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-06306
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage local authorities to (a) implement measures to make streets and pavements accessible for disabled people and (b) ensure there are lowered kerbs and correct tactile paving where needed.
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Question reference: S6W-06918
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider the experience of asylum seekers in Glasgow hotels as being within the scope of the inquiry into the handling of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6O-00846
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-06624
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the last (a) regular Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare and (b) bilateral meeting between the Department for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers, took place.
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Question reference: S6W-06807
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the parameters and workstream details are for the programme of monitoring and evaluation of the Winter Support Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-06806
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish the results of its monitoring and evaluation of the Winter Support Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-06119
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether ScotRail Trains Ltd and ScotRail Holdings Ltd will fall within the scope of the Public Sector Equality Duty.
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Question reference: S6W-06051
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to address any pay disparities that exist for social workers in different local authorities, including differences in starting salaries.
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Question reference: S6T-00553
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to prepare for refugees arriving in Scotland as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Question reference: S6W-06120
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 25 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns of the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland that Motability Operations is profiting from disabled people.