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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)
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Question reference: S6W-13095

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10597 by Shona Robison 20 September 2022, what information it does record about the house builder or construction company once a project is tendered, and how it engages with those SME house builders.

The Scottish Government does not mandate the recording of contractor or housebuilder details within a tender application. If supplied, the information we collect relates solely to the name of the contractor. The Scottish Government has no direct engagement with the contractor as the contractual relationship is between the grant applicant and the housebuilders/contractors. Scottish Government More Homes Division engagement at a strategic level is through industry bodies such as Homes for Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-13093

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10596 by Shona Robison 20 September 2022, how this information compares with insolvencies since 2007-08.

Question reference: S6W-13094

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many SME housebuilders have been engaged in the delivery of the affordable housing supply programme in each year since 2016-17, and how it analyses the involvement of SME housebuilders in the supply chain on the basis of (a) geography, (b) project type and size and (c) grant recipient.

Question reference: S6W-12769

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the scoping work to assess future housing skills needs and associated provision, that was due to commence in July 2022, has been completed.

Question reference: S6W-13394

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13021 by Tom Arthur on 20 December 2022, what the inflation rate was for new construction work in the public sector on the tone date.

Question reference: S6W-13395

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the cost to the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service has been of non-attendance at court hearings by all parties, in each year since 2016-17.

Question reference: S6O-01750

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost to the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service is of non-attendance at court hearings by all parties.

Question reference: S6W-13021

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 20 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of current rates of inflation for the construction industry on the non-domestic rates revaluation of public sector properties, based on rebuild costs.

The valuation of non-domestic properties is a matter for Scottish assessors who are independent of central and local government. The tone date for the 2023 revaluation was 1 April 2022, therefore values for the revaluation will be based on the economic circumstances and evidence available at this date. The current rates of inflation do not have a bearing on values for the 2023 revaluation.

The Scottish Budget 2023-24 was published on 15 December 2022 and confirmed that the poundage will be frozen at 49.8p. A Revaluation Transitional Relief will also be introduced to cap increases in rates bills for those seeing the most significant increases in their rateable values as a result of the revaluation, ensuring that the gross bills of an estimated 84,000 properties will be lower in 2023-24 than they otherwise would have been.

Draft values for the 2023 revaluation were published on 30 November 2022, and final values will come into force on 1 April 2023. A revaluation summary report is expected to be published in 2023-24 once final values for the revaluation have been made available.

Question reference: S6W-13119

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12689 by John Swinney on 8 December 2022, how many repossessed dwellings that had been receiving an exemption from council tax subsequently ceased to receive that exemption in each month of 2022, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-13118

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12689 by John Swinney on 8 December 2022, how many repossessed dwellings have received an exemption from council tax in each month of 2022, broken down by local authority area.