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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-17735
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the affordable housing investment benchmarks for 2023-24 have not yet been published, and when they will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-17033
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the headcount of the Cladding Remediation Unit has been in each month since January 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-17606
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the target is for the number of homes that will be built under its affordable housing supply programme (a) in total and (b) that are for (i) social and (ii) affordable rent.
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Question reference: S6W-16517
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to Freedom of Information request FOI/ 202200321870 and the recommendations of the attached Gateway Review documents, whether the Cladding Remediation Programme Board has (a) received and (b) considered a “brief delivery options paper” created from the MACE Consulting report, and, if so, on what date any such paper was submitted to the Board.
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Question reference: S6W-16566
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has agreed to extend its guidance to valuers in Wales as well as England, what discussions it has had with RICS regarding any potential extension of its guidance to valuers in Scotland, and when it expects that any such agreement will be reached.
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Question reference: S6W-16568
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has agreed to extend its guidance to valuers in Wales as well as England, what information it has on what the reasons are for RICS not agreeing to extend its guidance to valuers in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-16522
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to Freedom of Information request FOI/ 202200321870, what its response was to the recommendation contained in the Gateway Review documents that a “portfolio approach” to cladding remediation is required.
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Question reference: S6W-17085
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the affordable housing supply programme key performance indicators are, and where this information is published.
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Question reference: S6W-16834
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on each of the recommendations in the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group: final report.
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Question reference: S6W-16832
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates the recommendations in the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group: final report will cost to implement.
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