Questions and answers
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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Question reference: S6W-23698
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many British Transport Police staff were working in Scotland in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-23703
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking with British Transport Police and other partners, such as ScotRail, to reduce the number of assaults on passengers on Scotland’s railways.
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Question reference: S6W-23699
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with British Transport Police (BTP) regarding any financial pressures facing BTP.
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Question reference: S6W-23701
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that any financial support it provides to British Transport Police will protect services and provision.
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Question reference: S6W-23700
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support it has provided to British Transport Police (BTP) in each year since 2018 to ensure an adequate BTP provision in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-23702
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether any reduction in the funding of British Transport Police (BTP) could impact the security and safety of Scotland’s rail travelling public, and what assurances it has sought from BTP that no such reduction will occur in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-02885
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the next steps for implementation of 20mph zones across Scotland, following the October meeting of the multi-stakeholder 20mph Task Group.
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Question reference: S6O-02827
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the use of buses across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-22813
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 21 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to promote (a) continental ferry links and (b) maritime employment for Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-22812
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 21 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21903 by Fiona Hyslop on 11 October 2023, what its policy is on using collective bargaining agreements between maritime unions in Scotland and operators of ferry routes from Scotland to international ports to ensure that employment conditions for seafarers exceed (a) international minimum standards and (b) the UK National Minimum Wage for work in Scottish waters.