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-25532
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many times prisons have been unable to meet minimum staffing requirements in each of the last five years, also broken down by establishment.
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Question reference: S6W-25533
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how many prison officers need to be recruited to ensure that all prisons are able to adhere to minimum staffing requirements.
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Question reference: S6O-03086
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect the welfare of bees.
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Question reference: S6W-24821
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, for what reason it decided to include provisions that reportedly allow for murder to be prosecuted in the proposed specialist Sexual Offences Court if the crime had a sexual element involved.
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Question reference: S6W-24822
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, what range of sexual offences would be covered by the proposed Sexual Offences Court.
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Question reference: S6W-24823
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, whether the rape of a child would be considered in the proposed specialist Sexual Offences Court.
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Question reference: S6F-02753
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 January 2024
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government plans to take in response to the reported rise in attacks on prison guards and weapons found in prisons.
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Question reference: S6W-24450
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend funding for Rape Crisis Centres beyond March 2024, in light of reported concerns that, if it is not continued, it will result in the loss of 28 support worker positions nationwide.
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Question reference: S6W-24449
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to address the reported concerns of organisations that the current funding model for Rape Crisis services is competitive, delivered unequally across the country and diverts resources away from service delivery and towards competing for limited funding.
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Question reference: S6W-24451
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider long-term funding for support work in relation to violence against women and girls (VAWG).