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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.

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Question reference: S4W-02955

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when the next inspection of the Scottish Police Services Authority by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland is scheduled.

Question reference: S4W-02942

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how the Scottish Police Services Authority checks for non-compliance with the scenes of crime examination standards and procedures and how many instances of non-compliance have been recorded since their introduction.

Question reference: S4W-02939

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when the scenes of crime examination standards and procedures referred to by the Scottish Police Services Authority's Director of Forensic Services in evidence to the Fingerprint Inquiry on 13 November 2009 were first introduced.

Question reference: S4W-02946

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what training police officers have in relation to forensic examination of scenes of crime involving firearms and who provides such training.

The primary role of police officers at any crime scene is one of preservation of evidence. The examination of forensic evidence is the domain of forensic scientists. As recruits, police officers are trained at the Scottish Police College and must complete a module on forensic evidence. This module includes preservation of evidence, the risks of evidence contamination and initial actions to be taken at a crime scene. The Scottish Police College also provides further forensic evidence training to Detective Officers.

Question reference: S4W-02938

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, whether it will make available the scenes of crime examination standards and procedures referred to by the Scottish Police Services Authority's Director of Forensic Services in evidence to the Fingerprint Inquiry on 13 November 2009.

Question reference: S4W-02944

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are in place for the forensic investigation of scenes of crime involving firearms.

Question reference: S4W-02941

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive who accredited the scenes of crime examination standards and procedures referred to by the Scottish Police Services Authority's Director of Forensic Services in evidence to the Fingerprint Inquiry on 13 November 2009.

Question reference: S4W-02943

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the findings were of the internal investigation by Northern Constabulary in 2010 following its failure to find a kitchen knife involved in a murder in Balintore in April 2010 when searching the scene and what lessons have been learned.

Question reference: S4W-02149

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to continue supporting kinship carers.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the outcomes of young people in kinship care. This means continuing to work with local authorities and corporate parents to support kinship carers. In particular, we are actively seeking changes to the benefits system to improve and simplify financial support for kinship carers. A nationally available service was launched in March with Children 1st to provide support on non-financial issues and this service can be contacted through Parentline on 0800 028 2233. We also fund Citizens Advice Scotland to provide advice to kinship carers on financial issues and this service can be contacted on 0808 800 0006.

Question reference: S4W-02384

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-01962 by Keith Brown on 25 August 2011, to provide a breakdown of the estimated £52 million cost of the construction of the Garngad Chord.

Following a detailed option review the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme Board (EGIP) have confirmed that the Garngad Chord is not required in order to realise the EGIP journey time objectives.

The most recent estimate for the cost of constructing the Garngad Chord included:

	£ Million
Civil Engineering (Ground and Structures)	27
Track	8
Electrification	4
Signalling	13
Total	52