Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs 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: S6W-11824
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11322 by Michael Matheson on 26 October 2022, how much of the £119 million targeted at fuel poor households in 2022-23 has been allocated to (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland.
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Question reference: S6W-11322
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will be increasing funds allocated to delivering the fuel poverty strategy, in light of the reported increased number of households estimated to be in fuel poverty, and, if not, whether it still expects to meet its target of no more than 5% of homes in fuel poverty by 2040.
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Question reference: S6W-11323
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Green Heat Finance Taskforce has met since its creation, and whether a summary of the discussions and action points from these meetings has been published by the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6W-11324
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the final report of the Green Heat Finance Taskforce will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-11426
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the opening of the short-term let licensing scheme on 1 October 2022, how many local authorities have not met this deadline for the scheme opening.
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Question reference: S6W-11425
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10437 by Shona Robison on 21 September 2022, what is meant by “their duty to establish short-term let licensing schemes by 1 October 2022”, and whether this constitutes a statutory obligation on local authorities to have their scheme opened by 1 October 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-11303
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-10436 and S6W-10437 by Shona Robison on 21 September 2022, and in light of the Report to Aberdeenshire Council’s Business Services’ Licensing Sub-Committee of 2 September 2022 under item six, paragraph 3.8.1, whether it can confirm that licensing officers from Aberdeenshire Council told the Scottish Government that it would not be possible to establish the short-term lets licensing scheme by 1 October 2022; and what its response is to the comment in the report regarding this deadline that “other Scottish Licensing Authorities are in the same position as Aberdeenshire Council”.
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Question reference: S6W-11301
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-10436 and S6W-10437 by Shona Robison on 21 September 2022, how many local authorities have indicated that they were not in a position to establish their short-term lets licensing scheme by 1 October 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-11302
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-10436 and S6W-10437 by Shona Robison on 21 September 2022, and in light of Aberdeenshire Council’s short-term lets licensing consultation ending on 7 October 2022, after the deadline for establishing local schemes, what discussions have been held with Aberdeenshire Council regarding the timeline for implementation of such licensing; and what the repercussions are for any local authority that did not have its short-term lets licensing scheme established by 1 October 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-11260
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the reported proposal from the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) to delay the introduction of short-term lets licensing in light of the current cost of living crisis.