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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-25270

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 April 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that its estimate of boosting UK spending by £180 billion is incorrect while asserting that debt would reduce in every year from 2016-17 onwards and that the correct figure is £165 billion.

Question reference: S4W-25274

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 April 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what the spend for (a) the NHS, (b) schools and (c) pensions in Scotland was in 2014-15.

Question reference: S4W-25241

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24763 by John Swinney on 1 April 2015, how many responses it received to its consultation on an interim constitution for Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-25243

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24763 by John Swinney on 1 April 2015, for what reason it has not yet published the responses to its consultation on an interim constitution in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-25242

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24763 by John Swinney on 1 April 2015, when it analysed the responses to its consultation on an interim constitution for Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-25240

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24973 by John Swinney on 1 April 2015, what the closing date was for the consultation on an interim constitution for Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-25027

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 20 March 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether Revenue Scotland will be fully operational from 1 April 2015.

Question reference: S4W-25028

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 20 March 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether there are issues that would cause difficulty with the implementation of the (a) Scottish Landfill Tax and (b) Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.

Question reference: S4W-25018

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish a revised oil and gas bulletin.

The Budget 2015 represented an admission by the chancellor that his policy for the North Sea has been wrong and that the poor stewardship by successive UK governments has had a detrimental impact on our oil and gas sector. The measures announced by the chancellor are a step in the right direction for our oil and gas sector and reflect the types of reforms that both the Scottish Government and the industry, have been demanding for a number of years.

As yet the full impact of the March 2015 Budget measures is not clear, for example the Finance Bill 2015 permits the Treasury broaden the scope of the Investment Allowance by introducing subsequent regulations. I sought clarity from the UK Government on this matter when attending the Oil & Gas Council on 24 March 2015.

The Scottish Government will analyse the fiscal changes that the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget, in collaboration with stakeholders in the industry, and assess the impact that the reforms will have on future investment and production, and in turn tax revenues. When this analysis is complete we will publish an updated oil and gas Analytical Bulletin, as soon as is feasible.

Question reference: S4W-24973

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24763 by John Swinney on 17 March 2015, on what date it will publish the responses to its consultation on an interim constitution for Scotland.