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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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  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 5 October 2025
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Question reference: S4W-02940

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions since November 2009 the national scenes of crime examination standards and procedures have been updated.

Question reference: S4W-02946

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what training police officers have in relation to forensic examination of scenes of crime involving firearms and who provides such training.

Question reference: S4W-02942

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how the Scottish Police Services Authority checks for non-compliance with the scenes of crime examination standards and procedures and how many instances of non-compliance have been recorded since their introduction.

Question reference: S4W-02939

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when the scenes of crime examination standards and procedures referred to by the Scottish Police Services Authority's Director of Forensic Services in evidence to the Fingerprint Inquiry on 13 November 2009 were first introduced.

Question reference: S4W-02945

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether established procedures for the forensic investigation of scenes of crime involving firearms were adhered to in relation to the double shooting at a cottage near Tomintoul on 12 April 2011.

Question reference: S4W-02952

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many precognitions of Scottish Police Services Authority forensic experts, excluding fingerprint experts, were or have been carried out in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011, broken down by forensic service.

Question reference: S4W-02955

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when the next inspection of the Scottish Police Services Authority by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland is scheduled.

Question reference: S4W-02941

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive who accredited the scenes of crime examination standards and procedures referred to by the Scottish Police Services Authority's Director of Forensic Services in evidence to the Fingerprint Inquiry on 13 November 2009.

Question reference: S4W-02944

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are in place for the forensic investigation of scenes of crime involving firearms.

Question reference: S4W-02943

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the findings were of the internal investigation by Northern Constabulary in 2010 following its failure to find a kitchen knife involved in a murder in Balintore in April 2010 when searching the scene and what lessons have been learned.