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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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  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 5 July 2025
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Question reference: S4W-12110

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare has been asked to use the welfare system in place prior to May 2010 as a baseline.

Question reference: S4W-12108

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the terms of reference of the Expert Working Group on Welfare.

Question reference: S4W-12111

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare has been asked to consider which elements of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 should be reversed.

Question reference: S4W-12113

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare will consider the tax credits system.

Question reference: S4W-12101

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many people it has invited to join the Expert Working Group on Welfare and what proportion (a) was women and (b) has an income in the lower five deciles of Scottish incomes.

Question reference: S4W-12106

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what statistical evidence it used to construct the definition of Scottish values to be used by the Expert Working Group on Welfare.

Question reference: S4W-12107

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, in considering the definition of Scottish values to be used by the Expert Working Group on Welfare, what values held by people in other countries it (a) assessed and (b) considered inferior to those proposed.

Question reference: S4W-12102

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to appointing (a) women and (b) people with incomes in the lower five deciles of Scottish incomes to the Expert Working Group on Welfare.

Question reference: S4W-12105

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how it arrived at the definition of Scottish values to be used by the Expert Working Group on Welfare.

Question reference: S4F-01118

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2013

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