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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 22 November 2024
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Question reference: S6W-24245

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 22 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-23685 and S6W-23686 by Graeme Dey on 21 December 2023, in light of the budgets for the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and Skills Development Scotland (SDS) being reduced in the Scottish Budget 2024-25, what its position is on how the Scottish Budget will impact its engagement with SFC and SDS to monitor enrolments and destinations after course completion for courses that impact the energy efficiency and low-carbon heating sector.

Question reference: S6W-24065

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 22 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the ClimateXChange report, Clean heat and energy efficiency workforce assessment, finding that "Most small businesses interviewed had a low awareness of current funding available for training and upskilling/reskilling, only mentioning the Flexible Workforce Development Fund and the Skill Development funding", what action it is taking to increase awareness of such funding among businesses.

Question reference: S6W-24467

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 19 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update on the planning application currently being considered by the Energy Consents Unit under reference ECU00004523.

Question reference: S6W-24187

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the average processing time is for a Home Energy Scotland (a) grant and (b) loan application, (i) nationally and (ii) broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-24186

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the average time is that it takes for a Home Energy Scotland (a) grant and (b) loan to release funds to customers from the point of installation, (i) nationally and (ii) broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-24468

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 18 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how long the Energy Consents Unit takes on average to determine applications following referral from local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-24060

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 18 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23433 by Joe FitzPatrick on 13 December 2023, what its response is to reported concerns that (a) local authority planning teams are unable to process planning applications for renewable technologies beyond onshore wind, such as hydrogen, due to gaps in knowledge around these new types of technology and (b) current legislation, including the National Planning Framework provisions of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, is not keeping up with the development of new technologies.

Question reference: S6O-02999

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcements made in its Budget, what action it is taking to ensure that well-established community mental health services are appropriately funded.

Question reference: S6W-24077

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many (a) insulation engineers, (b) thermal insulation engineers, (c) glaziers, (d) heating and ventilation engineers, (e) plumbing and heating engineers, (f) electricians and (g) Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) assessors are currently working in Scotland, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-24081

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that low-carbon heating systems and energy efficiency measures are installed to a high quality level.