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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-27860

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-04650 by Humza Yousaf on 30 September 2015 (Official Report, c. 12), whether it has set a deadline for COSLA to have collated information on the agreed capacity of local authorities to receive refugees.

Question reference: S4W-27862

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-04649 by Humza Yousaf on 30 September 2015 (Official Report, c. 10), whether COSLA requested that the minister withhold from parliamentary answers any estimates from local authorities of the current capacity in Scotland to receive refugees.

Question reference: S4W-27863

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-04649 by Humza Yousaf on 30 September 2015 (Official Report, c. 10), whether its estimate of the number of refugees that could currently be accommodated in Scotland is (a) between 1,000 and 2,000, (b) between 2,000 and 3,000 (c) between 3,000 and 5,000 or (d) more than 5,000.

Question reference: S4F-02997

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2015

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the findings of the first ever Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland officer and staff opinion survey.

Question reference: S4W-27521

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26131 by John Swinney on 7 July 2015, on what date it will (a) publish an analysis of responses to the consultation on proposed amendments to the NHS Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and (b) set out how it intends to proceed, and what discussions it has had regarding these matters.

Question reference: S4W-27447

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-04551 by John Swinney on 9 September 2015 (Official Report c. 5), whether the planned timetable for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project now differs from the details provided in the answer to question S4W-24246 on 2 February 2015.

There is no change to the delivery timetable of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route since the updates given in the answer to question S4W-24246 on 2 February 2015, and reconfirmed in the answer to question S4W-26951 answered on 31 July 2015, which made clear that there would be no effect on either the timetable or cost of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

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Question reference: S4O-04649

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed the refugee crisis with the UK Government.

Question reference: S4W-27448

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-04551 by John Swinney on 9 September 2015 (Official Report c. 5), what impact the wait to receive a response from Eurostat will have on the timetable for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project.

Question reference: S4W-27438

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) progress it has made and (b) meetings it has had on developing guidance on restorative justice services since 5 December 2014, and on what date it will be published.

Scottish Government officials met with the Chair of the Scottish Restorative Justice Forum on 21 January 2015 to discuss, among other things, the collaborative approach to preparing an initial draft of the guidance to be published under the Victims and Witnesses Act. Further discussions were held about this process by correspondence, with views sought from both the Forum and victim support organisations.

Officials met representatives from Victim Support Scotland, Rape Crisis Scotland, Scottish Women’s Aid and the Scottish Restorative Justice Forum including Sacro on 27 August 2015 to discuss an early draft of the guidance. Further meetings are planned with these organisations to discuss subsequent iterations of the draft guidance.

The Scottish Government’s intention is to publish guidance relating to restorative justice services later this year, though the exact date is still to be determined.

Question reference: S4W-27437

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what progress the Extended Courts Working Group has made; how often it has met since 5 December 2014, and on what date it will publish its findings.