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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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S4W-08083
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions the Scottish Court Service has used (a) a seizure of vehicle order, (b) an arrestment of funds order, (c) a deduction from benefits order and (d) an earnings arrestment order to recover unpaid fines and arrears from Sheriff Court fines in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-08089
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how long on average the Scottish Court Service has waited before implementing enforcement measures for the recovery of unpaid fines and arrears in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-08092
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what the value is of fines not imposed as a result of courts imposing supervised attendance orders on offenders who are unable to pay, in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-07768
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers relating to prison visiting committees and the proposed prison monitoring service will be (a) modified and (b) transferred as part of a Section 14 order under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
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Question reference: S4W-08081
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions the Scottish Court Service has used (a) a seizure of vehicle order, (b) an arrestment of funds order, (c) a deduction from benefits order and (d) an earnings arrestment order to recover unpaid fines and arrears from antisocial behaviour fixed penalty orders in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-08082
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions the Scottish Court Service has used (a) a seizure of vehicle order, (b) an arrestment of funds order, (c) a deduction from benefits order and (d) an earnings arrestment order to recover unpaid fines and arrears from Justice of the Peace Court fines in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-08085
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money the Scottish Court Service has recovered through the use of (a) seizure of vehicle orders, (b) arrestment of funds orders, (c) deduction from benefits orders and (d) earnings arrestment orders from unpaid and in arrears antisocial behaviour fixed penalty orders in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-08087
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money the Scottish Court Service has recovered through the use of (a) seizure of vehicle orders, (b) arrestment of funds orders, (c) deduction from benefits orders and (d) earnings arrestment orders from unpaid and in arrears Sheriff Court fines in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-07695
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether people with relevant experience but who have not worked in a prison setting will be excluded from working as monitors in the proposed monitoring service.
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Question reference: S4W-07699
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether monitors in the proposed prison monitoring service will be able to deal with prisoner complaints.
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