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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-17716

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether Home Energy Scotland grants and loans provide funding for removal of asbestos during retrofit.

Grants and loans accessed through Home Energy Scotland offer a range of funding options to support households install energy efficiency and heating measures such as insulation or heat pumps. The removal of asbestos is not a measure eligible for grant or loan funding.

We recommend that householders seek quotes for energy efficiency improvements from an accredited installer registered with TrustMark. Accredited installers are expected to establish whether asbestos is or may be present before installing energy efficiency improvements (PAS2030:2019).

Installers must be accredited and deliver work to the PAS2030:2019 standard as part of the fuel poverty programmes funded by the Scottish Government. Fuel poor households may therefore receive help with part or all of the costs of asbestos removal where required through our Warmer Homes Scotland (WHS) Scheme and Area Based Schemes (ABS).

Question reference: S6W-17710

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to public authorities to remove any asbestos from their buildings.

The Scottish Government recognises the hazard of asbestos and the risks to health that it poses. However, asbestos is only dangerous when disturbed and advice from the Health and Safety Executive is that asbestos should remain in-situ providing it is in “Good” condition and even where damage is minor it should still be encapsulated rather than removed. The Scottish Government does not provide support to public authorities to remove asbestos from their buildings as it is their statutory duty under UK Government legislation to manage issues relating to asbestos affecting their estate.

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
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2023
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
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
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-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-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.

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