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.
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
Displaying 46843 questions Show Answers
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the prison population has been released under any early release programmes in each of the last five years, and what the reasons were for any such early releases of prisoners.
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.
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.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the potential cost to the third sector in Scotland of the UK Government’s decision to raise employer national insurance contributions, and what plans it has to help alleviate any additional costs, including inflationary costs, arising from this decision that are facing voluntary organisations that are in receipt of it grants or contracts from it.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps each emergency service is taking to reduce the number of emergency calls that are recorded as being hung up or terminated prematurely, and what information it has regarding the outcome of this action.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to outline a comprehensive plan for reforming public debt collection practices, including the consideration of debt amnesties for families affected by housing arrears.
To ask the Scottish Government how Food Standards Scotland promotes food safety education in schools.
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance Food Standards Scotland provides to food businesses regarding the use of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), in food production and safety monitoring.
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on media training for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each year since 2018, broken down by department.
To ask the Scottish Government what support services are provided to prisoners released early to prevent reoffending.