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: S6W-16860
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the response to Freedom of Information request FOI/202100264794, which stated that, at the end of September 2021, only 41 out of 1,478 Social Security Scotland staff had returned to the office on a regular basis, whether it will provide updated figures for how many Social Security Scotland staff (a) there currently are and (b) have now returned to the office on a regular basis.
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Question reference: S6W-16816
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reduce the period that a person must wait before reapplying for a Minimal Asset Process bankruptcy.
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Question reference: S6W-16815
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to remove the threshold for full administration bankruptcy.
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Question reference: S6W-16854
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what key performance indicators it uses to measure the performance of VoiceAbility in assisting with Scottish Social Security claims.
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Question reference: S6W-16814
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to remove the application fee for Minimal Asset Process bankruptcy.
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Question reference: S6W-16817
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce legislation to give creditors greater flexibility to reduce the amount of money taken in an earnings arrestment.
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Question reference: S6W-16859
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to downsize the Social Security Scotland headquarters, in light of the reported increased number of people working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-16807
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee report, Robbing Peter to pay Paul: Low income and the debt trap, what work it has carried out on the Committee's recommendation "that the Scottish Government supports COSLA and local authorities to map money advice services, as well as potential contact points for referrals to inform service delivery”.
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Question reference: S6W-16813
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to remove any charges for the completion of the Debt and Mental Health Evidence Form in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-16611
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken with (a) COSLA and (b) local authorities to (i) advertise and (ii) raise awareness of (A) Council Tax Reduction and (B) council tax rebate schemes.