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-19654
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 26 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last audited any outstanding Affordable Housing Supply Programme approvals, and what the findings were of any such audit.
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Question reference: S6W-19652
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 26 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for how long an approval under the Affordable Housing Supply Programme remains valid.
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Question reference: S6W-19655
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 26 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes it has approved under the Affordable Housing Supply Programme in each of the last five financial years, broken down by (a) quarter and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-19653
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 19 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will launch an internal review to consider the reasons that the number of approved homes as part of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme has reportedly dropped by 50% since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-19298
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 11 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what surveys it conducts that are comparable to the English Private Landlord Survey.
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Question reference: S6W-19374
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to illuminate its buildings in blue to "Go Blue for Meso" and mark Action Mesothelioma Day on 7 July 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-19309
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 5 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what the timetable for the Housing Bill is, in light of reports that it has been delayed until spring 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-18608
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its sixth Medium-Term Financial Strategy, whether it remains committed to a £3.5 billion investment in the Affordable Housing Supply Programme during the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-18254
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 8 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14121 by Shona Robison on 9 February 2023, and in light of reports that around a quarter of the £375 million Welsh Building Safety Fund has been spent so far, whether it will provide an update on what (a) amount and (b) proportion of the £97.1 million provided by the UK Government to fund cladding remediation work has been spent to date, and what forecasts it holds for expenditure of the money.
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Question reference: S6W-17736
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 May 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government on what date its More Homes Division next plans to publish an updated Affordable Housing Supply Programme: process and procedures guidance note, and for what reasons it did not do so at the beginning of the current financial year.
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