Tuesday, 14 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered, or will consider, the introduction of a sustainability fund for Scotland’s share of the aggregates levy.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) children and (b) adults with alcohol-related problems were admitted to each (i) children's hospital and (ii) acute hospital in each of the last three...
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to tackle disorder and anti-social behaviour in Inverclyde.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people completing modern apprenticeships in the last two years have obtained national qualifications.
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessments are made of those companies and organisations which provide modern apprenticeship schemes for young men and women and how often such assessments...
To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance is given to those organisations and companies which offer modern apprenticeship schemes to enable them to meet adequate skill and training standards.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to (a) review and (b) revise the planning criteria for crematoria by amending the Cremation Act 1902 or by any other means.
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had about how the police can make an impact on street crime.
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the transfer of reserved powers from Her Majesty’s Government to the Scottish Parliament, whether an Order in Council requires the approval of...
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to strengthen awareness and action around linkages between domestic violence and other forms of male violence at a local level.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it has provided for domestic abuse prevention projects in each of the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a date has been set for the release of the evaluation of the Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust’s "Respect" educational project.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21589 by Peter Peacock on 29 April 2002, whether a list of those who voted in the Teith ward by-election in April 2002 will be...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any economic assessments have been carried out into the viability of introducing half-hourly ferry services between Gourock and Dunoon operated by Caledonian...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for the delivery of replacement vessels for the ferry service operated by Caledonian MacBrayne between Gourock and Dunoon; what the proposed...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any funding from biotechnology companies involved in genetic modification in each of the last three years and, if so, how much it has...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23200 by Hugh Henry on 15 March 2002, whether it plans to make any representations to Her Majesty’s Government regarding...
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to act on the recommendations in the report Research and Knowledge Transfer in Scotland produced by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council and...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acceptances there were for degrees in (a) mechanical engineering, (b) civil engineering, (c) electrical engineering and (d) chemical engineering at higher...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there were for degrees in (a) mechanical engineering, (b) civil engineering, (c) electrical engineering and (d) chemical engineering at higher...
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) the British Army about withdrawal of guards from Edinburgh Castle.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it owns any part of Edinburgh Castle and what role it plays in the operation of the castle.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of violence and aggression were reported at each hospital in each of the last three years, showing the percentage increase year on year and...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests have been made in connection with any fraud involving the Individual Learning Accounts scheme.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under the age of 18 appeared before the courts in respect of more than three different matters in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that immediate action is taken by the Crown Office and the police in order to make certain that there is no further destruction or mislaying...
To ask the Scottish Executive when training standards for fingerprint experts were last reviewed.
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) financial and (b) other support it has provided to the Association of Scottish Community Councils (ASCC) in each of the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has allocated to the concessionary fares scheme in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04.
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support has been provided to Scottish Coal, or any of its subsidiaries, from Scottish Enterprise in the past three years.
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support has been provided to Scottish Coal, or any of its subsidiaries, from Scottish Enterprise in relation to the Longannet Deep Mine, what the...
To ask the Scottish Executive what areas of Edinburgh Castle are occupied or used by (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) the British Army and whether any rent is paid or payment made by each in...
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated by each NHS board for schemes to tackle (a) alcohol misuse and (b) drug misuse in (i) the current year and (ii) each of the last three...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications are of the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions for local authorities as employers and whether it will make any assistance...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual financial impact will be of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions for (a) Scottish Enterprise, (b) Highlands and Islands...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost will be to each local authority in 2003-04 of the changes to employers’ National Insurance contributions announced in the UK 2002 Budget.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the additional cost to the NHS will be of the increase in National Insurance contributions announced in the UK 2002 Budget.
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions are for each (a) police and (b) fire board and...
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions are for the Civil Service and what the estimated...
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions are for each higher education institution and what...
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions are for housing associations and what the...
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions will be for each local authority and what the...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance (NI) contributions is for each NHS board and what its estimate is of the...
To ask the Scottish Executive how much per capita funding was allocated to each police force in (a) the current year and (b) each of the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional funding for special responsibilities was allocated to each police force in (a) the current year and (b) each of the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources are being made available to the police in order to reduce levels of street robberies and violent crime.
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it collects on the proportion of police officers involved in patrolling public places (a) on foot and (b) in vehicles.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has met the recovery and recycling targets for 2001 set by the EC Packaging Waste Directive.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to raise the capital limit at which care home residents become liable to pay accommodation charges, currently set at £18,500, and what the...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many grants for owner occupation (GRO grants) were made in Dumfries and Galloway in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02; what the value was of each grant;...
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to award grants for owner occupation (GRO grants) in Dumfries and Galloway in 2002-03; what the value of each grant will be; who the recipient...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Rural Home Ownership Grants were made in Dumfries and Galloway in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02; what the value was of each grant; what the...
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it anticipates for Rural Home Ownership Grants in Dumfries and Galloway and what anticipated levels of resources will be allocated to such grants for each...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people under the age of 17 appeared before the courts in respect of more than three different matters in each of the last three years for which...
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the number of young offenders who offended while on bail in each of the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the number of young offenders who committed offences during school hours in each of the last three years.
To ask the Presiding Officer what steps have been taken, or will be taken, to publish a daily document entitled "What’s On in the Scottish Parliament" publicising parliamentary business,...