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 how it raises awareness among coastal local authorities of the funding streams that are available to them for economic and land development.
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to review its interim arrangement with COSLA regarding the distribution of funding for local authorities through the Coastal Communities Fund.
To ask the Scottish Government how much unallocated funding remains from the 2018-19 Coastal Communities Fund; what plans it has for this funding, and how this compares with how this was disposed of in previous years.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that staff in the social security programme can access appropriate mental health support.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has cost to acquire third-party pieces of coding and software for the social security programme.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that Social Security Scotland staff are adequately supported in their roles.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that Social Security Scotland is staffed by an adequate number of permanent employees.
To ask the Scottish Government how many hours overtime have been worked by (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in the social security programme.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the cost of implementing the delivery of digital infrastructure for the social security programme.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that decisions made through the social security programme are appropriately escalated or reported to the programme's board.