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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 May 2025
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Question reference: S5W-08044

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the average length of time that people have been subject to electronic monitoring has been in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S5W-08034

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent report from Plantlife, We need to talk about nitrogen, which suggests that, because of air pollution, one third of flowering plants is under threat, and whether it will introduce measures to help build the plants' resilience.

Question reference: S5W-07964

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether, in light of the briefing paper, Why focus on reducing women's imprisonment in Scotland? by the Prison Reform Trust, which notes that (a) the number of women imprisoned increased by 46% in the 10 years since 2003–04, growing at a faster rate than men’s prison population, (b) this growth can be attributed to the increasing use of custodial sentences by courts rather than changes in the pattern of offending, and (c) 85% of pregnant women in prison in 2015 were there on remand or serving sentences of 12 months or less, it will accelerate its consideration of raising the presumption against short-term sentences to 12 months.

Question reference: S5W-07931

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the rate of fixed-penalty payment has been in each year since 2010.

Question reference: S5W-07932

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many people (a) with and (b) without prior convictions in each year since 2010, have been given alternatives to prosecution, broken down by alternative.

Question reference: S5W-07967

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many convicted (a) women and (b) men were (i) drunk and (ii) under the influence of drugs at the time of their offence in each year since 2010.

Question reference: S5W-07933

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many unpaid fixed-penalty fines the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has (a) recovered and (b) not recovered in each year since 2010.

Question reference: S5W-07930

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many non-court issued fines have been issued in each year since 2010 by (a) Police Scotland and (b) local authorities, and how many of those have been paid.

Question reference: S5W-07934

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of unpaid fixed penalties have resulted in a court case, in each year since 2010.

Question reference: S5W-07968

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the briefing paper, Why focus on reducing women's imprisonment in Scotland?, by the Prison Reform Trust, which notes that, in 2014-15, 79% of prison sentences imposed on women were for low-level offences, what the rate (a) was in each year between 2010 and 2014 and (b) for men was in each year for these offences since 2010.