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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-21477

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 expanded Revenue Scotland referred to in the white paper on independence.

Question reference: S4W-21501

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 nationalised Royal Mail referred to in the white paper on independence.

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-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-21506

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 the set-up costs of other (a) organisations and (b) departments that would need to be established shortly after Scotland became an independent country but are not referred to in the white paper on independence.

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-21497

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 Scottish health and safety body referred to in the white paper on independence.

Question reference: S4W-21518

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 Met Office, how much it would cost to set up an equivalent body in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-21527

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 the costs of adapting or expanding the UK (a) organisations and (b) departments that the Scottish Government presumes an independent Scotland would share, if the rest of the UK refused to enter a currency union.

Question reference: S4W-21516

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 Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS), how much it would cost to set up an equivalent body in an independent Scotland.