To ask the Scottish Executive what funded initiatives to tackle anti-social behaviour it has announced since 1999; how much funding has been provided to each (a) local authority and (b)...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have been granted anti-social behaviour orders (ABSOs).

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have applied to the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund (BNSF) and which such authorities were successful in respect of what projects.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the review of the legislation governing burial and cremation that it announced on 19 July 2002 is expected.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £250 million for free personal and nursing care was allocated to Midlothian Council area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that resources allocated to support carers are tracked and result in changes for the better in carers' lives.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is directing all NHS departments to audit service provision in order to ensure that it is accessible to carers.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that all service planning and provision incorporates access to respite and transport services for carers.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is promoting carer- and family-friendly policies (a) in its own practices and (b) amongst employers.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is promoting the recognition of carers’ issues in national and local transport strategies.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that the new duties on the NHS and local authorities to inform carers of their rights under the Community Care and Health...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to fully implement and monitor best practice on patient discharge from hospitals to carers at home.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many community safety partnerships there are in the Midlothian area and when each such partnership was established.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage uptake is for concessionary travel entitlements within the eligible pensioner population nationally and in each local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what each local authority’s council tax levels have been in each year since 1997, showing any year-on-year percentage increases and the overall increase...

To ask the Scottish Executive what targets have been agreed in respect of target 1 for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Building a Better Scotland – Spending Proposals...

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Arts Council’s Youth Music Audit will be published.

To ask the Scottish Executive what further action it intends to take to promote science in schools.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-5727 by Iain Gray on 10 October 2002, what action it is taking to retain quality, high-skill call centre enterprises, in the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of housing stock in (a) Scotland and (b) the East Dunbartonshire Council area is rated under the National Home Energy Ratings as (i) poor, (ii)...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the levels were of climate change gases emitted in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001 and (d) 2002.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to projects relating to hepatitis C in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board area and expressed per (a) patient and (b)...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase the proportion of students in higher education (HE) that are from under-represented and disadvantaged groups and areas in the...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it regards Bute, Muck, Eigg and Skye as islands.

To ask the Scottish Executive who was involved in drawing up the proposals to introduce a block fee structure for civil legal aid; what consultation was carried out regarding the proposals, and...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce a performance indicator to measure police success in tackling all hate crime.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many free places are available in local authority-run nursery schools for three- and four-year-old children and what shortfall in places is estimated compared...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average ratio of qualified nursery teachers to children is in pre-school centres run by (a) local authorities and (b) the private sector.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified nursery teachers have worked in pre-school education in each year since 1995.

To ask the Scottish Executive who is liable for any injury occurring to staff sent from other Scottish Prison Service establishments to HM Prison Kilmarnock to deal with any concerted...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new miles of rail track have been laid since May 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33187 by Iain Gray on 15 January 2003, what consideration the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) is giving to the proposed Borders...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure the full implementation of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 and, in particular, of the national care standards.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the specifications in the trunk road maintenance contract with BEAR Scotland in the north east were adequate to anticipate the current weather conditions and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it will give to the Association of Scottish Community Councils in each of the next three financial years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the administrative costs were of each Social Inclusion Partnership in 2001-02.

To ask the Scottish Executive which Social Inclusion Partnerships (a) underspent and (b) overspent their budgets in 2001-02 and by how much in each case.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the current student support regulations on funding periods of overseas study undertaken as part of a degree course by Scottish...