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-27819
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government which of the recommendations in the British Sign Language Interpreting in Scotland: A Landscape Review 2019 it has adopted.
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Question reference: S5W-27822
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the statement in the British Sign Language Interpreting in Scotland: A Landscape Review 2019 that "one specialist BSL agency... was perceived by some as being unethical in winning contracts, and caring about profit before staff well being or the BSL community", and "has a monopoly on contracts and service level agreements for various public bodies".
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Question reference: S5W-27821
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has requested that Queen Margaret University publishes (a) the interview data and transcripts and (b) a statistical summary of the characteristics of participants for the British Sign Language Interpreting in Scotland: A Landscape Review 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-27792
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what modelling or assessment it conducted to determine the viability of the National Carer Organisations' recommendation that Carer's Allowance should be a qualifying benefit for the Job Start Payment.
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Question reference: S5W-27793
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response was to the recommendation by the National Carer Organisations that Carer's Allowance should be a qualifying benefit for the Job Start Payment.
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Question reference: S5W-27647
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many Best Start Grant applicants have had their application refused in cases where they have had a universal credit adjusted amount greater than £0 but have not paid anything because of other deductions, as noted by the President of the Social Security Chamber in Decision Report 5.
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Question reference: S5W-27648
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is updating (a) application guidance, (b) internal information and (c) regulations to take account of the observations of the President of the Social Security Chamber in Decision Report 5.
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Question reference: S5W-27620
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20328 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 December 2018, how it has evaluated the Universal Credit Scottish choices, and when it will publish its findings.
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Question reference: S5W-27566
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 5 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-27328 by Jamie Hepburn on 21 February 2020, when each cohort improvement activity plan commenced, and whether it will publish these plans.