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Chamber and committees

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

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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 7 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-10685

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

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what Home Energy Scotland’s (a) budget and (b) actual spend has been to support (i) unique households, (ii) advice interactions, including advice provided to customers during telephone or email advice discussions, and (iii) low-income, potentially fuel-poor clients who were offered support in each year of its operation.

Question reference: S6W-10687

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

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government which indicators it currently uses for the housing and regeneration indicators, as set out in its housing and regeneration outcomes framework; on what date each indicator (a) was last updated and (b) is due to be updated, and what the status is of any work to update each indicator.

Question reference: S6W-10921

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government which mortgage lenders it has met in 2022 to discuss the implications of the cost of living crisis for homeowners with mortgages on their property.

Question reference: S6W-10922

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government on which dates it has met representatives of the mortgage lending industry to discuss the implications of the cost of living crisis for homeowners with mortgages on their property.

Question reference: S6W-10633

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

  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to bring forward compulsory sale orders for (a) vacant and (b) empty properties, and, if this is the case, what its timescale is for doing so.

Question reference: S6W-10636

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

  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has a Housing to 2040 delivery plan.

Question reference: S6W-10638

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

  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to incorporate use of existing housing stock in order to meet its social homes target, and how many purchases of existing stock are forecast to be made in each year to 2032.

Question reference: S6W-10635

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

  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether Housing to 2040 remains its housing strategy. 

Question reference: S6W-10681

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the details of each (a) question raised and (b) answer given, at each of the Building Scotland (Amendment) Regulations 2022 - Online Q&A Sessions, which ran from 27 June to 3 August 2022.

Question reference: S6W-10676

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09619 by Shona Robison on 19 July 2022, how many buildings to date have been remediated by developers across Scotland, broken down by local authority.