Collette Stevenson

2 Jun 2026 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its vision for public procurement, particularly in relation to supporting small businesses, social enterprises and local supply chains.

27 May 2026 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported extension of the administration process of East Kilbride Shopping Centre, whether it will provide an update on its discussions with local stakeholders.

18 Feb 2026 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to reduce orthopaedic services waiting times across NHS Lanarkshire.

18 Jun 2025 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the delivery of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment in Scotland this winter, in light of the recent change in UK Government policy to extend Winter Fuel Payment eligibility.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: On 9 June the UK Government announced their plans to extend the Winter Fuel Payment in England and Wales to Pensioners with an individual income of £35,000 or less a year. This U-turn is welcome; the UK Government’s decision to cut the Winter Fuel…

10 Jun 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to tackle and prevent youth violence, including any outcomes from the summit held on 12 June.

3 Jun 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recently published report from the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, which provides pay recommendations for doctors and dentists for the financial year 2025-26.

20 May 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government how its Budget aims to benefit people in East Kilbride.

12 May 2025 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister, regarding any implications for its work to tackle poverty, what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the Department for Work and Pension’s forecasts reportedly indicating that the UK Government’s planned reductions to disability benefits will impact 700,000 families tha…

7 May 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the East Kilbride Enhancement Project.

23 Apr 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of road accidents involving deer in the Central Belt, including around the East Kilbride constituency, in the last five years.

4 Mar 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it works in partnership with countries in the global south through its international development fund to tackle communicable disease and climate change.

19 Feb 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its National Strategy for Community Justice, including the delivery of the sustainable housing on release for everyone standards across all local authorities.

27 Jan 2025 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister, in light of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report, UK Poverty 2025, whether he will provide an update on the Scottish Government's actions to tackle poverty in Scotland, including in relation to any potential impact of planned UK Government welfare reforms.

18 Dec 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget will support the arts and culture sector in 2025-26, including through the provision of multi-year funding programmes for artists and cultural organisations.

6 Dec 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated in its draft Budget 2025-26 to mitigate any negative impact in Scotland of the UK Government's policy decisions.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: On 4 December 2024, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Local Government announced a draft Scottish Budget for 2025-26. Included in the draft Budget was the commitment to continue mitigating some of the negative impacts of UK Government policy decisions, …

20 Nov 2024 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its policies and collaboration with local authorities to ensure that support is provided to pupils who cannot attend school for medical reasons.

8 Nov 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the total cost of mitigating any impact in Scotland of UK Government policy decisions since 2007-08, broken down by the amount spent in the (a) current financial year and (b) last five financial years.  

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Scottish Government has spent around £1.2 billion in the past 14 years mitigating the impacts of UK Government welfare reforms such as the bedroom tax and benefit cap, introduced since 2010. Of that, £133 million is being invested in the curre…

23 Oct 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to generate investment into the net zero sector.

26 Sep 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its policy that adult social care workers must earn at least the real Living Wage, what estimate it has made of the potential Barnett consequential funding that might receive if the UK Government were to replicate this approach in England.

Answer · Maree Todd: Since 2016, the Scottish Government has provided funding to ensure that adult social care workers, delivering direct care in the third and private sectors, are paid at least the Real Living Wage (RLW).As employment powers are reserved, this uplift is funded b…

18 Sep 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the cost of privatefinance initiative repayments in the current financial year.

3 Sep 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28112 by Shona Robison on 20 June 2024, whether it will provide (a) an update on the final audited reserves held by each local authority at 31 March 2024 and (b) the percentage increase in reserves for each local authority since 31 March 2014.

Answer · Shona Robison: Final audited reserves data for 31 March 2024 is not currently held by the Scottish Government.As far as possible, where audited reserves figures are available for 31 March 2024, these will be published in February 2025 as part of Scottish Local Government Fi…

27 Aug 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions the finance secretary has had with the UK Government regarding public spending, in light of the Prime Minister’s remarks that the Labour administration’s first Budget is “going to be painful”.

14 Jun 2024 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will launch a consultation on plans to reform the regional strategic bodies for the colleges in the Glasgow and Lanarkshire regions.

Answer · Graeme Dey: The consultation “Review of the Regional Strategic Bodies within the Glasgow and Lanarkshire college regions” opens today, 17 June, and it will run until midnight on 20 September 2024. The consultation can be accessed by using the following link: review of th…

11 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people it estimates, in the current financial year, are (a) eligible and (b) receiving payments for the (i) Scottish Child Payment and (ii) Best Start Grants, broken down by constituency.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: In their published December 2023 Economic and Fiscal Forecasts, the Scottish Fiscal Commission forecast 368,000 children will be eligible for the Scottish Child Payment in Scotland in 2024-2025 and that 329,000 children will receive payments. They also forec…

11 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the East Kilbride constituency it estimates have received support from the Carer’s Allowance Supplement since its introduction, and what the average amount received by recipients is for these payments. 

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The latest published statistics show that since Carer’s Allowance Supplement was first introduced in April 2018, payments have been made to 10,845 carers in South Lanarkshire local authority area who were eligible on at least one eligibility date from April 2…

11 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds regarding the value of each local authority's reserves in real terms in 2023-24, and how this compares with the equivalent value in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2013-14.

Answer · Shona Robison: The following table shows the cash and real terms value of Local Authority General Fund reserves at 31 March 2014 (final audited) and 31 March 2024 (budget estimate). Please note that the information requested on reserves is not held prior to 2007. Adjustmen…

11 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people in (a) the East Kilbride constituency and (b) each local authority area it estimates are (i) receiving Carer’s Allowance and (ii) eligible for the new Carer Support Payment. 

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Scottish Fiscal Commission’s December 2023 publication forecast that a total of 98,000 people in Scotland will receive payments for Carer’s Allowance/Carer’s Support Payment in the financial year 2024-25. Statistics on the number of people receiving Care…

5 Jun 2024 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to tackle poverty, in light of recent analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation showing that 86% of low-income households receiving Universal Credit were going without the essentials and that nearly one million people in the UK are "only £10…

21 May 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with NHS Lanarkshire, and what was discussed.

8 May 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what discussions it has had with stakeholders in Scotland affected by Brexit in preparation for any input that it will provide to the review of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.