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
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Question reference: S6W-01525
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how it is monitoring the number of notifications received by the Building Standards Division from verifiers of building warrant applications, citing BS 8414 as a route to compliance, since the April 2021 update of the Building Standards Technical Handbooks, and (b) whether it will publish the number of notifications received periodically.
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Question reference: S6W-01524
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-35383 by Kevin Stewart on 1 March 2021, whether it will provide an update on what plans it has to ban the use of combustible materials in cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings, in light of the position taken by other UK administrations.
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Question reference: S6W-01526
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many notifications the Building Standards Division has received from verifiers of building warrant applications, citing BS 8414 as a route to compliance, since the April 2021 update of the Building Standards Technical Handbooks, by a) type of building and b) local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-01475
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the total value was of the Home Energy Scotland Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan applications that have been received in each local authority area in each of the last five years, also broken down by the total value of the loan offers that (a) it subsequently made and (b) were not taken up.
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Question reference: S6W-01474
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many Home Energy Scotland Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan applications have been received in each local authority area in each of the last five years; how many loan offers it has subsequently made, and how many of these offers were not taken up.
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Question reference: S6W-01424
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what national performance indicators are considered as part of the grant allocation to the Scottish Youth Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-01423
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether its grant allocation to the Scottish Youth Parliament has increased for 2021-22 and, if so, (a) by how much and (b) for what reason.
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Question reference: S6W-01410
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the support its provides to adopted families to be sufficient, given the recent report from Adoption UK Scotland, which stated that, for the third year in a row, over two-thirds of Barometer respondents said that they struggled to obtain help and support for their family.
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Question reference: S6W-01409
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recent Adoption Barometer report by Adoption UK Scotland, which states that more than a third of adopted 16- to 25-year-olds did not reach a positive destination, in relation to education, employment or training, in 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-01422
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the contractual/commissioning arrangements are for financial allocations to the Scottish Youth Parliament.
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