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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-15748
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the figures that it used to calculate the £152,210.25 gain that is referred to in the document, “You’ve Earned It” Benefit Uptake Campaign – October 2017 Evaluation Report.
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Question reference: S5W-15746
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the £152,210.25 gain that is referred to in the document, “You’ve Earned It” Benefit Uptake Campaign – October 2017 Evaluation Report, represents the total gain to date or is the annual gain based on awards.
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Question reference: S5W-15747
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people were counted when calculating the £152,210.25 gain that is referred to in the document, “You’ve Earned It” Benefit Uptake Campaign – October 2017 Evaluation Report.
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Question reference: S5W-15588
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14564 by Jeane Freeman on 6 March 2018, which other DWP technology platforms and systems the Social Security Programme Board has (a) considered and (b) approved the re-use of.
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Question reference: S5W-15421
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 3 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the net benefit of its starter rate of income tax will have on an eligible claims for council tax reduction.
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Question reference: S5W-15420
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 3 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the net benefit of its starter rate of income tax will be treated as additional income for the purposes of council tax reduction.
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Question reference: S5W-15279
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 29 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13733 by Aileen Campbell on 18 January 2018, how much funding has been made available for a welfare advice service facilitator in 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5W-15278
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 28 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13733 by Aileen Campbell on 18 January 2018, when it will publish the findings of the welfare advice service facilitator.
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Question reference: S5W-15181
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it will undertake of the impact of the recent severe weather as part of its cold-spell heating assistance regulations policy design.
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Question reference: S5W-15241
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14564 by Jeane Freeman on 6 March 2018, whether the cost of the Scottish Social Security Programme Board's decision to use the Department for Work and Pensions' Central Payment System for a period of up to three to five years was included as part of the Outline Business Case for the Agency for Social Security in Scotland, in particular, section 5.2 of that publication.
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