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-19089
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18813 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 September 2018, what the expected equivalent level of planned expenditure in Scotland is from the date of transfer to the end of the financial year, and what the anticipated gap is between the amount of funding it expects to receive and actual expenditure on the Best Start Pregnancy and Baby Grant in 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5W-19091
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates the DWP's delivery of Carer's Allowance under agency arrangements will cost it in 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5W-19090
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates the administration of the Carer's Allowance Supplement by Social Security Scotland will cost in 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5W-19227
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18928 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018, when the (a) supplementary information will be published and (b) invitation to tender will be issued, and whether it will make the information detailing the outline service requirement, the procurement process and the support available to potential tenderers publicly available outwith its Dynamic Purchasing System.
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Question reference: S5W-19211
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18843 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 4 October 2018, whether experience panels have (a) been asked whether or (b) proposed that Social Security Scotland should provide a range of application forms for disability assistance that correspond with an individual's primary condition.
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Question reference: S5W-19212
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18930 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018, when this information will be in the public domain, and whether the withholding of the information is consistent with the co-design approach agreed by the Parliament on 2 October 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-19063
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government to what extent Social Security Scotland engages with the Scottish Union of Supported Employment to assist with its recruitment.
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Question reference: S5W-19064
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what formal relationship Social Security Scotland has with Fair Start Scotland (FSS), and how many staff it has recruited via FSS.
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Question reference: S5W-18843
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 4 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a range of application forms for disability assistance to correspond with an individual's primary condition.
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Question reference: S5W-18820
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the eligibility criteria for the Best Start Grant (Pregnancy and Baby Grant) do not align with the eligibility criteria for free school meals.