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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: S6W-40517

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to support Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) in delivering the next steps of its franchise framework assessment, and whether it will commit to ensuring that adequate resources are provided to support this work.

Question reference: S6W-40518

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the decision by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to progress with its franchise framework assessment, and what engagement its ministers have had with SPT regarding this process.

Question reference: S6W-40519

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that regional transport partnerships (RTPs) are adequately funded, in light of its reported position that public transport is best delivered at a regional level and the Verity House Agreement’s reported lack of reference to regional bodies in funding frameworks.

Question reference: S6W-40516

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what capital funding is currently available to regional transport partnerships (RTPs) for the delivery of regional transport infrastructure, and whether the criteria for the People and Place Programme will be amended to include regional capital projects such as park and ride facilities that contribute to a sustainable transport network.

Question reference: S6W-40486

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what process is in place for a complainant to make representations to the Scottish Ministers following a report from the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) regarding a property factor’s failure to comply with a Property Factor Enforcement Order, and whether it will consider extending the same right of representation to complainants as is currently afforded to property factors under the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011.

Question reference: S6O-04936

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when the culture secretary last met with Creative Scotland to discuss the future of Cumbernauld Theatre, in light of reported concerns about its funding.

Question reference: S6W-39955

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to further review the change in the Additional Dwelling Supplement rate following the completion of the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax review.

Question reference: S6W-39954

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what data is available on the impact of the increase in the Additional Dwelling Supplement rate for Land and Buildings Transaction Tax from 6% to 8%.

Data on Land and Buildings Transaction Tax Additional Dwelling Supplement transactions, revenues and repayments is collected and published monthly by Revenue Scotland.

There is however no specific and attributable data available on the impact of the Additional Dwelling Supplement increase to 8%. As a range of other tax and non-tax factors may impact on Scotland’s property market, it is not possible to attribute any specific impact of the increase in the rate without a detailed analysis over a longer period.

Question reference: S6W-39951

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority of the number of times that Land and Buildings Transaction Tax first-time buyer relief has been used in each year from 2021 to 2024.

As the tax authority with responsibility for the collection and management of Scotland’s devolved taxes, Revenue Scotland publishes data on its website regarding Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.

Revenue Scotland has published a local authority breakdown of the numbers claiming Land and Buildings Transaction Tax first-time buyer relief for the years 2021-22 to 2024-25. The relevant table can be accessed at: Land and Buildings Transaction Tax Statistics | Revenue Scotland

Question reference: S6W-39952

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on its review of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, as committed to during consideration of the 2025-26 Scottish Budget, and when the findings of the review will be published.

Work related to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax review is ongoing.

Alma Economics has been appointed to undertake independent research on various aspects of the legislation and will engage with a range of relevant organisations to support this. The Scottish Government has also established a working group involving legal, property sector and other organisations to allow for detailed consideration of other specific issues.

As set out in Scottish Budget 2025-26, the review will support decisions in the next Scottish Parliament on whether any legislative changes should be brought forward.