Friday, 7 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-social behaviour orders (ASBO) have been granted, broken down by local authority.
To ask the Scottish Executive how the effectiveness of anti-social behaviour legislation on anti-social neighbours is being monitored.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have applied to the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund (BNSF) for funding for schemes to combat anti-social behaviour.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) have been issued in the (a) Argyll and Bute Council area, (b) West Dunbartonshire Council area and (c) Dumbarton...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the existing rules are, including length of advance notice required, for the consideration of an application for a child witness to give evidence in court by...
To ask the Scottish Executive what legislative provisions it has introduced to tackle anti-social neighbours since May 1999 and what the impact of each such provision has been.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans are being made to increase carers’ access to all preventative screening services, such as dental services and eye tests.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) households and (b) pensioners’ homes in the Midlothian Council area are estimated to be eligible for free central heating under its Central...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) households and (b) pensioners’ homes in each postcode area that covers the Midlothian Council area (i) benefited in 2001-02 and (ii) are expected...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners or households in the postcode areas that cover the Midlothian Council area have benefited from the (a) Warm Deal Scheme and (b) Central Heating...
To ask the Scottish Executive why a 96-year-old resident in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency, whose home has two 40-year-old storage heaters, in the living room and hallway, that were...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency have been (a) refused and (b) provided with heating systems under its Central Heating Installation...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency have been (a) refused and (b) provided with heating systems under its Central Heating Installation...
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received about why the United Kingdom entry in the listing of national websites in the European Culture Portal in the European...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scotland is represented in the European Commission’s Culture 2000 programme and what projects have (a) been supported by and (b) received funds from...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend NHS policy whereby adult patients that have not visited their dentist for a period of more than 15 months can be removed from the dental...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children are estimated to have parents that misuse drugs in each local authority area.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs have been (a) created and (b) lost in the Highlands and Islands in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000, (iii) 2001 and (iv) 2002.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure the future of the Ardtoe Sea Fish Aquaculture Research Facility.
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it has provided to Reid Kerr College in each year since 1996-97 and how many students have attended the college in each year.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34021 by Iain Gray on 24 February 2003, how many claims for monies owed under the individual learning account scheme have now...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34021 by Iain Gray on 24 February 2003, how many claims for monies owed under the individual learning account scheme are still...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34019 by Iain Gray on 24 February 2003, whether the estimate that individual learning account fraud occurred in around 3% of...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any minister or official attended the meeting of sports ministers in Brussels on 24 and 25 February 2003 to discuss education, youth and culture policies...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers are deployed in the Midlothian Council area.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers assigned to East Lothian and Midlothian division of Lothian and Borders Police have been deployed in the City of Edinburgh division area in...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio is of pupils to teachers in the pre-school sector.
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of competition rules relating to possible passenger rail franchises and, in particular, whether there have been any developments...
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of concern would trigger an inquiry under section 65(1)(a) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 into the operation of the Scottish Commission for...
To ask the Scottish Executive how often meetings are held between it and the Chief Executive of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care; what directions or guidance it gives to the...
To ask the Scottish Executive what rights under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 parties to a complaint under investigation by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care...
To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement it has in appointments to committees of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care; what advice it seeks from support service providers to...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take action to improve motorway links at Larbert.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of printing, publishing and distributing Scottish Economic Report: February 2003 .
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets and timescales it has set for reducing the number of pensioners on low incomes and for the elimination of pensioner poverty.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners live in areas classified as suffering from multiple deprivation.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the operation of Social Inclusion Partnerships.
To ask the Scottish Executive how the operation of Social Inclusion Partnerships is regulated
To ask the Scottish Executive who currently serves on the boards of Social Inclusion Partnerships in Glasgow.
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been awarded to each Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) in Glasgow in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to standardising terms and conditions for grants awarded under Social Inclusion Partnership projects
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in response to the finding in the Accounts Commission’s Overview of the 2001/02 local authority audits that "if Scotland’s...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it would give full indemnity to Scottish Water against any legal actions arising from fluoridation of the water supply.