Portfolio Questions

Communities and Local Government

Dean Lockhart S5O-04801
1. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of Stirling Council and what was discussed.

Emma Harper S5O-04802
2. To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting community organisations across Dumfries and Galloway to help the most vulnerable people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jackie Baillie S5O-04803
3. To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to food banks.

Alex Rowley S5O-04804
4. To ask the Scottish Government how many housing developments have been delayed because of the absence of frontloading capital for schools infrastructure.

Clare Adamson S5O-04805
5. To ask the Scottish Government how it is ensuring that local authorities are sufficiently empowered to address social inequality during the pandemic.

Mary Fee S5O-04806
6. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since 2019 to ensure that tenants can afford their rent payments.

Tom Arthur S5O-04807
7. To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting social enterprises.

Monica Lennon S5O-04808
8. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with local authorities in the Central Scotland region, and what was discussed.


Social Security and Older People

Willie Coffey S5O-04809
1. To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements are in place to allow older people in areas subject to Level 4 restrictions to be visited by their family.

Neil Findlay S5O-04810
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support it is providing to older people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oliver Mundell S5O-04811
3. To ask the Scottish Government what further support will be made available to help services respond to the needs of older people, in light of the COVID-19 restrictions.

Murdo Fraser S5O-04812
4. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to research by Age UK, which suggests that 157,000 over-65s in Scotland are expecting to feel lonely over the festive season.

Sarah Boyack S5O-04813
5. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will put in place to allow older people to be visited by their family during the winter period.

Johann Lamont S5O-04814
6. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on disabled people.

Richard Lyle S5O-04815
7. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with the UK Government regarding the time that it takes to receive and access universal credit.

Fulton MacGregor S5O-04816
8. To ask the Scottish Government what extra support it will be providing to families with disabled children to heat their homes this winter.