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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: S5O-01774

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet ScotRail.

Question reference: S5O-01743

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 31 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it issues to local authority education departments regarding race equality.

As part of our commitment to excellence and equity in education, we routinely consider the needs of a diverse range of stakeholders during the development of policy and guidance.

We published the Race Equality Action Plan in December 2017 which includes a number of specific actions to support education authorities, including publishing the guidance Improving educational outcomes for children and young people from travelling cultures.

Additionally, we have recently reviewed and updated a number of pieces of guidance for education authorities, including the Additional Support for Learning Code of Practice, the National Approach to Anti-Bullying, and guidance on preventing and managing school exclusions. These reviews have allowed us to improve guidance to education authorities on how they can support children and young people whose learning may be impacted by a protected characteristic, such as race, in order to deliver their duties under the Equality Act 2010.

Question reference: S5O-01584

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet the UK Government to discuss matters relating to the constitution.

Question reference: S5O-01464

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the mandatory imposition of non-harassment orders on people convicted of domestic abuse.

Question reference: S5O-01408

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Migration Advisory Committee.

Question reference: S5W-11891

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints against a sheriff (a) overall and (b) in the Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway have been (i) lodged, (ii) concluded and (iii) upheld in each year since 2011, broken down by (A) court and (B) the proportion of total caseload that these represent, and how many were judicial complaints lodged by (1) out-of-town solicitors and (2) clients of out-of-town solicitors where decisions went against them.

Question reference: S5W-11893

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many judicial recusals there have been (a) overall and (b) in the Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway in each year since 2011, broken down by (i) court and (ii) the proportion of total caseload that these represented.

Question reference: S5O-01389

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it promotes the carbon-free economy.

Question reference: S5O-01317

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet NHS Lanarkshire.

Question reference: S5O-01254

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 14 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recent report, Fighting for Tax Jobs, Fighting for Tax Justice, by the PCS Union.

The Scottish Government welcomes the PCS's report, Fighting for Tax Jobs, Fighting for Tax Justice.

The Scottish Government remains deeply concerned about HMRC's Building our Future transformation programme at what must be a worrying time for the more than 8000 HMRC staff that are based in Scotland. Scottish Government policy remains that the powers over the collection and management of all taxes raised in Scotland should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. This would allow the Scottish Parliament to create a tax administration and collection service specifically tailored to Scotland's needs.