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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: S5W-03108

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 4 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on cross-border rail passenger numbers of a 50% reduction in air passenger duty.

Question reference: S5W-03132

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its announcement on 13 September 2016, what funding mechanism it is using to deliver its £300 million loan scheme for farmers and crofters.

The loan scheme will be funded, as it was in 2015, by Financial Transactions. As the majority of loans will be paid and then recovered before the end of the 2016-17 financial year, the net expenditure at 31 March 2017 will relate only to loans that are not yet recovered. Funding sufficient to support that net expenditure is being provided from loans recovered from the 2015 scheme during the 2016-17 financial year and smaller underspends elsewhere.

Question reference: S5W-02721

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what level of security will be provided by businesses that apply for a loan or guarantee from its proposed Scottish Growth Fund.

Question reference: S5O-00210

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the results of The Scottish Health Survey.

I welcome the results of the Scottish Health Survey which highlighted a number of key areas where we are making progress, for example, the proportion of children of healthy weight (72 per cent) increased in the last year and for boys has increased year on year since 2011. The survey confirmed a significant reduction in smoking prevalence since 2003 (down from 28 per cent to 21 per cent) with smokers smoking fewer cigarettes on average, and in particular, the news that exposure of children to second-hand smoke in the home fell from 11 per cent in 2014 to six per cent, meeting the 2020 target announced at the launch of the smoke-free homes campaign in 2014.

Question reference: S5O-00235

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what recent correspondence it has had with the UK Government regarding the impact on Scotland of the expansion of either Heathrow or Gatwick airports.

Question reference: S5W-02720

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the annual default rate of businesses receiving a loan or guarantee under its proposed Scottish Growth Fund scheme, and how much it expects to pay out due to defaults in each of the three years of the scheme.

Question reference: S5W-02719

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what size of business will be able to apply for a loan or guarantee from its proposed Scottish Growth Fund.

Question reference: S5W-02724

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, with regard to its proposed Scottish Growth Fund, whether banks will be taking the lead in funding decisions, and what action it will take to guard against risk to the taxpayer.

Question reference: S5W-02722

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether, in relation to its proposed Scottish Growth Fund, businesses in receipt of a loan or guarantee will pay an annual premium to the bank in charge of these.

Question reference: S5W-02723

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether, in relation to its proposed Scottish Growth Fund, it will be providing a guarantee of 100% of the loans and guarantees provided.