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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 ��˿�� 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-29493

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of how many full-time equivalent prison officers there will be in 2025-26.

Question reference: S6W-29501

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 12 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent civil servants there were in 2023-24.

To answer this question both sets of data refer to the full time equivalents (FTE) at March 24 as the end point of FY2023-24.

Data is provided from both the Scottish Government core workforce information and the devolved Scottish Civil Service employment information.

This information is published quarterly as part of the Scottish Government statistics on workforce information and the Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics.

The links are attached and FTE refers to March 24 published statistics.

In relation to 2023-24, at end March 2024, the Scottish Government core employed 8,843 FTE directly employed staff including permanent and fixed term staff.

In relation to 2023-24, at end March 2024, the Scottish Government devolved civil service employed 26,800 FTE.

Question reference: S6W-29495

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 12 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of how many full-time equivalent civil servants there will be in 2025-26.

Question reference: S6W-29500

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 11 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent nurses there were in 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-29502

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 6 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent operational staff there were in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-29496

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 6 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of how many full-time equivalent operational staff there will be in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in 2025-26.

Question reference: S6O-03708

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates it will cost to fund the Minimum Income Guarantee scheme proposed in the Minimum Income Guarantee Expert Group Interim Report.

Question reference: S6O-03677

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs last met with the Chief Constable of Police Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-28504

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to review the system of student admission appeals.

Question reference: S6W-28505

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what data it holds on the number of student admission appeals that were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in each of the last five years, broken down by university.