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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 MSPs 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: S3W-25513

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 27 July 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to respond to the conclusions of the Office of Fair Trading publication, Property managers in Scotland - a market study.

Question reference: S3W-25510

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 July 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering any legislation to update the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004.

Question reference: S3W-25511

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 July 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many registrations of potential liability against home owners or landlords have been made with the Keeper of the Land Register for (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.

The number notices of potential liability of costs registered by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland in the Scottish property registers during the financial years 2005-06 to 2008-09 is set out in the following table. The information is given for both the Land Register of Scotland and the General Register of Sasines.

Notices of Potential Liability for Costs

Financial Year	Land Register	Sasine Register	Total
2005-06	1,166	61	1,227
2006-07	1,861	50	1,911
2007-08	2,019	77	2,096
2008-09	4,332	98	4,430
Total	9,378	286	9,664

Question reference: S3W-25512

Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive how many registrations of potential liability against home owners or landlords have come before the courts in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 and how many of these claims have been judged to be unfounded or consequent on a factor’s refusal to accept dismissal.