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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-20703
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated saving or cost is of its proposed social security policy on terminal illness, which requires registered medical practitioners to determine eligibility based on their clinical judgement, compared with the DWP policy on terminal illness, which is based on rules in which death "can reasonably be expected" within the next six months.
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Question reference: S5W-20760
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question (a) S5W-20346 and (b) S5W-20333, which received a holding response on 17 December 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-20704
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information the DWP has requested regarding the role of the working groups developing the Chief Medical Officer's guidance for registered medical practitioners to make clinical judgements on terminal illness in relation to disability assistance, and what information it has provided to the DWP regarding this.
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Question reference: S5W-20706
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates there will be any additional cost for developing the Chief Medical Officer's guidance for registered medical practitioners to make clinical judgements on terminal illness in relation to disability assistance, beyond those referenced in the former Minister for Social Security's letter of 18 April 2018 to the former Convener of the Social Security Committee, which referred to a cost of £300 million for the associated amendment to the then Social Security (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S5W-20705
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the DWP regarding the role of the working groups developing the Chief Medical Officer's guidance for registered medical practitioners to make clinical judgements on terminal illness in relation to disability assistance.
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Question reference: S5W-20614
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20108 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 December 2018, when the Social Security Programme Board is expected to give a formal view on the Go/No Go for (a) disability assistance, (b) carer's assistance, (c) employment injuries assistance, (d) cold-spell heating assistance, (e) winter heating assistance and (f) the income supplement.
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Question reference: S5W-20546
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) starting gate and (b) gateway reviews have taken place in its social security directorate.
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Question reference: S5W-20333
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5W-19402 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 November 2018, what the response from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was; whether it will publish the correspondence; whether the response from the Secretary of State specified how many carers allowance recipients were found to have been overpaid by the DWP's Verify Earnings and Pensions service, and, if so, how many.
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Question reference: S5W-20470
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities have used television advertising to encourage applications to the Scottish Welfare Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-20469
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the effectiveness of the Scottish Welfare Fund, and whether this review will consider the fund's (a) social return on investment and (b) financial sustainability.
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