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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: S5W-01349

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland (a) has consulted or (b) will consult the Information Commissioner's Office on its automatic number plate recognition retention policies and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S5W-01354

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Police Scotland automatic number plate recognition standard operating procedure document published in March 2015 made reference to the amount of archive data held.

Question reference: S5W-01352

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when information held by Police Scotland's automatic number plate recognition system dating back longer than two years will be deleted.

Question reference: S5W-01423

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the extent to which brain injuries should be taken into account as a mitigating factor in sentencing.

Sentencing in any given case is a matter for the court. They will take into account the full facts and circumstances of a case before deciding upon an appropriate sentence. This includes any relevant injuries or conditions affecting the offender. The Scottish Government has not undertaken any specific assessment in terms of the extent to which brain injuries should be taken into account when sentencing.

Question reference: S5W-01356

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce specific legislation to improve the management of automatic number plate recognition data held by Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-01494

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve the transfer of information regarding head injuries between A&E units and (a) police custody units and (b) prisons.

Question reference: S5W-01421

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop a 6 to 8 bed low secure brain injury rehabilitation unit.

Question reference: S5W-01417

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of brain injury on the life of prisoners.

The Scottish Prison Service and NHS Boards are carrying out a study to seek to identify the prevalence of head injury in prisoners in Scotland. A second study, beginning later this year, will investigate the usefulness of two screening tools, which will be piloted in two prisons and two police custody sites. This will also estimate the number of prisoners with a disability arising from brain injury.

Question reference: S5W-01418

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendation in the National Prisoner Healthcare Network final report, Brain Injury and Offending, that a single question about brain injury is added to the NHS (Vision) interview in prison reception.

Question reference: S5W-01422

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are for future training on head injury for prison NHS services and prisoners.