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-18815
- 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 what assessment it has made of Table 5: Indicative BSG expenditure and caseload in Scotland for 2018-19, in the Scottish Fiscal Commission report, Supplementary Costings: Social Security Best Start Grant (Pregnancy and Baby Grant) September 2018, and whether it will commit to delivery from 1 November 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-18814
- 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 what its response is to the Scottish Fiscal Commission's forecast regarding (a) the uptake of and (b) expenditure on the Best Start Grant in 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5W-18932
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what public transport access there is to Social Security Scotland offices in (a) Dundee and (b) Glasgow, and whether these are accessible to disabled people.
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Question reference: S5W-18930
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Prior Information Notice, Provision of Agile Service Design to deliver Social Security Assessments Function, and Supplier Awareness Event are subject to a non-disclosure agreement.
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Question reference: S5W-18931
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the Supplier Awareness Event on 11 September 2018 for the notice, Provision of Agile Service Design to deliver Social Security Assessments Function, and what the next stage in the procurement process will be.
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Question reference: S5W-18938
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the finding from its Consultation on Social Security in Scotland that the most mentioned terms that respondents disliked were, welfare, claimant, benefit, customer or client, sanction and scrounger, and whether (a) its Social Security Directorate and (b) Social Security Scotland has been instructed to use alternative language, where necessary.
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Question reference: S5W-18933
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment Social Security Scotland has made of the accessibility and mobility access of (a) the leased buildings and (b) immediate environment of its operational site in (i) Dundee and (ii) Glasgow.
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Question reference: S5W-18937
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the reported comments by the former Minister for Social Security in July 2016 and the outcome of its consultation, what progress it has made in phasing out the word "benefit" in relation to social security.
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Question reference: S5W-18935
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) its Social Security Directorate and (b) Social Security Scotland has spent on goods and services from the private sector, and from which suppliers.
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Question reference: S5W-18927
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many potential suppliers (a) registered and (b) attended the Supplier Awareness Event on 11 September 2018 for its notice, Provision of Agile Service Design to deliver Social Security Assessments Function, and who these potential suppliers are.