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-10877
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff from each of its other directorates have been (a) transferred and (b) seconded to its Social Security Directorate.
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Question reference: S5F-01542
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2017
To ask the First Minister what financial support the Scottish Government offers to parents of premature babies whose child is in hospital.
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Question reference: S5W-11055
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is monitoring the ethnicity of individuals participating in its Social Security Experience Panels and, if so, whether this data will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-11034
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many mixed aged couples who are entitled to pension credit do not claim it, and what the value of this unclaimed pension credit is (a) in total and (b) on average.
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Question reference: S5W-11056
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether race equality has featured as a discussion in its Social Security Experience Panels and, if not, whether this topic will be addressed.
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Question reference: S5W-11054
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the evidence gaps highlighted in Scotland's Equality Evidence Strategy 2017-2021, how it will fill these gaps to support the measurement of the impact of the planned introduction of the socio-economic duty across the public sector, and whether the gaps relevant to poverty and inequality will be filled prior to its planned introduction.
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Question reference: S5W-11053
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to prioritise addressing evidence gaps in relation to race and ethnicity detailed in Scotland's Equality Evidence Strategy 2017-2021.
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Question reference: S5W-11052
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its position as set out in Scotland's Equality Evidence Strategy 2017-2021, that “The Scottish Government cannot, and should not, take responsibility for attending to all evidence gaps”, what discussions it has had with relevant stakeholders to coordinate an approach to addressing these gaps.
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Question reference: S5W-10867
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it stating in the Privacy Impact Assessment for the Social Security (Scotland) Bill that it plans to bring forward amendments at Stage 2 to provide for new information sharing gateways, (a) for what reason these proposals were not published when the bill was introduced and (b) whether the proposals will be published before the Social Security Committee concludes its Stage 1 consideration.
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Question reference: S5W-10868
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it stating in the Privacy Impact Assessment for the Social Security (Scotland) Bill that it plans to bring forward amendments at Stage 2 to provide for new information sharing gateways, whether it is considering other major amendments to be introduced at Stage 2 and, if so, (a) on what subject areas, (b) for what reason these proposals were not published when the bill was introduced and (c) whether the proposals will be published before the Social Security Committee concludes its Stage 1 consideration.