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-07360
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02667 by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2016, whether the spend on all devolved benefits will be demand-led.
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Question reference: S5W-06907
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent in each year since 2011 on public information campaigns to encourage an increased take-up of social security entitlements, and how it has measured the effectiveness of these.
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Question reference: S5W-07378
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the first set of statistics on levels of persistent poverty will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-06833
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S5O-00612 by Angela Constance on 1 February 2017 (Official Report, c. 6), whether it will provide a breakdown by (a) year and (b) service of the investment in advice services that is worth between £40 million and £50 million.
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Question reference: S5F-00948
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2017
To ask the First Minister how many children the measures in the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill will lift out of poverty by May 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-07192
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the response to question S5W-06218 by Angela Constance on 30 January 2017, whether the scoping exercise will conclude before the end of 2016-17 and, if so, whether the extent of funding required will be determined in 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5W-06915
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how people eligible to receive at least one of the devolved benefits will be able to apply to join a social security experience panel.
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Question reference: S5W-06914
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the social security experience panels will first meet.
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Question reference: S5W-06916
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people had applied to join the social security experience panels as of 31 January 2017, and how many of these had been accepted.
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Question reference: S5W-06918
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the social security experience panels are being delivered by it or an external organisation.
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