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-01768
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the take-up rate has been for the Victim Notification Scheme, as a percentage of all eligible victims, in each of the last three financial years.
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Question reference: S6W-01746
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what financial resources it has allocated to specifically support the mental health and wellbeing of (a) police officers and (b) Police Scotland support staff in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-01787
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce the illegal trade in puppies.
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Question reference: S6W-01759
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland report, Concerns about the care of women with mental ill health in prison in Scotland, what additional (a) financial and (b) other resources it is considering providing for the Scottish Prison Service to help support female inmates’ mental health.
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Question reference: S6W-01778
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) scope and (b) timeline will be for its proposed review of the prosecution system.
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Question reference: S6W-01777
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the timeline will be for its proposed consultation on the "not proven" verdict, and how quickly it will implement the recommendations made.
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Question reference: S6W-01744
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is planning to roll out body-worn cameras for police officers, in light of comments by Police Scotland that this could lead to a “spike in guilty pleas”.
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Question reference: S6W-01765
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the Victims Taskforce group meeting on 10 March 2021 regarding the potential launch of a Victim Notification Scheme review.
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Question reference: S6W-01760
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to address the reported increase in the untried remand population in prisons.
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Question reference: S6W-01748
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many body-worn cameras Police Scotland currently has access to.
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