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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-09314

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 31 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring it is conducting on take-up of the Council Tax Reduction Low Income Household Exemption.

Question reference: S5W-09276

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many young carers signed up to participate in the social security experience panels.

Our recruitment drive came to an end on 12 May 2017 and I’m delighted that we have over 2,300 people across Scotland ready and willing to work with us as part of the Experience Panels.

Over 400 Experience Panels members have experience of Carer’s Allowance. The registration form did not collect information on the ages of members. The first thing that we will do with our panel members is carry out our ‘About You’ research. As part of this, we will collect more detailed demographic information, including age.

Question reference: S5W-09278

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether the young carers allowance will be regarded as a new benefit for the purposes of section 28 of the Scotland Act 2016, and whether this will be delivered in the current financial year.

Question reference: S5W-09279

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether the young carers allowance will be an extension of the carers benefit for the purposes of section 22 of the Scotland Act 2016.

Any extension of the carer’s benefit may be introduced through secondary legislation, using powers contained in the Social Security (Scotland) Act, if the Parliament agrees to pass this legislation and grant those powers. The Scottish Government is currently considering the introduction of a Young Carer’s Allowance to provide extra support to young people with significant caring responsibilities.

Question reference: S5W-09152

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-08890 by Jeanne Freeman on 4 May 2017, whether the next meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on Welfare will discuss using the powers devolved under the Scotland Act 2016 to vary the (a) allowances, (b) premiums, (c) components and (d) elements within reserved benefits.

Question reference: S5W-09103

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many Jobs Grants it has paid out since since September 2016.

Question reference: S5W-09095

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how the new GP contract has taken account of the preferred model for delivery of the new social security agency.

Question reference: S5W-09102

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 11 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government to ask how many 16- to 24-year-olds who had been unemployed for six months or more have moved into work since September 2016.

This information is not held centrally.

The Annual Population Survey, produced by the Office for National Statistics, and held by the Scottish Government, is the official source of information for unemployment (based on International Labour Organisation Definitions) amongst 16 to 24 year olds. However this measures economic status (employment, unemployment or inactivity) at a point in time and does not measure flows of individuals between categories of economic activity over time.

Question reference: S5W-09104

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has discussed with the Department for Work and Pensions bringing forward winter fuel payments for 2017-18 to support older people who use off-grid energy and, if so, what the outcome was.

Question reference: S5W-09099

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will cease its engagement with Atos Healthcare.