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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 4 February 2026
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Question reference: S4W-12260

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings there have been between ministers or officials and members of the Independent Budget Review since the publication of Independent Budget Review: The Report of Scotland's Independent Budget Review Panel.

Question reference: S4W-12256

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which of the recommendations from chapter (a) 2, (b) 3, (c) 4 and (d) 5 of Independent Budget Review: The Report of Scotland's Independent Budget Review Panel have been implemented.

Question reference: S4F-01141

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 21 January 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2013

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

Question reference: S4W-12106

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what statistical evidence it used to construct the definition of Scottish values to be used by the Expert Working Group on Welfare.

Question reference: S4W-12109

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the letters of appointment issued to the members of the Expert Working Group on Welfare.

Question reference: S4W-12112

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare has been asked to recommend which elements of the £2.5 billion in reductions referred to in its news release of 6 January 2012, A welfare system for Scotland, should be reversed.

Question reference: S4W-12111

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare has been asked to consider which elements of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 should be reversed.

Question reference: S4W-12104

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare will define Scottish values in its final report.

Question reference: S4W-12113

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare will consider the tax credits system.

Question reference: S4W-12102

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to appointing (a) women and (b) people with incomes in the lower five deciles of Scottish incomes to the Expert Working Group on Welfare.