Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to spend any of the additional allocation or underspend in the health budget on creating more midwifery posts.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is issued to health boards and NHS Trusts on the length of time between a vacancy in midwifery staff arising and it being filled.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many mothers breastfed their babies in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999, and what the target is for 2000.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how much is being spent on the campaign to increase the numbers of mothers who breastfeed and how it intends to evaluate the success or otherwise of the campaign.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is given to health authorities on the appropriate number of women and babies to be in the care of any one midwife.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many people started midwifery training in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999 and what promotion of midwifery training takes place in order to attract trainees.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities are receiving additional funding to enable cover to be provided in public libraries and schools while librarians and teachers receive ICT training under the New Opportunities Fund.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7005 by Susan Deacon on 22 June 2000, how many (a) paediatrics, (b) child and adolescent psychiatry, (c) paediatric surgery and (d) community child health consultants are currently employed in each health board area, and what the recommended staffing level is for each of these specialities in each health board area and for...
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish any responses received to its request in paragraph 5.27 of Aiming for Excellence for views "on the case for allowing local authorities to enter into arrangements with private fostering agencies, and whether such agencies should be subject to inspection and registration by the new body", and whether it will respond to any views received.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent in 1999-2000, and how much will be spent in 2000-01, on academic research into sport and sport-related issues in Scotland by Scottish universities.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent in 1999-2000, and how much will be spent in 2000-01, on academic research into tourism and tourism-related issues in Scotland by Scottish universities.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent in 1999-2000, and how much will be spent in 2000-01, on promoting golf tourism by the Scottish Executive, the Scottish Tourist Board and area tourist boards.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has provided for initiatives to support families in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01 and whether it will list these initiatives.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has commissioned a feasibility study into the possibility and desirability of building the People’s Libraries Network on a broadband width system and, if a study has been undertaken, what the study’s findings and recommendations were and which recommendations it intends to implement.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive what grants One Plus and One Parent Families Scotland have received from it under section 10(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 in each of the last three years.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals were made to Children’s Panels in Scotland for each of the last five years on the grounds of volatile substance abuse.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive what process and timetable is set by it for grant allocation to voluntary organisations and charities and in particular what the process is, including closing dates applied to different parts of the timetable, for grant allocation in 2000-01.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are set for the award of grants by it to voluntary organisations and charities and whether these vary from year to year.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all the voluntary organisations and charities to which it has allocated grants in 2000-01 and what amount of grant was applied for and awarded in each case.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4845 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 15 March 2000, why Gingerbread Scotland’s grant applications were unsuccessful.