To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a standard for accessibility to taxis for people with disabilities and whether it has any powers under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 or...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued, or plans to issue, advice to local authorities, similar to that available in England, on the steps to be taken to make taxi services more...

To ask the Scottish Executive why organic egg production is not currently eligible for Farm Business Development Scheme funding given that such funding has previously been available for this type...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will give a response to the report by the Agriculture and Environment Working Group, Custodians of Change .

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional work the closure of the accident and emergency services at the old Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh will create for the Scottish Ambulance Service and...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Chartered Institute of Housing report on anti-social behaviour practices for 2001-02 has been published; what the reasons are for the position on this...

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have anti-social behaviour policies and dedicated officers for such policies in place.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-social behaviour orders (ASBO) have been applied for in each local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average timescale and cost has been for applying for an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) in each year since May 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact on poverty of paragraph 20342, "Averaging the hours", of amendment 5 of February 2002 to the Department for Work and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what evaluation has been carried out into projects developed with funds from the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund (BNSF).

To ask the Scottish Executive what the benefits of the central heating installation programme and the Warm Deal were in 2001-02; when a report will be published on this matter, and what benefits...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any merit in Inverness being given status as a separate local authority area within the Highlands and whether it has any plans to review the...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a breakdown by local authority area of the figures given in its statistics release, Home Care Services, Scotland 2002 .

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29399 by Ms Margaret Curran on 1 November 2002, what opportunities citizens will have to make a contribution to the framing of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by the sociable neighbourhood national co-ordinator.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the aims of the neighbourhood champions are.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any representations from credit unions on the proposed European directive on consumer credit.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30468 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 October 2002, what stage the discussions between Scottish Borders Council and the Scottish Court...

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional costs have been incurred to the public purse since the closure of Peebles Sheriff Court.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the establishment of a central services organisation for credit unions and what action it can take to help realise such a project.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered any successor arrangements in respect of the Scottish Credit Union Partnership.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has representation on the National Liaison Group for Credit Unions facilitated by the Unity Trust Bank and the Co-operative Bank and, if not, whether it...

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty’s Government regarding any changes to the one-year probationary rule regarding women that, having entered the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it is giving to dyslexia organisations.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is appropriate for NHS boards to provide support to dyslexia organisations and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the present council tax and water charges discount regimes in respect of properties lived in by elderly people.

To ask the Scottish Executive what opportunities there are for the continued funding of projects that have been assessed as successful at the conclusion of their funding periods under the New...

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria Scottish Enterprise uses to assess the success or otherwise of projects funded under the New Futures Fund.

To ask the Scottish Executive how fishing vessels that fish for different species will be classified for the purposes of the days at sea regulations that allocate different number of days...

To ask the Scottish Executive what will happen if no white fish vessels have been decommissioned by 1 July 2003 under any decommissioning programme introduced and vessels have been fishing for 15...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fishing vessels are classified as (a) white fish vessels and (b) in each other category.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32545 by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 January 2003, whether it will provide a breakdown by age of the information provided on how...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to develop a centralised day or residential patient service for patients of all ages with behavioural or biomedical conditions such as...

To ask the Scottish Executive what acute specialities will be introduced on an out-patient or day-case basis at the new ambulatory care and diagnostic unit at Stobhill Hospital

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to secure the continued teaching of Slavonic languages at university level.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31036 by Dr Elaine Murray on 8 November 2002, when Historic Scotland expects year-round public access to Castle Tioram to be...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31027 by Dr Elaine Murray on 8 November 2002, how many of the 66 representations received about the future of Castle Tioram...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31031 by Dr Elaine Murray on 8 November 2002, whether consolidation work to arrest any further deterioration of Castle Tioram...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to answer to question S1W-31034 by Dr Elaine Murray on 8 November 2002, what factors Historic Scotland takes into consideration when deciding whether a...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to outlaw the use of bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless families except in emergencies, similar to those announced for England and Wales...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30691 by Dr Richard Simpson on 8 November 2002, what legal advice it received, in preparing amendments to the Extradition...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any representations have been made to it on the European Union Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA on the European arrest warrant and, if so, what...

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received concerning the protection afforded by the 110-day rule, or its equivalent, for suspects arrested under a European arrest warrant.

To ask the Scottish Executive what biomedical research into medical problems such as hyperkinetic disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia and autism it is funding and where any such research is being conducted.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much non-recurring funds have been allocated since 1996-97 to Greater Glasgow NHS Board to alleviate delayed discharge from hospital of patients resident in the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the total expenditure spent on the treatment of patients within NHS acute hospitals was spent on treating (a) in-patients, (b) day-cases and (c)...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been ready for discharge from an NHS hospital but have had their discharge delayed for reasons defined in the census date snapshots provided by...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of out-patients at each NHS acute hospital waited for over 21 weeks before seeing a consultant, broken down by speciality, in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what funds will be allocated to East Dunbartonshire Council and Greater Glasgow NHS Board in each of the next three years to alleviate delayed discharge from...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers in each division in Lothian and Borders Police are (a) due to retire and (b) expected to leave the force on medical grounds and how many...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the minimum number of police officers required per division is in (a) Edinburgh and (b) the Lothian and Borders Police area on a night shift (i) from Sunday to...

To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to attract, recruit and retain special constables.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29517 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, how many prisoner complaints were made with regard to medical treatment in prisons...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30686 by Mr Jim Wallace on 25 November 2002, what the reasons are other than the changing prison population for there being no...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, what difficulties arose in auditing compliance with Standards of Health Care for...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, whether the new standards for health care of prisoners to be completed by March...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29924 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 October 2002, whether, as part of the procurement process for prison health care services, any...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-21191, S1W-30022 and S1W-30032 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 January, 16 October and 10 October 2002 respectively, how performance...

To ask the Scottish Executive what specific benefits are expected to accrue to the Banff and Buchan parliamentary constituency as a result of its announcement on 17 December 2002 regarding...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drivers (a) were tested and (b) tested positive for drink driving in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area, showing separately...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32743 by Iain Gray on 6 January 2003, who attended the meeting of the Clyde Shipyards Task Force on 2 December 2002 and which...

To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives it is introducing in order to enhance capacity-building and self-sufficiency in communities in Paisley and improve social inclusion in such communities.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to tackle financial exclusion.

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of basic bank accounts opened since accounts were introduced and what steps it can take in conjunction with banks to encourage...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to encourage provision of low cost insurance products for those on low incomes.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to assist the textile industry.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications would be of introducing fluoride into public water supplies, with specific regard to the European Convention on Human Rights.

To ask the Scottish Executive what legal advice it has received about whether any judgements from (a) Scottish or (b) other UK courts would prevent introduction of fluoride into public water supplies.

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of inmates in young offenders institutions are prescribed Ritalin and/or other neuroleptic and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor drugs.

To ask the Presiding Officer what the total cost is of the building and facilities that are being provided for the press and media in Holyrood; whether any contribution is being made by media...