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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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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 3 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-01282

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what the Scottish Futures Trust's current role is in the subsidy and provision of build-to-rent homes, and how this differs from its previous role.

Question reference: S6W-01204

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 05 July 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it provides to Build to Rent developers and operators, and from which budget line.

Question reference: S6W-01292

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how its affordable housing subsidy will respond to the shortages of materials and price increases that were recently reported by the Federation of Master Builders.

Question reference: S6W-01242

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out a review of the Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing Two, in light of research by Changeworks suggesting that it would reduce the total percentage of households in fuel poverty from 38% to 29%.

Question reference: S6W-01293

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index will take account of the shortages of materials and price increases that were recently reported by the Federation of Master Builders.

Question reference: S6W-01473

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-01476

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-00773

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00072 by Shona Robison on 27 May 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many tenants have received loans from the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund, broken down by the (a) private and (b) social sectors, including registered social landlords and local authority landlords.

Question reference: S6W-00775

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00071 by Shona Robison on 27 May 2021, whether it will provide an update on the total value of loans made under the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund scheme, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-00772

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government which contractor carries out the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund (a) affordability and (b) credit checks, and how much it has cost to (i) operate, and (ii) administer the fund.