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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)
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Question reference: S4W-21544

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken in relation to the institutions, costs and staff numbers required for the transition to independence since the matter was referred to in paragraph 49 of the cabinet paper by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth that has appeared in the media.

Question reference: S4W-21543

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many officials in the finance directorates and the office of the Chief Economic Adviser worked on the paper on the institutions, costs and staff numbers required for the transition to independence referred to in paragraph 49 of the cabinet paper by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth that has appeared in the media.

The work that has been undertaken by Scottish Government officials on the transition to independence is reflected in chapter 10 of Scotland’s Future. Officials from across the Scottish Government have contributed to the Scottish Government's policy on independence as they would any other Scottish Government policy. The amount of time officials spent contributing in some way to this policy is not routinely recorded as there is no business need for it.

Question reference: S4W-21547

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers have, in the last two years, instructed officials to cease work on the preparation of estimates of the transition costs to independence in the event of a Yes vote in the referendum.

Question reference: S4W-21551

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of an independent Scotland’s total budget it estimates would be needed to invest in systems, processes and institutions required ahead of independence.

Question reference: S4W-21539

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what modelling it has undertaken of the costs of the transition to independence in the event of a Yes vote in the referendum.

The Scottish Government has undertaken a range of work to prepare for the transition to independence, and our approach is set out in “Scotland’s Future”. Pages 343 to 350 explain that a number of factors will influence the size of the one-off investment that Scotland will make in the transition to independence. They include the negotiations that will take place between the two governments on apportioning assets and securing public services in Scotland, and the options that are chosen for improving systems and providing more modern and responsive public services for people in Scotland in the period following independence.

Question reference: S4F-02186

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 16 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2014

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4F-02164

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2014

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4F-02125

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2014

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4F-02108

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2014

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4W-20704

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) 16 and (b) 17-year-olds have registered to vote in the referendum on independence.

National Records for Scotland (NRS) published their annual statistics on electoral registration in Scotland – Electoral Statistics for Scotland, 2014 on 1 May 2014. These can be accessed in full at:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/electoral-stats/10-march-2014/index.html

The NRS statistics show that 98,000 16 and 17 year olds had registered to vote by 10 March 2014. The deadline to register to vote in the referendum is 2 September 2014.