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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to ensure that rental properties in rural and island communities meet energy performance certificate (EPC) rating standards.
To ask the Scottish Government how many properties, broken down by local authority area, it anticipates will not meet an EPC rating of at least band E by 1 April 2022, as required under the Energy Efficiency (Domestic Private Rented Property) (Scotland) Regulations 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress in establishing a pilot of mandatory meetings on alternatives to court, in line with its statutory duty as set out in the Children (Scotland) Act 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is taking action to reduce pressures on family courts by supporting other forms of dispute resolution.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported shortfall of legal aid providers in family law.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will be providing annual updates on progress towards its target that, by 2040, no more than 5% of households will be in fuel poverty and no more than 1% will be in extreme fuel poverty.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the view in its 2021 Fuel Poverty Strategy that energy price increases since 2017 will have increased the number of households in fuel poverty, what it now estimates the true number of fuel poor households in Scotland to currently be.
To ask the Scottish Government how many fuel poor households it estimates have not qualified for the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme based on issues with the scheme’s qualifying criteria, as identified in its 2021 Fuel Poverty Strategy.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the aim in its 2021 Fuel Poverty Strategy to ensure that “all homes across Scotland will have achieved the equivalent of an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C” by 2033, how it plans to make the estimated investment of up to £6 billion that is required to deliver EPC C ratings to all fuel poor households in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the view in its 2021 Fuel Poverty Strategy that energy price increases since 2017 will have increased the number of households in fuel poverty, whether it will provide an up-to-date estimate of the cost of delivering an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C rating for all fuel poor households.