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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: S6W-12113

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government on what specific date it will make an announcement regarding the continued provision of Caledonian Sleeper rail services beyond 25 June 2023.

In accordance with the requirements of the Railways Act 1993 and the Scottish Ministers’ Franchising Policy Statement, consideration is being given to the successor arrangement for the continued provision of Caledonian Sleeper services.

The Scottish Ministers have to work within the relevant current legislation, principally the Railways Act 1993, which neither they nor the Scottish Parliament have powers to change.

Question reference: S6W-12068

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) has received about the First-tier Tribunal in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S6W-12071

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the job titles of the staff currently employed by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber).

Question reference: S6W-12069

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent staff have been employed by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S6W-12023

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much it will spend to continue the roll-out of free mobile phones for prisoners, in light of reports that the project is set to continue.

Question reference: S6W-11947

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022

Question reference: S6W-12022

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry will conclude.

Question reference: S6W-12088

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) were (a) accepted and resulted in a Tribunal decision and (b) not proceeded with or abandoned by the applicant, in (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, and (iii) 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-11938

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost of any backlog of maintenance work for the prison estate has been in each year since 2014.

Question reference: S6W-12028

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 17 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding plans to further engage on matters of human trafficking with the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security, having temporarily recruited two Vietnamese police officers in 2020.

The six-month secondment of two officers from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security to Police Scotland concluded in April 2021. The Scottish Government has not held recent discussions with Police Scotland on plans to further engage with the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security.

Human trafficking has no respect for borders and it is vital that Police Scotland develop and strengthen professional relationships with international law enforcement partners in order to disrupt the networks behind this crime.

Police Scotland’s National Human Trafficking Unit continues to seek out and engage with relevant international partners.