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Official Report
Meeting date:
16 May 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 16 May 2019
Temporary Release To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will bring forward measures to improve the input that victims and their families have into the temporary release process. (S5O-03239) As outlined in a written answer to Liam Kerr, “The Scottish Government is committed to improving the information and support avai...
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 May 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 02 May 2019
Western Isles Transmission Connection To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets regarding its consultation on the proposed Western Isles interconnector. (S5O-03184) The Scottish Government continues to work closely with Ofgem and others who have an interest in the proposed transmission link...
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 May 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 02 May 2019
Relative Poverty To ask the Scottish Government what policies have been put in place to tackle the reported rise in relative poverty in Scotland’s communities. (S5O-03173) Key policies such as fair start Scotland, our expansion of funded early learning and childcare and investment in devolved social security measures are all contributing to tackling povert...
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 May 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 02 May 2019
Local Government Autonomy (Ring-fenced Funding) To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the impact on local authorities’ autonomy of increases in ring-fenced funding. (S5O-03170) Local authorities have complete autonomy to allocate more than 92 per cent, or £10.3 billion, of the total funding that is provided by the Scottish Government, plus...
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 May 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 01 May 2019
Higher Education Institutions (Brexit) To ask the Scottish Government what impact Brexit will have on higher education institutions. (S5O-03161) A lessening of access to European research programmes could see Scottish institutions lose, in some cases, up to a quarter of their total research funding, as I have just discussed.
Official Report
Meeting date:
4 April 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 04 April 2019
Fife Health and Social Care Partnership (Deficit) To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in addressing the deficit that was built into the Fife health and social care partnership when it was established. (S5O-03110) The opening budget deficit dating from the establishment of the integration joint board in 2016-17 is now reduced to just un...
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 March 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 14 March 2019
Social Housing (Affordability) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that social housing is affordable to tenants. (S5O-02997) The Scottish Government does not direct individual social landlords on setting rent levels for their tenancies.
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 March 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 14 March 2019
Independence Referendum (Impact of Sustainable Growth Commission) To ask the Scottish Government how its plans for a future independence referendum have been informed by the sustainable growth commission. (S5O-02993) The case for independence has been informed by the way Scotland’s interests have been consistently ignored and sidelined by successive Westmi...
Official Report
Meeting date:
27 February 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 27 February 2019
Social Security Charter To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to meet the commitment in the social security charter for the “system ... to be efficient and deliver value for money.” (S5O-02920) We are committed to funding social security to ensure that we deliver a service that is based on dignity and respect, that is an investment in t...
Official Report
Meeting date:
27 February 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 27 February 2019
House Prices (Open Market Shared Equity Scheme Thresholds) 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. (S5O-02910) New threshold areas and prices for the open market shared equity—OMSE—scheme were implemented...
