Scottish Parliament Written answers

Thursday, 30 January 2003

  • Agriculture

    To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the farm income figures for 2002.

  • Digital Technology

    To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are used to decide who the selected bidders will be as referred to in section 4 of Connecting Scotland: our broadband future; Making it Happen .

  • Digital Technology

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether the final contracts for the pathfinder procurement process referred to in section 4 of Connecting Scotland: our broadband future: Making it Happen will be...

  • Digital Technology

    To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are in place to ensure the continued administration of the South of Scotland Pathfinder project when the posts of project manager and assistant fall...

  • Education

    To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve parental involvement in education.

  • Energy Efficiency

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses have received funding under the Loan Action Scotland scheme since April 2002 and how many of these were small businesses with less than 50 employees.

  • Energy Efficiency

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been any change in the criteria for receiving a loan under the Loan Action Scotland scheme since the scheme was established.

  • Equal Opportunities

    To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to advocate sexual equality in the workplace in relation to terms and conditions of employment, particularly in relation to pay and...

  • Football

    To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that the funding that was set aside for the European Football Championships in 2008 is used to develop youth football.

  • Health

    To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in respect of any discrimination by insurance companies and other agencies against pregnant women routinely tested for HIV in the Greater...

  • Health

    To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have well-being alliances.

  • Health

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether the number of whole-time equivalent consultant rheumatologists per head of population is in line with the recommended level set by its Health Department, the...

  • Health

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS has any contractual relationships with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and, if so, what services the advisory service provides.

  • Health

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it or the NHS is in discussions with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service on the advisory service providing new or additional services.

  • Health

    To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to issue guidance on the roles and responsibilities of incident control teams.

  • Higher Education

    To ask the First Minister what impact the changes to Her Majesty’s Government’s funding policy for higher education in the rest of the UK will have on the Scottish budget.

  • Holocaust Memorial Day

    To ask the Scottish Executive how it is marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2003.

  • Justice

    To ask the Scottish Executive what action its Justice Department is taking to tackle homophobic hate crime.

  • Justice

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether the law officers have reviewed prosecution policy for causing death by dangerous driving and, if so, what the results are of the review.

  • Land Reform (Scotland) Bill

    To ask the First Minister what resources will be available to support communities buying their own land under the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.

  • Libraries

    To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to widen access to libraries.

  • Local Government

    To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to further reform of local government.

  • NHS Funding

    To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received from Grampian NHS Board in respect of the Arbuthnott formula.

  • Nitrate Vulnerable Zones

    To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made regarding the introduction of action programmes for farmers in nitrate vulnerable zones.

  • Public Appointments

    To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the appointment of active members of the Labour Party to the boards of public bodies.

  • Public Transport

    To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) has been committed in each of the last three years and (b) is projected to be committed in future years on transport improvements for the regions as...

  • Rail Network

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the re-opening of railway stations on existing lines and what criteria it sets before giving support.

  • Rail Network

    To ask the Scottish Executive what impact re-opening the railway line between Airdrie and Bathgate will have on rail services in Edinburgh.

  • Regional Selective Assistance

    To ask the Scottish Executive how businesses will benefit from recent Regional Selective Assistance grant offers.

  • Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000

    To ask the Scottish Executive when it will issue final codes of practice on covert surveillance and covert human intelligence sources under section 24 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers...

  • Scottish Arts Council

    To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next meet representatives of the Scottish Arts Council and what issues will be discussed.

  • Scottish Executive Publications

    To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of printing, publishing and distributing Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland: 2000-2001 .

  • Scottish Water

    To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Scottish Water about the maintenance of the public water supply.

  • Security Industry

    To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in developing proposals to regulate the private security industry.

  • Social Work

    To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to address the current shortage of social workers in children’s services.

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