- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 2 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the spending on the national acquisition plan in 2023-24, and what its evaluation is of the effectiveness of this spend.
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Answer expected on 2 October 2024
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 1 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when its planning hub will start operating
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Answer expected on 1 October 2024
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 1 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent officers will work in its planning hub, and, of those, how many officers will concentrate on extending the hub's work from speeding up hydrogen consenting to housing development.
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Answer expected on 1 October 2024
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 1 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out details of its plans to extend services offered by the planning hub to support housing developments.
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Answer expected on 1 October 2024
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 1 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to announce its proposals for the planning process following the conclusion of its consultation into Investing in Planning.
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Answer expected on 1 October 2024
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 1 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide (a) a timeline and (b) details of its plans to extend the work of its planning hub from speeding up hydrogen consenting to developing housing.
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Answer expected on 1 October 2024
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 17 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much it allocated to any work carried out by external consultants on any spending reductions outlined in its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024, and whether it will provide details of any such work.
Answer
No external consultants were engaged to identify the spending reductions outlined in the fiscal statement of 3 September 2024. External consultants were engaged in the evaluation of the rail peak fares removal pilot. Their expertise supported the public survey component of the evaluation, informing understanding of the effects of the pilot which informed decision-making over the future of the pilot. This was an important part of the evaluation and would have occurred irrespective of the fiscal statement.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024, how much funding was allocated to the affordable homes budget for 2024-25 (a) prior to the statement and (b) after the statement was given.
Answer
A total of £595.862 million has been allocated to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme for 2024-2025 which includes the previously announced additional £40 million. This has not changed following the fiscal statement.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for the Home Owners' Support Fund it has received since 20 March 2022, broken down by the (a) Mortgage to Rent and (b) Mortgage to Shared Equity schemes, and, of the applications that were received, how many were (i) successful and (ii) ineligible.
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All applications are made to the overall HOSF programme, and are then carefully assessed by my officials to determine suitability for either Mortgage to Shared Equity (MTSE) or Mortgage to Rent (MTR).
Applicants to HOSF receive advice from accredited money advisers. The advisers offer holistic advice and identify which potential solutions will best meet applicants’ needs. They are appropriately qualified to determine when homeowners meet the HOSF eligibility criteria. This ensures all options and potential solutions have been considered before an application to HOSF is made.
Since 20 March 2022, 96 new applications have been made to the Home Owners Support Fund (HOSF), an average of 3 new applications per calendar month.
To date, 47 cases have successfully completed. A further 10 cases have been approved and are in the final stages of conveyancing, due to complete imminently. All successful applications since 20 March 2022 have been Mortgage to Rent cases.
3 cases received during this period did not meet the eligibility criteria and were deemed ineligible. These cases represent a small proportion of overall intake and are the result of unforeseen issues that could not be resolved. For example, where alterations were made to the property without having the correct building consents in place.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it anticipates that the minutes and recommendations of the Single Building Assessment Task and Finish Group will be published.
Answer
The ambition of Scottish Government is to publish the summary report from the Task & Finish Group sessions along with the agreed recommendations by end September 2024.
These publications will provide an overview of discussions held amongst the Task & Finish Group members and the recommendations for future progress of the Single Building Assessment.