Scottish Parliament Statistics 2020-2021

Author: Kathryn Appleby-Donald, Rebecca Bartlett, Jennifer Bruce, Russell Cairns, Gwynneth Cowley, Alexandra Gherghinis, Alisdair Grahame, Julia Hurst, Miranda Jackson, Kirsty Millar, Lindsay Paterson, Emma Robinson, Edna Stirrat

PDF Published: Friday 28 Oct 2022 (SP Paper 247)

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Overview
Report
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- 1. Members
  - 1.1. Elections
    
    1.1.1. Scottish Parliament Election Results, 5 May 2016
    
    1.1.2. Scottish Parliament By-Elections
    
    1.1.3. MSPs not standing for re-election in the 2021 Election
  - 1.2. State of the Parties
  - 1.3. MSP Statistics
    
    1.3.1. Dual Mandate MSPs
    
    1.3.2. MSPs by Gender and Minority Ethnic
    
    1.3.3. Female MSPs by Party
    
    1.3.4. MSP Age Profile
  - 1.4. Officers of the Parliament
    
    1.4.1. Presiding Officers
    
    1.4.2. Scottish Parliament Corporate Body
    
    1.4.3. Parliamentary Bureau
  - 1.5. Oaths and Affirmations
  - 1.6. Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament
- 2. Plenary Meetings
  - 2.1. Calendar
  - 2.2. Recess Dates
  - 2.3. Place of Meeting
- 3. Plenary Business
  - 3.1. Division of Time on Parliamentary Business
  - 3.2. Time for Reflection
  - 3.3. Parliamentary Questions
    
    3.3.1. Oral Questions
    
    3.3.1.(a) General Questions
    
    3.3.1.(b) Members' Virtual Questions
    
    3.3.1.(c) First Minister's questions
    
    3.3.1.(d) Portfolio questions
    
    3.3.1.(e) Topical questions
    
    3.3.1.(f) Urgent questions
    
    3.3.1.(g) SPCB questions
    
    3.3.2. Written Questions
    
    3.3.2.(a) Written questions to the Scottish Government
    
    3.3.2.(b) Written questions to the SPCB
  - 3.4. Motions
    
    3.4.1. Motions by Party
    
    3.4.2. Motions without Notice
    
    3.4.3. Motions to Suspend Standing Orders
    
    3.4.4. Members' Business Motions
    
    3.4.5. Legislative Consent Memorandums and Motions
    
    3.4.6. Public Bodies Act Consent Memorandums and Motions
  - 3.5. Ministerial Statements
  - 3.6. Committee Announcements
  - 3.7. Presiding Officer's Rulings
  - 3.8. Electronic Votes
  - 3.9. Presiding Officer's Exercise of a Casting Vote
- 4. Committees
  - 4.1. Committee Membership
    
    4.1.1. Individuals’ Membership of Committees
    
    4.1.2. Committee Conveners and Deputy Conveners by Gender and Party
  - 4.2. Committee Meetings
    
    4.2.1. Number of Committee Meetings
    
    4.2.2. Time Spent in Committee Meetings
    
    Total time spent in committee meetings, plus the division between public and private time, by committee
    
    Total time spent in committee meetings, plus the division between public and private time, by month
    
    Time spent in committee meetings, by committee and month, plus the division between public and private time
    
    4.2.3. Average Time Spent in Committee Meetings during the Parliamentary Year
  - 4.3. Committees
    
    4.3.1. Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints
    
    4.3.2. COVID-19 Committee
    
    4.3.3. Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee
    
    4.3.4. Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    
    4.3.5. Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee
    
    4.3.6. Education and Skills Committee
    
    4.3.7. Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
    
    4.3.8. Equalities and Human Rights Committee
    
    4.3.9. Finance and Constitution Committee
    
    4.3.10. Health and Sport Committee
    
    4.3.11. Justice Committee
    
    4.3.12. Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
    
    4.3.13. Local Government and Communities Committee
    
    4.3.14. Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
    
    4.3.15. Public Petitions Committee
    
    4.3.16. Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee
    
    4.3.17. Social Security Committee
    
    4.3.18. Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill Committee
    
    4.3.19. Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
- 5. Legislation
  - 5.1. Bills and Proposed Bills
    
    5.1.1. Bill Summary
    
    5.1.2. Progress of Public Bills during the 5th parliamentary year of Session 5
    
    UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Consumer Scotland Bill
    
    Disclosure (Scotland) Bill
    
    Children (Scotland) Bill
    
    Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill
    
    Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill
    
    Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill
    
    Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill
    
    Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill
    
    Liability for NHS Charges (Treatment of Industrial Disease) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill
    
    Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Bill
    
    Travelling Funfairs (Licensing) (Scotland) Bill
    
    European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill
    
    Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Post-mortem Examinations (Defence Time Limit) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill
    
    Culpable Homicide (Scotland) Bill
    
    Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill
    
    UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Political Parties) Bill
    
    Redress for Survivors (Historical in Care) (Scotland) Bill
    
    United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Bill
    
    University of St Andrews (Degrees in Medicine and Dentistry) Bill
    
    Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Scottish Parliamentary Standards (Sexual Harassment and Complaints Process) Bill
    
    Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Bill
    
    Budget (Scotland) (No.5) Bill
    
    5.1.3. Progress of Private Bills during the 5th parliamentary year of Session 5
    
    Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill
  - 5.2. Subordinate Legislation
  - 5.3. Secondary Legislation Stemming from the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
- 6. Other Parliamentary Business
  - 6.1. Documents laid other than Statutory Instruments
  - 6.2. Rule Changes to Standing Orders
- 7. Staff
  - 7.1. MSPs and their Staff
  - 7.2. Parliamentary Staff in Post by Group (as at 31 March 2021)
- 8. Access
  - 8.1. Public Visitors and Contacts
  - 8.2. Educational Visits and Outreach, by Academic Year
  - 8.3. Freedom of Information Statistics
- 9. Other
  - 9.1. Official Inward Visits and Outward Delegations
  - 9.2. Official Gifts
  - 9.3. Membership of Other Bodies
    
    British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
    
    Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
    
    Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies
    
    Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe

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