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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S5W-21460

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the evidence given to the Local Government and Communities Committee on 16 May 2018 by the Minister for Local Government and Housing, whether it will provide an update on how much the integrated joint boards are spending on home adaptations.

Question reference: S5W-21458

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the ageing population, what analysis it has carried out regarding how having access to housing adaptions that allow people to remain at home could save the NHS money and represent effective preventative spend.

Question reference: S5W-21459

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much it channels into home adaptations, and what its position is on whether additional resources are required.

Housing Statistics for Scotland details the total number and the cost of housing adaptations delivered by each local authority. Information on Scottish Government-funded housing adaptations carried out by Registered Social Landlords is provided to SPICe, as we committed to providing an annual update of information about Scottish Government-funded housing adaptations as part of our responses to S4W-28622 on 9 December 2015 and S5W-01638 on 16 August 2016.

Question reference: S5W-21462

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns raised by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations regarding funding for home adaptions being frozen for the last seven years.

Question reference: S5W-21277

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding the banning of most domestic wood burning stoves by 2022, in light of plans by the UK Government to do so.

Question reference: S5W-21282

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform to the Convener of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee on 31 May 2018, what progress has been made with its investigation into wood burning habits among the general public.

Question reference: S5W-21279

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had or plans with stakeholders regarding whether to ban most domestic wood burning stoves.

The independently led review of the air quality strategy 'Cleaner Air for Scotland - The Road to a Healthier Future' held a stakeholder workshop in January which included representatives from the wood burners industry. Domestic wood burning stoves are a specific issue being considered by one of the expert working groups which includes industry representatives, and will provide recommendations to the review. Wider public consultation on these recommendations will take place later in 2019.

Question reference: S5W-21280

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce particulate matter pollution in line with World Health Organization guidelines.

The Scottish Government's measures to reduce particulate matter pollution are set out in the Government's air quality strategy 'Cleaner Air for Scotland - The Road to a Healthier Future' (CAFS). The Scottish Objectives for particulate matter are at least as stringent as WHO guideline values, and go beyond the requirements of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive with which Scotland is required to comply.

Question reference: S5W-21278

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its news release of 6 November 2018, Tackling air pollution, whether the independent review will consider banning most domestic wood burning stoves.

Question reference: S5W-21247

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 7 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many recorded breaches of the Breastfeeding etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 there have been in each of the last five years.