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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

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Question reference: S5O-03109

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports disabled and family-friendly access to railway stations in the Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

Rail accessibility is of course a reserved matter. However, The Scottish Government is committed to improving stations across Scotland to make them fully accessible and family friendly. Currently, we are funding upgrades at seven stations to make them fully accessible. We continue to fund improvements to make all of our stations more secure and family-friendly by providing new CCTV, help points, lighting, waiting facilities and increased police patrols.

The Department for Transport has just announced that Anniesland station has been successful in securing Access for All funding. Transport Scotland will now undertake work to establish the options to upgrade this station during Control Period 6.

Question reference: S5O-02977

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to alleviate peak hour delays and cancellations on the ScotRail Glasgow Queen Street-Maryhill-Anniesland service.

Question reference: S5O-02967

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much Pupil Equity Funding has been given to schools in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

Question reference: S5O-02856

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding partnership working to help communities access employment support.

Question reference: S5O-02809

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of energy company practices that exacerbate fuel poverty and indebtedness of vulnerable households seeking to reconnect their supply following disconnection.

Question reference: S5O-02779

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how the proposals in the draft Budget could support town centres in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

Question reference: S5O-02745

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports small businesses in the Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

Question reference: S5O-02697

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how Pupil Equity Funding has supported young people in the Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

Schools in the Maryhill and Springburn Constituency have received over £2.8 million of Pupil Equity Funding in 2018-19, as part of more than £21 million provided to schools across Glasgow. This funding is being spent at the discretion of Headteachers to deliver a range of activities, interventions and resources including:

additional staff to support raising attainment in literacy, numeracy or health & well-being;
enhanced family learning provision; and
approaches to support the social and emotional wellbeing of targeted children and young people.

This funding will continue to the end of this Parliament, as part of our commitment to invest £750 million to close the poverty related attainment gap.

Question reference: S5W-20154

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2018
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm the levels of the new payments to be made by the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme following the recommendations of the recent clinical review of the impacts of chronic hepatitis C.

The Scottish Government will make the following payments for those with chronic hepatitis c (HCV) who have submitted an application to the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme (SIBSS):

£18,900 per year for those who have self-assessed as severely affected by HCV
£6,300 per year for those who have self-assessed as moderately affected by HCV
£1,000 per year for those who have self-assessed that HCV does not have a noticeable day to day impact on their life

For those widows, widowers, civil partners or other long-term partners of deceased beneficiaries who had chronic HCV, they will receive annual payments at 75% of the level above:

£14,175 per year for those who have self-assessed that their spouse or partner was severely affected by HCV
£4,725 per year for those who have self-assessed that their spouse or partner was moderately affected by HCV

In addition, those widows, widowers or partners of those who had chronic HCV who did not receive the £30,000 additional lump sum paid to living beneficiaries with chronic HCV will now also receive this one-off lump sum payment.

Question reference: S5O-02565

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports social enterprises in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

Scotland has a world leading eco-system of support for social enterprise including free business support, leadership development programmes and affordable social investment.

In the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency, 149 social entrepreneurs have benefited from free business advice through the Just Enterprise programme, with three social enterprises currently receiving support from Firstport, the national start-up incubator.

Social enterprises in this constituency have also benefited from specific funding programmes such as the Social Economy Growth Fund and the Strengthening Communities Programme.