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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.

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Question reference: S6O-02266

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-17723

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12690 by Shona Robison on 13 December 2022, whether the (a) review and (b) modelling are complete, and whether the recommendations have been developed and stakeholders have been consulted on any proposed changes.

Question reference: S6W-17735

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the affordable housing investment benchmarks for 2023-24 have not yet been published, and when they will be published.

Question reference: S6W-17606

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the target is for the number of homes that will be built under its affordable housing supply programme (a) in total and (b) that are for (i) social and (ii) affordable rent.

The Scottish Government is committed to delivering its target of 110,000 affordable homes by 2032. At least 70% will be available for social rent and 10% will be in our remote, rural and island communities.

The homes provided through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme take various forms including; new build homes, rehabilitation projects, conversions and off-the-shelf purchases of both new and second hand homes, as identified in Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIPs) prepared annually by local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-17033

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 14 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the headcount of the Cladding Remediation Unit has been in each month since January 2022.

Question reference: S6W-16566

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has agreed to extend its guidance to valuers in Wales as well as England, what discussions it has had with RICS regarding any potential extension of its guidance to valuers in Scotland, and when it expects that any such agreement will be reached.

The safety of residents and homeowners in Scotland is our priority as we work to tackle cladding safety issues. We are undertaking a programme of work to identify, assess and remediate building with potentially unsafe cladding. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) are members of the Cladding Remediation Stakeholders Group which meets regularly, the last meeting being on 29 March 2023. Work has been undertaken between the UK Government and UK Finance to develop a solution which reflects the situation in England and we are in urgent discussion with UK Finance about adapting that solution for Scotland as quickly as possible.

Question reference: S6W-16517

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to Freedom of Information request FOI/ 202200321870 and the recommendations of the attached Gateway Review documents, whether the Cladding Remediation Programme Board has (a) received and (b) considered a “brief delivery options paper” created from the MACE Consulting report, and, if so, on what date any such paper was submitted to the Board.

Question reference: S6W-16568

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has agreed to extend its guidance to valuers in Wales as well as England, what information it has on what the reasons are for RICS not agreeing to extend its guidance to valuers in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-16522

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to Freedom of Information request FOI/ 202200321870, what its response was to the recommendation contained in the Gateway Review documents that a “portfolio approach” to cladding remediation is required.

Question reference: S6W-17085

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the affordable housing supply programme key performance indicators are, and where this information is published.

Our key Affordable Housing Supply Programme performance indicators are linked to our current target to deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032 of which at least 70% are for social rent and 10% in remote, rural and island communities.

Quarterly statistics on the number of homes, approved, started and completed within the Affordable Housing Supply Programme are published within the Affordable Housing Supply Programme Summary Tables on our website at .

In addition, we publish an annual out-turn report which shows progress against rural delivery. Out-turn reports can be found on our webpage at and the report for 2021-22 is due to be published shortly.

Month	Staff
Jan-22	10
Feb-22	11
Mar-22	13
Apr-22	15
May-22	16
Jun-22	17
Jul-22	16
Aug-22	16
Sep-22	16
Oct-22	17
Nov-22	18
Dec-22	18
Jan-23	20
Feb-23	22
Mar-23	22