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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-01681

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports distance learning for postgraduate students.

Question reference: S5O-01651

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2017
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that custody units and prisons provide the necessary and appropriate support for people with mental health conditions.

Action 15 within the Mental Health Strategy outlines our clear commitment to funding 800 additional mental health workers in key settings, including custody suites and prisons, ensuring that local provision and support is at the heart of our plans. Funding for this commitment will reach £35 million by 2022.

It is vital that this investment has the greatest possible impact and acts as a catalyst for joint working between Health and Justice services. Therefore, the Scottish Government has asked the Health and Justice Collaboration Improvement Board to develop recommendations on how to achieve this by its next meeting on 27 March.

Question reference: S5O-01612

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the SFA and what was discussed.

Question reference: S5O-01559

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to the campaign, 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.

Question reference: S5O-01482

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress that it is making with its work in resettling refugees and asylum seekers.

Scotland continues to welcome asylum seekers, who arrive in Glasgow under the Home Office’s asylum dispersal programme, and Scottish local authorities have now received over 1,900 refugees under the Syrian Resettlement Programme.

We are working with our partners, including COSLA and the Scottish Refugee Council, to develop the next New Scots refugee integration strategy for publication in early 2018. Over 2,000 people participated in engagement during the summer to inform the strategy, including over 700 refugees and asylum seekers.

Question reference: S5O-01330

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 4 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what efforts it is making to expand local sports initiatives.

The Scottish Government is committed to increasing rates of physical activity and wants to see a Scotland where more people are more active more of the time.

There are now more and better opportunities for everyone to participate in sport and physical activity right across Scotland. There are now 179 community sport hubs up and running and sportscotland, our national agency for sport, is on course to reach the target of 200 hubs by 2020. We are taking action to drive change for women and girls in sport through our first ever Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week, and creating a Women and Girls in Sport Advisory Board.

A good example of a local initiative being expanded is The Daily Mile. Created in Stirling, the Scottish Government is encouraging people of all ages to walk, jog or run a mile and that Scotland becomes the first Daily Mile Nation.

Question reference: S5O-01294

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the respectme Anti-Bullying Week in November 2017 to help promote respect for LBGTI people in schools.

Question reference: S5O-01208

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how the youth employment rate in Scotland compares to the UK as a whole and the rest of the EU.

Question reference: S5T-00605

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it undertakes with Scotland’s Muslim community, and whether it will take steps to ensure the safety of mosques in the wake of the latest attack in London.

Question reference: S5F-01394

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2017

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to support LGBT rights.