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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: S4W-20804

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide substantive answers to questions S4W-20130 and S4W-20129, which received holding answers on 26 March 2014.

Question reference: S4W-20129

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether reprints of the white paper on independence will be updated to reflect the most recently published financial figures.

Scotland’s Future is the most comprehensive blueprint for an independent country ever published.

On 28 May 2014, the Scottish Government published its Outlook for Scotland’s Public Finances and the Opportunities of Independence report. This builds on the analysis in the white paper and its central conclusion that Scotland is a wealthy country that will start life as an independent nation with great economic prospects. The report is available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0045/00451336.pdf

Question reference: S4W-20130

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government from which directorate budget the costs associated with the white paper on independence are being met.

Question reference: S4O-03348

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what value was delivered on the ground in 2013-14 by non-profit distribution-financed capital investment.

Question reference: S4O-03298

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how the Sustainable Action Fund is progressing.

Question reference: S4W-21219

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to make payments for 2012-13 under the business rates incentivisation scheme.

Question reference: S4W-21224

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it decided not to set targets for the 2014-15 business rates incentivisation scheme before the start of the financial year.

Question reference: S4W-21220

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to set targets for 2013-14 under the business rates incentivisation scheme.

Question reference: S4W-21223

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to set targets for the 2014-15 business rates incentivisation scheme.

Question reference: S4W-21221

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it decided not to set targets for the 2013-14 business rates incentivisation scheme during 2013-14.