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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 ��˿�� 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-39636

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many homes have been approved by local authorities in each year since the period considered by the Competition and Markets Authority, which considered the number of approvals to be on average 29,000 per year to the end of 2022.

Question reference: S6W-39632

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Planning and the Housing Emergency - Delivery Plan does not mandate new methods to monitor planning approvals and build-out in relation to planning consents for new homes.

Question reference: S6W-39111

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 30 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many housing developers have received direct investment, in the form of debt or equity finance, from the Scottish National Investment Bank since its inception; what the total value of any such investment is, and how many homes have been built in each year as a result of any such investment, also broken down by the (a) investment type and (b) purpose of the investment.

Two housing developers have received debt finance from the Scottish National Investment Bank since inception as follows:

DITT construction: £730,000 investment to support the construction of six high-quality, one-bedroom homes in Lerwick. These homes are designed for key workers who struggle to find affordable accommodation.

Strathcarron Homes: £3.9 million loan facility will support the construction of 25 high quality family homes built to be sold to local social housing tenants and first-time buyers. The builders are about to start construction at Nitshill Road in Glasgow.

The Bank has also made equity investments in to the following funds:

Thriving Investments: (Bank is a Limited Partner) £60 million committed to their mid-market rental housing fund which has delivered 742 new homes to date.

Social & Sustainable Capital (SASC): (Bank is a Limited Partner) £10 million committed to their SASH II fund. This will allow charities and community interest companies to buy properties which they would otherwise not be able to attain, building their financial strength, capacity and resilience to enable them to provide high quality services to their tenants.

Question reference: S6W-39638

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on the number of homes granted planning permission outside of any statistics that are published.

Question reference: S6W-39637

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its methodology is for tracking local planning authority approvals for new homes; how this methodology distinguishes by the type of approval, including (a) detailed planning consent (b) planning permission in principle (c) approval of matters specified in condition (d) single homes (e) change of use and (f) renewal of consent, and how this methodology eliminates double counting.

Question reference: S6W-39634

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what management information systems and dashboards it uses to track the number of homes granted planning permission, including from external data providers.

Question reference: S6W-39635

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it holds licences for use of (a) Glenigan and (b) BoCreate data collection systems to monitor planning applications and approvals.

Question reference: S6W-39633

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the possibility of developing or licensing the UK Government’s planning data platform for use in Scotland to monitor planning (a) approvals and (b) completions.

Question reference: S6W-39631

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the data collected for its planning application statistics is sufficient to detail the (a) number and (b) percentage of (i) housing developments and (ii) new homes approved in each reporting period.

Question reference: S6W-39639

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the methodology is for collecting the data included in its planning application statistics publications, and whether this process is (a) manual or (b) automated.