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: S5W-11856
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the (a) Reduced Data Standard Assessment Procedure and (b) Energy Performance Certificate to incorporate Scotland-specific building performance data.
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Question reference: S5W-11852
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will put measures or exemptions in place in energy efficiency legislation to ensure that (a) important heritage, (b) listed and (c) pre-1919 buildings are protected from inappropriate adaptations.
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Question reference: S5W-11855
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the Energy Performance Certificate to be appropriate for stone-built properties, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-11854
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it can ensure that there will be a supply chain of professional accredited assessors for traditional buildings; how it will assess their accreditation standards, what steps it is taking to ensure that training and qualifications are developed to establish a qualified workforce to support the installation of energy efficiency measures.
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Question reference: S5W-11853
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that lessons learned from failing energy retrofit remedies to traditional buildings are made available to homeowners and assessors.
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Question reference: S5W-11312
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding what proportion of the construction industry workforce in Scotland is formed of migrant labour.
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Question reference: S5W-11428
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) housing association, (b) local authority and (c) private sector-run (i) sheltered and (ii) very sheltered homes there are.
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Question reference: S5W-11313
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration was given to construction manufacturing when preparing its Programme for Government, and for what reason it did not include this as a focus for legislation.
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Question reference: S5W-11314
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce incentives for the construction industry to encourage innovation.
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Question reference: S5W-11311
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it is investing into research on the offsite construction sector.