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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)
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Question reference: S5O-01266

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it can support people to repatriate the bodies of family members who have died abroad.

Question reference: S5W-09973

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Aileen Campbell on 28 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when the analysis of the Consultation on Increasing Organ and Tissue Donation will be published and what the next steps will be.

Question reference: S5O-01163

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of UK welfare reforms on communities in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

The DWP data available at a Scottish Parliamentary constituency level is limited. But we do know that as of November 2016, around 1,800 people in the Maryhill and Springburn constituency were claiming the Work Related Activity Group component of Employment Support Allowance; and, from April 2017, new claimants in this group will receive £29 per week less.

There are also around 3,000 people claiming Disability Living Allowance in the member’s constituency. DWP’s own statistics show that almost 45% of those receiving DLA in Scotland lost their entitlement to disability benefit, or received a lower level of award, when initially reassessed for Personal Independence Payments. Almost two thirds of cases at Great Britain level that go to appeal are reversed in favour of the claimant.

As of February 2017, 682 households in the Glasgow LA’s area were affected by the lower benefit cap, losing an average of around £57 per week in housing benefit.

There is no doubt that the UK Government’s welfare reforms are causing hardship in many communities across Scotland, including Springburn and Maryhill.

Question reference: S5O-01128

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2017
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports communities in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency in accessing new affordable housing.

Question reference: S5O-01052

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how its Climate Challenge Fund supports projects in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

Question reference: S5O-01013

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding the proposals to close half of Glasgow's Jobcentre Plus offices.

I continue to press UK Ministers for clarity, transparency and closer joint working on this matter. I have met the UK Minister for Employment to discuss this matter and I continue to correspond with him. I am currently awaiting a response to my most recent letter of 29th March.

The UK Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Select Committee, recently concluded – on a cross-party basis that the proposed closure of Jobcentres shows "a lack of planning", called for a full review, and recommended any future policy decisions on welfare in Scotland should be taken in consultation with Scottish Ministers. These, are recommendations I endorse and call on the UK Government to heed.

Question reference: S5O-00956

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with the analysis of responses to its recent consultation on organ and tissue donation and transplantation.

Question reference: S5O-00947

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it has supported participatory budgeting projects for communities in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency since 2014.

Question reference: S5O-00887

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it is increasing access to new medicines.

Dr Montgomery’s independent review into medicines, published in December 2016, recognises that the Scottish Government reforms and investment over recent years has significantly increased access to new medicines. The review found that following our recent reforms, the Scottish Medicines Consortium acceptance rates have markedly increased. Between 2011 to 2013, the combined acceptance rate for orphan/cancer medicines by the Scottish Medicines Consortium was 48%, and between 2014 to 2016 they approved 75% of ultra-orphan, orphan and end of life medicines.

We are working at pace in collaboration with our stakeholders to build on the progress made to implement all the recommendations.

Question reference: S5O-00904

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what links it has established with international development organisations working in Sri Lanka.