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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)
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Question reference: S4W-21564

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what an independent Scotland's current budget balance would be in 2016-17 under scenario 1 from page 13 of the 3rd Oil and Gas Analytical Bulletin.

Question reference: S4W-21561

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what input the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser had in the production of Outlook for Scotland's Public Finances and the Opportunities of Independence.

Question reference: S4W-21560

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether any independent experts it consulted consider the oil revenue scenario for 2016-17 in the table on page 3 of Outlook for Scotland's Public Finances and the Opportunities of Independence to be a cautious estimate.

Question reference: S4W-21565

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what an independent Scotland's current budget balance would be in 2016-17 under scenario 2 from page 13 of the 3rd Oil and Gas Analytical Bulletin.

Question reference: S4W-21559

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the oil revenue scenario for 2016-17 in the table on page 3 of Outlook for Scotland's Public Finances and the Opportunities of Independence to be a cautious estimate.

The North Sea projections used on page 3 of the report ‘Outlook for Scotland’s Public Finances and the Opportunities of Independence’ are based on robust analysis and draw on external projections and assumptions. The projections use the latest industry assumptions about investment costs and production and assume that oil prices fall by 10% in real terms in the coming years. The government believes this to be a conservative estimate.

Question reference: S4W-21562

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what input the Council of Economic Advisers had in the production of Outlook for Scotland's Public Finances and the Opportunities of Independence.

Question reference: S4W-21558

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason only one scenario for oil revenues in 2016-17 is used in the table on page 3 of Outlook for Scotland's Public Finances and the Opportunities of Independence.

The Scottish Government’s ‘Outlook for Public Finances and the Opportunities for Independence’ report uses Scenario 4 from the Oil and Gas Analytical Bulletin to produce the headline fiscal forecasts.

Scenario 4 projections use the latest industry assumptions about investment costs and production and assume that oil prices fall by 10% in real terms in the coming years.

Sensitivity analysis of the fiscal position, based on the other scenarios of North Sea oil and gas receipts, is provided in Box 3.4 on page 25 of the report.

Question reference: S4W-21566

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what an independent Scotland's current budget balance would be in 2016-17 under scenario 3 from page 13 of the 3rd Oil and Gas Analytical Bulletin.

Question reference: S4W-21568

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what an independent Scotland's net fiscal balance would be in 2016-17 under scenario 2 from page 13 of the 3rd Oil and Gas Analytical Bulletin.

Question reference: S4W-21563

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what input the Fiscal Commission Working Group had in the production of Outlook for Scotland's Public Finances and the Opportunities of Independence.