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: S4O-02358
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to local authorities on gull management.
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Question reference: S4O-02347
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the under-occupancy charge, which is commonly known as the bedroom tax, is having on communities in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-16409
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 6 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the cumulative impact on the household income of (a) couples with children and (b) single people with children by 2017-18 of the provisions in the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Act 2013 and the impact of this on the Scottish Government’s priorities.
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Question reference: S4W-16389
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 6 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cumulative impact of changes to (a) tax credits and (b) housing benefit since 2010 on (i) poverty and (ii) child poverty in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-16392
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what impact changes to council tax benefit since 2010 have had on (a) poverty and (b) child poverty in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-16391
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact of the abolition of council tax benefit has been in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-16078
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2013
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities will continue to deliver the Scottish Welfare Fund beyond the period of the interim arrangements.
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Question reference: S4W-15581
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2013
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the report of the Expert Working Group on Welfare.
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Question reference: S4O-02236
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage young people to learn to swim in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.