Parliamentary questions
Mark Griffin
2,186 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
10 Dec 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its latest estimate is of what the total costof cladding remediation in Scotland will be, and what methodology it used toarrive at this figure.
Answer · Paul McLennan: The Cladding Remediation Programme is accelerating the pace of delivery now that we have put in place the essential building blocks, including the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024, which will be commenced on 6 January 2025.As we finalise the…
10 Dec 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates will be raised for claddingremediation through developer contributions.
Answer · Paul McLennan: The Scottish Government has been clear that it will do what is right and necessary to fix the issue of unsafe cladding fully and from the outset. Developers have a key role to play in the assessment, risk mitigation and remediation of buildings with potential…
10 Dec 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its latest estimate is of what the total costwill be of remediating buildings in Scotland found to contain unsafe reinforcedaeriated autoclaved concrete (RAAC).
Answer · Paul McLennan: The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. It should be noted that the presence of RAAC does not in of itself mean that a building is unsafe. Further information on RAAC in the Public Sector in Scotland can be found in this report Reinf…
10 Dec 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) placements were available and (b) people (i) applied, (ii) were accepted and (iii) had their initial acceptance withdrawn for a Newly Qualified Paramedic (NQP) induction course place in Scotland in each of the last five calendar years, also broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Neil Gray: The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
9 Dec 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people graduated from the BSc Paramedic Science course in Scotland in each of the last five academic years, also broken down by academic institution.
Answer · Neil Gray: The BSc Paramedic Science course launched in 2020 with the first cohort of paramedic students graduating in 2023, and the most recent cohort graduating in September 2024. Data for the last five academic years is therefore not available as only two cohorts hav…
28 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what services are in place that support young people who have been identified as at risk of self-harm.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that compassionate support is available to anyone affected by self-harm. We believe our Self-Harm Strategy and Action Plan, delivered jointly with COSLA, is a world first; its priorities are: Increasing knowled…
28 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the calls by the Miracle Foundation for the establishment of a 24-hour trauma therapy support centre for young people in the NHS Lanarkshire area, and whether it will provide funding towards this.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government is committed to preventing and mitigating psychological trauma and adversity. We are taking a wide range of actions to support the health, wellbeing and resilience of all those who have been negatively impacted by trauma throughout the…
27 Nov 2024 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the culture secretary has had with the finance secretary regarding whether it will deliver its commitment to provide an additional £25 million to the culture sector in 2025-26.
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, how many of these homes are part of developments containing four homes or fewer.
Answer · Ivan McKee: The Scottish Government does not hold this information.The 164,000 figure is derived from data contained in local authority Housing Land Audits, which may vary in how they audit the contribution of 'small sites' of 4 homes or fewer.
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, what the difference is, for each local authority area, between the number of such homes and the area's Minimum All Tenure Ho…
Answer · Ivan McKee: The Minimum All Tenure Housing Land Requirement (MATHLR) for each planning authority in Scotland is set out in Annex E of National Planning Framework 4.The table below provides the difference between the MATHLR and the figures that contribute to the 164,000 u…
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, for each local authority area, how many of these homes are programmed in housing land audits to be completed (a) prior to an…
Answer · Ivan McKee: The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, how many of these homes form part of (a) community growth areas and (b) strategic development sites.
Answer · Ivan McKee: The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, which organisations it consulted in order to make this estimate.
Answer · Ivan McKee: Specific consultation was not undertaken in creating this summary statistic. The estimate is based on information published by local authorities as part of their annual Housing Land Audits, and any local consultation processes carried out as they are prepared.
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, when it will publish the (a) methodology it used and (b) calculations it made to arrive at this figure.
Answer · Ivan McKee: The methodology involved analysing the most recently published Housing Land Audit schedules from local authorities across Scotland. The remaining capacity for each site noted as either consented or under construction was totalled. Where the distinction was ma…
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, how many of these homes were granted planning permission (a) in the last (i) three years, (ii) three to five years, (iii) fi…
Answer · Ivan McKee: The data is calculated from the published schedules of the most recently available Housing Land Audit for each local authority (in most cases this is the 2023 audit). This is public information, available on local authority websites.We are carrying out furthe…
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, how many of these homes are in developments that are owned by homebuilders.
