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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-35660

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 March 2021
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 11 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether businesses offering mobile phone repairs and other similar businesses are eligible for COVID-19 business support funding, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

The Strategic Framework Business Fund offers grants only for businesses required to close by law, and grants for those businesses that remain open but are specifically required to modify their operations by law. Non-essential retail businesses are eligible for a temporary closure grant. Shops that are able to provide a permitted collection service under the Regulations are also eligible for a closure grant through the Strategic Framework Business Fund. The Regulations specify which businesses can provide a permitted collection service.

Question reference: S5W-35140

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 11 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what measures (a) Public Health Scotland, (b) NHS boards and (c) other stakeholders are taking to ensure that information promoting the COVID-19 vaccines is made available to people who are (i) refugees and (ii) seeking asylum and addresses fears caused by misinformation, and in what languages the material publishing this information will be produced.

Question reference: S5W-34056

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many COVID-19 vaccine doses it estimates will be available by the end of each of the next five months.

This information is outlined in the published 'COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan 2021’: Coronavirus (COVID-19): vaccine deployment plan 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

We are working to get vaccines to everyone as quickly as we can, and hope to have vaccinated all those on the JCVI prioritisation list by the end of spring 2021, but these assumptions on delivery are predicated on available supply. Should the pace of vaccine approvals increase, or the volume of vaccine being delivered increase, we will move swiftly and flexibly to deploy them.

Overall a total of 1,759,750 people have received the first dose of the COVID vaccination and 115,930 have received their second dose, as of 7 March 2021.

Question reference: S5W-34058

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many COVID-19 vaccinators it plans to recruit.

This information is outlined in the published 'COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan 2021’: Coronavirus (COVID-19): vaccine deployment plan 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Availability of vaccine supply is a key factor in determining the size of the vaccination workforce deployed at any given time and we are in ongoing dialogue with Health Boards regarding workforce requirements as the programme progresses.

Question reference: S5W-35564

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 February 2021
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 9 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund, and how many of these have been unsuccessful.

As at 1 March 2021 there have been 678 applications to the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund. Of these applications 243 have been unsuccessful, against a total of 113 successful applications.

5 applications were ineligible for support (three no longer in the property, one for a commercial property and one property out-with Scotland. 15 applications were withdrawn. The remaining 307 applications are currently being processed.

The loan is one part of a range of measures to help renters who are struggling. We want people to access the most appropriate form of financial support and tenants are encouraged to seek advice on their circumstances and explore other options which may be more sustainable for them such as Housing Benefit or Discretionary Housing Payments.

Question reference: S5F-04894

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 March 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2021

To ask the First Minister for what reason the Scottish Government has chosen not to extend the reduction to Land and Buildings Transaction Tax beyond March.

Question reference: S5W-35141

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how (a) Public Health Scotland, (b) NHS boards and (c) other stakeholders will support people seeking asylum who are experiencing difficulty travelling to or accessing COVID-19 vaccination sites.

Question reference: S5W-35293

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 February 2021
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish its anti-destitution strategy.

Question reference: S5W-35137

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who are (a) refugees and (b) seeking asylum are included in each COVID-19 vaccination priority group.

The Scottish Government is clear that everyone who is resident in Scotland is entitled to access health care, this includes people who are seeking asylum. Our goal is to ensure all adults in Scotland are included in this Covid-19 vaccination programme. We are working with community leaders and frontline services to adapt our delivery and communication models to reach as many people as possible. Our goal is to ensure all adults in Scotland are included in this Covid-19 vaccination programme. We do not hold the information you have requested centrally.

Question reference: S5W-35138

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that all people who are seeking asylum, regardless of immigration or asylum support status, will have access to the COVID-19 vaccines.