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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-03447
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the potential impact on the delivery of disability and carers benefits will be of the extra capacity in Social Security Scotland that was announced on 29 September 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-03497
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to make public transport more accessible for disabled children who require it to attend school.
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Question reference: S6W-03442
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports parents or guardians who need to park near schools to allow their disabled children to attend.
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Question reference: S6W-03374
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the implementation timetable is for the roll-out of the new Scottish Carer's Assistance payment.
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Question reference: S6W-03327
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when Social Security Scotland will take control of all devolved benefits.
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Question reference: S6O-00287
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support sectors in the rural economy in order to tackle rural poverty.
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Question reference: S6W-03264
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support and guidance it is providing to education authorities to support families who are concerned about the potential for COVID-19 to be spread in schools and for their children to then transmit the virus to family members at home, and what measures are in place to ensure that pupils in clinically vulnerable households are not unfairly penalised for any absences.
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Question reference: S6W-03244
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide for carers in light of the expiry of temporary changes to Carer’s Allowance rules that allowed them to maintain the allowance when the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in them having to take breaks in care.
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Question reference: S6W-03043
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its Programme for Government, whether it will set out its plan for a "transitions strategy".
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Question reference: S6W-03002
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what resources (a) it and (b) Social Security Scotland would require in order to extend the Carer's Allowance Supplement to everyone with an underlying entitlement.