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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-16455

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many times the (a) Airdrie and (b) Hamilton primary care out-of-hours service has been closed, suspended or unavailable in each year since 2015.

Question reference: S5W-16456

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what the FTE staffing levels have been at the (a) Airdrie and (b) Hamilton primary care out-of-hours service in each month since April 2017.

Question reference: S5W-16457

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what the implications are for the (a) Airdrie and (b) Hamilton primary care out-of-hours service of the report of the National Review of Primary Care Out-of-Hours Services.

Question reference: S5O-02055

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have applied for assistance through the Neonatal Expenses Fund.

Question reference: S5W-16330

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5O-02070

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ensure that all eligible men receive an mpMRI scan before a prostate biopsy.

Question reference: S5W-15847

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how the 2019-20 Budget process will take account for the proposed income supplement to tackle child poverty.

The Scottish Government’s Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan was launched on 29 March setting out our plans to reach the statutory targets to reduce and ultimately eradicate child poverty by 2030. A key action in the plan is the commitment to work towards introducing an income supplement for low income families. Further work is needed to develop the policy of the income supplement and assess what the most cost effective delivery route would be. The Poverty and Inequality Commission did not take costings into account in their recommendations to the Scottish Government, but advised they should be taken into consideration alongside issues such as complexity of delivery, potential take up rates, income security, potential disincentives to move into work or increase earnings as well as likely impact. The budget requirements of all Scottish Government portfolios, including those for the income supplement, will be considered as part of future budget processes.

Question reference: S5W-15910

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many staff in its Social Security Directorate have transferred to its Social Security Agency.

The social security agency will not employ any staff until it goes live later this year. At that point, it is expected that most staff currently employed within the Scottish Government Social Security Agency Implementation Division will be assigned to the social security agency. Those recruited through current and planned recruitments for the agency will be, for the initial interim period before the agency goes live, assigned to the Social Security Agency Implementation Division. As an executive Agency all staff will remain Civil Servants employed by Scottish Ministers. As of the end of March 2018 the Social Security Agency Implementation Division had 60 Full Time Equivalent staff.

Question reference: S5W-15913

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) temporary contract and (b) seconded staff there are at its Social Security (i) Directorate and (ii) Agency, and what the total value is of their salaries

Question reference: S5W-15911

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many UK Government staff have transferred to its Social Security (a) Directorate and (b) Agency.

As of 20 April 2018, 55 UK Government staff have transferred to Scottish Government Social Security Directorate. Of these, 13 staff have been assigned to the Social Security Agency Implementation Division. The Social Security Agency will not employ any staff until it goes live later this year. At this point, it is expected that most staff currently employed within the Scottish Government Social Security Agency Implementation Division will be assigned to the Social Security Agency.