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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 July 2024
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Question reference: S6W-28524

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to its Open Market Shared Equity scheme, broken down by financial year.

Question reference: S6W-28525

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many homes it estimates will be delivered each year to priority access groups following the reopening its Open Market Shared Equity scheme to new applications, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-28586

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide any cost or budget estimates that it has produced for the reopening of its Open Market Shared Equity scheme.

Question reference: S6W-28521

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider the evidence set out in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report, and any potential impact that it may have on the single building assessment process in Scotland, in particular in relation to the utilisation of BS 8414 test data in the assessment of buildings. 

Question reference: S6W-28519

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the approach taken by the PAS 9980 code of practice to considering financial or social factors would allow combustible façade material to remain in place on buildings above 11 metres in height in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-28518

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government in what way the PAS 9980 code of practice has been “tailored to the Scottish context” it its Single Building Assessment Specification Document, beyond the acknowledgement of the tenure system in Scotland, and how this tailoring has been a “critical enabler in setting the standard”, in light of the letter to the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee from the Minister for Housing on 8 March 2024.

Question reference: S6W-28528

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government for how long its reopened Open Market Shared Equity scheme will remain open.

Question reference: S6W-28517

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on what type of combustible façade material, based off the Euroclass rating (B to F), should be allowed to remain in situ following the completion of a single building assessment.

Question reference: S6W-28520

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it is appropriate that BS 8414 test data remains part of the single building assessment in determining whether a building is safe, in light of reported evidence regarding the use of BS 8414, and it being removed as pathway to compliance for new residential buildings with a topmost habitable storey above 11 metres in height.   

Question reference: S6W-28523

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26685 by Paul McLennan on 23 April 2024, whether it will define the term “large areas of the façade” in relation to the statement “Where large areas of the façade are being remediated, alterations will be required to comply with current (fire) building regulations including the use of acceptable materials”.