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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase young people's engagement with the Scottish Youth Parliament, and how much this is costing.
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have been referred to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service each year under the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 for making underpayments to migrant workers, also broken down by how many were subsequently (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted.
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it anticipates that Bairns’ Hooses will be rolled out across Scotland to all child victims or witnesses of abuse or violence and children whose behaviour has caused significant harm or abuse.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support the roll-out of alcohol-related brain damage services across Scotland to ensure equal access to support and treatment for all patients.
To ask the Scottish Government how many children it anticipates will access support from a Bairns’ Hoose when they are rolled out across Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the reported £1.8 billion in outstanding council tax it considers is realistically recoverable, and what projections it has made for the recovery of this debt.
To ask the Scottish Government, what its response is to the Shelter Scotland report, In Their Own Words: Children’s Experiences in Temporary Accommodation, and what its position is on whether children living in such accommodation are having their best interest rights upheld, as per the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, including their right to (a) an adequate standard of living, (b) healthcare and (c) leisure and play.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a specific standard for the provision of alcohol-related brain damage services in every health and social care partnership.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many (a) Bairns’ Hooses are currently operational across Scotland and (b) child victims or witnesses of abuse or violence and children whose behaviour has caused significant harm or abuse currently have access to a Bairns’ Hoose.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent in total on the National Bairns’ Hoose Governance Group to date.