Portfolio Questions

Communities and Local Government Alexander Stewart S5O-03052 1. To ask the Scottish Government what impact its Budget has had on local authorities. Daniel Johnson 2. [Withdrawn] Angela Constance S5O-03054 3. To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting housing, regeneration and community empowerment in the Almond Valley constituency. Linda Fabiani S5O-03055 4. To ask the Scottish Government how it can assist credit unions in encouraging the uptake of payroll saving. Claire Baker S5O-03056 5. To ask the Scottish Government how many accessible homes have been built since May 2016. Alex Rowley S5O-03057 6. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Shelter Scotland report, Housing is a human right . Alison Harris S5O-03058 7. To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to owners of former social housing units who face compulsory cosmetic upgrades to their buildings. Stewart Stevenson S5O-03059 8. To ask the Scottish Government how much communities will receive from the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund in 2019-20. Social Security and Older People Graham Simpson S5O-03060 1. To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances it would introduce a universal basic income. Fulton MacGregor S5O-03061 2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the most recent Social Security and Child Support Tribunal statistics regarding employment support allowance, disability living allowance, personal independence payment and universal credit appeals. Claudia Beamish S5O-03062 3. To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it plans to provide to older carers of pensionable age providing care of over 35 hours per week. Colin Beattie S5O-03063 4. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the ageing population, how it encourages more community engagement with older people. Jeremy Balfour S5O-03064 5. To ask the Scottish Government on what date it took the decision to delay the roll-out of the second wave of social security benefits. Shona Robison S5O-03065 6. To ask the Scottish Government what impact UK Government welfare reforms have had on women in Scotland. Alison Johnstone S5O-03066 7. To ask the Scottish Government what input disabled people, disabled persons' organisations and other stakeholders will have into the design of the assessment descriptors for disability assistance for working-age people. Mary Fee S5O-03067 8. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on delivering additional payments of the Best Start Grant to help with early learning costs.