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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-22091
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comments in its duration of awards and automatic entitlement for disability assistance policy position paper, other than by way of a change of circumstances, what standard of evidence will be required to justify a review before the indicated award review date as a result of information being provided to Social Security Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-22088
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment in its severe disablement allowance (SDA) position paper that, "In 2018 a survey was issued to Experience Panel members inviting them to share their experience of SDA. Although only a small number of responses were received, members did not raise any significant concerns or identify areas for change", which panel report contains the responses, and whether it will publish the background or source data.
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Question reference: S5W-22092
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comments in its duration of awards and automatic entitlement for disability assistance policy position paper, whether all information supplied to Social Security Scotland, regardless of whether it is formally regarded as a change of circumstance, would be permissible to justify a review before the indicated award review date.
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Question reference: S5W-22057
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the statements in its position paper on Short Term Assistance, for what reason it decided to use the civil legal test of "balance of probabilities" to determine whether to reduce or stop an individual's payments during a fraud investigation, and whether it considered using the criminal legal test as part of this decision.
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Question reference: S5W-22099
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comments in its disability assistance qualifying periods policy position paper, what evidence it received that demonstrated that changing the qualifying periods for disability assistance would cause the people entitled to disability assistance to have "confusion and disruption"; who provided this advice, and whether it will publish it.
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Question reference: S5W-22086
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the severe disablement allowance mortality statistics that it has requested from the DWP.
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Question reference: S5W-22085
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment in its disability assistance assessments policy position paper concerning suitably qualified assessors, whether it will publish the advice paper prepared by the Disability and Carers Benefits Expert Advisory Group regarding such assessors.
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Question reference: S5W-22087
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates it has requested severe disablement allowance caseload data from the DWP, and whether the information provided included how many working age claimants were on the benefit at that time.
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Question reference: S5W-22100
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comments in its disability assistance qualifying periods policy position paper, what discussions it has had with the DWP regarding changing the qualifying periods for disability assistance; whether the DWP advised that change would threaten eligibility for reserved passported benefits and, if so, on what date.
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Question reference: S5W-22109
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what devolved social security will be launched in Winter 2019, after the completion of wave 1 in Summer 2019 and ahead of the launch of the new service for disability assistance for children and young people.
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