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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 10 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-13131

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 10 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it will report of the review of councillor remuneration.

Question reference: S6W-13148

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many industrial units for SMEs have been built in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-12614

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many socially rented homes have reported damp and mould in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-13433

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to set out to the Scottish Parliament its plans in relation to whether it will extend the rent cap in the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 past 31 March 2023.

Question reference: S6W-13134

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local authorities to help develop path networks on disused railway lines.

Question reference: S6W-13159

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what therapeutic support is available for people who have been adopted or fostered and their families.

Question reference: S6W-13147

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made, regarding how it may be applied in Scotland, of the social rent caps in Wales and the decision to set the current year’s cap at 6.5%.

Question reference: S6W-13136

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on home insulation programmes in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-13156

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when a national payment for kinship carers will be delivered.

Question reference: S6W-13137

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to each local authority to provide local home insulation programmes in each year since 1999.