To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32390 by Lewis Macdonald on 18 December 2002, what appropriate agencies and airport operators are working with it in...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32390 by Lewis Macdonald on 18 December 2002, whether any of the discussions with airlines were with British Airways or...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many journeys were undertaken in 2002 by ambulances transferring patients from the Garrick Hospital in Stranraer to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been removed from dentists’ lists as a result of the 15-month NHS registration period in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS...

To ask the Scottish Executive how the £24 million recently allocated to extend access to broadband services will be spent, broken down by (a) project and (b) parliamentary constituency.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost will be of the proposed advertising campaign for the Scottish Parliament and local government elections in May 2003.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many vessels are entitled to fish in the Scottish zone and whether it will give a breakdown of such vessels registered (a) in and (b) outwith Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action was agreed at the recent EU Fisheries Council meeting regarding the sand eel fishery in the North Sea.

To ask the Scottish Executive why introduction of the new GP contract has been delayed until 21 February 2003 and when the contract will be fully implemented.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that NHS trusts implement Partnership Information Network guidelines and what penalties will be faced by trusts that fail to implement...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-6086 by Mr Frank McAveety on 12 December 2002, what consideration it has given to adopting a policy in Scotland similar to...

To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have health improvement officers.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether £27 million was made available to fund implementation of Part 1 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, as referred to by Mr Jack McConnell in his answer to...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the reconviction rates have been for offenders (a) discharged from custody and (b) given non-custodial sentences in each year since 1996.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been in each of the last three years for an offence where an aggravation of homophobic malice has been (a) alleged and (b) proven.

To ask the Scottish Executive what work is currently being undertaken to develop the proposed Scottish Outdoor Access Code, defined in the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill; which organisations are...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it plans to take to encourage farmers to replace the export to Europe of live animals with the export of meat and carcasses.

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to index-link the mental illness specific grant for 2003-04 and future financial years.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the review by the Standing Committee on Resource Allocation of the formula for the allocation of NHS board funding will be complete; what consultations it has...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on independent management consultants in the Grampian NHS Board area in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

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

To ask the Scottish Executive what role the Minister for the Environment and Rural Development will play in the consideration of the planning application to build a 60-turbine wind power station...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to consider the planning application to build a 60-turbine wind power station at Robin Rigg in the Solway Firth and what consultation process will be...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider holding a public inquiry on the proposed location of the Robin Rigg development, given the opposition of Dumfries and Galloway Council and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the population density per square kilometre is in (a) Scotland, (b) the East Dunbartonshire Council area and (c) the East Renfrewshire Council area.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31082 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002, when it will publish its contracts for the provision of education services in prisons.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people imprisoned for default of a fine in each of the last five years were unemployed, broken down by offence, age and sex.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people imprisoned other than for default of a fine in each of the last five years were unemployed, broken down by offence, age and sex.

To ask the Scottish Executive what role rail services will play in the provision of rural transport, in the light of paragraphs 2-9 in section B of the report by the Scottish National Rural...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £40.1 million allocated to Glasgow under the City Growth Fund will be made available in the first year of the fund.

To ask the Scottish Executive which towns and cities have benefited, or are benefiting, from the URBAN I and II programmes and from urban pilot projects.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has, in the light of its cities review, to promote the Urbact programme under the URBAN II initiative in towns and cities.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to appoint an official to the monitoring committee for the Urbact programme under the URBAN II initiative and, if not, how it will ensure that towns...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27299 by Lewis Macdonald on 5 August 2002, what measures it has taken to promote Energy Saving Trust grants for the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected annual running costs are of the Care in Scotland website and for how many years the website is forecast to operate.

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities will be included in the Inclusive Learning Network for children with special educational needs announced by the Minister for Education and...

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Inclusive Learning Network for children with special educational needs announced by the Minister for Education and Young People on 14 January 2003 will be...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for early retirement from teaching on health grounds have been made in each year since 1 September 1997 and how many of these have been successful.

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households has access to one or more cars in (a) Scotland and the (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Edinburgh, (e) East Renfrewshire and (f) East...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the traffic density has been on major roads in (a) Scotland and the (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Edinburgh, (e) East Renfrewshire and (f) East Dunbartonshire...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the available figures are on the projected growth in road traffic from 2001 in (a) Scotland and the (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Edinburgh, (e) East...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the available figures are on the projected road traffic growth from 2001, assuming local Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 targets are achieved, in (a) Scotland...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether pregnant women are advised of any risks from flu vaccines containing thimerosal.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W- 31190 by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 November 2002, when thimerosal will be eradicated from all vaccines in Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31190 by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 November 2002, why four out of seven flu vaccines currently available on the NHS contain...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to withdraw infant vaccines that contain mercury in the light of the recent report by the UK medicines information service and what the reasons are...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the allocations to local authorities for the storage, transportation and disposal of disused fridges and freezers in the light of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has conducted into the effect on public health of the supply of water through lead piping.

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to taking part in any pilot schemes in association with Scottish Water and Glasgow City Council to ascertain the number of households...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the statement in paragraph 81 of the Audit Scotland report, Dealing with offending by young people, that some children’s panel members...