Portfolio Questions

Social Justice Gillian Mackay S6O-03500 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to address child poverty. Elena Whitham S6O-03501 2. To ask the Scottish Government what funding it provided to East and South Ayrshire Councils in 2023-24 for Discretionary Housing Payments. Paul O'Kane S6O-03502 3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address food poverty, in light of the recent figures published by the Trussell Trust showing that its network distributed 262,400 emergency food parcels in the last 12 months. Richard Leonard S6O-03503 4. To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates the first payment of Employment Injury Assistance will be made. Rona Mackay S6O-03504 5. To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that disabled people who receive Scottish social security benefits are treated lawfully, in light of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s reported investigation into the treatment of some disabled benefits claimants by the UK Department for Work and Pensions. David Torrance 6. [Withdrawn] Kenneth Gibson S6O-03506 7. To ask the Scottish Government how its Rural Affordable Homes for Key Workers Fund will help tackle island depopulation. Rachael Hamilton S6O-03507 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to update any guidance that it provides regarding the application of single-sex exemptions under the Equality Act 2010 in public buildings in Scotland.