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-11975
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10934 by Mairi McAllan on 26 September 2022, whether it will provide an update on when it will publish its formal response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee's December 2020 report on regional marine planning.
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Question reference: S6W-12082
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on the establishment of a National Public Energy Agency; whether the agency will be in place by September 2025, and what the associated costs are to date.
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Question reference: S6W-11869
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what any sanction will be for any (a) home and (b) business owner who fails to comply with the proposed New Build Heat Standard.
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Question reference: S6W-11865
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider a phased approach to the introduction of the New Build Heat Standard for off-gas-grid homes and businesses.
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Question reference: S6W-11868
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken to identify how many off-gas-grid homes will not be suitable for the installation of an air source heat pump, and how many properties fall into this category.
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Question reference: S6W-11870
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider introducing an exemption to allow off-gas-grid (a) home and (b) business owners to use low carbon direct emissions heating systems after 1 April 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-11954
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will conclude its review of the second Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing.
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Question reference: S6W-11953
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to provide additional financial support for registered social landlords to reach the second Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing once it has concluded its review of the standard.
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Question reference: S6W-11866
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the timescale required between the point that a decision is made by a local authority to site a public electric vehicle (EV) charger in a certain place and for that charger to become operational.
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Question reference: S6W-11867
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that tens of millions of pounds of renewable energy investment in Scotland is being put at risk and that there is a low rate of installation of public electric vehicle (EV) charging points as a result of delays in connecting vehicle charging hubs to power supplies.