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
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Question reference: S5W-21079
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20835 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 January 2019, whether any of the senior responsible officers have considered requests from other sources to release their respective reviews and, if so, what their response was.
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Question reference: S5W-21081
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20835 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 January 2019, whether any of the senior responsible officers have stated that they would wish to be consulted before recipients of the review share all or parts of its contents with others, and, if so, for which reviews.
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Question reference: S5W-21003
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20757, by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding what procurement process was conducted for the provision of its Financial Health Check service.
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Question reference: S5W-21010
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20752 by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019, how it will calculate the verified financial gain per (a) individual, (b) household and (c) benefit, and over what period of time it will assume the gain is for.
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Question reference: S5W-21004
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20751, by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019, for what reason it does not plan to publish the service level agreement.
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Question reference: S5W-21080
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20835 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 January 2019, whether any of the reviews have been made available by their respective senior responsible officer (a) internally and (b) to the Social Security Programme Board and, if so, which reviews.
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Question reference: S5W-21082
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20835 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 January 2019, whether a copy of each review has been lodged with its Programme and Project Management Centre of Expertise (PPM-CoE) so that it can identify and share the generic lessons learned and, if so, whether the PPM-CoE has copied summaries of the review recommendations to the relevant accountable officer.
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Question reference: S5W-21046
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many requests for re-determinations for Best Start Grant pregnancy and baby payments have been (a) made and (b) processed, and how many have resulted in a determination that (i) was the same and (ii) differed from the initial determination.
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Question reference: S5W-21005
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, whether the information in the article, “Make Friends With Benefits”, which was published in The Scottish Sun on 7 January 2019, which stated that “in the last two months nearly 200 people have already had a combined £103,230 boost after calling the [Financial Health Check service] helpline” is accurate and, if so, whether this information was provided by (a) it or (b) Citizens Advice Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-21007
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5W-20745, by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019, how it defines (a) a successful and (b) an unsuccessful evaluation.
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