To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the use of single crewed ambulances deployed on the instructions of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Scottish Ambulance Service to ensure that ambulances are appropriately staffed.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the funding allocation for the Scottish Ambulance Service was in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4566 by Ross Finnie on 11 December 2003, what progress has been made regarding a European prohibition on the commercial...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting times are for audiology appointments in each NHS board area.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds are occupied by long-stay patients who are fit to move into a nursing or residential home, broken down by NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the social work expenditure on care of the elderly was in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority and expressed also per head of population.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time has been between application, approval and installation of central heating by Eaga Partnership Ltd under the central heating installation...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any notification from, or had discussions with, Her Majesty’s Government regarding any likely reduction in civil service jobs based in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what activities are being planned to deliver equivalent outcomes to the climate change communications strategy being developed by the Department for Environment,...

To ask the Scottish Executive what 10 factors contribute most to CO 2 emissions in Scotland, listed in descending order.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend the provision of community wardens.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure provision of permanent community warden services.

To ask the Scottish Executive what input it has had into the draft EU drugs strategy that the Dutch presidency of the European Union expects to present shortly.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of Tackling Drugs Misuse, the £3 million project announced by the Minister for Communities on 5 February 2004, was allocated to North Ayrshire.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school classes have 25 or more pupils, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current level of unemployment is, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to consult the public as part of its review of the Scottish climate change programme.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-464 by Ross Finnie on 10 June 2003, what stage the development of performance indicators under the Keep Scotland Beautiful...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33327 by Ross Finnie on 31 January 2003, how the £3 million for local anti-litter initiatives was allocated, broken down...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget for its Environment and Rural Affairs Department was in each of the last five years, broken down by issue and detailing year on year percentage...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed in the environment sections of the Environment and Rural Affairs Department in each of the last three years, broken down by responsibility.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, during its recent negotiations with the European Union it has, either directly or through Her Majesty’s Government, secured any new measures that will...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed in the fisheries section of the Environment and Rural Affairs Department in each of the last three years, broken down by responsibility.

To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement it will have in next year's G8 Summit.

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in ensuring that NHS boards and local authorities have local professionals trained to look for early signs of dementia, as recommended in...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether all NHS boards will meet the target of closing all remaining long-stay hospitals for people with learning disabilities by 2005 as set out in The same as you?...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with learning disabilities currently reside in long-stay hospitals.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards now have appropriate community services for assessment and treatment of people with learning disabilities, as recommended in The same as you? A...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of children with decayed, missing or filled teeth at age 12 was (DMFT-12 index) in each year since 1999, calculated on the same basis as the World...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were admitted to hospital suffering from hypothermia in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) NHS board area.

To ask the Scottish Executive when its review of drug treatment services will be published.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost has been of homes built by Communities Scotland, and its predecessor organisation, in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households was living in property that was below tolerable standard in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many affordable homes are currently required and how many are planned to be built in the next five years, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many single surveys have been carried out in each pilot scheme area.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many single surveys would have to be carried out to be considered as sufficient information to reach conclusions on recommendations from the pilot scheme project.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the pilot scheme for single surveys will be completed.

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made to ensure continued funding for the Supporting People initiative beyond 2004-05.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with local authorities in respect of arrangements for the Supporting People initiative beyond 2004-05.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) applications were received, (b) persons were interviewed and (c) appointments were made by the Judicial Appointments Committee on each of the last two...

To ask the Scottish Executive what instructions are given to officials regarding the sifting of applications for judicial appointments prior to these applications being submitted to the Judicial...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered cattle remain to be disposed of as a result of BSE regulations and where such rendered cattle are stored.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the findings were of the review conducted by the Scottish Children’s Reporters Administration (SCRA) into Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy and what...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Minister for Environment and Rural Development has met his counterpart from Her Majesty’s Government, detailing the date and subject matter...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staffed (a) day care and (b) day surgery beds there have been in each NHS board in each year since 1998 and what the turnover of patients per bed has been.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much, and by what percentage, each NHS board budget increased (a) in total and (b) per capita and what the average increase was in each board in each year from...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the year-on-year increase in the recruitment of (a) consultants, (b) doctors and (c) nurses has been in the NHS in each year since 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the year-on-year increase in the recruitment of (a) consultants, (b) doctors and (c) nurses in the NHS will be over the next five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to replicate the decision of the Department of Health to reduce the regulation of entry into NHS pharmacy contracts.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9973 by Cathy Jamieson on 9 September 2004, what percentage of the total number of police stations each figure represents.

To ask the Scottish Executive how often baton rounds have been utilised in Scotland; in what circumstances they were utilised, and by which police forces.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police forces have access to baton rounds.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police forces have been trained in the use of baton rounds.

To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been commissioned into the number of people with learning disabilities in prison or in secure accommodation and what arrangements are in place to...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a policy on (a) training for its senior staff and (b) guidance for staff of non-departmental public bodies and Executive agencies and whether it has...

To ask the Scottish Executive what improvements to on-board facilities it has secured for rail services between (a) Edinburgh and Glasgow and (b) Aberdeen and Inverness under the ScotRail franchise.

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support is available to local authorities to regenerate town centres.

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures have been taken to promote marine sources of energy production and what future plans there are for such measures.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of expenditure by research institutions was on the development of clean technologies in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it carried out with local businesses in Kincardine prior to roadworks being carried out on the A977 that have affected access for car drivers and...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review, and seek to improve, its consultation procedures prior to the commencement of roadworks, in light of any recent difficulties experienced by...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will put in place new signposts giving car drivers in the vicinity of Kincardine clear and specific directions on how to access the village centre,...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will carry out an assessment of the impact of on-going roadworks on the A977 on businesses in Kincardine.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-10105 by Nicol Stephen on 13 September 2004, what role Argyll and Bute Council plays in relation to current work being...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7484 by Ross Finnie on 7 May 2004, whether the comprehensive guidance for rural communities across Scotland on developing...

To ask the Scottish Executive which Scottish universities ran degree programmes in chemistry in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it places on degree-qualified chemists.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it has employed with a registered disability in each year since 1999, broken down by grade and expressed also as a percentage of total staff numbers.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many appeals were received from the recent diet of Scottish Qualifications Authority examinations and, of these, how many were successful, broken down by local...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in the context of its responsibility for social inclusion, it has had any discussions with Her Majesty’s Government to ensure that all homes in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on the implementation of the McCrone agreement.

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to BT regarding BT’s proposals to close public telephone boxes.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Irish visitors to the United Kingdom visited Scotland in the most recent year for which data is available, expressed also as a percentage of the total...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many visitors from the European Union’s accession states to the United Kingdom have visited Scotland in each of the last two years, expressed also as a...

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support (a) it and (b) its agencies provided to voluntary organisations in each of the last five years (i) in total and (ii) broken down by organisation.

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) household, (b) commercial and (c) total waste was recycled by each local authority in each of the last three years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the use of snares; whether it will introduce legislation to ban the use of snares, and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a national PASS-accredited proof-of-age card, as recommended by the Scottish Retail Consortium and the Union of Shop,...