To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31889 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 December 2002, at what peak times the cardiac response unit (CRU) operates.

To ask the Scottish Executive what evaluation has been carried out into the effectiveness of anti-social behaviour policies across Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many households in the East Dunbartonshire Council area are being provided with personal computers and access to the internet under the Better Neighbourhood...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28387 by Mr Andy Kerr on 10 September 2002, who delegated to the Permanent Secretary and his colleagues the responsibility to...

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources will be made available to local authorities for the local bus travel concessionary fares scheme from April 2003 for extension of the scheme...

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEfm075/2002 on 28 October 2002, how its relocation policy review will be implemented.

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been made available for drug-specific treatment services for users resident in the East Dunbartonshire Council area in each year since 1996.

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding for drug-specific education and rehabilitation has been allocated to East Dunbartonshire Council for the period 2001-02 to 2003-04.

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding for drug-related work with young people and families has been allocated to East Dunbartonshire Council for the period 2001-02 to 2003-04.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated (a) to and (b) by each NHS board for schemes to tackle (i) alcohol and (ii) drug misuse in (1) the current year and (2) each of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what role is envisaged for artists and performers in fostering creativity within education.

To ask the Scottish Executive what cross-cutting policy development is taking place to foster creativity in young people.

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils in each local authority area did not attain Level A within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 4 for (a) reading, (b) writing...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils in each local authority area did not attain Level B within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 6 for (a) reading, (b) writing...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils in each local authority area did not attain Level C within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 7 for (a) reading, (b) writing...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils in each local authority area did not attain Level D within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of secondary 2 for (a) reading, (b)...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of all guidance, guidelines and official circulars initiated by it and the former Scottish Office that are still operational in respect...

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it provides (a) to Capability Scotland and (b) towards the costs of schools such as Westerlea School in Edinburgh.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32289 by Allan Wilson on 18 December 2002, what action it plans to take following the European Commission’s decision in...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed accession of 10 new member states to the European Union in 2004 and whether this...

To ask the Scottish Executive what expenditure it incurred as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, broken down by department showing the type of expenditure incurred and including any...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30229 by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 October 2002, whether it will set out what the specific benefits of liberalisation under the...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30235 by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 October 2002, what adverse effects on trade in services in health need to be reduced or...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the provision has been of NHS hospital-based or community-based chiropody services for older people in the East Dunbartonshire Council area in each year since 1996.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to reconfigure coronary care services at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32523 by Dr Elaine Murray on 13 January 2003, what its definition of transparency is in relation to answers to parliamentary...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) average net annual income and (b) growth rates in such income have been in the East Dunbartonshire Council area in each year from 1995.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many women under the age of 21 received (a) a custodial sentence, (b) a community penalty, (c) a monetary penalty and (d) any other penalty in (i) 1999-2000,...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to lay before the Parliament the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, defined in the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.

To ask the Scottish Executive what NHS trusts have a policy of removing patients from waiting lists after a certain period of time if the patient does not write to confirm that they wish to...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average out-patient waiting time has been in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Lothian and Borders Police officers in the City of Edinburgh area have had less than (a) one year’s service and (b) two years’ service in each...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been (a) sought and (b) made available under the (i) public transport, (ii) integrated transport or (iii) rural transport funds to support projects in...

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent recycling compliance schemes have been successful in meeting waste packaging targets.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any recycling compliance schemes did not meet waste packaging targets in each year since 1999 and, if so, what action was taken in respect of such schemes.

To ask the Scottish Executive what direct subsidy would be payable to the developers if the 60-turbine wind power station proposed at Robin Rigg in the Solway Firth was approved.

To ask the Scottish Executive what annual average subsidy would be payable by electricity consumers for the electricity generated if the 60-turbine wind power station being proposed for Robin...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has responded to the correspondence sent to it in August 2002 by Stirling Council regarding re-regulation of the bus industry; if not, when it expects to...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to date has been of (a) developing and (b) maintaining the Care in Scotland website, inclusive of VAT.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the running costs incurred in respect of the Care in Scotland website are met from (a) the existing departmental budget and, if so, from what part of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) successful hits, (b) page impressions and (c) visits or user sessions the Care in Scotland website has had in each month since the site went live.

To ask the Scottish Executive who provided the funds to develop the Traveline Scotland website and who will provide the funds to maintain the site.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it took to promote Scotland in the light of the world-wide coverage of the Hogmanay festivities and what TV advertising regarding Scotland as a holiday...

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in the replacement of lead piping joining domestic premises to the public water supply.

To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it is providing to assist the replacement of lead piping joining domestic premises to the public water supply.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the definition of a persistent young offender in National Standards for Scotland’s Youth Justice Services supersedes the definition contained in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the statement in paragraph 163 of the Audit Scotland report, Dealing with offending by young people , that "there is no national information...

To ask the Scottish Executive what data it has on the number of young people in residential and secure units and young offenders institutions that have mental health difficulties and on the...

To ask the Scottish Executive in the light of the statement in paragraph 190 of the Audit Scotland report, Dealing with offending by young people , that "information about the progress of young...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the statement in paragraph 203 of the Audit Scotland report, Dealing with offending by young people , that "local authorities complain that...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the statement in paragraph 204 of the Audit Scotland report, Dealing with offending by young people , that, because the costs of custody in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to recruit retired staff, sessional staff and train other professionals to deal with young people who offend, in the light of the finding in...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its new national youth justice standards, as referred to by the Minister for Education and Young People on 5 December 2002 in its press release...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has responded formally to the Audit Scotland report, Dealing with offending by young people , and, if so, whether it will make copies of its response...