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.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £100 million of funding for employment and skills support announced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be allocated, and how this support package will be implemented.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £60 million investment in its Youth Guarantee will be allocated, and how this will be implemented.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31375 by Jamie Hepburn on 7 September 2020, how the figures provided for the period between April 2013 to March 2014 and April 2019 to March 2020 compare with its targets for narrowing the disability employment gap.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has offered to food banks and hubs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to assist with the distribution of items to vulnerable people.
To ask the Scottish Government what direct support it has provided to food banks and hubs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government what the indicative time frame is for the planned transfer of powers to Social Security Scotland from the DWP.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many unused food boxes or excess/unwanted food produce has been donated to food banks and hubs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, broken down by local authority.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the financial support provided through (a) Best Start Foods and (b) Best Start Grant in (i) the Scottish Borders and (ii) Scotland in the last year.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31380 by Clare Haughey on 31 August 2020, which initiatives have been allocated funding from the £6 million committed to mental wellbeing, broken down by the amount allocated to each.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the £1.5 million invested in the Digital Participation Charter, and what proportion of this focused on older people and isolation.