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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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  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
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  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 3 July 2025
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Question reference: S5W-18930

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Prior Information Notice, Provision of Agile Service Design to deliver Social Security Assessments Function, and Supplier Awareness Event are subject to a non-disclosure agreement.

Question reference: S5W-18927

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many potential suppliers (a) registered and (b) attended the Supplier Awareness Event on 11 September 2018 for its notice, Provision of Agile Service Design to deliver Social Security Assessments Function, and who these potential suppliers are.

Question reference: S5W-18929

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 2 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many Public Contracts Scotland tender notices it has issued in each year since 2015-16, including the current year to date, that were subject to a non-disclosure agreement, and what proportion this was of the total number of notices it issued.

Question reference: S5W-18866

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether the use of the definition of "disability", within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 in the Scottish Tribunals (Eligibility for Appointment) Amendment Regulations 2018, is to be considered as the definition of "disability" for the purposes of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.

 

 

Question reference: S5W-18819

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 1 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of each (a) public information and (b) advertising campaign it (i) ran in 2017-18 and (ii) has run or plans to run in 2018-19, also broken down by length of campaign.

Question reference: S5W-18780

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many Carer's Allowance claimants have an outstanding (a) overpayment and (b) fraud debt, broken down by the value of the debt.

Question reference: S5W-18779

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assumed executive competence for handling pre-existing Carer's Allowance overpayment and fraud debt, and whether these debts are subject to (a) DWP recovery rules under agency arrangements or (b) Social Security Scotland procedures.

Question reference: S5W-18862

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much Council Tax Reduction Scheme support has gone unclaimed each year, and what information it has regarding how many people who were eligible for this failed to claim.

Question reference: S5W-18812

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the First Minister on 4 September 2018 (Official Report, c. 22), what systems it has asked the DWP to put in place to deliver the Best Start Grant; on what date it requested these, and for what reason they were not in place prior to this announcement.

Question reference: S5W-18942

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the full commencement schedule for the provisions in the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, and which provisions it expects to commence in the next (a) three, (b) six, (c) nine and (d) 12 months.