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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-07504

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when the First Minister last met the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of First Group in Bute House.

Question reference: S4W-07492

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when the First Minister last met the (a) chief executive and (b) chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Bute House.

Question reference: S4W-07502

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when the First Minister last met the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of BP in Bute House.

Question reference: S4W-07500

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when the First Minister last met the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of Iberdrola in Bute House.

Question reference: S4W-07498

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when the First Minister last met the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of BT in Bute House.

Question reference: S4W-07511

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether statistics on recorded crime, its detection and the rates of solved crime currently collated by the existing police forces at police board level will be continued under the proposed single police force.

The Scottish Government is currently planning for the continued provision of existing recorded crime data during the transition to the Police Service of Scotland. The Scottish Government will also consider the best provision for future data collection and reporting arrangements with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) and with the Police Service of Scotland, when it is established.

Question reference: S4W-07240

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when Marine Scotland will forward the Axis 4 funding from the European Fisheries Fund to the 13 local authorities for which the allocations have been announced.

Question reference: S4W-07236

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how investigations of the police will be carried out if there is only one police force.

Independent investigation of the police is crucial to ensure public confidence and to meet our human rights obligations. Once the Police Service of Scotland is established, the Police Investigation and Review Commissioner (PIRC) will be able to investigate offences involving police officers under the direction of the appropriate prosecutor. The PIRC will also be able to investigate serious incidents involving the police and misconduct by senior officers.

Question reference: S4W-07237

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how the proposed Police Investigations and Review Commissioner will be chosen.

Question reference: S4W-07239

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans have been put in place to get officers to remote areas if needed in an emergency situation if plans for a single police force go ahead and whether there is a contingency plan.