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-13766
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has discussed the use of automatic split payments for universal credit with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
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Question reference: S5W-13764
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it commissioned the Department for Work and Pensions to estimate the costs of introducing split payments for universal credit in Scotland, and when this took place.
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Question reference: S5W-13812
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13142 by Jeane Freeman on 18 December 2017, what information it has received from the Department for Work and Pensions regarding how many people have requested (a) twice-monthly and (b) direct payments for rent and services under the Universal Credit (Claims and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-13768
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with stakeholders to (a) discuss and (b) develop potential policy options for delivering split payments for universal credit, and when these took place.
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Question reference: S5W-13762
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done to determine how split payments for universal credit will be made relative to the elements received, and what the potential employment scenarios for couples were.
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Question reference: S5W-13767
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what equality impact assessment it has conducted regarding the use of universal credit split payment flexibilities, and whether this considered domestic abuse.
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Question reference: S5W-13763
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Parliament scheduling the second reading of the Universal Credit (Application, Advice and Assistance) Bill 2017-19 for 16 March 2018, whether it will make an announcement on split payments for universal credit in Scotland ahead of this date.
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Question reference: S5W-13750
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13138 by Jeane Freeman on 19 December 2017, whether the Framework Document has been finalised.
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Question reference: S5W-13749
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13223 by Jeane Freeman on 18 December 2017, whether the three-month bus pass for people aged 16 to 24 who have been unemployed for six months or more requires legislative change.
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Question reference: S5W-13733
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 18 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided for a welfare advice service facilitator in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19.
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