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-00287
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support sectors in the rural economy in order to tackle rural poverty.
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Question reference: S6W-03264
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support and guidance it is providing to education authorities to support families who are concerned about the potential for COVID-19 to be spread in schools and for their children to then transmit the virus to family members at home, and what measures are in place to ensure that pupils in clinically vulnerable households are not unfairly penalised for any absences.
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Question reference: S6W-03244
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide for carers in light of the expiry of temporary changes to Carer’s Allowance rules that allowed them to maintain the allowance when the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in them having to take breaks in care.
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Question reference: S6W-03043
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its Programme for Government, whether it will set out its plan for a "transitions strategy".
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Question reference: S6W-03002
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what resources (a) it and (b) Social Security Scotland would require in order to extend the Carer's Allowance Supplement to everyone with an underlying entitlement.
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Question reference: S6F-00304
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2021
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that social care services in Glasgow have been temporarily suspended because of staff shortages.
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Question reference: S6W-02913
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 27 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support is provided to NHS general dental services to offer information on appointments in accessible formats, including large print.
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Question reference: S6W-02507
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Department for Work and Pensions regarding changing the eligibility criteria to access adult disability payment from the current criteria in personal independence payment.
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Question reference: S6W-02508
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the effectiveness of the so-called 20-metre rule that is used as part of the eligibility criteria for being awarded adult disability payment; whether it plans to remove the rule, and, if so, by what date, and what discussions it has had with the Department for Work and Pensions regarding this.
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Question reference: S6W-02532
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to designate care as a key growth sector and, if so, what the timeline is for this.
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