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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 18 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-34637

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners have been released under any early release programmes in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-34483

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources and support mechanisms will be put in place in rural and island communities to ensure the effective delivery of the new national throughcare service for prisoners released from (a) short-term sentences or (b) remand.

Question reference: S6W-34480

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been released from prison (a) from short-term sentences and (b) on remand in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-34474

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it made of restoring the Scottish Prison Service Throughcare Support Service, rather than establishing a new third sector-led national throughcare service.

Question reference: S6W-34539

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners it anticipates will be released between 1 March and 31 December 2025 as a result of new GPS ankle tags.

Question reference: S6W-34473

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure coordination between the new national throughcare service for prisoners released from (a) short-term sentences or (b) remand and existing local authority criminal justice social work services, to avoid duplication and maximise effectiveness.

Question reference: S6W-34177

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many calls to each emergency service that have been recorded as being (a) hung up and (b) terminated before completion in each year since 2018 have resulted in a response being dispatched.

Question reference: S6W-34476

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the cost was of delivering the (a) Shine and (b) New Routes programme for prisoners released from (a) short-term sentences or (b) remand in its final year of operation.

Question reference: S6W-34437

  • Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Assembly of Parents and Carers report, Parental Involvement Survey – Findings Report, which found that local authorities and the Scottish Government could provide more support to allow parents and guardians to be more involved in their child’s education.

Question reference: S6W-34146

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of prosecutions for speeding offences on trunk roads have resulted in (a) fines, (b) driving bans and (c) other penalties being imposed in each year since 2018, broken down by trunk road.