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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 23 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-10185

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

  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many heating installations under the (a) Warmer Homes Scotland (b) area-based schemes and (c) Home Energy Scotland Loans and Cashback schemes have been (a) carbon producing and (b) zero carbon, in each year of operation of the respective schemes. 

Question reference: S6W-10120

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the impact would be on (a) the cost of constructing new buildings and (b) the subsequent sale price to the purchaser of the final building, of its proposal to prohibit the use of direct emissions heating systems, such as those run on fossil fuel, in new buildings from 2024.

Question reference: S6W-10125

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the demand in Scotland for electricity will be from 2025, should its proposed ban on the use of direct emissions heating systems in new-build properties from 2024 be put in place, and in light of its projected increase in EV use; what its position is on whether renewables will consistently be able to meet that demand, and, if this is not the case, from what sources baseload will be generated.

Question reference: S6W-10123

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it chose 2024 as the proposed date from which the use of direct emissions heating systems, such as those run on fossil fuel, in new build properties will be banned, whether it has carried out research on any potential impact of such a date on builders who have pre-ordered such fossil-fuel heating, and, if so, what it anticipates that impact will be. 

Question reference: S6W-10132

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08620 by Jenny Gilruth on 6 June 2022, whether it will provide an update on when it anticipates that it will be able to review the data and analysis from the UK Department for Transport e-scooters trial programme in England.

Question reference: S6W-10172

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the non-virtual National Public Energy Agency, whether it will provide (a) an update on when it will be set up and (b) details of (i) what services it will provide, (ii) how many staff it will employ and (iii) what its annual budget will be.

Question reference: S6W-10183

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

  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many zero-carbon heating systems have been installed in (a) new and (b) existing homes in each year since 2016. 

Question reference: S6W-10122

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what data it has on the emissions savings that it anticipates will be achieved, should all new builds require to be fitted with alternatives to direct emissions heating systems, such as those run on fossil fuel, from 2024.

Question reference: S6W-10567

  • Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when details will be made available regarding year six of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund, and when it will commence.

Question reference: S6W-10092

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the Scottish Children’s Reporter in ensuring that all autistic young people undergoing referral are adequately supported, and what its position is on whether a disaggregation of Scottish Children's Reporter Administration data by individual disability, as opposed to "Disability" as a whole, would provide an important tool for identifying relevant needs.