- 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 Paul McLennan on 17 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Housing to 2040 Strategic Board has met in 2024, and when it expects to publish minutes of those meetings.
Answer
The Housing to 2040 Strategic Board has met three times so far in 2024 - 8 February, 7 June and 22 August. The minutes of the February meeting are published on the Scottish Government website. The minutes of the latter meetings will be published within 12 weeks and once approved by the Housing to 2040 Strategic Board.
- 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.
- 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.