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-22327
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 August 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 20 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-21894 by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014, what the (a) eligibility criteria are and (b) application process is.
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Question reference: S4W-22259
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on graduate retention in Scotland of an independent Scotland agreeing a student loan collection system with HM Revenue and Customs.
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Question reference: S4W-22257
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost per pound has been of collecting student loan repayments via (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) other methods.
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Question reference: S4W-22256
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the average collection rate for student loans has been in each of the last three years from (a) UK residents and (b) people resident outside the UK.
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Question reference: S4W-22250
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how much debt the Student Loans Company has collected on behalf of the Scottish Government from people resident in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in each of the last three years and what percentage this represented of the total amount collected.
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Question reference: S4W-22258
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the affordability of the student loan scheme in an independent Scotland (a) under and (b) without a cross-border collection arrangement with HM Revenue and Customs.
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Question reference: S4W-22254
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any legal issues involved in any cross-border collection agreement relating to student loans.
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Question reference: S4W-22253
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that, in the event of independence, it would collect student loan repayments on behalf of the administrations of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Question reference: S4W-22184
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of any independent (a) legal and (b) other advice it has (i) requested and (ii) received on whether an independent Scotland could continue to charge students from elsewhere in the UK tuition fees.
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Question reference: S4W-22185
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether an independent Scotland charging students from elsewhere in the UK tuition fees would be discriminatory under EU law, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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