To ask the Scottish Executive how many crofters and farmers received their 2002 Suckler Cow Premium advance payments (a) in November 2002, (b) in December 2002 and (c) up to and including 20...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the reason was for delays in issuing 2002 Suckler Cow Premium advance payments to crofters and farmers, scheduled to be issued in November 2002 but received by...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence of Johne’s disease has been in cattle in those years for which figures are available.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to eradicate Johne’s disease in cattle.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25393 by Ross Finnie on 17 May 2002, what its position is on banning enriched battery cages and whether it has any plans to...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32920 by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 January 2003, whether it has any plans to collate information on the percentage of children in...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been arrested for possession of cocaine in the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cultural co-ordinators are in place in schools.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to encourage creativity in education.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing physician assistants in support of the work of GPs and improved access to primary care services.

To ask the Scottish Executive what average percentage of the costs of the employment of support staff is reimbursed to GPs in each NHS board area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is taking to address homophobic hate crimes in light of the recent announcement by the Crown Prosecution...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider reviewing the practice of self-regulation in the legal profession.

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of NHS funding has been given to each NHS board area and what percentage of NHS activity has been carried out in each board area in each of the last...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current average waiting times are for (a) an initial appointment in respect of chronic pain and (b) subsequent treatment.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the plans of Her Majesty’s Government for a university of the National Health Service.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much national lottery funding has been awarded per head of population in (a) Scotland and the (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Edinburgh, (e) East Renfrewshire and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what weight it gives to cumulative effects of multiple proposals across local authority boundaries in consideration of planning applications for wind farms.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33257 by Mr Andy Kerr on 17 January 2003, whether HM Prison Kilmarnock is not an asset held by it or any body controlled by it...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to make appointments to the remaining two places on Bòrd Gàidhlig na h-Alba; if so, when the appointments will be made, and whether...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Arts Council awarded to (a) Scotland and the (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Edinburgh, (e) East Renfrewshire and (f) East Dunbartonshire local...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the full costs were of printing, publishing and distributing the annual report of the Scottish Arts Council in each year since 1998.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of printing, publishing and distributing Scotland’s Budget Documents 2003-04, Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill for the year ending 31 March 2004 .

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the re-organisation of Scottish Water and its procurement arrangements, whether the infrastructure will be in place to meet European legislative...

To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with Her Majesty’s Government regarding securing an equitable share of the warship building contracts for the three...

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of any concerns of parents of children with special educational needs that do not wish their children to be placed in mainstream...

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has undertaken to ascertain the number of households that receive their public water supply through lead piping.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32476 by Allan Wilson on 24 December 2002, whether any measures that will be introduced as a result of the public...

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in respect of its 10-point action plan on youth crime with particular regard to spreading best practice, a nationwide application of a...

To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the Youth Court Feasibility Group, announced as part of its ten-point youth crime action plan in June 2002, will be available.