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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Question reference: S6W-26595
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24764 by Paul McLennan on 2 February 2024, when it anticipates that the development of its end-to-end single building assessment will be complete.
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Question reference: S6W-26594
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) hospitals, (b) schools and (c) other public buildings have been assessed for external wall cladding containing aluminium composite material (ACM) since 2017; what assessment criteria were used, and how many buildings in each category were found to have cladding containing ACM.
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Question reference: S6W-26598
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many assessors have been engaged to carry out assessments as part of the cladding remediation pilot programme.
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Question reference: S6W-26593
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its response to the Stage 1 Report on Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, whether it will provide a list of developers that are engaging with homeowners on cladding assessment and remediation, and how many assessments those developers have begun.
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Question reference: S6W-26599
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many suitably qualified people it estimates will be available to carry out single building assessments in Scotland once any Act resulting from the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill comes into force.
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Question reference: S6W-26597
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 105 buildings in the cladding remediation programme pilot have had assessments commissioned; how many assessments have been (a) started and (b) completed, and on how many buildings cladding remediation or mitigation has (i) begun and (ii) been completed as a result of an assessment.
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Question reference: S6W-26600
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £97.4 million of cladding remediation funding it has spent to date.
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Question reference: S6W-26596
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide clarification of what it means for a building to be "on a pathway to a single building assessment".
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Question reference: S6W-26385
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to finalise the specification for single building assessments in relation to cladding remediation before the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill is debated at stage 3.
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Question reference: S6W-26387
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the specification that it is considering for single building assessments, in relation to cladding remediation, is limited to external cladding systems on buildings, or whether it is giving consideration to internal systems and fixtures being within scope.