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-11756
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has been advised by the Institution of Fire Engineers of how many fire engineers in Scotland are (a) included on the starter register and (b) registered as being suitably trained in relation to the initial phase of the single building assessment.
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Question reference: S6W-11773
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 10 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it reconciles the answer to question S6W-10193 by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022, and the statements regarding "risks associated to electric car charging points in car parks" in the minutes of the meeting of the Cladding Stakeholder Group, on 20 July 2022, that the Scottish Government "explained they did not have a definitive position regarding this issue for now but that they were aware" and "they were not being complacent about this" and that "issues will be addressed", released under FOI/202200313906, and whether it will provide an update on its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-11761
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 10 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered levying a residential property developer tax.
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Question reference: S6O-01556
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the processing of appeals for the 2022 National Qualifications exams.
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Question reference: S6W-11543
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10188 by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022, whether those seven assessments have been finalised, and what the start dates are for the remediation of each of those buildings.
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Question reference: S6W-11536
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many single building assessments in the (a) delivery and (b) application phases are currently paused, and how many assessment reports have been finalised to date.
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Question reference: S6W-11539
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10193 by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022, regarding the single building assessment, what its position is on whether ventilated car parks under buildings may accelerate fire spread.
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Question reference: S6W-11541
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10191 by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022, what the (a) shortest and (b) longest length of time has been between the grant letter and (i) partial and (ii) full funding being issued, and what the advised lead time is for funding to be issued.
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Question reference: S6W-11540
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S6W-10191 by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022, how many of those buildings, which have applied under the grant-based scheme, have received (a) partial and (b) full funding.
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Question reference: S6W-11537
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the status is of each (a) single building assessment and (b) single building assessment application it has received under the grant-based approach.
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