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-13135
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many newbuild affordable homes in rural communities have been completed in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-13148
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many industrial units for SMEs have been built in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-13131
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will report of the review of councillor remuneration.
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Question reference: S6W-13149
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on what the average rent has been in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-12614
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many socially rented homes have reported damp and mould in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-13152
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with "no fixed abode" have been discharged from hospital in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-13154
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with hospices regarding any additional pressures facing the sector as a result of (a) energy and (b) staffing costs.
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Question reference: S6W-13155
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to bring forward its proposed Housing Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-13433
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to set out to the Scottish Parliament its plans in relation to whether it will extend the rent cap in the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 past 31 March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-13147
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made, regarding how it may be applied in Scotland, of the social rent caps in Wales and the decision to set the current year’s cap at 6.5%.
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