Questions and answers
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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S4W-27629
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what increase in the number of civil servants there has been in (a) the total devolved civil service and (b) its core directorates, in what sections and at what cost, in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-27882
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it will begin the next round of pay negotiations with the trade unions representing civil servants.
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Question reference: S4W-27713
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether people living in Scotland will be required to advise HMRC where they are resident for tax purposes.
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Question reference: S4W-27559
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-04599 by John Swinney on 17 September 2015 (Official Report, c.3), what projects have been delayed as a result of the transition to the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 10).
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Question reference: S4T-01133
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when the Crown Office was first notified of the allegations of mortgage fraud against Christopher Hales.
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Question reference: S4W-27584
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it will agree the block grant adjustment for 2015-16 with the UK Government.
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Question reference: S4W-27630
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27233 by Fergus Ewing on 22 September 2015, what its direct annual spend on tourism has been in each year since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S4W-27715
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reconsider the decision not to show the Scottish rate of income tax separately on P60s and payslips in light of evidence submitted to the Finance Committee.
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Question reference: S4W-27716
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it will set the Scottish rate of income tax.
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Question reference: S4W-27720
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what budget is available to advertise the Scottish rate of income tax in light of the comment of Charlotte Barbour of the Institute of Chartered Accountants to the Finance Committee on 23 September 2015 that "there may be restrictions on the budget for advertising the change and questions around who is paying for all of that”.