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-14433
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has in place to (a) monitor and (b) record how many students are homeless in the (i) higher and (ii) further education sector.
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Question reference: S6W-14430
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many students faced homelessness at some point in 2022, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-14432
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on increasing the (a) number and (b) capacity of student housing cooperatives.
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Question reference: S6W-14573
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will no longer need the MS Ambition beyond the current contract end date of 31 March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-14572
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it plans to extend the contract for the MS Ambition beyond the current contract end date of 31 March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-14302
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support and advice it will provide to households and buildings in conservation areas to comply with the Bute House Agreement commitment to require home and building upgrades at the point of sale, change of tenancy, and refurbishment to meet a standard equivalent to EPC C, on a mandatory basis from 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-14305
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to consult on the Bute House Agreement commitment to require home and building upgrades at the point of sale, change of tenancy, and refurbishment to meet a standard equivalent to EPC C, on a mandatory basis from 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-14303
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment made in the Bute House Agreement, what progress is being made to require home and building upgrades at the point of sale, change of tenancy, and refurbishment to meet a standard equivalent to EPC C, on a mandatory basis from 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-14304
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what stakeholders it has met to discuss the Bute House Agreement commitment to require home and building upgrades at the point of sale, change of tenancy, and refurbishment to meet a standard equivalent to EPC C, on a mandatory basis from 2025, and on what date it met each stakeholder.
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Question reference: S6W-14517
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the impact in Scotland of the changes to the Energy Bills Discount Scheme due to take effect in March 2023.
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