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-20594
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason job losses in the housing construction sector are reportedly not considered a risk to the affordable housing supply programme in its risk register.
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Question reference: S6W-20593
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the housebuilder, Bellway, has begun cutting jobs in anticipation of a UK property market slowdown, and what impact it anticipates this could have on the affordable housing supply programme in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-20667
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether its More Homes Division is subject to a recruitment cap, and, if so, when any such cap was put in place and when it is expected to end.
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Question reference: S6W-20669
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) headcount and (b) FTE staffing level was of its More Homes Division in each quarter since May 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-20636
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the affordable homes supply programme target was increased to 110,000 in the Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party Shared Policy Programme but did not set a specific revised mid-point target.
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Question reference: S6W-20668
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many members of staff have (a) resigned and (b) retired from its More Homes Division in each quarter since May 2021, and how many are due to retire in the year to April 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-20625
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the effect on tenants and homelessness services will be as a result of the 126% increase in the number of first charge buy-to-let mortgage loans in arrears by 2.5%, and the number of buy-to-let mortgages in arrears increasing 59% year on year, as reported in the UK Finance publication, Mortgage Arrears and Possessions Update Quarter 2 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-20624
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the statement in the UK Finance publication, Mortgage Arrears and Possessions Update Quarter 2 2023, that homeowner mortgages in arrears of 2.5% or more were 7% greater than in the previous quarter, and what the specific numbers for Scotland are.
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Question reference: S6W-20676
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 August 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the controls detailed in the Affordable Housing Supply Programme risk register, whether the slowing of social rented approvals and starts has been escalated, and, if so, to whom.
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Question reference: S6W-20674
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what anticipated financial slippage the affordable housing supply programme has identified for the current financial year.
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