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-22915
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much it will cost the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver welfare foods under agency arrangements in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-22944
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-22076 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 March 2019, and in light of the commentary in the report by Auditor General, Social Security: Implementing the devolved powers, which states that Industrial Injuries Disabled Benefit will be delivered by the DWP on an ongoing basis by agency agreement, whether the new claims service for Employment Injury Assistance will be launched in autumn 2022.
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Question reference: S5W-22947
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions and preparatory work it has conducted with advocacy providers in advance of the publication of the advocacy service for the Scottish social security system prior information notice (PIN) to aid their ability to respond to the PIN.
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Question reference: S5W-22948
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what lessons have been learned and information has been shared from the process to develop and introduce of advocacy services under Section 122 of the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 in the preparation of the advocacy service for the Scottish social security system prior information notice.
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Question reference: S5W-22945
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the bidder selected to run the advocacy service for the Scottish social security system (a) recruits and (b) trains sufficient numbers of advocates in time for the service go live.
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Question reference: S5W-22949
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) private, (b) public and (c) third sector organisations have (i) responded to and (ii) requested information regarding the prior information notice for the advocacy service for the Scottish social security system.
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Question reference: S5W-22959
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the £10 million budgeted in 2019-20 for social security capital expenditure is expected to cover.
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Question reference: S5W-22962
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many of its social security (a) programme, (b) directorate and (c) agency staff have previously been employed by the DWP.
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Question reference: S5W-22950
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the expected service delivery date is of the social security advocacy service, and whether the delivery will be aligned with the introduction of disability assistance for children and young people in summer 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-22946
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, if the bidder selected to run the Scottish social security system also provides social security advice, how it will ensure that the advocacy services for the system are (a) delivered, (b) quality assured and (c) audited separately from such advice.