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.
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To ask the Scottish Government how many cladded buildings are being assessed under Pathway (a) 1 and (b) 2 of the Single Building Assessment; how many have transferred from Pathway 1 to Pathway 2, and how many of these assessments (i) are (A) in procurement, (B) in progress, (C) in quality assurance and (D) complete, and (ii) have been shared with building owners.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it is allowing social landlords to increase rents by up to 11.1%.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it is allowing private landlords to increase rents by up to 3%.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government on 12 May 2022 on cladding remediation, whether it has met the commitment to (a) update the Parliament on any further progress of the Single Building Assessment pilot programme, (b) provide a quarterly update on the numbers of assessments being completed under this programme and (c) arrange a more detailed cross-party briefing on the technical detail of the programme, and for what reason any of these commitments have not been met to date.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08612 by Humza Yousaf on 1 June 2022, whether it can provide an update on any ongoing discussions with the UK Government regarding the seeking of a lasting solution to the reported hormone replacement therapy supply issues.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it is allowing social landlords and private landlords different percentage rent uplifts.
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government has (a) attended and (b) chaired meetings of the Cladding Stakeholder Group.
To ask Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when all developments identified under its Cladding Remediation programme will be surveyed.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Circularity Scotland expects to make £57 million a year by the public failing to return containers, and that this is part of the company's business model.
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people it estimates have not taken up the free bus pass.