Tuesday, 21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a taxi concessionary fare for disabled users.
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with (a) the Civil Aviation Authority and (b) any other bodies about the continuing technical viability of sand runways at any airfields...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in considering the future of the licensed airfield at Traigh Mhor on Barra, it, or any bodies from which it is taking advice, have taken any account of any...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in considering the future of the licensed airfield at Traigh Mhor on Barra, it, or any bodies from which it is taking advice, have taken any account of any...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in considering the future of the licensed airfield at Traigh Mhor on Barra, it, or any bodies from which it is taking advice, have taken any account of the...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many landings and take-offs by (a) public transport, (b) air ambulance and (c) other fixed-wing traffic there were on (i) runway 07, (ii) runway 11, (iii) runway...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in considering the future of the licensed airfield at Traigh Mhor on Barra, it, or any bodies from which it is taking advice, have taken any account of the...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-14176 by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 March 2001, how much of the additional £36 million to improve services for people with...
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with the establishment of a national service network for people suffering from an autistic spectrum disorder, as recommended in The same...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Civil Service Management Code that applies to the Scottish Prison Service applies to its other agencies.
To ask the Scottish Executive how long judges sat at each of the last five sittings of the High Court in Glasgow.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence of recorded crimes is per 10,000 people in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Edinburgh, (e) the East Renfrewshire Council area and (f)...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence of serious assaults is per 10,000 people in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Edinburgh, (e) the East Renfrewshire Council area and (f)...
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households are covered by asymetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) in (a) Scotland, (b) the East Dunbartonshire Council area and (c) the East...
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of asymetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) capacity is currently taken up in (a) Scotland, (b) the East Dunbartonshire Council area and (c) the East...
To ask the Scottish Executive how drug treatment for individuals is accessed and how families affected by a person with a drug habit can access appropriate support and advice.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans are in place to carry out drugs testing at accident and emergency departments and police stations.
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the likely percentage change will be in school rolls by 2011 in (a) Scotland, (b) the East Dunbartonshire Council area and (3) the East...
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the European Convention on Human Rights has had on provisions within the law that relate to the prevention of racism in health, housing, education and...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many firearms licences were granted for the purpose of gamekeeping in each year since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Executive when the 2002 decommissioning package was announced; when the package came into force, and when the (a) first and (b) last vessel was decommissioned under the package.
To ask the Scottish Executive why the grant-in-aid allocation for educational provision to the Scottish Agricultural College is being reduced in stages from £6.552 million in 2002-03 to...
To ask the Scottish Executive what limitations will be attached to the £40.1 million allocated to Glasgow under the City Growth Fund.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much vacant and derelict land there has been in (a) Scotland, (b) the East Dunbartonshire Council area and (c) the East Renfrewshire Council area in each year...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the take-up rates were for participation in the New Deal for Young People from its inception to date in (a) Scotland, (b) the East Dunbartonshire Council area...
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans are in place to protect people and counter any terrorist threat to the transportation by rail of nuclear material to nuclear plants.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with the establishment of a Scottish Centre for Learning Disabilities, as recommended in The same as you? A review of services for people...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30033 by Mr Jim Wallace on 4 November 2002, how many prisoners have (a) been offered and (b) received immunisation for...
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions the controller of HM Prison Kilmarnock has agreed that a cell may be shared by two prisoners under section 23.4.1 of the Minute of Agreement...
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of recent incidents at HM Prison Shotts and what action it will take as a result.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there have been for interdicts under the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there have been for interdicts with power of arrest attached under the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there have been for interdicts under sections 8 to 11 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each year since 1999, broken down by...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for current and planned relocation reviews as part of the public service job relocation policy.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has communicated with local authorities and local enterprise companies to identify suitable sites for any future public service job relocations.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will prioritise public service job relocations to areas of economic and social disadvantage, given any impact that such relocations would have on the area.
To ask the Scottish Executive what specifications are being put in the tender documents for the passenger rail franchise regarding the infrastructure and renovation works at Waverley Station.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the costs of the Waverley Station upgrade will be met through the forthcoming passenger rail franchise.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make an announcement on the proposal to build a 56-megawatt wind farm at Cairn Uish in Moray.
To ask the Scottish Executive when the SCOTS roads condition survey will be published.
To ask the Scottish Executive when a decision will be made on the relocation of the Scottish Arts Council.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full costs were of printing, publishing and distributing Recording our Achievements and how many copies were printed.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full costs were of printing, publishing and distributing Building Better Cities: Delivering Growth and Opportunities and the accompanying document Next Steps .
To ask the Scottish Executive what hourly rates and what grades are applied for staff when calculating the costs of individuals working in the Health Department on projects and tasks.
To ask the Scottish Executive what hourly rates and what grades are applied for staff when calculating the costs of individuals working in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service on...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to date has been of (a) developing and (b) maintaining the Healthy Living Scotland website, inclusive of VAT.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected annual running costs are for the Healthy Living Scotland website and for how many years the website is forecast to operate.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the running costs incurred in respect of the Healthy Living Scotland website were met from (a) the existing departmental budget and, if so, from which part...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32033 by Patricia Ferguson on 18 December 2002, what legal advice it seeks regarding the boundaries of the devolved...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support the roll-out of information and communication technologies and approaches to core skill development training currently applied in social...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies there are for children's services social workers in (a) Scotland and (b) each local authority.
To ask the Scottish Executive when a decision will be made on the relocation of sportscotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it plans to give to local communities that wish to establish local community sports trusts.
To ask the Scottish Executive which of the 38 recommendations contained in the Audit Scotland report, Dealing with offending by young people , it has accepted; how it has prioritised these, and...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of placing young offenders in residential care have been in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 to date.
To ask the Scottish Executive why there is no uniformity across police forces as to what constitutes an informal or a formal warning; whether these warnings are recorded at force level, as...
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the statement in paragraph 44 of the Audit Scotland report, Dealing with offending by young people , that "data on the number of young people...
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the statement in paragraph 58 of the Audit Scotland report, Dealing with offending by young people, that "the data, as currently recorded, do...