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: S5W-18144
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many prison staff have been (a) disciplined, (b) dismissed, (c) charged and (d) prosecuted for smuggling illicit items into prisons in each year since 2013, also broken down by prison.
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Question reference: S5W-18142
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many female prisoners there are in each prison, broken down by how many are (a) on remand and (b) carrying out a custodial sentence.
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Question reference: S5W-18143
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what quantity of new psychoactive substances has been seized in each prison in each month since May 2015.
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Question reference: S5W-18141
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many cannabis plants have been seized by Police Scotland in each year since 2013-14, broken down by area.
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Question reference: S5W-18262
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lanarkshire.
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Question reference: S5W-17976
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many solicitors are taking part in the police station duty scheme, and which (a) bar associations and (b) societies have withdrawn from it.
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Question reference: S5W-17978
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what type of weapons have been seized in Hamilton Sheriff Court in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-17387
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to ensure that older people are aware of the provisions in the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, now that it is in force.
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Question reference: S5O-02286
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking ensure that there are more BSL interpreters.
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Question reference: S5W-17265
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been each year under the Human Trafficking (Scotland) Act 2015, broken down by the number of (i) adult and (ii) child victims.