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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)
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Question reference: S4W-12762

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the Scottish Welfare Fund has been earmarked for crisis (a) loans and (b) grants.

Question reference: S4W-12726

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

Question reference: S4W-12729

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be of the current changes to the welfare system on the Scottish Welfare Fund and whether it expects additional claims to be made as a consequence.

Question reference: S4W-12758

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of claims to the Scottish Welfare Fund in its first year and whether this estimate takes into account claims that may arise from current changes to the welfare system.

Question reference: S4W-12761

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what level of funding each local authority will receive in order to deliver the Scottish Welfare Fund and how this is calculated.

The funding allocations for each local authority are set out in the following table. The basis of the distribution is previous spend for Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans; previous applications for Admin funding; and the bid made to the Department for Work and Pensions for set up costs. The methodology for the distribution was agreed by the joint Scottish Government, and COSLA, Settlement Distribution Group.

	Set up costs	Community Care Grants	Crisis Grants	Administration Costs
Local Authority	2012-2013	2013-14	2013-14	2013-14
Aberdeen City	69,250	540,786	359,055	161,140
Aberdeenshire	39,536	301,674	163,061	75,370
Angus	37,490	273,205	145,866	71,640
Argyll and Bute	32,748	263,907	108,853	55,550
Clackmannanshire	34,305	230,847	129,545	59,470
Dumfries and Galloway	45,375	430,012	193,225	96,170
Dundee City	70,126	986,180	350,457	175,470
East Ayrshire	59,088	650,528	274,974	141,910
East Dunbartonshire	28,722	242,097	94,718	43,970
East Lothian	32,906	264,481	125,757	57,120
East Renfrewshire	26,016	182,290	75,629	35,720
Edinburgh, City of	132,609	1,429,737	757,891	367,420
Falkirk	58,674	634,342	293,480	137,390
Fife	106,334	1,219,553	640,440	292,050
Glasgow City	335,269	5,756,371	1,964,745	1,006,680
Highland	54,164	555,135	245,538	116,980
Inverclyde	55,601	453,774	278,763	130,910
Midlothian	35,270	253,461	131,877	63,000
Moray	30,777	285,259	101,858	49,460
North Ayrshire	70,457	705,972	362,552	174,880
North Lanarkshire	148,322	2,125,263	830,751	423,360
Orkney Islands	18,721	47,868	8,452	5,100
Perth and Kinross	40,242	420,828	172,096	76,940
Renfrewshire	84,297	693,919	454,938	215,700
Scottish Borders	35,781	283,996	122,551	65,360
Shetland Islands	19,336	42,588	16,904	8,050
South Ayrshire	43,200	533,669	179,236	90,290
South Lanarkshire	107,898	1,539,479	604,302	297,550
Stirling	35,169	379,733	136,831	64,970
West Dunbartonshire	58,712	562,482	267,105	136,210
West Lothian	72,508	674,404	391,987	175,470
Scotland Total (approx)	2,037,952	23,000,000	9,995,000	4,878,000

Question reference: S4W-12728

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the criteria were to calculate the level of funding required to establish the Scottish Welfare Fund.

Question reference: S4W-12764

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether claimants who are allocated goods from the Scottish Welfare Fund will be provided with tokens or vouchers to purchase those goods.

Question reference: S4W-12765

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the capacity of local authorities to allocate goods rather than money from the Scottish Welfare Fund to claimants.

Question reference: S4W-12763

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the proportion of the Scottish Welfare Fund that will be allocated to claimants as (a) goods and (b) money.

Question reference: S4W-12727

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the Scottish Welfare Fund is being paid for by the (a) UK and (b) Scottish Government in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.