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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)
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Question reference: S4W-25980

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 19 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the practice in other jurisdictions in relation to interim payments to survivors of historical child abuse.

Question reference: S4W-25978

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 19 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment by the Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs on 30 April 2014 that "the Government is still committed to scoping out a possible reparation scheme" for survivors of historical child abuse (Official Report, c.30374), what progress has been made with putting this in place.

The Scottish Government committed to scoping a survivor support service in its response to the Scottish Human Rights InterAction on 27 October 2014. The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning recently announced funding of £13.5 million over the next five years to develop this service. Survivors continue to be at the centre of our development of this service which we aim to have in place by October 2015.

Question reference: S4W-25979

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make interim payments to survivors of historical child abuse, similar to the system introduced in the Republic of Ireland and, if so, whether it will involve survivors in the discussion of how these should operate.

Question reference: S4W-25981

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 19 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning on 28 May 2015 (Official Report, c.46), which local authorities have made payments to survivors of historical child abuse on an ex gratia basis.

Question reference: S4W-25953

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24876 by John Swinney on 23 March 2015, on what date in June 2015 will it report on any underspend arising from the 2014-15 budget.

Question reference: S4W-25948

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to issue bonds under new borrowing powers devolved on 1 April 2015.

The Scottish Government will continue to evaluate each of the options for capital borrowing and will in due course take a decision on which method or methods to use based on the prevailing economic conditions. A revised fiscal framework and enhanced capital borrowing powers are currently subject to negotiation with the UK Government. Once the detail of the revised fiscal framework is known, and changes to Scottish Government borrowing powers are made clearer, a decision on the timing of any potential bond issue will follow.

Question reference: S4W-25950

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to use new borrowing powers in 2015-16.

Question reference: S4W-25960

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-25734 by John Swinney on 3 June 2015, whether the "near future" means before the summer recess.

Question reference: S4W-25962

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-25728 by John Swinney on 3 June 2015 and given that transactions may be seasonal, what the monthly breakdown is for the forecast revenue for the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.

Question reference: S4W-25949

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation it has made of borrowing through (a) the National Loans Fund, (b) financial institutions and (c) issuing bonds.

The Scottish Government announced in the Draft Budget 2015-16 that it would be seeking to borrow up to £304 million in 2015-16 in some combination of a) the National Loans Fund b) from banks on commercial terms and c) through issuing bonds. We will continue to evaluate these borrowing options and will in due course take a decision on which method or methods to use based on the prevailing economic conditions and once the fiscal framework and changes to the Scottish Government’s borrowing powers arising from the Smith Commission recommendations are agreed with HM Treasury.