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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-21521

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 establish equivalents of 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-21490

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 set-up costs of (a) organisations and (b) departments that would need to be established before Scotland became an independent country.

Question reference: S4W-21525

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 enter a currency union with an independent Scotland, how much it would cost to set up a Scottish central bank.

Question reference: S4W-21520

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

Question reference: S4W-21486

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 pensions regulator referred to in the white paper on independence.

Question reference: S4W-21503

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 international pensions centre referred to in the white paper on independence.

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-21478

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 defence HQ referred to in the white paper on independence.

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-21480

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 civil service commission referred to in the white paper on independence.