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-08489
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether fabric efficiency regulations will require compliance at specified points in the building lifecycle, including (a) sale, (b) re-let, (c) major renovation, (d) conversion and (e) extension.
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Question reference: S6W-08488
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether new minimum energy efficiency standards will be set at the level of fabric efficiency necessary in conjunction with heat distribution system.
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Question reference: S6W-08487
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether its reform of EPC ratings for fabric efficiency standard will use an energy demand metric in kWh/m2/yr, based on the energy demand for space heating and cooling only.
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Question reference: S6W-08297
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07060 by Shona Robison on 17 March 2022, what the key stages are of assessment, and how many properties are at each stage of assessment.
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Question reference: S6W-08296
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many quotes single building assessment participants are required to obtain and submit to the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6W-08293
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government who is included on the Single Building Assessment Register of Assessors.
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Question reference: S6W-08237
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03968 by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021, when the information "will be placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre" under "Bib number 62811".
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Question reference: S6T-00688
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations it is making to support people in Scotland, in light of the reported comments by the chief executive of Scottish Power warning that 10 million UK homes could potentially be in fuel poverty this winter.
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Question reference: S6W-08223
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 6 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to the needs of blind and partially sighted people in developing National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4).
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Question reference: S6W-08088
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 6 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the effectiveness of the Third National Planning Framework (NPF3) was monitored and evaluated and whether this was done against the outcomes set out in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.
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