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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-27394

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on implementing parts of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 not yet enacted (a) regarding agricultural holdings and (b) in chapter 5 regarding rent review.

Question reference: S5O-04107

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support the GrASTech project, which aims to develop existing livestock farming technology to monitor and reduce methane production.

Question reference: S5O-04031

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports traditional culture in the north east.

Question reference: S5F-03858

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2020

To ask the First Minister what measures the Scottish Government is taking to address the reported crisis in wild salmon stocks.

Question reference: S5O-04004

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce crime in and around court buildings.

Question reference: S5O-03931

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it plans to take in response to statistics showing that 65.4% of patients referred to NHS Grampian were treated within 18 weeks.

Question reference: S5O-03887

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports of rising levels of stress-related sickness among prison staff.

Question reference: S5W-26508

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 3 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19928 by Fergus Ewing on 14 November 2018, whether it will provide the information for 2018-19 on the number of offences recorded by Police Scotland under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953.

Information on cases of sheep worrying is not held centrally in the format requested. Information is available on the number of offences recorded by Police Scotland under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 – which relates to dogs worrying livestock on agricultural land (following table). However as this legislation applies to all forms of livestock, these figures are not available for specific types of animal.

Table 1. Offences of Protection of livestock from dogs, by local authority, 2009-10 to 2018-19
	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Aberdeen City	2	3	3	-	1	2	6	6	3	1
Aberdeenshire	14	14	12	24	9	10	15	16	21	20
Angus	6	2	1	3	1	2	6	1	2	2
Argyll & Bute	6	3	3	11	3	5	8	11	7	11
Clackmannanshire	-	-	2	1	2	-	4	2	2	-
Dumfries & Galloway	3	7	7	5	6	6	12	7	21	13
Dundee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Ayrshire	4	4	2	1	2	1	8	3	9	5
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	1	1	3	-	4	-	3	1
East Lothian	2	1	2	-	3	2	-	-	1	-
East Renfrewshire	1	4	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Edinburgh City	-	2	2	2	3	3	2	7	4	5
Falkirk	4	2	5	8	-	3	4	3	2	4
Fife	4	9	12	9	6	7	4	8	6	7
Glasgow City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Highland	21	23	18	15	10	15	23	23	20	19
Inverclyde	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	1	2
Midlothian	1	3	3	6	5	5	4	10	8	7
Moray	2	5	3	2	3	5	4	5	3	4
Na h-Eileanan Siar	7	12	14	7	3	8	5	8	6	7
North Ayrshire	1	1	3	1	2	3	4	-	2	3
North Lanarkshire	-	2	4	-	1	4	6	11	3	9
Orkney Islands	2	2	5	4	1	2	7	2	3	1
Perth & Kinross	3	2	3	2	2	3	7	14	11	6
Renfrewshire	1	2	6	2	1	-	4	4	2	2
Scottish Borders	2	3	2	4	8	10	7	7	4	8
Shetland Islands	-	4	2	2	-	-	3	-	-	1
South Ayrshire	2	2	1	-	3	-	1	1	3	2
South Lanarkshire	1	3	-	2	2	2	8	12	13	10
Stirling	2	2	10	8	8	8	7	8	4	12
West Dunbartonshire	-	2	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1
West Lothian	3	1	5	3	7	2	7	2	4	4
Scotland	95	122	133	125	98	109	174	175	170	168

Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2018-19

Question reference: S5W-26485

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 November 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what advice it gives to people working, living, or hiking in areas with infected ticks and livestock.

Question reference: S5W-26486

Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 November 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to comments by a senior clinician from the University of Glasgow’s School of Veterinary Medicine that "the presence of B. venatorum in the UK represents a new risk to humans working, living, or hiking in areas with infected ticks and livestock, particularly sheep.”