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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)
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Question reference: S6W-11542

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government which of the developers listed as having signed up to the Welsh Government’s Developers Pact, as set out in the Welsh Government’s Written Statement, Building Safety in Wales, published on 7 October 2022, have agreed to the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord.

Question reference: S6W-11649

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-09128 and S6W-10972 by Shona Robison on 29 June and 20 September 2022, whether it will publish all data it has received from local authorities on Tenant Grant Fund spending to date.

Question reference: S6W-11527

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10687 by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022, and in light of the lack of updated data sources for some of the indicators, whether it requires (a) local authorities and (b) housing market partnership areas to procure primary data to support the housing need and demand assessment process, and if this is the case, how any such primary data is used in the housing need and demand assessment tool.

Local authorities or housing market partnerships are not required to procure primary data in order to meet the requirements of a Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA). The HNDA process provides flexibility to incorporate a variety of types of housing need where there is robust local information and evidenced policy drivers. It is for each local authority or housing market partnership to consider relevant sources of information and whether procuring primary data is appropriate to their circumstances.

Question reference: S6W-11526

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10687 by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022, and in light of the lack of updated data sources for some of the indicators, when the housing need and demand assessment process tool and its methodology were last reviewed, and when they were last subject to independent assurance.

10 November 2022

Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Scottish Labour Party): To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10687 by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022, and in

Housing Need and Demand Assessments (HNDA) were introduced in 2008 as part of the broader Local Housing Strategy process. The process was reviewed in 2014 and updated with revised guidance and an Excel-based Tool. The Guidance and Tool are kept under review and are refreshed regularly in line with the release of updated Household Projections by National Records of Scotland.

In 2020, the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence undertook ‘An illustrative pilot of the HNDA Tool in the context of Northern Ireland’ the report from this exercise concluded that “the Scottish Government’s HNDA tool is an analytical model that is underpinned by a clear rationale. Its potential as a means to facilitate scenario planning and promote inter-organisational collaboration means its application in the context of Northern Ireland has much to commend it”.

Question reference: S6W-11531

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many adult children living with their parents would currently be counted as part of the parental household, under the housing need and demand assessment methodology.

Existing need within the Housing Need and Demand Assessment process (HNDA) can be informed by a number of factors. As local authorities are responsible for undertaking the HNDA, they are responsible for selecting what they consider to be the most appropriate count of existing need for their area.

Households where adult children live with parents are captured in the household projections prepared by National Records of Scotland (NRS). Household projections are based on past trends and any trend, upwards or downwards, in the incidence of adult children living with parents, will, along with many other factors that drive change in household numbers, be captured and projected forwards.

Question reference: S6W-11535

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Centre for Housing Market Analysis conducted an Equality Impact Assessment as part of its 2019 refresh of the housing needs and demand assessment process.

It is the responsibility of local authorities through their Local Housing Strategy (LHS) to determine the appropriate housing required in their area, informed by a Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA).The HNDA is a policy neutral evidence-base which helps inform LHS outcomes and priorities for future housing and related service delivery, including specialist provision, to meet the needs of a range of equalities groups. All local authorities are required to carry out an Equalities Impact Assessment when developing a LHS.

Question reference: S6O-01556

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the processing of appeals for the 2022 National Qualifications exams.

Question reference: S6W-11539

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10193 by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022, regarding the single building assessment, what its position is on whether ventilated car parks under buildings may accelerate fire spread.

Question reference: S6W-11541

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10191 by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022, what the (a) shortest and (b) longest length of time has been between the grant letter and (i) partial and (ii) full funding being issued, and what the advised lead time is for funding to be issued.

Question reference: S6W-11536

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many single building assessments in the (a) delivery and (b) application phases are currently paused, and how many assessment reports have been finalised to date.