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: S5W-23976
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 17 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23526 by Joe FitzPatrick on 12 June 2019, what assurances it can provide that, when NHS boards are running behind the three-month tolerance period, women who will have gone above the screening age during this time will continue to be invited for screening.
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Question reference: S5W-23893
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23630 by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019, whether it has asked the Scottish Fiscal Commission to (a) advise on the spillover effect and (b) compare the spillover effect with the likely compensating change to the Block Grant Adjustment.
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Question reference: S5W-23895
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23630 by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019, whether it remains its policy to create a tax-free allowance in income tax of £12,750 by 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-23890
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23630 by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019, whether it will publish a comparison of the year-by-year increase since 2016 in the UK personal allowance and the equivalent increase that would be needed to take the personal allowance to £12,750 by 2021, in line with Scottish Government policy.
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Question reference: S5W-23891
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23630 by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019, what response has been received from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work of 4 April 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-23892
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23630 by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019, when the discussions took place between officials of the Scottish Exchequer and the Treasury.
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Question reference: S5F-03463
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 June 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-23632
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for which financial years it has requested a compensating transfer for the spillover effect arising from the increase in the personal tax allowance, as stated in the Medium Term Financial Strategy published on 30 May 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-23630
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it requested consideration of a compensating transfer for the spillover effect arising from the increase in the personal tax allowance, as stated in the Medium Term Financial Strategy published on 30 May 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-23631
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its estimate is of the necessary compensating transfer for the spillover effect arising from the increase in the personal tax allowance, as stated in the Medium Term Financial Strategy published on 30 May 2019, and how this compares with the estimate used in the answer to question S5W-00400 by Derek Mackay on 15 June 2016.