To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has in relation to the provision of toilet facilities for disabled people at sports stadiums.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the adequacy of provision of facilities for disabled spectators at sports stadiums.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21886 by Lewis Macdonald on 29 January 2002, whether the Scottish Air Transport Consultation document will (a) assess the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio is of men to women currently referred to the Counselling and Support Service for Alcohol and Drugs.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that qualified architects in Scotland receive formal and mandatory training and continuing professional development training in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what audit fees each local authority has been charged by Audit Scotland in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Audit Scotland is required to comply with the principles of Best Value.

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are applied under its Central Heating Installation Programme as to the (a) maximum and (b) minimum number of radiators that can be installed in a house...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it provides any financial or other support to the Scottish Childminding Association.

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice, guidance or guidelines it provides to childminders.

To ask the Scottish Executive which bodies regulate or vet the procedures of childminders.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it requires childminders to have documented policies on (a) equal opportunities, (b) admissions procedures, (c) complaints procedures, (d) access to any...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to increase the number of council tax bands.

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government about the site lease rental charge levied by Crown Estate Commissioners on Scottish salmon farmers in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what encouragement and assistance it has given, or plans to give, to small towns who have established or plan to establish development trusts.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken in order to reduce dietary levels of fat and sugar with a view to reducing the prevalence of diabetes.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking in order to ensure that digital hearing aids are supplied to patients for whom clinical judgement indicates a benefit from such hearing aids...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-4594 by Mr Andy Kerr on 7 February 2002, whether it will detail any specific quantitative assessments which have been...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the sum allocated to each local authority to deal with drug misuse in each of the past three years was spent.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to each local authority to deal with drug misuse in each of the last three years.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with eating disorders have been referred to consultant psychiatrists by their general practitioner in the last 12 months.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to promote cognitive behavioural therapy as a treatment for people with eating disorders.

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice is available to general practitioners to assist them in recognising the symptoms of (a) anorexia nervosa and (b) bulimia.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients diagnosed with eating disorders are currently waiting to receive specialist treatment.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff with specialist training in the treatment and care of people with eating disorders are currently employed by the NHS in Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what information is made available to education authorities and further and higher education institutions to assist in the identification of eating disorders in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it has issued to NHS boards to support the development of self help support groups and voluntary sector organisations specialising in the care of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what ring-fenced funding for education was allocated to each local authority in each of the past three financial years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring is conducted of the spending of funds allocated for the support of pupils with behavioural difficulties and whether it will list any local...

To ask the Scottish Executive what role Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education has had in the development of the Electronic Communities for Headteachers project.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the next Conference of the Commonwealth Education Ministers will be held in Edinburgh in 2003.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12675 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 5 February 2001 and in light of the recent report by Casella Stanger confirming the existence of...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many changes to EU fishing regulations which apply in Scottish waters and which created new criminal offences, were made in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to discussions between it and representatives of the fishing industry on the EU technical conservation regulations under the cod recovery plan before...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21962 by Iain Gray on 30 January 2002, when it will publish its fuel poverty statement.

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations it has had with further education establishments over the new measures of student activity on which the Scottish Further Education Funding...

To ask the Scottish Executive what models were set up to estimate the impact on further education establishments of the new measures of student activity on which the Scottish Further Education...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated impact is on the budget of each further education college of the new measures of student activity announced by the Scottish Further Education...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22285 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether it will provide a full explanation of why neither it nor the Higher...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22286 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002 and the statement that "the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22288 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether it will provide a full explanation of why the Higher Education...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22267 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether, under section 21 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22267 by Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether any directions it makes to college boards of management under section 21...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22267 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, why it does not have the same powers to direct higher education establishments...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22268 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether it has undertaken any assessment of the potential for it to be held...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22269 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, what duties of care it has, outwith the duties of care which further and...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22272 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, why the Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education alone have...

To ask the Scottish Executive what information on further and higher educational establishments it holds centrally, detailing the reasons for the position on this matter.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22280 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, what the specific concerns were over the reliability of the source data which...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22280 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, what action it took to ensure that the Parliament was aware of the position in...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22280 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, what specific new performance indicators are being developed by the Scottish...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22273 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, what proposals it has to address the position whereby the Scottish Further and...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22276 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, how its policies on access for all and lifelong learning are developed in the...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22275 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, why no advice or instruction has been provided to the Scottish Higher and...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22282 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, why it considers that it would serve no useful purpose to maintain details of...

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Registrar General for Scotland plans to publish information from the April 2001 census in respect of the number of Gaelic speakers.

To ask the Scottish Executive what its current estimate is of the number of speakers of Scottish Gaelic and what projections it has made in respect of this matter for the next 10 years.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether information has been produced regarding the most common reasons which people give for visiting a general practitioner.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether consideration has been given to the mandatory use by NHS boards of new drugs and devices in circumstances where patients are clinically suitable and for...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21522 by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 January 2002, whether it will undertake to gather and hold centrally information concerning...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce a pilot programme to empower patients with chronic long-term medical conditions through self-management training like the Expert...

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that patients with symptoms of mental disorder and substance misuse are given a dual diagnosis in order to address both conditions.

To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been carried out into the prescription of antidepressant drugs and whether any such research has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information...

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are available for health professionals regarding the prescribing of antidepressant drugs.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22767 by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 February 2002, why naming the elected representatives who briefed the UK delegation to the EU...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated financial cost of tackling hospital-acquired infection is in the current financial year.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have died from hospital-acquired infection and in how many deaths has hospital-acquired infection been a significant factor in the cause of death...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22009 by Malcolm Chisholm on 31 January 2002, whether it will specify which of the recommendations in the report by the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what daily rates are charged by hospitals that apply parking charges and what concessions apply to hospital staff.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to ensure that the rule of Scots law preventing imprisonment before trial for more than 110 days is preserved or a similar limitation on...

