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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: S4O-02771

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4O-02556

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the 2014 year of homecoming.

Question reference: S4O-02465

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the additional seven day wait for new claimants of job seekers allowance will have on its welfare reform mitigation measures.

Question reference: S4O-02437

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions ministers have had with local authorities regarding the community benefits that arise from environmental projects.

Question reference: S4O-02352

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what recent progress has been made in discussions with the UK Government on repatriating the annual £1.4 million of red meat levy income paid by Scotland's farmers.

Question reference: S4O-02314

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its strategy for measuring wellbeing, in light of the publication of Shifting the Dial in Scotland, by the Carnegie UK Trust.

Question reference: S4O-02134

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the Save the Children report, State of the World’s Mothers, 2013, will have on its early years strategy.

Question reference: S4O-02037

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the Electoral Commission regarding campaign funding and donations in relation to the independence referendum.

Question reference: S4O-01910

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the European Union regarding the labelling of products since the discovery of horsemeat in other meat products.

Question reference: S4O-01876

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many years are included in local authority financial planning.

The number of years included in local authority financial planning is a matter for individual councils, but the Scottish Government would encourage all public bodies to engage in long term financial planning as part of the management of their business.

The Scottish Government aims to provide local authorities with three year funding allocations in order to give them certainty in longer term financial planning. However, this is dependent on the Scottish Government receiving three year funding allocations from the UK Government.