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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: S6F-02030

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2023

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-02029

Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2023

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-16216

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers discussed Police Scotland’s Q3 Performance Report for 2022-23 with any representative of Police Scotland.

It is for the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) to scrutinise Police Scotland's quarterly performance reports. This is done as part of the Authority's quarterly Performance Committees, the most recent of which took place on 19 March.

Ministers and Scottish Government officials meet with Police Scotland, as well as partners with a role in the accountability and governance of policing of such as the SPA, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary Scotland and the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner on a regular basis. I look forward to meeting and working with them all in my remit as Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs.

Question reference: S6W-16974

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether any Scottish Government representatives were invited to attend the 2023 Scottish Police Federation Conference in person on 29 March 2023.

Question reference: S6W-16940

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce a complete and enforceable ban on the use of electric shock collars on dogs.

Question reference: S6W-16218

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers are currently funded by local authorities from council budgets, rather than by it directly.

Question reference: S6W-16214

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Police Scotland's tweet of 19 March 2023, which stated that "A new Emergency Alert mobile phone warning service is being trialled in Scotland from today by the Scottish Government", whether it told Police Scotland that the trial of the UK-wide Emergency Alert system was a Scottish Government-initiated trial.

The Scottish Government has been clear in its communication with partners and stakeholders that the Emergency Alerts System is fully funded and owned by the UK Government; and that the Scottish Government has agreed to participate in a trial coordinated by UK Government, recognising that the content of any alerts issued in Scotland is likely to be in relation to devolved matters.

Police Scotland’s tweet of 19 March 2023 included a link to a post on the main Scottish Government account which directed viewers to the dedicated UK Government Emergency Alerts web pages.

The introductory paragraph on those pages states: “Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.”

The Scottish Government continues to engage with UK Government and other UK nations, Scottish partners and stakeholders to ensure that the information about the trial is accurate and shared widely.

Question reference: S6W-17008

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15648 by Humza Yousaf on 20 March 2023, how many vacancies for consultant-level obstetrician gynaecologists there currently are in NHS (a) Lanarkshire and (b) Forth Valley.

Question reference: S6W-17012

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to improving the (a) ease and (b) consistency of public access to Fatal Accident Inquiry records, in light of reports that only the 50 most recent records from 2022 onwards are easily accessible on the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service website, without the use of the search function.

Question reference: S6W-17013

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what recent changes have been made to the ability of the public to access Fatal Accident Inquiry records, including any related changes made on the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service website.