To ask the Scottish Executive what actions local authorities are taking in respect of the provision of education for the children of asylum seekers.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32773 by Ms Margaret Curran on 7 January 2003, whether it has any plans to consult on the education provision at accommodation...

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had, and with whom, regarding children of asylum seekers being educated in Dungavel House immigration removal centre.

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations have been made to it by educational and church organisations regarding concerns about the children of asylum seekers being separated from their...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20100 by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 January 2002, when the results of the randomised controlled trial to evaluate a specialist...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to reassess present care systems and services for looked after children, in the light of the Report from the Working Group on the Throughcare and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what success it had in respect of celebrating 2002 as the year of Robert Burns and what financial or other support it made available to events held in connection...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the use of cocaine by young people has increased over the last five years and what links there are between crime and (a) cocaine and (b) crack cocaine use.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded convictions there have been for trafficking in cocaine in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what support is available to cocaine and crack cocaine addicts.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) registered addicts, (b) seizures, (c) crimes, (d) arrests, (e) convictions and (f) deaths in relation to illegal drug supply and use there have been in...

To ask the Scottish Executive why there has been a delay in informing the board of management at St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane about the level of its annual recurring grant.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for Education and Young People has any plans to visit St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane in order to meet teachers and parents...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider postponing the arrangements for transferring St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane to full local authority control until the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what guarantees it can give regarding the future funding of St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that current teacher to pupil ratios at St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane are maintained in future years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be made available to St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane for the period 6 January to 31 March 2003 and when the school’s...

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Stirling Council regarding the funding of St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane and what guidance it has provided to...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the level of spending per pupil to be provided by Stirling Council for St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane for 2003-04 is satisfactory.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32995 by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2003, which of its "areas" have issued written guidance, guidelines and official...

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been made available on the decontamination of people exposed to chemical, biological and radioactive substances.

To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives other than the central heating engineering conversion programme are being undertaken to support redundant workers at Clyde shipyards.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are employed in the construction industry under the (a) New Deal only and (b) modern apprenticeship scheme only.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) European Regional Development Fund and (b) European Social Fund funding has been (i) applied for and (ii) received by each further education college in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty’s Government with regard to funding a compensation scheme for the Scottish fishing industry.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the European Commission with regard to funding a compensation scheme for the Scottish fishing industry.

To ask the Scottish Executive what sources of funding are available to fishing communities from the commission; what discussions it has had with the European Commission in respect of each such...

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made for public accountability when further education colleges amalgamate.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is its policy that senior posts in new college structures following amalgamation of further education colleges should be the subject of open advertisement.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31744 by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 November 2002, how the mortality rates per 100,000 population from coronary heart disease in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to address hospital accommodation for doctors, in the light of the recent Hospital Doctor survey reporting that 76% of doctors believe...

To ask the Scottish Executive why there is a difference in approach to the breaching of a bail condition, which is automatically a matter for the courts, and the breaching of an electronic...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether issues of equal pay for work of equal value in the NHS have been fully addressed in Agenda for Change – Modernising the NHS Pay System .

To ask the Scottish Executive what alterations were made to pay structures in the NHS as a result of its action under Agenda for Change – Modernising the NHS Pay System .

To ask the Scottish Executive how many services in the Grampian NHS Board area have been transferred from local hospitals to centralised services in Aberdeen or Inverness; what reduction in...

To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS staff members have been called up in anticipation of military action against Iraq, broken down by NHS board area and profession.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to address any impact on service provision in the NHS of the call-up of reservists in anticipation of military action against Iraq.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32813 by Iain Gray on 17 January 2003, on what dates its study of rail links to Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, the Clyde...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action will be taken to improve the school estate.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether thimerosal in vaccines can damage the nervous system, kidneys, joints and general development of children.

To ask the Scottish Executive what awards under the Strategic Waste Fund have been made to each local authority since the fund was established.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has reached any decisions on the legislative framework for the water industry needed to address the possibility of competition on the public water and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is currently being taken by Scottish Water to reduce the level of lead content in water supplies.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any areas are free of lead pipes or lead solder on pipes in the domestic water supply system.