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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: S4W-22066

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 07 July 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has used or plans to use information obtained via the registration process for Scottish Government events to contact attendees regarding the independence referendum.

Question reference: S4W-22064

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 07 July 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it seeks to collect the personal data of attendees registering to attend Scottish Government events and, if so, what it does with the information.

Question reference: S4W-22065

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 07 July 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what personal data it receives from attendees of Scottish Government events via the Eventbrite online registration process.

Question reference: S4W-22067

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 07 July 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 1 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities or NHS boards will have lead responsibility for data access requests arising from the integration of social care services.

The changes in health and social care, including the creation of integration authorities, do not make any difference to how data access requests are handled. As at present, both health boards and local authorities will continue to be responsible for answering data access requests in relation to any data for which they are the data controller. Where integration joint boards exist, they will also be responsible for answering any data access requests in relation to any data they are responsible for.

Question reference: S4W-22108

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 14 July 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that the cost of replacing the internal ferry services of Orkney and Shetland does not become the sole responsibility of the local authorities.

Internal ferry services in Orkney and Shetland, including vessel provision and maintenance, are currently the responsibility of the local authorities.

In the Ferries Plan, we made clear that we are willing to assume responsibility for all lifeline ferry services in Scotland, subject to the principles set out in the Ferries Plan. We are in discussion with both Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council regarding a potential transfer of responsibility.

Question reference: S4W-21788

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 11 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what EU legislation governing rail transport it refers to in its document, Scotland’s Priorities for EU Reform, and what reforms would be required to allow a state-owned UK company to tender to operate ScotRail services.

Question reference: S4W-21065

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what the basis was for the First Minister's assertion on 28 April 2014 that, if an independent Scotland did not assume EU membership, it could lead to “the fishing fleets of 12 countries being denied any access to Scottish waters and as a result, their access to Norwegian waters, which is also dependent on Scottih access"; what advice the First Minister received prior to making this comment, and from whom.

The First Minister made very clear that given Scotland’s prominent and central role in European fisheries it is in the interests of the other member states that Scotland has a smooth transition to independent membership of Europe. He also made the point that if Scotland is not in Europe then it’s not part of the Common Fisheries Policy so all of the existing international agreements that are in place would collapse in light of Scotland being the second biggest contributor to those delicate arrangements.

Question reference: S4W-21072

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, if Scotland became independent, what expansion of personnel it estimates would be required to establish and run a separate directorate to deal with fisheries, and how quickly this could be in place.

Question reference: S4W-21379

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Shetland and the Orkney islands councils under the auspices of the Our Islands Our Future campaign about the introduction of road equivalent tariff on the islands' internal ferry services

Question reference: S4W-21258

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 2 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities or NHS boards will have lead responsibility for freedom of information requests arising out of the joint integration of social care services.

The changes in health and social care, including the creation of integration authorities, do not make any difference to how freedom of information requests are handled. As at present, both health boards and local authorities will continue to be responsible for answering freedom of information requests in relation to any information they hold. Where integration joint boards exist, they will also be responsible for answering any freedom of information requests in relation to any information they hold.