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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 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: S5W-18092

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2018
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when it wil begin consultation on owner-occupied properties being mandated to comply with energy efficiency measures and any related financial penalties for owner-occupiers who do not comply.

The Energy Efficient Scotland consultation ran from May to the end of July 2018 and sought views on the proposed phasing of voluntary and mandatory action to improve the energy efficiency of owner occupier properties. Responses to the consultation are now being analysed and the Scottish Government will respond to the consultation in due course.

A date for a future detailed consultation has not yet been set. Its timing should be appropriate to ensure that the owner occupied sector is able to be fully engaged with the need for improvement to the energy efficiency of all properties, as achieving the targets set for Energy Efficient Scotland is likely to mean intervening in people’s homes in a way we have never done before.

Question reference: S5W-18094

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2018
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it provides an approved contractor list for energy efficiency contractors.

Question reference: S5W-18131

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2018
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications the First Tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) has received for evictions and civil proceedings for rent arrears (rule 70) since 1 December 2017; how many of these applications have received a hearing, and how many of these hearings have been successful in securing reimbursement of rent arrears.

Question reference: S5W-18129

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2018
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much unpaid rent has been disputed through the Sheriff Court in each year since 2012.

Question reference: S5W-18128

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2018
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much unpaid rent has been disputed through the First Tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) since 1 December 2017.

Question reference: S5W-18132

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2018
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications the First Tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) has received for evictions and civil proceedings for notice to quit (rule 66) since 1 December 2017; how many of these applications have received a hearing, and how many of these hearings have been successful in securing an eviction.

Question reference: S5W-18097

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2018
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many Property Factor Enforcements Orders have not been complied with each year under the First Tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber); how many of these have been referred to Police Scotland and/or the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, and how many of these referrals have been taken to court, broken down by the outcome.

Question reference: S5W-17367

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 July 2018

To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the Building Standards (Compliance and Enforcement) Review Panel has met; when it will next meet, and by what date it will issue its recommendations.

The Building Standards (Compliance and Enforcement) Review Panel met on 27 November 2017, 12 February 2018 and 23 April 2018. The minutes of these meetings can be found at https://beta.gov.scot/publications/building-standards-compliance-and-enforcement-review-panel/ .

The Chair of the Panel, Professor John Cole, has now published the recommendations and this document is now available on the Scottish Government website, at https://beta.gov.scot/publications/report-review-compliance-enforcement/

The next meeting of the Review Panel is expected to be held in October 2018.

Question reference: S5W-17053

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with its plans to establish low emissions zones; where these will be located, and what the timescale is for their implementation.

Question reference: S5W-16892

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on banning products with a Euroclass rating B or below on (a) high-rise buildings, (b) schools, (c) hospitals, (d) care homes and (e) other buildings that are harder to evacuate.

Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower last year, Scottish Government established an expert panel to review building standards. The panel considered the appropriateness and relevance of both current standards and guidance and the appropriateness of both British and European test methodology. The outcomes from this review will be shared with the Ministerial Working Group on Building and Fire Safety at its next meeting on 13 June and thereafter these recommendations will form part of a public consultation that will commence this summer.