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-01693
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason student accommodation is an excluded accommodation type under the Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2021, and what provisions are in place to prevent student accommodation premises being used as short-term lets once they have been built.
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Question reference: S6W-01488
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statistics in the publication, Homelessness in Scotland: 2020 to 2021, how many children were in each household that was reassessed as being homeless in each year since 2015-16, also broken down by which of the periods of between one and five years they were previously assessed as being homeless.
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Question reference: S6W-01387
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many households will require financial support to comply with the new fire alarm standards; how much it will cost to provide this; what modelling it used to calculate these figures, and what stakeholders it has contacted to discuss the provision of this support.
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Question reference: S6W-01471
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of Home Energy Scotland loan offers have expired during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how this compares to the three financial years prior to the pandemic beginning.
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Question reference: S6W-01644
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the delayed document, Housing Options (PREVENT1) Statistics in Scotland: 2020/21, will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-01645
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the delayed document, Housing Statistics for Scotland 2020: Key Trends Summary, will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-01638
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01292 by Shona Robison on 19 July 2021, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of (i) homes and (ii) projects seeking grant funding in excess of the relevant benchmark have been subject to a more detailed value-for-money assessment in (A) total and (B) each of the last five years, also broken down by (I) local authority and (II) registered social landlord.
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Question reference: S6W-01637
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of homes have been delivered at or below the Affordable Housing Investment Benchmark in (i) total and (ii) each of the last five years, also broken down by (A) local authority and (B) registered social landlord.
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Question reference: S6W-01523
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00917 by Shona Robison on 18 June 2021, (a) how many expressions of interest were received for its Single Building Assessment programme, (b) who these expressions were from, and (c) by what date safety assessments will be carried out.
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Question reference: S6W-01527
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-35383 by Kevin Stewart on 1 March 2021, whether changes have been made to the building standards verifier requirements regarding BS 8414 and BR 135 and, if so, when the decisions related to any changes were (a) taken and (b) implemented.
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