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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government/Executive or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The text of all Scottish parliamentary questions and answers are available on the Scottish Parliament Website.
Where a Parliamentary Question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Corporate Body, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service will issue a reply and copies of those are listed below.
PQ Response to Douglas Lumsden 06 02 2025
S6W-33110: To ask the Scottish Government how many cases were handled in each of the last five years by justices of the peace, broken down by case type.
S6W-33111: To ask the Scottish Government what the average caseload is for a justice of the peace.
S6W-33112: To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors the performance and effectiveness of the justice of the peace system.
S6W-33113: To ask the Scottish Government what support and training is provided to justices of the peace to ensure consistency in their decision-making.
S6W-33114: To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that there is an adequate number of justices of the peace to meet demand.
S6W-33115: To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of cases handled by justices of the peace in each of the last five years resulted in convictions.
S6W-33116: To ask the Scottish Government what the cost has been of administering the justice of the peace system in each of the last five years.
PQ Response Douglas Lumsden 16 01 2025
S6W-32320 asks: how many court sittings were cancelled due to a lack of resources at Aberdeen courts in each of the last five years?
PQ Response Richard Leonard 10 03 2025
S6W-35178: To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent staff have been employed in the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service in each of the last five years.
S6W-35179: To ask the Scottish Government what the attrition rate of staff employed by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has been in each of the last five years.
S6W-35180: To ask the Scottish Government what the main recorded reasons for staff leaving the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service have been in each of the last five years.