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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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  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 8 October 2025
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Question reference: S5W-20746

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many financial health checks have been conducted under its Financial Health Check service, also broken down by (a) local authority and (b) citizens advice bureau.

Question reference: S5W-20750

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) members of staff and (b) volunteers it expects Citizens Advice Scotland to commit to the delivery of the Financial Health Check service.

Question reference: S5W-20749

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the minimum level of service is for the Financial Health Check service agreed with Citizens Advice Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-20752

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the verified financial gain (VFG) of its Financial Health Check service is to date, and what the target VFG gain is for (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.

Question reference: S5W-20757

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what procurement process was conducted for the provision of its Financial Health Check service.

Question reference: S5W-20747

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have had a financial health check conducted (a) centrally by telephone and (b) locally in a citizens advice bureau.

Question reference: S5W-20745

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether the £3.3 million funding for its Financial Health Check service is performance-linked, and what the criteria are that must be met in order for funding to be released.

Question reference: S5W-20748

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the key performance indicators are for its Financial Health Check service being delivered by Citizens Advice Scotland.

Question reference: S5O-02780

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to statistics stating that eligible pensioners in Motherwell and Airdrie received double the number of cold weather payments as those in Bellshill and Coatbridge in 2017-18.

Question reference: S5W-20766

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20405 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 December 2018, what the manual checks in place for quality assurance require in terms of staff time per claim; what proportion of the processes are (a) automated and (b) manual, and what the staff time is per claim for manual processes.