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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-21539

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what modelling it has undertaken of the costs of the transition to independence in the event of a Yes vote in the referendum.

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-21545

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government who took the decision not to publish an estimate of the transition costs to independence in the white paper on independence.

Question reference: S4W-21548

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether the preparatory work on the institutions, costs and staff referred to in paragraph 49 of the cabinet paper by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth that has appeared in the media has been destroyed.

Question reference: S4W-21549

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has asked Audit Scotland to consider modelling the costs of transition to independence using the Scottish Government’s preferred model for institutions and staff.

Question reference: S4F-02186

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 16 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2014

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4F-02164

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2014

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4F-02125

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2014

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4F-02108

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2014

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4W-20704

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) 16 and (b) 17-year-olds have registered to vote in the referendum on independence.

National Records for Scotland (NRS) published their annual statistics on electoral registration in Scotland – Electoral Statistics for Scotland, 2014 on 1 May 2014. These can be accessed in full at:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/electoral-stats/10-march-2014/index.html

The NRS statistics show that 98,000 16 and 17 year olds had registered to vote by 10 March 2014. The deadline to register to vote in the referendum is 2 September 2014.

Question reference: S4T-00686

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the National Review of Asthma Deaths, which suggests that some deaths from the condition arise because of complacency among both medical staff and patients.