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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  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 18 July 2024
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Question reference: S2W-20646

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total pay-out to Scottish domiciled students from the Student Loans Company Ltd was in 2003-04 and how many students received these payments.

Question reference: S2W-20652

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the operating surplus made by the Student Loans Company Ltd the Executive has received in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-20649

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Student Loans Company Ltd part-time student loans were paid out to Scottish domiciled students in 2003-04.

Question reference: S2W-20648

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Student Loans Company Ltd hardship loans were paid out to Scottish domiciled students in 2003-04.

Question reference: S2W-20655

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of Scottish domiciled student loan borrowers were in deferment in each year of the operation of student loans, broken down by year of entering repayment.

Question reference: S2W-20651

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many customer accounts the Student Loans Company Ltd maintains for Scottish domiciled borrowers.

Question reference: S2W-20647

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 494,000 deferment application forms processed by the Student Loans Company Ltd in 2003-04 were from Scottish domiciled repayers.

Question reference: S2W-20493

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the comments made by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning to the Enterprise and Culture Committee on 1 November 2005 (Official Report c. 2352), what the Student Awards Agency for Scotland's funding line in the budget would have been had it not been affected by the £28 million consideration as a result of the change to HM Treasury discount rate.

Question reference: S2W-20468

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19044 by Nicol Stephen on 21 September 2005, whether the Scottish survey on students’ income, expenditure and debt 2004-05 is the survey that was recommended by the Cubie Committee.

Question reference: S2W-20467

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19044 by Nicol Stephen on 21 September 2005, whether the Scottish survey on students’ income, expenditure and debt 2004-05 is the survey referred to in the answers to questions S1W-24495, S1W-32687, S1W-32699, S1W-34551, S2W-1571, S2W-8886, S2W-8890 and S2W-14039.