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: S6F-02619
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 December 2023
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to address the impacts of obesity and excess weight on the Scottish economy and NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-23047
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for (a) private residential homeowners, (b) housing associations, (c) businesses and (d) commercial building landlords to replace inefficient double glazed windows and doors with a U-value of 2.8 to 3.2 that were installed before 2002.
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Question reference: S6W-23048
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for (a) private residential homeowners, (b) housing associations, (c) businesses and (d) commercial building landlords to replace inefficient double glazed windows and doors with a U-value of 2.0 to 2.4 that were installed between 2002 and 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-23045
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for (a) private residential homeowners, (b) housing associations, (c) businesses and (d) commercial building landlords to replace double glazed windows and doors with triple glazing.
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Question reference: S6W-23046
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for (a) private residential homeowners, (b) housing associations, (c) businesses, and (d) commercial building landlords to replace single glazed windows and doors with double glazing.
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Question reference: S6O-02782
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maggie Chapman (on Behalf of the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body) on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body when the most recent energy efficiency assessment of the Scottish Parliament building was completed, and what the results were.
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Question reference: S6W-22673
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the current construction skills landscape, and what plans it has to target and develop particular sectors within the construction industry based on any such assessment.
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Question reference: S6W-22659
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for homes seeking to install renewable heating systems, but for which current renewable solutions are technically unsuitable for retrofitting on their current heating system in a way that can provide both heating and hot water, in a whole-house heating system.
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Question reference: S6W-22674
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its publication, Heat in Buildings: progress report 2023, how much funding was available for the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan scheme, and what the total spend in the form of grants and loans was, in the 2022-23 financial year.
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Question reference: S6W-22669
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide (a) further information on the demographics of the 6,000 applications to the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan scheme since its launch in August 2023 and (b) a breakdown by (i) the age of applicants, (ii) the median household income of applicants and (iii) local authority area.