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: S6W-13436
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will lay regulations to amend Council Tax (Variation for Unoccupied Dwellings) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 to give effect to the motion S6M-05106 that was agreed, as amended, by the Parliament on 22 June 2022, in advance of the date prescribed in the Local Government Finance Act 1992 of when local authorities are required to set council tax rates for 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-13252
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether any new legislation is being considered to help address Scotland-specific cladding issues, and, if this is the case, whether it will (a) incorporate elements from the Building Safety Act 2022 passed by the UK Parliament and (b) be primary or secondary legislation.
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Question reference: S6W-12769
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the scoping work to assess future housing skills needs and associated provision, that was due to commence in July 2022, has been completed.
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Question reference: S6W-13095
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10597 by Shona Robison 20 September 2022, what information it does record about the house builder or construction company once a project is tendered, and how it engages with those SME house builders.
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Question reference: S6W-13094
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many SME housebuilders have been engaged in the delivery of the affordable housing supply programme in each year since 2016-17, and how it analyses the involvement of SME housebuilders in the supply chain on the basis of (a) geography, (b) project type and size and (c) grant recipient.
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Question reference: S6W-13093
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10596 by Shona Robison 20 September 2022, how this information compares with insolvencies since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S6W-13347
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the proposed £31.3 million allocated to Building Standards in 2023-24 does it plan to spend on (a) the cladding remediation programme (b) a programme of research and professional advice on the building standards system in Scotland and (c) other sources.
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Question reference: S6W-13394
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13021 by Tom Arthur on 20 December 2022, what the inflation rate was for new construction work in the public sector on the tone date.
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Question reference: S6W-13395
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost to the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service has been of non-attendance at court hearings by all parties, in each year since 2016-17.
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Question reference: S6O-01750
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost to the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service is of non-attendance at court hearings by all parties.