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: S6W-28114
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in (a) the East Kilbride constituency and (b) each local authority area it estimates are (i) receiving Carer’s Allowance and (ii) eligible for the new Carer Support Payment.
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Question reference: S6W-28111
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the East Kilbride constituency it estimates have received support from the Carer’s Allowance Supplement since its introduction, and what the average amount received by recipients is for these payments.
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Question reference: S6W-28113
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people it estimates, in the current financial year, are (a) eligible and (b) receiving payments for the (i) Scottish Child Payment and (ii) Best Start Grants, broken down by constituency.
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Question reference: S6W-28112
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds regarding the value of each local authority's reserves in real terms in 2023-24, and how this compares with the equivalent value in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2013-14.
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Question reference: S6W-28208
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Graeme Dey on 17 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it will launch a consultation on plans to reform the regional strategic bodies for the colleges in the Glasgow and Lanarkshire regions.
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Question reference: S6O-03578
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to tackle poverty, in light of recent analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation showing that 86% of low-income households receiving Universal Credit were going without the essentials and that nearly one million people in the UK are "only £10 a week away from poverty".
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Question reference: S6O-03498
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with NHS Lanarkshire, and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S6O-03420
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what discussions it has had with stakeholders in Scotland affected by Brexit in preparation for any input that it will provide to the review of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
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Question reference: S6W-27124
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2024
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to publish its consultation on Employment Injury Assistance.
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Question reference: S6F-03082
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2024
To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential impact on devolved social security benefits of the UK Government’s proposed reforms to disability benefits.