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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 26 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-11648

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10972 by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022, whether it has requested updated data from local authorities since 31 March 2022, and which local authorities have (a) not provided data detailing expenditure, grant and refusal figures and (b) exhausted all of their Tenant Grant Fund allocation.

Question reference: S6W-11758

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is the case that four companies are currently providing services to assess cladded buildings in Scotland, and that it could take these companies, focusing on this programme exclusively, a minimum of two years to assess all high rise buildings.

Question reference: S6W-11748

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to support women affected by the deliberate non-payment of child maintenance payments by non-resident parents, particularly in light of the rising cost of living.

Question reference: S6W-11759

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether single building assessment reports are subject to peer review.

Question reference: S6W-11750

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what incentives it has introduced to encourage (a) more GPs to work in rural practices and (b) doctors to take up positions in practices and hospitals rather than working as locums.

Question reference: S6W-11752

  • Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is the case that Island Communities Impact Assessments (ICIAs) are required to be carried out in relation to areas that are near to proposed Highly Protected Marine Areas, and, if it is the case, whether any such ICIAs have been conducted to date.

Question reference: S6W-11649

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-09128 and S6W-10972 by Shona Robison on 29 June and 20 September 2022, whether it will publish all data it has received from local authorities on Tenant Grant Fund spending to date.

Question reference: S6W-11756

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has been advised by the Institution of Fire Engineers of how many fire engineers in Scotland are (a) included on the starter register and (b) registered as being suitably trained in relation to the initial phase of the single building assessment.

Question reference: S6W-11542

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government which of the developers listed as having signed up to the Welsh Government’s Developers Pact, as set out in the Welsh Government’s Written Statement, Building Safety in Wales, published on 7 October 2022, have agreed to the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord.

Question reference: S6W-11760

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether cladding remediation costs identified as a result of a single building assessment will be funded (a) fully or (b) partially, and what funding options the Scottish Ministers have considered, subsequent to the meeting of the Cladding Programme Board on 20 October 2021.