point
Governors House	Edinburgh	0
Saint Andrews House	Edinburgh	1 Double Point
Saughton House	Edinburgh	5 Double Points
Bonnington	Edinburgh	13 Single Points
Victoria Quay	Edinburgh	7 Double Points
SASA Labs	Edinburgh	6 Double Points
Alexander Fleming House	Elgin	0
Fishery Office	Eyemouth	0
Hadrian House	Falkirk	0
Fishery Office	Fraserburgh	0
Tweedbank	Galashiels	2 Double Points
Fruit Market	Glasgow	0
Atlantic Quay 5	Glasgow	1 Single Points
Atlantic Quay 4	Glasgow	0
The Links	Golspie	0
Cadzow Court	Hamilton	0
Bothwell House	Hamilton	0
Hamilton House	Hamilton	0
Longman House	Inverness	1 Double Point
Thainstone Court	Inverurie	1 Double Point
Fishery Office	Kinlochbervie	0
Unit 4B	Kinlochleven	0
Fishery Office	Kirkwall	0
Tankerness Lane	Kirkwall	1 Single Point
Fishery Office	Lerwick	0
Charlotte House	Lerwick	0
Denholm House	Livingston	0
Fishery Office	Lochinver	0
Fishery Office	Mallaig	0
Inchbraoch House	Montrose	0
Cameron House	Oban	3 Double Points
Strathearn House	Perth	0
Fishery Office	Peterhead	0
Fresh Water Laboratory	Pitlochry	1 Double Point
Scorrybreck	Portree	0
Fishery Office	Scrabster	0
Keith Street	Stornoway	0
Fishery Office	Stornoway	0
Station Street	Stranraer	0
Shieldaig Field Station	Strathcarron	0
Fishery Office	Tarbert	0
Strathbeg House	Thurso	2 Double Points
Crossapol	Tiree	0
Fishery Office	Ullapool	0