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-20750
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) members of staff and (b) volunteers it expects Citizens Advice Scotland to commit to the delivery of the Financial Health Check service.
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Question reference: S5W-20755
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it or Citizens Advice Scotland is responsible for advertising and promoting the Financial Health Check service; what advertising and promotional work has been agreed as part of the agreement with Citizens Advice Scotland to deliver the service; how frequently this work is to be delivered, and how much of the £3.3 million funding committed to the service over two years is to be used for advertising and promoting the service.
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Question reference: S5W-20756
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the cost per check will be for its Financial Health Check service.
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Question reference: S5W-20746
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many financial health checks have been conducted under its Financial Health Check service, also broken down by (a) local authority and (b) citizens advice bureau.
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Question reference: S5W-20757
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what procurement process was conducted for the provision of its Financial Health Check service.
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Question reference: S5O-02780
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to statistics stating that eligible pensioners in Motherwell and Airdrie received double the number of cold weather payments as those in Bellshill and Coatbridge in 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5W-20548
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 9 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many recruitment panels that (a) it and (b) each of its agencies (i) organised in 2017-18 and (ii) have organised since April 2018 contained no panel member who identified as (A) female, (B) disabled, (C) black or minority ethnic and (D) LGBTI.
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Question reference: S5W-20549
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 9 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many recruitment panels that (a) it and (b) each of its agencies (i) organised in 2017-18 and (ii) have organised since April 2018 had panel members who identified as (A) female, (B) disabled, (C) black or minority ethnic and (D) LGBTI, and how many have a protected characteristic, broken down by characteristic.
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Question reference: S5W-20550
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 9 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many of (a) its and (b) each if its agencies staff are qualified to participate on recruitment panels; how many of these people identify as (i) female, (ii) disabled, (iii) black or minority ethnic and (iv) LGBTI, and how many have a protected characteristic, broken down by characteristic.
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Question reference: S5W-20761
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question S5W-20261, which received a holding response on 13 December 2018.
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