Scottish Parliament Statistics 2022-2023

Author: Alex Arnott, Kathryn Appleby-Donald, Rebecca Bartlett, Russell Cairns, Gwynneth Cowley, Julia Hurst, Amy Jardine, Kirsty Millar, Lindsay Paterson, Lena Phalen, Emma Robinson, Edna Stirrat

PDF Published: Thursday 19 Dec 2024 (SP Paper 712)

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Overview
Report
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- 1. Members
  - 1.1. Elections
    
    1.1.1. Scottish Parliament Election Results
    
    1.1.2. Scottish Parliament By-Elections
  - 1.2. State of the Parties
  - 1.3. Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)
    
    1.3.1. MSPs who served during the parliamentary year
    
    1.3.2. MSPs serving continuously since 1999
    
    1.3.3. Dual Mandate MSPs
    
    1.3.4. MSPs by gender and ethnic minority background
    
    1.3.5. Female MSPs by Party
    
    1.3.6. 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
- 2. Plenary Meetings
  - 2.1. Calendar of Meetings (May to August 2022)
  - 2.1. Calendar of Meetings (September to December 2022)
  - 2.1. Calendar of Meetings (January to May 2023)
  - 2.2. Recess Dates
  - 2.3. Place of Meeting
- 3. Plenary Business
  - 3.1. Division of Time on Parliamentary Business
    
    3.1.1. Time Spent on Bills
    
    3.1.2. Time spent on Statutory Instruments
    
    3.1.3 Time spent on other Motions relating to Legislation
    
    3.1.4. Time spent on Parliamentary Bureau Motions
    
    3.1.5. Time spent on Motions for Debate
    
    3.1.6. Time spent on Debates without Motions
    
    3.1.7. Time spent on Oral Questions
    
    3.1.8. Time spent on Statements
    
    3.1.9. Time spent on Other Matters
  - 3.2. Time for Reflection
  - 3.3. Parliamentary Questions
    
    3.3.1. Oral Questions
    
    3.3.1.(a) General Questions
    
    3.3.1.(b) First Minister's questions
    
    3.3.1.(c) Portfolio questions
    
    3.3.1.(d) Topical questions
    
    3.3.1.(e) Urgent questions
    
    3.3.1.(f) SPCB questions
    
    3.3.1.(g) Urgent 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 and Statements
  - 3.8. Votes
    
    3.8.1 Electronic Votes
    
    3.8.2 Proxy Votes
    
    3.8.3. Presiding Officer's Exercise of a Casting Vote
- 4. Committees
  - 4.1. Committee Membership
    
    4.1.1. Individuals’ Membership of Committees
    
    4.1.2. Conveners Group
    
    4.1.2.(a) Committee Conveners and Deputy Conveners by Party
    
    4.1.2.(b) Committee Conveners and Deputy Conveners by Gender
  - 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 (Committees A-L)
    
    Time spent in committee meetings, by committee and month, plus the division between public and private time (Committees M-Z)
    
    4.2.3. Average Time Spent in Committee Meetings during the Parliamentary Year
  - 4.3. Committees
    
    4.3.1. Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
    
    4.3.2. Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
    
    4.3.3. COVID-19 Recovery Committee
    
    4.3.4. Criminal Justice Committee
    
    4.3.5. Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    
    4.3.6. Economy and Fair Work Committee
    
    4.3.7. Education, Children and Young People Committee
    
    4.3.8. Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
    
    4.3.9. Finance and Public Administration Committee
    
    4.3.10. Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
    
    4.3.11. Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
    
    4.3.12. Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
    
    4.3.13. Public Audit Committee
    
    4.3.14. Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
    
    4.3.15. Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee
    
    4.3.16. Social Justice and Social Security Committee
    
    4.3.17. 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 second parliamentary year of Session 6
    
    European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
    
    United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
    
    Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
    
    Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill
    
    Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill
    
    Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
    
    Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
    
    Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
    
    National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
    
    Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill
    
    Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill
    
    Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Budget (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill
    
    Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill
    
    Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
    
    Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
    
    Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill
    
    5.1.3. Progress of Private Bills during the second parliamentary year of Session 6
  - 5.2. Subordinate Legislation
  - 5.3. Secondary Legislation Stemming from the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
- 6. Other Parliamentary Business
  - 6.1 Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament
  - 6.2. Documents laid other than Statutory Instruments
  - 6.3. Rule Changes to Standing Orders
  - 6.4 Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme Trustees
  - 6.5 Commission for Public Audit
  - 6.6. 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
- 7. Staff
  - 7.1. MSP Staff
  - 7.2. Parliamentary Staff in Post by Group (as at 31 March 2023)
- 8. Outreach and External Engagement
  - 8.1. Visitors
  - 8.2. Public Enquiries
  - 8.3. Educational Visits and Outreach
  - 8.4. Freedom of Information Statistics
    
    8.4.1 Environmental Information Requests
  - 8.5. Official Inward Visits and Outward Delegations
  - 8.6. Official Gifts

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