Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024

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: Tuesday 25 Mar 2025 (SP Paper 764)

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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 2023 to August 2023)
  - 2.1. Calendar of Meetings (September 2023 to December 2023)
  - 2.1. Calendar of Meetings (December 2023 to February 2024)
  - 2.1. Calendar of Meetings (March 2024 to May 2024)
  - 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.(a) Individuals’ Membership of Committees
    
    4.1.1.(b) Simultaneous Membership of Committee
    
    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. Social Justice and Social Security Committee
    
    4.3.16. 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
    
    European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
    
    United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (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
    
    Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill
    
    Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill
    
    Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) 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
    
    Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill
    
    Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill
    
    Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill
    
    Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill
    
    Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill
    
    Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
    
    Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
    
    Scottish Languages Bill
    
    Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill
    
    Budget (Scotland) (No. 3) Bill
    
    Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill
    
    Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill
    
    Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
    
    Housing (Scotland) Bill
    
    Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
    
    5.1.3. Progress of Private Bills
  - 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. Scottish 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
    
    Committee of the Regions UK Contact Group
- 7. Staff
  - 7.1. MSP Staff
  - 7.2. Parliamentary Staff in Post by Group (as at 31 March 2024)
- 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
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- 1. Members
- 2. Plenary Meetings
- 3. Plenary Business
- 4. Committees
- 5. Legislation
- 6. Other Parliamentary Business
- 7. Staff
- 8. Outreach and External Engagement

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