Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs 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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-07352
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects in relation to Child Disability Payment applications that do not progress.
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Question reference: S6O-00926
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking to tackle the reported staffing shortages within the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-06646
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 18 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what method it is using to distribute funding between the 32 local authorities to support the implementation of the Child Disability Payment, and how much each local authority has received in 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-06644
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 18 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated to local authorities to support the implementation of the Child Disability Payment for (a) the remainder of 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-06626
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding Glasgow City Council received, from the £23.5 million allocated to homelessness prevention, in 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-06642
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out further analysis regarding its estimate of the 67,000 applications for the self-isolation support grant that are expected to be received in 2021/22 and, if so, whether its estimate has changed.
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Question reference: S6W-06641
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding in total it has given to local authorities to support the administration of the self-isolation support grant in each month since its launch, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-06640
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to provide further funding to local authorities in relation to support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arriving through the national transfer scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-06633
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of hotels that are currently being used as accommodation for asylum seekers.
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Question reference: S6W-06634
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the Gypsy/Traveller Accommodation Fund have been successful since it was launched.