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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: S5O-02989

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it last held discussions with the Prime Minister.

Question reference: S5O-02910

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it will give to revising the Open Market Shared Equity Scheme thresholds in order to address varying house prices within local authority areas.

Question reference: S5O-02819

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the UK Government scrapping the EU settled status fee.

Question reference: S5O-02778

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it can support deer managers to supply venison to local people.

There is considerable potential from both wild and farmed deer in Scotland. The new venison sector action plan launched in September, Beyond the Glen , seeks to realise this potential to increase the production and consumption of Scottish venison.

While recognising that mechanisms already exist that allow the supply of venison to local markets through local processing facilities, licensed venison dealers, and local outlets, the plan sets out a number of actions which will help to grow the Venison sector in Scotland and we are committed to working in partnership with the sector to help take forward the actions outlined in the Strategy.

Question reference: S5O-02743

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 9 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how the proposals in its draft Budget aim to help support the work of credit unions.

The 2019-20 Budget proposes to continue targeting support to the credit unions sector – helping to enable affordable loans and savings in our communities, and protecting people from predatory lenders and unmanageable debt.

Specific support over the coming year will continue to be designed in partnership with the sector, building on our national awareness-raising campaign before Christmas and our programme of supporting credit union partnerships with schools across the country.

Question reference: S5O-02700

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it has evaluated the pilot in schools of its Equally Safe programme.

Question reference: S5W-20045

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19771 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 November 2018, whether it has raised specific concerns with the DWP and Social Security Advisory Committee about the changes made in the update of the guidance in version 14, issued by the DWP on 16 August 2018, which means that implicit consent continues to apply to MPs but not to MSPs, with previous guidance stating that implicit consent applied to both.

The Scottish Government has previously raised its concerns with DWP about the lack of implicit consent for MSP’s at both a Ministerial and official level and continues to be frustrated by the DWP’s lack of action. The Social Security Advisory Committee also raised this issue in their recent review of the Universal Credit Managed Migration regulations and recommended that DWP explore options for extending implicit consent within Universal Credit. The DWP has agreed to explore potential options in conjunction with the SSAC and publish a report on how this could be done. The SSAC recommended that any report be published by March 2019.

The Scottish Government will continue to press the UK Government to put in place the changes necessary to make Universal Credit fit for purpose.

Question reference: S5O-02623

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what involvement it currently has with the UK Government’s Migration Advisory Committee in relation to advice on migration policy post-Brexit.

Question reference: S5O-02576

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in identifying sites to replace HMP Barlinnie.

Question reference: S5W-19771

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced new rules for MSPs representing their constituents in Universal Credit cases, and what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding this.

We are aware that the lack of implicit consent in Universal Credit (UC) makes it difficult for MSP’s and advice services to fully support those who are struggling with UC. This is yet another example of UC not working for the people who claim it.

We have raised our concerns with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) recently recommended that DWP extend implicit consent to Universal Credit cases. We were disappointed that instead of accepting this recommendation, the DWP has said it will explore options in collaboration with the SSAC and will publish a report with the findings.