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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 ˿ 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 18 January 2026
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Question reference: S5W-11503

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution on 12 September 2017 (Official Report, c. 49), when it will publish its road map for the changes to the rating systems that it has agreed to.

Question reference: S5W-11510

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution on 12 September 2017 (Official Report, c. 49), how many non-domestic rates overpayments have there been in each year since 1999 and what the average time has been to refund these, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S5W-11516

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet last discussed full fiscal autonomy, and what work it has carried out regarding this issue in the last 12 months.

Question reference: S5W-11502

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution on 12 September 2017 (Official Report, c. 49), when the review of the Small Business Bonus Scheme will commence, and who will carry this out.

Question reference: S5W-11513

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution on 12 September 2017 (Official Report, c. 49), when its review of (a) sports club relief, (b) empty property relief and (c) reducing the Large Business Supplement will commence, and when it will announce whether it accepts the review's recommendations on this.

Question reference: S5W-11505

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution on 12 September 2017 (Official Report, c. 49), how it will measure whether the assessors provide more transparency and consistency on non-domestic rates, and by what date the assessment will be completed.

Question reference: S5W-11500

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution on 12 September 2017 (Official Report, c. 49), how much the new relief for day nurseries will cost in each of the next four years, and how many (a) properties and (b) businesses it expects will apply.

Question reference: S5W-11512

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution on 12 September 2017 (Official Report, c. 49), how it will reform charity relief; when these reforms will be introduced, and how many current recipients will no longer be eligible.

Question reference: S5O-01329

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when waiting times for orthopaedic services in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will be reduced.

Question reference: S5W-11282

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government (a) on what dates and (b) where it has met Benny Higgins.