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: S6O-01616
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to food producers to work towards meeting its right to food commitments.
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Question reference: S6W-12017
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 22 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the proposed independent review of the Scottish Welfare Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-12016
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation timetable for the roll-out of the new Scottish Carers Allowance.
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Question reference: S6O-01609
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will consult MSP staff trade unions before deciding on uprating the Staff Cost Provision in the 2023-24 financial year.
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Question reference: S6W-11892
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it costs for Social Security Scotland to carry out a re-determination request in relation to benefits administered in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01560
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve positive destinations for disabled people leaving school.
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Question reference: S6W-11497
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-10871 by Humza Yousaf on 27 September 2022, whether the Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme priority area benchmark descriptors have been used consistently since 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-11508
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether Social Security Scotland's systems include a mechanism for increasing the frequency of benefit payments.
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Question reference: S6W-11498
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what obligations NHS boards have each year to elevate their performance in each of the Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme priority areas, and whether there is a minimum performance of stroke care that NHS boards have to achieve to be able to admit stroke patients.
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Question reference: S6W-11420
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 2 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to create through its agencies a capital funding stream for community services and community spaces.
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