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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-21522

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of how much it would cost an independent Scotland to adapt or expand the UK (a) organisations and (b) departments that the Scottish Government has presumed would be shared, if the rest of the UK refused to do so.

Question reference: S4W-21517

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, if the rest of the UK refused to share the services of the National Grid, how much it would cost to set up an equivalent body in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-21519

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, if the rest of the UK refused to share the services of the Office of Rail Regulation, how much it would cost to set up an equivalent body in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-21509

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, if the rest of the UK refused to share the services of the Royal Mint, how much it would cost to set up an equivalent body in an independent Scotland.

The Scottish Government proposes to maintain shared services in areas where it makes sense to do so, and where it is in the interests of both Scotland and the rest of the UK. A number of such bodies are set out at page 364 of Scotland’s Future. Where functions continue on a shared basis, there will need to be adjustments to the governance of these bodies, but the Scottish Government sees no need for a new body to be established.

Question reference: S4W-21508

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the costs of adapting existing Scottish (a) organisations and (b) departments that would need to be expanded or otherwise adapted shortly after Scotland became an independent country.

Question reference: S4W-21514

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, if the rest of the UK refused to share the services of the Hydrographic Office, how much it would cost to set up an equivalent body in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-21488

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to set up the debt management office referred to in the white paper on independence.

Question reference: S4W-21476

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to set up the single security and intelligence agency referred to in the white paper on independence.

The transition to independence is a major opportunity to improve service delivery in Scotland. The Scottish Government has undertaken a range of work to prepare for the transition to independence, and our approach is set out in “Scotland’s Future”. Pages 343 to 350 explain that a number of factors will influence the size of the one-off investment that Scotland will make in the transition to independence. They include the negotiations that will take place between the two governments on apportioning assets and securing public services in Scotland, and the options that are chosen for improving systems and providing more modern and responsive public services for people in Scotland in the period following independence.

Question reference: S4W-21512

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, if the rest of the UK refused to share the services of its expert or technical advisory groups, how much it would cost to set up the equivalent bodies in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-21523

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to set up a Scottish financial services compensation scheme if the Scottish Government’s presumption that the rest of the UK would agree to a currency union proved to be incorrect.