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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 5 July 2025
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Question reference: S4W-16522

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs it estimates will be created in the oil and gas industry in the next two years.

Question reference: S4W-16521

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government on what basis its paper, Maximising the Return from Oil and Gas in an Independent Scotland, stated that "Lloyds Banking Group forecast in March 2013 that future growth in the sector will create 34,000 jobs in the industry and related businesses in Scotland over the next two years".

Question reference: S4W-16498

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 July 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the 2013-14 third sector budget has been allocated, showing the amounts allocated to each organisation funded.

Question reference: S4W-16190

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of (a) how much funding was given to and (b) what the current status is of each key policy priority announced in its news release of 27 June 2012, Over £100m to stimulate economic growth.

Question reference: S4W-16191

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the money announced in its news release of 19 June 2013, £20 million drive for business innovation and growth, is new money and what the basis was for describing all of the £20 million as new money.

Question reference: S4W-16195

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the business innovation and growth programme that it announced in its news release of 19 June 2013, £20 million drive for business innovation and growth, has a closing date of 9 July 2013.

Question reference: S4W-16188

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which capital projects had an underspend in 2012-13 and what the (a) amount and (b) reason was for each.

Question reference: S4W-16196

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the priorities of the business innovation and growth programme that it announced in its news release of 19 June 2013, £20 million drive for business innovation and growth, represents the underspend from the pre-existing European Regional Development Fund 2007-13 programmes.

Question reference: S4W-16193

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the priorities of the business innovation and growth programme that it announced in its news release of 19 June 2013, £20 million drive for business innovation and growth, are the same as that of the pre-existing European Regional Development Fund 2007-13 programmes and, if not, what the differences are.

Question reference: S4W-16189

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 11 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the £7.7 million shared equity underspend for 2012-13 will be spent on shared equity in 2013-14.