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Scottish Parliament Written answers
Some recent written answers
- Health answered 21 March 2011
Dr Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on achieving the dietary targets listed in Annex B of Eating for Health - meeting the challenge: Co-ordinated action, improved communication and leadership for Scottish Food and Health policy 2004.
- Drug and Alcohol Misuse answered 16 March 2011
Gavin Brown (Lothians) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths in the NHS Lothian area were (a) alcohol and (b) drug related and, of these, how many were of people aged (i) under 18, (ii) 18 to 29, (iii) 30 to 55 and (iv) over 55, in each year since 2007-08.
- Roads answered 17 March 2011
Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents took place on the A9’s dual carriageway sections in each of the last five years.
- NHS Staff answered 18 March 2011
Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37313 by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 November 2010, whether there is a continuing need for the National Performance Management Committee if there is no performance-related pay for the next two years.
- Communities answered 21 March 2011
Anne McLaughlin: To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it gives to the needs of the African and Caribbean communities when developing health policy and which representatives of those communities it consults.
- Scotland Office answered 22 March 2011
Alasdair Allan (Western Isles) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact on its ability to govern would be if the Public Administration Committee’s recommendation that the Scotland Office could be merged with its counterparts for Wales and Northern Ireland was acted on.
- Alcohol Misuse answered 21 March 2011
Dr Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is evidence of a change in the ratio of men to women with alcohol-related brain damage.
- Road Accidents answered 22 March 2011
Gavin Brown (Lothians) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been killed in accidents on roads in the Lothians region in each month since May 2007, broken down by road.
- NHS Expenditure answered 15 March 2011
Marlyn Glen: To ask the Scottish Executive how much NHS Tayside has been allocated from the Change Fund in its initial revenue resource allocation for 2011-12.
- Rape answered 22 March 2011
Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there were for (a) rape, (b) attempted rape and (c) indecent assault in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010, broken down by police force area.
- Employment answered 21 March 2011
Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will offer those affected by the proposed job losses at the West Freugh satellite ground station.
- Children and Young People answered 18 March 2011
Robert Brown: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the development of a play and communication strategy.
- Communities answered 21 March 2011
Anne McLaughlin: To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it gives to the needs of the Chinese community when developing justice policy and which representatives of that community it consults.
- General Practitioners answered 18 March 2011
Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive how it supports rural GP practices that raise income from dispensing services to continue to deliver services to communities when a community pharmacy opens in the area.
- Transport answered 17 March 2011
Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27817 by Stewart Stevenson on 28 October 2009, how many petrol stations there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
- Public Transport answered 22 March 2011
Elaine Smith (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what penalties there are for bus companies that fail to satisfy local demand.
- Health answered 16 March 2011
Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will recommend sequential therapies for the treatment of persistent non-specific low back pain.
- Communities answered 21 March 2011
Anne McLaughlin: To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it gives to the needs of the African and Caribbean communities when developing skills and employment policies and which representatives of those communities it consults.
- Fuel Poverty answered 22 March 2011
Johann Lamont: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to tackle fuel poverty.
- Emergency Services answered 22 March 2011
Irene Oldfather: To ask the Scottish Executive how many attacks there were on emergency workers while on duty in 2010, broken down by local authority area.