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: S4W-23036
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the use of waiting lists for social care services is part of its national strategy for self-directed support.
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Question reference: S4W-23037
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, if a self-directed support assessment recommends a plan that costs more than the local authority is willing to pay, whether it expects that the council should carry out further assessments of the person's social care needs.
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Question reference: S4W-23038
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made since April 2014 on the establishment of the Scottish Independent Living Fund.
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Question reference: S4W-23035
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how long people should wait for their self-directed support budget to be agreed following the completion of an assessment and support plan.
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Question reference: S4F-02396
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2014
To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the day.
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Question reference: S4W-23082
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it was represented at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in London and, if so, who attended.
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Question reference: S4W-23039
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether local authorities will be required to continue to match fund payments to recipients of the Scottish Independent Living Fund.
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Question reference: S4F-02376
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2014
To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day.
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Question reference: S4W-22821
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 7 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how it will work with COSLA to extend financial support to kinship carers.
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Question reference: S4W-22820
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the value is of the additional funding that it has provided to tackling child poverty and to what areas this will be applied.