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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 June 2006
S2W-26699
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted of an offence involving a (a) knife and (b) gun in each year since 1999 and how many of these convictions resulted in a police sentence, broken down by police force area.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 September 2004
S2W-10095
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases were marked “no proceedings” in each procurator fiscal office in each of the last five years, expressed also as a percentage of the total number of cases dealt with by each office.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 January 2026
Promoting Healthy Ageing in Scotland - Maintaining Social Connections
To tackle loneliness and social isolation in Scotland, the Scottish Government developed a national strategy, A Connected Scotland, in 2018.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2025
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions - Expected Challenges
I think there could have been more cross governmental work before the launch so that it's not owned by Active Scotland, it is owned by the Scottish Government (RP17).
Secondly, was the desire for appropriate level of commitment and funding to be provided to enable implementation:
There is no additional investment to put the new framework into practice.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 August 2025
Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill - Quashing of historic convictions
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/session-6-criminal-justice-committee/correspondence/2025/prostitution-offences-and-support-bill the Scottish Government noted its:
significant and deep concerns about the quashing of previous convictions as set out in the Bill.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 August 2025
Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill - Offence of paying for the performance of a sexual act
Whilst providing initial oral evidence to the Criminal Justice Committee, at its meeting on 25 June 2025,4Scottish Parliament. (2025, June 25). Criminal Justice Committee, Scottish Parliament Official Report, Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 January 2025
Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland - Committee consideration
The Committee recommends that the Scottish Government consults with relevant stakeholders and affected communities to develop good practice principles for community benefits for aquaculture developments.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill - Republished - The Current Law on Murder and Culpable Homicide
It stated (MacAngus v HMA [2009] HCJAC 8, paragraph 42):
These Scottish authorities tend to suggest that the actions (including in some cases deliberate actions) of victims, among them victims of full age and without mental disability, do not necessarily break the chain of causation between the actings of the accused and the victim's death.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 June 2024
Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare in Scotland - Current uses
Retrieved from https://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/about-the-right-decision-service/ [accessed 8 May 2024] However, most people working in the area would generally not consider anything currently in the Right Decision Service as AI, viewing it as a traditional digital tool instead. (Scottish Government personal correspondence)
Committee reports
Date published:
14 June 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill - Section 17 of the Bill: Power to invest
Currently 10 have been in place for more than 10 years, and the average lasts for 3 years and 1 monthixCorrespondence from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to the Convener. 22 April 2024..
