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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 24 December 2024
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Question reference: S3W-12342

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many higher education students in (a) full-time and (b) part-time education are paying council tax.

Question reference: S3W-12345

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many distance learning students are paying council tax.

Question reference: S3W-12346

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Open University students are paying council tax.

Question reference: S3W-12344

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many night class students are paying council tax.

Question reference: S3W-12690

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it has provided to institutions to alleviate student hardship in each of the last three years and how much it will provide in each of the next three years.

Question reference: S3W-12349

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the First Minister’s statement on 24 April 2008 that some 160,000 students in Scotland are currently not liable for the council tax (Official Report c. 7934), which categories of students are included in this calculation and how many students there are in each category.

Question reference: S3W-12348

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the First Minister’s statement on 24 April 2008 that some 400,000 students in Scotland are currently liable for the council tax (Official Report c. 7934), which categories of student are included in this calculation and how many students there are in each category.

Question reference: S3W-12352

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the First Minister’s statement on 17 April 2008 that higher education students pay council tax dependent on where they stay (Official Report c. 7686), what analysis it has made of where students live.

Question reference: S3W-12341

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many students in full time education are paying council tax.

Question reference: S3W-12694

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide calculations for the basis of the First Minister’s statements on 24 April 2008 that around 160,000 students are not liable for the council tax and that the vast majority of these students do not earn enough to pay the local income tax (Official Report, c. 7934).