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: S6O-00813
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many households are waiting for social housing in Central Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-06060
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05465 by Patrick Harvie on 24 January 2022, when it will publish its response and any regulations.
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Question reference: S6W-05963
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the Scottish Law Commission in relation to carrying out a law reform project to provide a draft Bill that would implement the recommendations of the Scottish Parliamentary Working Group on Tenement Maintenance.
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Question reference: S6W-06157
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) has received for evictions and civil proceedings for each rule in each (a) quarter and (b) year since 1 December 2017, and, of these, how many have received a hearing.
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Question reference: S6W-05962
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on implementing the recommendations of the Scottish Parliamentary Working Group on Tenement Maintenance in relation to owners (a) in tenements forming owners' associations, (b) and building reserve funds and (c) and five-yearly building condition reports, which it committed to support through voluntary and incremental change until legislation is in place.
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Question reference: S6O-00742
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding how its international development programme can support the sharing of vaccines and help to tackle the reported vaccine apartheid in the global south.
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Question reference: S6W-05750
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has completed its consideration of how to complete the review of the tax treatment of short-term lets; whether the review is complete, and whether it will (a) publish the review or (b) outline the timetable for completing the review.
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Question reference: S6W-05703
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many buildings identified in the High Rise Inventory are classed as student accommodation.
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Question reference: S6W-05774
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it takes to audit the quality of past energy efficiency and retrofit works, and what its plans are to review works where it is found that PAS 2035 standards have not been met.
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Question reference: S6W-05775
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will require compliance with PAS 2035 standards for its energy efficiency and retrofit delivery programmes.