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: S5W-23073
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Jobs Grant will be delivered using the Low Income Benefits Agile Service Design contract with IBM.
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Question reference: S5W-23241
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether Social Security Scotland has placed a limit on its budget for expenditure on face-to-face disability assessments and, if so, how much.
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Question reference: S5W-23240
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much Social Security Scotland expects to spend on face-to-face disability assessments.
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Question reference: S5W-23020
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21291 by Aileen Campbell on 18 February 2019, whether the topic of an income supplement has been (a) discussed at and (b) included on the agenda of any meetings of the Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare, and, if (i) so, on what dates and what the outcome was and (ii) not, whether it will consider raising the issue at future meetings.
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Question reference: S5W-23036
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many carer's allowance claimants have an outstanding (a) overpayment and (b) fraud debt, broken down by the (i) value of the debt, (ii) year the debt was discovered, (iii) year the debt is attributable to and (iv) whether the claimant has an active payment or underlying entitlement of carer's allowance.
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Question reference: S5W-23040
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will request from the DWP, under its agency agreement, the number of carer's allowance overpayments that have been discovered as a result of the DWP Verify Earnings and Pensions Alerts service; what the value is of these overpayments, and how many claimants are affected.
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Question reference: S5W-23039
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18779 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2018, what discussions it has had with the DWP regarding recovery of overpayment debt since the date of the answer, and whether it will publish this correspondence.
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Question reference: S5W-23021
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21291 by Aileen Campbell on 18 February 2019, on what dates it has discussed the topic of an income supplement with HMRC and DWP, and what future meetings are planned.
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Question reference: S5W-23013
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff have day-to-day responsibility for the development and analysis of its income supplement policy.
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Question reference: S5W-23072
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to extend the Low Income Benefits Agile Service Design contract with IBM, and whether discussions regarding an extension to the contract have been requested.