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-22857
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the role of the mental function champions in developing disability assistance assessments.
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Question reference: S5W-22836
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the National Audit Office report, Investigation into overpayments of Carer’s Allowance.
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Question reference: S5W-22777
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many responses have been received by the Consultation on Improving Disability Assistance in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-22511
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the projected staffing requirements are of (a) Social Security Scotland and (b) its social security directorate for each quarter of 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-22612
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the social security principle in the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 that “social security is itself a human right and essential to the realisation of other human rights”, what measures are in place to ensure that a human rights-based approach directly informs the development of the Scottish social security system, policy, guidance and regulations.
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Question reference: S5W-22614
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20261 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 November 2018, how much it forecasts (a) the Social Security Directorate and (b) Social Security Scotland will pay to the DWP in 2019-20, broken down by cost type.
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Question reference: S5W-22637
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether a person’s account of the impact of their condition or impairment on their functionality is sufficient to obtain an accurate decision on entitlement to disability assistance in most cases.
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Question reference: S5W-22517
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment in its cold spell and winter heating assistance position paper regarding Winter Heating Assistance that "No one will lose out as a result of the replacement payment", whether this commitment applies to people who (a) are currently entitled and (b) will have future entitlement to the benefit.
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Question reference: S5W-22516
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment in its cold spell and winter heating assistance position paper regarding Winter Heating Assistance that "No one will lose out as a result of the replacement payment", whether the value of the assistance will be maintained in (a) cash and (b) real terms.
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Question reference: S5W-22222
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take where a majority of responses to any of the questions set out at section 5 of its consultation on disability assistance state that they disagree with its position.