Answer · Ivan McKee: The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, how many of these homes it considers are (a) viable and (b) undeliverable.
Answer · Ivan McKee: The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, what source data it used to calculate this figure.
Answer · Ivan McKee: The source data is the published schedules of the most recently available Housing Land Audit for each local authority (in most cases this is the 2023 audit), where those schedules included site level data on both planning/construction status and remaining sit…
21 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Public Finance on 12 November 2024 that more than 164,000 homes have planning permission but have not yet been built, whether it will provide a breakdown of the number of these homes in each local authority area.
Answer · Ivan McKee: The following data was aggregated to create a broad national picture of the scale of land across Scotland with consent which has not yet been built out. It is not intended for comparison at authority level. The national figure provided contextual information …
18 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the process that is followed to include a building in its Cladding Remediation Programme (CRP) pilot scheme.
Answer · Paul McLennan: The Scottish Government’s Cladding Remediation Programme Pilot utilised a self-nomination process to identify buildings, of different tenures, that are potentially affected by unsafe cladding. Learning from the pilot supported the development of the Sin…
13 Nov 2024 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what early discussion it has had with COSLA regarding the detail of the financial settlement that it has received from the UK Government's Budget.
5 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has provided for motor neurone disease (MND) care in the last 10 years.
Answer · Neil Gray: The Scottish Government invested £2.2 million in 2015-2016 in the Specialist Nursing and Care Fund, £700,000 of which was specifically allocated to specialist Motor Neurone Disease (MND) nursing care following a successful campaign from Gordon Aik…
5 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has provided for motor neurone disease (MND) research in the last 10 years.
Answer · Jenni Minto: The Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office (CSO) supports open competitive grant and fellowship schemes for applied health research in Scotland across a wide remit that is inclusive of consideration of applications for research relating to motor n…
5 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for motor neurone disease (MND) funding in the coming years.
Answer · Neil Gray: The Scottish Government continues to face the most challenging financial situation since devolution, as a result of unprecedented economic pressures following the pandemic and the cost of living crisis. Despite the financial constraints, the Scottish Governme…
5 Nov 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with MND Scotland about funding research on motor neurone disease (MND).
Answer · Jenni Minto: Within the Scottish Government, funding for Health and Care Research comes under the policy remit of the Chief Scientist Office (CSO)Officials from CSO met with representatives from MND Scotland on 9th February 2023 to discuss the possibility of co-funding a …
4 Nov 2024 · First Minister's Question
To ask the First Minister what plans the Scottish Government has to end the reported increase in families in the Central Belt living in temporary accommodation, in light of reports of almost 2,000 children in Glasgow living in unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation in 2024 and more than 4,600 households in Edinbur…
10 Oct 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that the data provided in its annual and bi-annual homelessness statistics is accurate, in light of reported concerns regarding any undercounting of breaches of legal duties on the unsuitable accommodation order and duty to provide temporary accommodation.
Answer · Paul McLennan: Information presented in the annual and bi-annual Homelessness in Scotland publications is based on quarterly homelessness applications and temporary accommodation data provided to the Scottish Government by local authorities.There are rigorous quality assura…
30 Sep 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government where the money for the £100 million of investment to support the construction of mid-market rent homes, as announced in its Programme for Government 2024-25, will come from.
Answer · Paul McLennan: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-30277 on 11 October 2024.. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committ…
30 Sep 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the announcement in its Programme for Government 2024-25 of £100 million of investment to support the construction of mid-market rent homes will result in £100 million being invested within the current financial year.
Answer · Paul McLennan: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-30277 on 11 October 2024. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committe…
30 Sep 2024 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement in its Programme for Government 2024-25 of £100 million of investment to support the construction of mid-market rent homes, when it expects that the first mid-market rent home being built using this funding will begin construction.
Answer · Paul McLennan: The Programme for Government announcement is a new long-term commitment to provide £100 million of funding which will grow, with institutional investment, to create a fund of at least £500 million to support the construction of around 2,800 homes …