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-24419
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether its position of lowering the rate of corporation tax by 3p less than the rest of the UK would still apply in the context of full fiscal autonomy.
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Question reference: S4W-24420
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the £384.7 million figure that it calculated for revenues lost as a result of a 3% reduction in corporation tax rates, as set out at Table 2 of The Impact of a Reduction in Corporation Tax on the Scottish Economy.
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Question reference: S4W-24322
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have died as a result of a disability hate crime in each year since the offence was introduced.
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Question reference: S4W-24323
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support Enable Scotland's #BeTheChange campaign.
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Question reference: S4W-24320
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many crimes have been aggravated by (a) race, (b) sexual orientation and (c) disability in each year since 2010-11.
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Question reference: S4W-24321
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been convicted of a disability hate crime in each year since the offence was introduced.
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Question reference: S4W-24175
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 9 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact would be on (a) teacher numbers, (b) school building programmes and (c) class sizes if the Barnett formula was abandoned and its budget reduced by at least £4 billion.
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Question reference: S4W-24176
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact would be on (a) local government funding, (b) public sector pay and pensions and (c) economic development if the Barnett formula was abandoned and its budget reduced by at least £4 billion.
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Question reference: S4W-24178
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact would be on housebuilding if the Barnett formula was abandoned and its budget reduced by at least £4 billion.
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Question reference: S4W-24177
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact would be on the number of NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses if the Barnett formula was abandoned and its budget reduced by at least £4 billion.
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