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-09064
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-01176 by Shona Robison on 1 June 2022, how many people have been helped onto the property ladder through government schemes in each Scottish Parliament region in each year since 2016-17.
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Question reference: S6W-09081
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-01176 by Shona Robison on 1 June 2022, what the source was for the cabinet secretary's comment that "mortgage approvals for first-time buyers have increased by 13% in the 12-month period to quarter 1 in 2022, from the amount in the period up to quarter 1 in 2021".
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Question reference: S6W-08977
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the use of the eviction grounds in part 1, schedule 3 of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, in light of research from Generation Rent that reportedly found that one-third of private landlords granted an eviction order at tribunal in order to sell the property had failed to sell the home more than a year later.
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Question reference: S6W-08965
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what index or mechanism it uses to review the Open Market Shared Equity thresholds.
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Question reference: S6W-08749
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the Home Owners' Support Fund rules in light of rising interest rates and the cost of living crisis.
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Question reference: S6W-08750
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review the guidance, capital and equity limits, and eligibility criteria in relation to the Home Owners' Support Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-08805
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08560 by Shona Robison on 25 May 2022, how rapidly the register and other official statistics provides this data.
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Question reference: S6W-08807
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08560 by Shona Robison on 25 May 2022, what information the register records regarding the subsequent (a) destination of any tenants leaving properties that have exited, including the homeless presentations made to their local authority, and (b) use of those properties, including use as (i) PRS stock, (ii) owner-occupied homes, (iii) second homes, (iv) empty homes and (v) short-term lets.
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Question reference: S6W-08806
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08560 by Shona Robison on 25 May 2022, what its strategy is for managing exits (a) holistically and (b) on a case-by-case basis.
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Question reference: S6O-01243
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2022