- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the target is for the number of homes that will be built under its affordable housing supply programme (a) in total and (b) that are for (i) social and (ii) affordable rent.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to delivering its target of 110,000 affordable homes by 2032. At least 70% will be available for social rent and 10% will be in our remote, rural and island communities.
The homes provided through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme take various forms including; new build homes, rehabilitation projects, conversions and off-the-shelf purchases of both new and second hand homes, as identified in Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIPs) prepared annually by local authorities.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the headcount of the Cladding Remediation Unit has been in each month since January 2022.
Answer
The headcount of the Cladding Remediation Unit each month since January 2022 is set out in the following table:
Month | Staff |
Jan-22 | 10 |
Feb-22 | 11 |
Mar-22 | 13 |
Apr-22 | 15 |
May-22 | 16 |
Jun-22 | 17 |
Jul-22 | 16 |
Aug-22 | 16 |
Sep-22 | 16 |
Oct-22 | 17 |
Nov-22 | 18 |
Dec-22 | 18 |
Jan-23 | 20 |
Feb-23 | 22 |
Mar-23 | 22 |
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement that the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has agreed to extend its guidance to
valuers in Wales as well as England, what discussions it has had with RICS
regarding any potential extension of its guidance to valuers in Scotland, and
when it expects that any such agreement will be reached.
Answer
The safety of residents and homeowners in Scotland is our priority as we work to tackle cladding safety issues. We are undertaking a programme of work to identify, assess and remediate building with potentially unsafe cladding. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) are members of the Cladding Remediation Stakeholders Group which meets regularly, the last meeting being on 29 March 2023. Work has been undertaken between the UK Government and UK Finance to develop a solution which reflects the situation in England and we are in urgent discussion with UK Finance about adapting that solution for Scotland as quickly as possible.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to Freedom of Information
request FOI/ 202200321870 and the recommendations of the attached Gateway Review documents, whether the
Cladding Remediation Programme Board has (a) received and (b) considered a
“brief delivery options paper” created from the MACE Consulting report, and, if
so, on what date any such paper was submitted to the Board.
Answer
The Cladding Remediation Programme Board met and considered a draft Outline Business Case (OBC) on 1 November 2022. The OBC was based on key aspects of the MACE Ltd strategic advisors draft delivery options report.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement that the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has agreed to extend its guidance to
valuers in Wales as well as England, what information it has on what the
reasons are for RICS not agreeing to extend its guidance to valuers in
Scotland.
Answer
While this is essentially a question for Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to answer, I can advise that building ownership conditions are not universal across the four nations. It is important that guidance for valuers in Scotland reflects the system in Scotland including the tenure system.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to Freedom of Information request FOI/ 202200321870, what its response was to the recommendation contained in the Gateway Review documents that a “portfolio approach” to cladding remediation is required.
Answer
The Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) met with the Accountable Officer (AO) to discuss the gateway review recommendation suggesting a "Portfolio approach". After due consideration it was deemed that at this moment in the programmes development it was not the appropriate course of action to take and would be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the affordable housing supply programme key performance indicators are, and where this information is published.
Answer
Our key Affordable Housing Supply Programme performance indicators are linked to our current target to deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032 of which at least 70% are for social rent and 10% in remote, rural and island communities.
Quarterly statistics on the number of homes, approved, started and completed within the Affordable Housing Supply Programme are published within the Affordable Housing Supply Programme Summary Tables on our website at Housing statistics quarterly update: new housebuilding and affordable housing supply - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .
In addition, we publish an annual out-turn report which shows progress against rural delivery. Out-turn reports can be found on our webpage at Affordable Housing Supply Programme - More homes - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) and the report for 2021-22 is due to be published shortly.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on each of the recommendations in the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group: final report.
Answer
The Scottish Government wants to reverse the rise in the number of households in temporary accommodation, and will prioritise action on the recommendations considered to have the biggest and most immediate impact on reducing this number. The Scottish Government will publish its response to the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group’s recommendations in due course.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group: final report and its recommendations.
Answer
The Scottish Government welcomes the work undertaken by the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group, which will inform the Scottish Government's next steps. We are currently considering the report and will work with COSLA and Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group members to respond to the recommendations, prioritising actions that will have the greatest impact on reducing the numbers in temporary accommodation.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates the recommendations in the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group: final report will cost to implement.
Answer
An estimation of the costs to implement the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group's recommendations has not been carried out. As the task and finish groups are sub-groups of the Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group (HPSG), the implementation of the recommendations will be discussed with HPSG members and other bodies given the need for partnership working on action to reduce the use of temporary accommodation.