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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4O-02313

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much Amazon has received in regional selective assistance grants in the last year.

Question reference: S4O-02273

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what input it will have to Creative Scotland’s new vision statement.

Question reference: S4W-15252

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the impact would be on Scotland’s tax revenues of a 3% reduction in Scotland’s rate of corporation tax.

Question reference: S4W-15253

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the modelling underlying its assertion that a reduction in corporation tax in Scotland equivalent to a fall from 23% to 20% “can increase the level of output by 1.4%, boost overall employment in Scotland by 1.1% (equivalent to 27,000 jobs) and raise overall investment in the Scottish economy by 1.9% after 20 years”, as stated in Devolving Corporation Tax in the Scotland Bill.

Question reference: S4W-15251

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted modelling to measure the impact on Scotland’s tax revenue of reducing the rate of corporation tax in Scotland to 17%.

Question reference: S4W-15250

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to revise the corporation tax modelling referred to in its discussion paper, Devolving Corporation Tax in the Scotland Bill, in light of the decision by the UK Government to reduce the UK rate of corporation tax to 20% as of April 2015.

Question reference: S4W-15053

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 3 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much advance notification was given before the reduction in courses at the City of Glasgow College was announced.

Question reference: S4W-15054

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 3 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether applicants for courses to be discontinued at the City of Glasgow College were informed that courses were discontinued or that their application had been unsuccessful.

Question reference: S4W-15052

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 3 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the courses being discontinued at the City of Glasgow College are access courses.

Question reference: S4W-15047

Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 3 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many courses are being discontinued by the City of Glasgow College; how many student places will be discontinued, also broken down by course of study; how many staff posts will be lost; what the impact will be on the hours of temporary staff, and whether an equalities impact assessment was carried out.