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-12690
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the scope is of the Mortgage to Shared Equity scheme review; who is delivering the review; which organisations (a) have been and (b) will be consulted; on what date the review was first commissioned; whether it has commissioned new research or modelling to support the review; what the stages of the review are; how many (i) staff and (ii) full-time equivalents are working on the review, and when it expects to implement its findings.
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Question reference: S6W-12687
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many dwellings have an unoccupied exemption from council tax, broken down by the exemptions provided for by Schedule 1 of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Scotland Order 1997, as amended.
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Question reference: S6W-12629
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much non-domestic rates income has been forgone in 2022-23 where Small Business Bonus Scheme rates relief has been claimed for self-catering units, broken down by (a) (i) 100%, (ii) 25% and (iii) 0% (where they were not eligible due to having a number of properties with a combined rateable value of £35,000) of income forgone, (b) assessor and (c) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-12632
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many civil penalties have been issued for failure to comply with the Council Tax (Dwellings and Part Residential Subjects) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 since the regulations came into force, broken down by (a) assessor and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-12634
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many assessments for the continuation of properties on the valuation roll in accordance with the Council Tax (Dwellings and Part Residential Subjects) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 have taken place since the regulations came into force, broken down by (a) assessor and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-12631
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many self-catering (a) units on the non-domestic rates roll and (b) unit owners received Small Business Bonus Scheme rates relief in 2022-23 at (i) 100%, (ii) 25% and (iii) 0% (where they were not eligible due to having a number of properties with a combined rateable value of £35,000) broken down by (A) assessor and (B) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-12630
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many self-catering units have been registered on the non-domestic rates roll on 30 September in each of the last six years, broken down by (a) assessor and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-12688
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) repossessed and (b) empty dwellings have an unoccupied exemption from council tax, and how many have had that exemption for (i) six months or more, (ii) 12 months or more and (iii) two years or more.
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Question reference: S6W-12689
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many repossessed dwellings have received an exemption from council tax in each month since May 2016.
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Question reference: S6T-01023
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that local government directors of finance have written to the finance secretary regarding an unprecedented £1 billion budget gap, and of COSLA stating that the current spending plans will lead to job losses.