Questions and answers
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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S4W-21733
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2014
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 19 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when it will set out further details on how independence would enable it to reindustrialise the Scottish economy.
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Question reference: S4O-03407
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to protect from closure those schools classified as rural.
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Question reference: S4W-21331
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 6 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) council houses and (b) properties owned by registered social landlords have been demolished in each year since the current unitary authorities were established, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S4W-21596
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2014
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when the second report of the Expert Working Group on Welfare will be published.
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Question reference: S4W-21353
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2014
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 28 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish further projections of the public finances of an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4O-03282
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what would be the position of civil servants working for the UK Government in Scotland following a Yes vote in the referendum.
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Question reference: S4O-03263
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on improvements to the motorway network in Central Scotland.
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Question reference: S4F-02040
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 April 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2014
To ask the First Minister what measures the Scottish Government is putting in place to tackle food poverty.
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Question reference: S4T-00661
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 31 March 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reported comments by a UK Government minister that an independent Scotland could have a currency union with the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S4W-20250
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the economic impact on Scotland of increasing the additional rate of income tax from 45p to 50p.