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: S5W-17721
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People has reconsidered its decision to rule out an interim social security charter.
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Question reference: S5W-17719
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the social security charter does not apply to the first payments of the carers allowance supplement.
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Question reference: S5W-17722
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when Social Security Scotland staff are due to receive training on the social security charter and whether this will take place before they handle claimant applications.
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Question reference: S5W-17718
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the timetable is for the development of the social security charter; when its evaluation of stakeholder feedback will be completed and when it will publish this.
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Question reference: S5W-17284
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what public expenditure there has been on (a) vessel and (b) passenger facilities at (i) Hunter's Quay and (ii) McInroy's Point since 2006.
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Question reference: S5W-17283
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what contracts Transport Scotland has with external consultants that include the provision of advice on the contract specifications in the next public contract for ferry services on the Gourock-Dunoon route, and what the (a) duration and (b) value is of any such contracts.
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Question reference: S5W-17282
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the annual income derived from harbour dues at all harbours on (a) subsidised and (b) non-subsidised ferry routes between Inverclyde and the Cowal Peninsula has been since 2006.
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Question reference: S5W-16796
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes it has built during the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S5O-02193
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on recent changes to the terms and conditions of interpreters used by the courts service.
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Question reference: S5W-16306
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers to people from poorer backgrounds who are seeking to study for a degree in law.