Communities, Social Security and Equalities Claire Baker S5O-02269 1. To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Mid Scotland and Fife are in receipt of support from the Scottish Welfare Fund. Miles Briggs S5O-02270 2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce loneliness and isolation among older people. Bob Doris S5O-02271 3. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by Crisis, Everybody In: How to end homelessness in Great Britain (2018) . Neil Bibby S5O-02272 4. To ask the Scottish Government when the Minister for Local Government and Housing last met East Dunbartonshire Council and what issues were discussed. Murdo Fraser S5O-02273 5. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle the recent rise in homelessness. Tom Arthur S5O-02274 6. To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates the roll-out of universal credit will have on people in the Renfrewshire South constituency. Stuart McMillan S5O-02275 7. To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes it plans to build in Inverclyde with local housing associations by 2021. Linda Fabiani S5O-02276 8. To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet the UK Government ministers responsible for social security. Annie Wells S5O-02277 9. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle hate crime. Gillian Martin S5O-02278 10. To ask the Scottish Government how it defines “free access” to period products in schools, colleges and universities. Patrick Harvie S5O-02279 11. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle discrimination and prejudice based on immigration status. Dean Lockhart S5O-02280 12. To ask the Scottish Government how it defines social enterprise for the purposes of providing public funding, support or other assistance to relevant organisations. Jenny Marra S5O-02281 13. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on OSCR’s call for more powers of intervention. Oliver Mundell S5O-02282 14. To ask the Scottish Government what recent analysis has taken place regarding the use of temporary accommodation. David Torrance S5O-02283 15. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with removing child burial and cremation fees. Joan McAlpine S5O-02284 16. To ask the Scottish Government how much it is providing in 2018-19 through the Empowering Communities Fund. Neil Findlay S5O-02285 17. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to engage with and empower communities in West Lothian. Margaret Mitchell S5O-02286 18. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking ensure that there are more BSL interpreters. Adam Tomkins S5O-02287 19. To ask the Scottish Government, further to its response to the Local Government and Communities Committee’s stage 1 report on the Planning (Scotland) Bill, what its position is on whether there is a case for extending the Agent of Change principle and for placing it on a statutory footing. Kenneth Gibson S5O-02288 20. To ask the Scottish Government what the impact of universal credit has been in North Ayrshire.