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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

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: S5W-23085

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £500,000 fund for the Action on Plastic Zero Waste Towns initiative has been allocated to date.

Question reference: S5O-03279

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports Scotland’s colleges.

Question reference: S5O-03250

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what value it places on local decision making in planning matters.

Question reference: S5W-22741

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of recipients of Scottish Welfare Fund community care grants in 2017-18 were in employment.

Question reference: S5W-22730

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much income has been lost in each local authority area in each year since 2013-14 because of unclaimed Scottish Welfare Fund entitlements, also broken down by how this has impacted on each area's economy.

Question reference: S5W-22734

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on relaxing the eligibility criteria requirements under the Scottish Welfare Fund that are needed to qualify for an emergency or disaster grant.

The Scottish Welfare Fund allows for Crisis Grants to be made to help people cope with unexpected expenses arising out of an emergency or a disaster. The eligibility criteria for these and other payments from the Fund are set out in the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 and The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016. We have no current plans to change the eligibility criteria for Crisis Grants.

Question reference: S5W-22740

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of people using food banks it estimates are unaware of their possible eligibility for a crisis grant through the Scottish Welfare Fund.

Question reference: S5W-22731

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the Scottish Welfare Fund has had on the percentage of people who use food banks.

Question reference: S5W-22729

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason funding for the Scottish Welfare Fund has remained at the same level since 2013-14, and whether it plans to increase this.

Question reference: S5W-22739

Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of recipients of Scottish Welfare Fund crisis grants in 2017-18 were in employment.