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: S4T-01363
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what independent assessment has been carried out of the impact of reducing air passenger duty.
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Question reference: S4W-30155
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the statutory basis for the creation of the National Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Data Centre and what legislation governs the (a) retention and (b) use of ANPR records.
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Question reference: S4W-29912
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28457 by John Swinney on 2 December 2015, whether a privacy champion has now been appointed to the NHS Central Register Governance Board.
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Question reference: S4W-30151
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions data from automatic number plate recognition cameras has led to someone in Scotland being charged with an offence in each year since 2011-12, broken down by offence.
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Question reference: S4W-30149
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many number plate records have been registered by automatic number plate recognition cameras in each year since 2011-12 and how many of those are currently retained by public bodies in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-30153
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) records are input into the UK-wide National ANPR Data Centre database and for what purpose.
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Question reference: S4W-30142
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what role it has in relation to the UK-wide National Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Data Centre database.
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Question reference: S4W-30148
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that Police Scotland might cancel its contract with Accenture to deliver its new operational policing IT system.
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Question reference: S4W-30152
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many automatic number plate recognition cameras there are in Scotland; how much it has cost to (a) install and (b) maintain them, and how many were paid for from public funds.
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Question reference: S4W-30144
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason conditions in Cornton Vale prison identified in the 2010 HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland report had not been improved prior to the inspection reported in the 2015 report.