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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 ��˿�� 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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Question reference: S4O-04421

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the measures in the Queen’s Speech will have on its ability to tackle poverty and inequality.

Question reference: S4O-04342

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 20 May 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what impact a further £12 billion reduction in social security spending across the UK will have on poverty in Scotland.

As the Cabinet Secretary said in his answer to question S4O-04334, the UK Government has yet to outline where this reduction will fall.

What we do know is that The Institute of Fiscal Studies has estimated that by 2020,100,000 additional children in Scotlandcould be living in relative poverty, after housing costs, as a result of already announced UK Government welfare reforms.

That estimate does not take into account these further £12 billion cuts.

This Scottish Government will always do what it can to mitigate the worst of these reforms. But there is a limit to our ability to act if cuts of this size are taken forward.

Question reference: S4F-02794

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 May 2015

To ask the First Minister how Scotland compares with EU member states on LGBTI equality.

Question reference: S4F-02738

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 April 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 April 2015

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to figures from the Trussell Trust suggesting that the number of people in the UK relying on foodbanks is expected to pass one million.

Question reference: S4W-24955

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 March 2015
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 2 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of how increasing the work allowance for universal credit will impact on (a) the income of working households in the lower end of the income distribution scale and (b) incentives to work for claimants in Scotland.

Increasing the work allowances for universal credit would provide targeted support to low income households. This would allow households to retain more of their income as they enter work or increase their earnings and can therefore improve incentives to work. The benefits of increasing the work allowances accrue largely to working households in the bottom half of the income distribution.

Universal credit and the power to change the work allowances remain reserved matters for the UK Government.

Question reference: S4O-04189

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4T-00976

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how it is tackling severe and extreme poverty in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-04106

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the handover of the ScotRail franchise.

Question reference: S4T-00959

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the research commissioned by the Welfare Reform Committee, which suggest that parents and disabled people are being hit hardest by the UK Government's welfare reforms.

Question reference: S4W-24663

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Maureen Watt on 26 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to examine the delivery of maternity and neonatal services.

The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that all children in Scotland get the best possible start in life. The best quality maternity care and the best quality neonatal care are therefore crucial. We continue to make advances in care standards and strive for excellence, however to assure ourselves that maternity and neonatal services in Scotland are as good as they can be, we think that the time is right to refresh our approach to them to ensure that care is person centred, and as safe, sustainable and high quality as possible. Further details on the scope and process of the review will be announced in due course following a short period of consultation with key partners and service user representatives.