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-03433
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it is aligning the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund with its recently announced grant funding for tenants in rent arrears.
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Question reference: S6W-03521
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it distributed through the Housing Infrastructure Fund in each year from 2016-17 to 2020-21, also broken down by grant or loan funding type.
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Question reference: S6W-03271
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response to the consultation on its draft Licensing Order and Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) for short-term lets.
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Question reference: S6W-03177
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the registered social landlords that have applied to it to raise their rents by over (a) 5% and (b) 10% in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-03245
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many Registered Social Landlords have applied to it to raise their rents by over (a) 5% and (b) 10% in each of the last five years, and how many applications were approved.
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Question reference: S6W-03152
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many times each local authority has paid (a) Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) and (b) the Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) when purchasing off-the-shelf properties in each year since it was introduced, also broken down by the value of LBTT or ADS revenue collected.
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Question reference: S6W-03153
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) and (b) Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) paid by local authorities when purchasing off-the-shelf properties is returned to the respective local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-03066
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has begun the analysis to identify strategic areas likely to have access to low carbon or green hydrogen, which was referred to in the Draft Heat in Buildings Strategy in February 2021, and when it anticipates this analysis will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-03063
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the further analysis to fully understand the role of secondary technologies with a role in heat decarbonisation, which was referred to in the Draft Heat in Buildings Strategy in February 2021, has begun, and, if so, when the findings of this analysis will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-03065
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the actions set out in Annex A of the Draft Heat in Buildings Strategy from February 2021, what the (a) timescale for delivery, (b) current status and (c) expenditure to date is for each of the actions.
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