To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding has been provided to drug and alcohol action teams in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many child care workers are male, expressed also as a percentage of the total child care workforce.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the benefits would be of increasing the number and percentage of male child care workers and what proposals it has for such increases.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16516 by Mr Tom McCabe on 23 May 2005, why Perth qualified for funds from the Scottish Safe City Centres Initiative but not...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total income has been from council tax in each year since 1993.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the rise in an average band D property council tax bill has been since 1993.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11501 by Mr Jim Wallace on 30 January 2001, what percentage of (a) recorded crime was committed and (b) the population lived...

To ask the Scottish Executive what targets are in place at a national level for cycling (a) to work and (b) in respect of all journeys and what progress has been made in achieving these.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16265 by Allan Wilson on 9 May 2005, what information it has on which Scottish organisations or individuals were consulted by...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents involving domestic gas supplies or appliances occurred in each of the last five years and how many personal injuries and deaths were reported in...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16264 by Allan Wilson on 9 May 2005 and in light of the statements from SNIPEF and other CORGI Council members that there was...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of private sector jobs are in micro businesses and what percentage of (a) absolute GDP and (b) private sector output is contributed by such businesses.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many awards have been made, and of what value, in respect of the (a) Small Company Innovation Support, (b) R & D Plus, (c) R & D Tax Credits, (d) EC...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to develop and implement a national strategy for interpretation and translation services in the public sector for minority ethnic communities, in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what strategy is being undertaken to progress Scotland to the status of Fair Trade Nation.

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of additional financial resources will be made available to Central Scotland Police to enable it to address issues arising from the G8 summit.

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to detect the presence of illegal genetically modified organisms in grain imported into Scotland and how successful any such measures have...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many empty local authority houses there are in each local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average sentence was for criminals convicted of accessing and downloading child pornography on the internet in each of the last six years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what specific action it is taking through encouraging participation in lifelong learning to raise the personal aspirations of the people of Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the Improvement Service and how much financial support it will receive in 2005-06.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients currently residing at the State Hospital, Carstairs, have been assessed as requiring a less secure environment.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-3695 by Susan Deacon on 4 February 2000, how many people have died as a result of (a) road traffic accidents, (b) using Class...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total income has been from non-domestic rates in each year since 1993.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints have been made against each police force in each of the last three years and how many of these complaints were upheld.

To ask the Scottish Executive why on-time delivery of prisoners to court fell from 98% in July 2004 to 85% in December 2004 and what action it intends to take to address this.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15618 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005, how often the Scottish Prison Service checks to confirm that Premier Prison Services...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15431 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005, whether it will provide the (a) date, (b) cost and (c) specific reason for each...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-33992, S2W-16103, S2W-16477 and S2W-16486 by Mr Jim Wallace and Cathy Jamieson on 26 February 2003, 4 May, 24 May and 23 May...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15432 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005, whether the new prison at Low Moss will be provided and managed by the private...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16642 by Cathy Jamieson on 31 May 2005, which part of Schedule D of the contract with Premier Prison Services provides details...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the actual relative cost savings per prisoner have been for privately operated prisons in comparison with publicly operated prisons in Scotland for each of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16508 by Cathy Jamieson on 26 May 2005, whether it will make available to the Parliament the overview from the Scottish Prison...

To ask the Scottish Executive what standards it requires from Reliance when escorting prisoners to hospital appointments, investigations and treatments.

To ask the Scottish Executive what specific action it is taking through enterprise education in schools to raise the personal aspirations of the people of Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the responsibilities in respect of the collection of statistical data about Scotland are (a) reserved or (b) devolved matters.

To ask the Scottish Executive what statistical (a) data it collects about Scotland and (b) analyses it conducts, broken down by department.

To ask the Scottish Executive what external agencies collect or provide statistical data to it, broken down by agency and information provided.

To ask the Scottish Executive what data provided by the Office for National Statistics, or derived from information provided by the Office for National Statistics, the Executive uses for its own...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a list of the statistical data that it produces (a) in accordance and (b) not in accordance with Eurostat principles, as set out by Council...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a list of the statistical data that it produces on behalf of, or submits to, (a) Eurostat and (b) the Office for National Statistics.

To ask the Scottish Executive which of the statistical data it produces are directly comparable with figures produced by (a) the Office for National Statistics (ONS), (b) the UK Government, (c)...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to develop an independent statistics agency for Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a list of the statistical data that is published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) but compiled from data produced entirely by the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time is for a graduate to repay their student loan.