There are 9,725 results relating to "S5O-04786"
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Official Report
Meeting date:
2 May 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 02 May 2018
Education Maintenance Allowance To ask the Scottish Government what role the education maintenance allowance plays in encouraging young people to stay on at school. (S5O-02028) The education maintenance allowance programme provides a financial incentive for 16 to 19-year-olds from low-income households who are attending non-advanced learning in school or c...
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 29 March 2018
Bellgrove Hotel (Discussions) To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Glasgow City Council, Police Scotland and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regarding the Bellgrove Hotel. (S5O-01957) Discussions between the Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council remain on-going, as we consider that the wellbeing of the Bellgrove’s residents ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 29 March 2018
Cannabis-derived Therapies (National Health Service) To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the prescription of cannabis-derived therapies on the NHS. (S5O-01964) Regulation for the licensing, safety and efficacy of medicines is currently reserved to the United Kingdom Government, and is the responsibility of the Medicines and Healthcare pr...
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 21 March 2018
Period Poverty To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle period poverty. (S5O-01915) In our programme for government, which was published in September, we committed to introducing a scheme to fund access to free sanitary products in schools, colleges and universities.
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 21 March 2018
Scottish Welfare Fund (Households Assisted in Renfrewshire South) To ask the Scottish Government how many households in the Renfrewshire South constituency have been assisted by the Scottish welfare fund since 2013. (S5O-01907) Between April 2013 and September 2017, the Scottish welfare fund has helped 23,500 households in Renfrewshire, with more than £5.6...
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 21 March 2018
Social Security System (Support for Appeals) To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish social security system will support people seeking to appeal decisions (S5O-01920) We have always been clear that people will have a right to challenge a social security agency decision if they believe that the agency has not made the right decision, and that we sh...
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 21 March 2018
United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to mark the UN international day for the elimination of racial discrimination. (S5O-01914) I congratulate Mr MacGregor on the motion that he lodged to mark this significant day, which was debated earlier, and on securing cross-party...
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 21 March 2018
Universal Credit (Impact of Income Tax Starter Rate) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people do not lose universal credit because of the starter rate of income tax. (S5O-01913) That issue clearly highlights the complexities of our current devolution settlement.
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 08 March 2018
Vulnerable Patients (Safety) To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that people with a violent or threatening past do not work directly with vulnerable patients in health and social care settings. (S5O-01846) NHS Scotland boards routinely undertake checks of conviction-related information as part of the appointment process, in accord...
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 08 March 2018
Sanitary Products To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it plans to make sanitary products freely available in the Parliament for staff and visitors. (S5O-01875) I commend Monica Lennon for her work in this area and recognise that today is the day that she has published the results of the first stage of her consultation on the issue.
