- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the East Kilbride constituency it expects will receive support from the Winter Heating Payment in the current financial year.
Answer
The Scottish Fiscal Commission publish estimates and forecasts of the number of people receiving payments for Winter Heating Payment. The Scottish Fiscal Commission do not publish estimates and forecasts for the number of people receiving payments by area within Scotland. In their May 2023 publication it was forecast that a total of 403,000 people will receive payments in the financial year 2023-24.
Social Security Scotland publish statistics for the number of historic payments for Winter Heating Payment by Local Authority but not at constituency level. Statistics for 2023-24 are not yet available. In the South Lanarkshire Local Authority, 24,860 payments for Winter Heating Payment were made in the Winter of 2022-23.
Internal Scottish Government analysis using the Social Security Scotland statistics, in combination with published population data, suggests an estimate of 6000 payments were made in East Kilbride in the Winter of 2022-23.
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many children it expects will receive support from the Child Winter Heating Payment in the current financial year, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish Fiscal Commission publish estimates and forecasts of the number of people receiving payments for Child Winter Heating Assistance. The Scottish Fiscal Commission do not publish estimates and forecasts for the number of people receiving payments by area within Scotland. In their May 2023 publication it was forecast that a total of 29,000 people will receive payments in the financial year 2023-24.
Social Security Scotland publish statistics for the number of historic payments for Child Winter Heating Assistance by Local Authority. Statistics for 2023-24 are not yet available.
Table 1: Number of payments for Child Winter Heating Assistance made in Winter 2022-23 by Local Authority area
Local Authority | Winter 2022-2023 |
Aberdeen City | 670 |
Aberdeenshire | 870 |
Angus | 525 |
Argyll & Bute | 370 |
City of Edinburgh | 1655 |
Clackmannanshire | 285 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 720 |
Dundee City | 895 |
East Ayrshire | 575 |
East Dunbartonshire | 415 |
East Lothian | 445 |
East Renfrewshire | 450 |
Falkirk | 845 |
Fife | 1965 |
Glasgow City | 3820 |
Highland | 1055 |
Inverclyde | 480 |
Midlothian | 655 |
Moray | 385 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 50 |
North Ayrshire | 730 |
North Lanarkshire | 2125 |
Orkney Islands | 60 |
Perth and Kinross | 745 |
Renfrewshire | 800 |
Scottish Borders | 380 |
Shetland Islands | 90 |
South Ayrshire | 425 |
South Lanarkshire | 1955 |
Stirling | 375 |
West Dunbartonshire | 620 |
West Lothian | 1095 |
Other Scottish Address | 5 |
Non-Scottish UK Address | 25 |
Unknown | 15 |
Total | 26555 |
Source: Social Security Scotland Statistics - Publications
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people it expects will receive support from the Winter Heating Payment in the current financial year, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish Fiscal Commission publish estimates and forecasts of the number of people receiving payments for Winter Heating Payment. The Scottish Fiscal Commission do not publish estimates and forecasts for the number of people receiving payments by area within Scotland. In their May 2023 publication it was forecast that a total of 403,000 people will receive payments in the financial year 2023-24.
Social Security Scotland publish statistics for the number of historic payments for Winter Heating Payment by Local Authority. Statistics for 2023-24 are not yet available.
Table 1: Number of payments for Winter Heating Payment made in Winter 2022-23 by Local Authority area
Local Authority | Number of issued payments |
Total | 394135 |
Aberdeen City | 12075 |
Aberdeenshire | 10465 |
Angus | 7280 |
Argyll & Bute | 5595 |
City of Edinburgh | 27145 |
Clackmannanshire | 4110 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 11270 |
Dundee City | 13765 |
East Ayrshire | 10635 |
East Dunbartonshire | 4670 |
East Lothian | 5835 |
East Renfrewshire | 4095 |
Falkirk | 10960 |
Fife | 25265 |
Glasgow City | 70790 |
Highland | 14275 |
Inverclyde | 8240 |
Midlothian | 5745 |
Moray | 5055 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 1830 |
North Ayrshire | 13305 |
North Lanarkshire | 30430 |
Orkney Islands | 1075 |
Perth & Kinross | 8010 |
Renfrewshire | 13975 |
Scottish Borders | 6630 |
Shetland Islands | 985 |
South Ayrshire | 8630 |
South Lanarkshire | 24860 |
Stirling | 5030 |
West Dunbartonshire | 9295 |
West Lothian | 12800 |
Unknown | 5 |
Source: Social Security Scotland Statistics - Publications
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the constitution secretary last met the UK Government, and what was discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2023
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2023
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to alleviate poverty in Scotland, in light of reports that the UK is in violation of international law in relation to poverty levels.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2023
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 2 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on embedding equality and human rights in social care services, including for accountability purposes and complaints by service users.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to advancing equality and furthering the realisation of human rights in Scotland. Social Care support is provided by Local Authorities and we are working closely with local government to further advance equality and realise human rights for supported people and staff. This includes recent updates to Self-Directed Support guidance, which was developed in participation with a wide range of stakeholders and is grounded in a human rights-based approach to social care. We are also co-designing Getting It Right For Everyone (GIRFE), a national practice model for health and social care, with pathfinders across Scotland and people with lived experience. Respect, dignity, kindness, and human rights are integral to the GIRFE approach, which seeks to put what matters to a person at the heart of the decision-making which impacts their own life.
The Scottish Government is also working to establish a National Care Service (NCS) to provide national oversight and accountability to locally delivered care support, community health and social work. We are committed to developing the NCS with human rights at its heart and ensuring that the voices of lived experience are central to our decision making. As part of our human rights-based approach to the development of the NCS, the NCS National Board will be underpinned by robust and effective complaints processes that deliver accountability for people accessing social care support, social work and community health services.
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the Strathclyde Pension Fund and what was discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2023
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with Network Rail and what was discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2023
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2023
To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential impact of the roll-out of the Carer Support Payment on the national mission to tackle poverty and reduce inequality.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2023
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2023
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Current Status:
Initiated by the Scottish Government.
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with the decarbonisation of rail services.
Answer
I can confirm that excellent progress is being made with the Scottish Government’s rolling programme of electrification. The Glasgow to Barrhead line will see electric services operating on the route from December 2023. Indeed Network Rail and its contractors have recently successfully completed a six week programme of key installation work to facilitate the electrification works and changes at various stations along the line of route. I would like to thank passengers for their patience during these works.
I can also confirm that I have now approved full funding for the delivery of the East Kilbride Enhancement Project. This will deliver electrification of the route, a relocated station at Hairmyres, a new accessible station at East Kilbride, accessibility works at other stations and a 1.4km extension of the Hairmyres double track section to enhance operational resilience and flexibility of service on the route. This project represents a further £139.8m commitment from this Government which will contribute to our wider net zero objectives and will enable the introduction of electric services on the route from December 2025.
Both of these projects were priorities of our Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan which was published in July 2020. In line with commitments for review within the Action Plan a refresh will be published later this year reflecting current progress and the expected budgetary position.
