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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 4 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-03815

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will disclose the locations of tower blocks with combustible cladding, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S6W-03814

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to FOI request FOI/202100240457, what assessment it made that resulted in its decision to withhold information on the basis that concerns over home safety were outweighed by the public interest in maintaining the privacy of individuals who provided personal information.

Question reference: S6W-03626

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of properties have interlinked fire alarms installed.

Question reference: S6W-03624

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much it will contribute to housing associations, on average, in the current financial year for the construction of each new house that they build, and what the range of funding support is per house based on their size and type.

Question reference: S6W-03652

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support residents in areas where local authority care and repair services are not available, including South Ayrshire.

Question reference: S6W-03628

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has taken, or plans to take, any steps to regulate the sale and installation of interlinked fire alarms to avoid the fraudulent sale and installation of such alarms.

Question reference: S6W-03831

  • Asked by: Siobhian Brown, MSP for Ayr, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment at paragraph 9.14 of its Family Justice Modernisation Strategy, published on 3 September 2019, to give further consideration to amending the Child Abduction Act 1984 and to the procedure for obtaining formal consent, proving consent and corroboration of evidence, what further work it will carry out in relation to the strategy.

Question reference: S6W-03771

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what funding or financial support it plans to put in place to support homeowners and landlords to achieve the required targets set out in its Heat in Buildings Strategy.

Question reference: S6W-03777

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the statement on page 47 of its draft Heat in Buildings Strategy that, during 2021-22, it will conduct research to "understand the cost effectiveness of thermal, electrical storage and rooftop solar PV to support households to reduce bills", what progress it has made on that research.

Question reference: S6W-03772

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it plans to take to ensure that the contents of its Heat in Buildings Strategy do not disproportionately impact remote and rural communities.