To ask the Scottish Executive why it has sent no representative to the meetings of the Council of Ministers of the European Union at which the European arrest warrant was discussed.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any research entitled "The Conflicting Government 1959 and 1967 Statements on Trespass" from Alan Blackshaw, OBE, VRD of Newtonmore,...

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to introducing legislation on the licensing of lap-dancing clubs.

To ask the Scottish Executive what Scottish input there has been into the draft Marine Stewardship Report of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning will reply to my letter of 14 December 2001 regarding the Larkhall to Milngavie rail link

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be any additional cost to the taxpayer following the appointment of eight Ministerial Parliamentary Aides and what budget has been set aside to...

To ask the Scottish Executive what sums were received by NHS boards and trusts in donations from the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service or other charitable bodies in each year since 1997,...

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with NHS boards in order to consider the rationalisation of computer systems throughout Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce a policy of rationalisation and compatibility of computer systems throughout the NHS in Scotland, in particular in order to take...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio of administration staff to the total number of beds in the NHS was in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22673 by Lewis MacDonald on 15 February 2002, (a) in what format it holds the information requested in respect of questions...

To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred in respect of policing the demonstrations at Faslane during the week commencing 11 February 2002.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers were involved in policing demonstrations at Faslane during the week commencing 11 February 2002 and to which (a) constabularies and (b)...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact of allocating resources to policing demonstrations at Faslane during the week commencing 11 February 2002 has been on day-to-day policing throughout...

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of proposals to open the market for postal services on the level of unemployment.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20333 by Mr Jim Wallace on 28 January 2002, why the valuation for the buildings of former HM Prison Penninghame remains...

To ask the Scottish Executive further to the answer to question S1W-20333 by Mr Jim Wallace on 28 January 2002, whether it or the Scottish Prison Service approached the Valuation Office Agency to...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20333 by Mr Jim Wallace on 28 January 2002, whether it or the Scottish Prison Service intend to approach the Valuation Office...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20333 by Mr Jim Wallace on 28 January 2002, why the offers received by the Scottish Prison Service for the buildings of former...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all those from whom it received offers for the purchase of the buildings of former HM Prison Penninghame.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20333 by Mr Jim Wallace on 28 January 2002, whether it will place the details of the sale of the buildings of the former HM...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many invitations to tender for the purchase of HM Prison Penninghame were made.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19658 by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001, what visits to HM Prison Peterhead have been arranged for 2002 as a result of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many supervisors of the STOP programme were previously involved in delivering training under the programme.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many members of Scottish Prison Service staff trained in the delivery of the STOP programme have, within six weeks of completing such training, participated in...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many conveners of committees of the Parliament it invited to nominate candidates for selection as Independent Assessors.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many conveners of committees of the Parliament, which it invited to nominate Independent Assessors, replied to the invitation and whom any convener nominated.

To ask the Scottish Executive which political parties were invited to submit nominations for the Independent Assessors appointed on 29 January 2002 and which parties replied.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received the report on the study carried out by Steer Davies Gleave on the aspirations of South East Scotland Transport Partnership authorities for...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received a copy of the report and study funded by the Strategic Rail Authority and carried out by Railtrack to assess track, signalling and power...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £7 billion which the Strategic Rail Authority has estimated will be needed to purchase new trains from the private sector will be required for...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents were (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Procurator Fiscal by each police force in each month since May 1997 and how many such accidents...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that BEAR Scotland Ltd meets representatives of the community in Mallaig in relation to the complaints from Mallaig Community Council in...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21315 by Ross Finnie on 20 December 2001, whether it will give a detailed breakdown of how the £18 million for the Rural...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S1W-22360 and S1W-22361 by Ross Finnie on 8 February 2002, whether it will clarify the difference in figures showing the...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to print, publish and distribute its report Evaluation of New Deal for Young People in Scotland: Phase Two .

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to ensure that there is an adequate number of places in secure accommodation for children with behavioural difficulties.

To ask the Scottish Executive what programmes for sex offenders are currently available in (a) prison and (b) the community, where these programmes are provided and what criteria must be met...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any study into the feasibility of the Skye Bridge with the title or Scottish Office number "RD12" exists and whether it will place a copy of any such study...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on demand-led special needs education (a) nationally and (b) by each local authority in each of the last five years for which figures are...

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are being developed to assure the reliability and integrity of official statistics.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to manufacturers of mobile telephones regarding the health implications of using such telephones.

To ask the Scottish Executive which (a) rural and (b) semi-rural areas currently have no access to cable services.

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on the Review of the Tourism Strategy.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether current legislation regarding lead levels in drinking water is being complied with by each local authority in regard to its housing stock.

To ask the Scottish Executive what investigations it has undertaken into the level of lead in drinking water and whether it will publish the results of any such investigations.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it holds comparative information about the acceptable levels of lead in drinking water in all EU countries and whether Scotland’s standards are being...

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the Katrine Water Project, what the energy consumption per year will be as a result of pumping treated water from Balmore through the pipe network at...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22086 by Ross Finnie on 4 February 2002, whether the relative weightings chosen by West of Scotland Water in respect of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what volume of leakage is anticipated per year from the new pipe network to be installed as part of the Katrine Water Project.

To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring there is of the number of rats in sewers.

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes in practice have taken place in dealing with rats in sewers in the last five years.

To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliament will continue to use the Royal Mail service following the de-regulation of postal services.