Questions and answers
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-03447
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government which stakeholder groups were invited to consultation events regarding the report, Consultation on Social Security in Scotland, and to which of these groups it provides funding.
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Question reference: S5W-03780
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03365 by Keith Brown on 12 October 2016, for what reason the answer did not address whether it has considered the economic evaluation of the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme that was published in February 2013, and whether it will now provide an answer.
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Question reference: S5W-03776
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03361 by Keith Brown on 12 October 2016, for what reason the answer did not confirm whether it expects any companies to receive loans guaranteed through the Scottish Growth Fund before 6 September 2017, and whether it will now provide an answer.
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Question reference: S5W-03779
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5W-03364 by Keith Brown on 12 October 2016, for what reason the answer did not address the matter of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme that is operated by the British Business Bank, and whether it will now provide an answer.
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Question reference: S5W-03775
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03366 by Keith Brown on 12 October 2016, for what reason the answer did not address the matter of applications for loans instead of guarantees that was referred to in the question, and whether it will now provide an answer.
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Question reference: S5W-03777
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03362 by Keith Brown on 12 October 2016, for what reason the answer did not address the matter of similar schemes that was referred to in the question, and whether it will now provide an answer.
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Question reference: S5W-03778
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03363 by Keith Brown on 12 October 2016, for what reason the answer did not address the matter of the engagement of specialists that was raised in the question, and whether it will now provide an answer.
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Question reference: S5W-03785
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is advising Scottish companies that need loan guarantees to approach the British Business Bank or to wait for the establishment of the Scottish Growth Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-03838
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03360 by Keith Brown on 12 October 2016, whether it will provide the complete list of business organisations and financial institutions with which it intends to engage in order to design the Scottish Growth Scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-03839
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03360 by Keith Brown on 12 October 2016, with which business organisations and financial institutions it has met to date, and on what date each meeting was held.
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