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
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Question reference: S4W-19050
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17799 by Michael Russell on 8 November 2013, what the (a) lowest and (b) highest amount of student loan available was in 2012-13 for an independent student living (a) away from home and (b) in the family home with a household income below £30,000.
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Question reference: S4W-19049
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17799 by Michael Russell on 8 November 2013, what the (a) lowest and (b) highest amount of student loan available was in 2012-13 for a young student living (i) away from home and (ii) in the family home with a household income below £30,000.
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Question reference: S4W-19046
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17799 by Michael Russell on 8 November 2013, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning was aware that the figures published by the Student Loans Company quoted in the answer were for the average final debt of students who had completed their higher education in different parts of the UK in the year prior to April 2013.
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Question reference: S4W-19047
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17799 by Michael Russell on 8 November 2013, for what reason it used figures for end-of-course debt for previous years in England and Wales to inform its assessment of the impact on low-income students of changes coming into effect in Scotland in 2013-14.
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Question reference: S4W-19045
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17799 by Michael Russell on 8 November 2013, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning was aware on 22 August 2012 that an independent student with a household income of £18,000 would receive £1,000 less in bursary each year as a result of the changes announced on that date.
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Question reference: S4W-19044
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17799 by Michael Russell on 8 November 2013, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning was aware on 22 August 2012 that a young student with a household income of £24,000 would receive over £1,300 less in bursary each year as a result of the changes announced on that date.
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Question reference: S4W-19043
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17799 by Michael Russell on 8 November 2013, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning was aware on 22 August 2012 that a young student with a residual household income of £18,000 would receive over £1,600 less in bursary each year as a result of the changes announced on that date.
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Question reference: S4W-19048
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17799 by Michael Russell on 8 November 2013, over what period of years the debt figures quoted had been accrued in each case.
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Question reference: S4W-19054
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17797 by Michael Russell on 8 November 2013, whether it remains its position, as noted in Supporting a Smarter Scotland: A consultation on supporting learners in higher education, that “younger students staying in the parental home tended to have the lowest incomes and expenditure” compared with those who live away from home.
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Question reference: S4W-19055
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of Scotland-domiciled full-time undergraduate students supported by the Students Awards Agency for Scotland lived away from home in the most recent year for which information is available, also broken down by (a) young and (b) independent students.
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