Wednesday, 29 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils have been caught bringing alcohol into school in each local authority area in the last year.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15924 by Shona Robison on 5 September 2008, how many of the air ambulance flights from Orkney were code red call outs, broken...
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to reduce delays in the Warm Deal programme.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16025 by Fergus Ewing on 2 October 2008, whether it will release the minute that confirms the First Minister’s approval...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16022 by Fergus Ewing on 2 October 2008, whether it will list the individuals who were originally involved in the IslamFest...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16022 by Fergus Ewing on 2 October 2008, how individuals were invited to be involved in the IslamFest proposal.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it received written confirmation of the establishment of the Scottish Islamic Foundation.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16022 by Fergus Ewing on 2 October 2008, why partner organisations were not invited to be involved in the establishment of a...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-16024 and S3W-16025 by Fergus Ewing on 2 October 2008, whether it considers that the First Minister routinely having sight...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15009 by Fergus Ewing on 3 September 2008, whether any minister or official has met with Mohammad Sawalha, President of the...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15009 by Fergus Ewing on 14 July 2008, what the purpose was of the meeting between the Minister of Europe, External Affairs...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15009 by Fergus Ewing on 14 July 2008, whether IslamFest, to be organised by the Scottish Islamic Foundation, will be modelled...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister of Europe, External Affairs and Culture was invited to IslamExpo in July 2008.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister of Europe, External Affairs and Culture attended IslamExpo in July 2008; whether she asked another minister to attend in her absence, and...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16055 by Fergus Ewing on 2 October 2008, how many of the projects referred to in the answer were funded through the Race,...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16055 by Fergus Ewing on 2 October 2008, how much funding it has awarded in each year between April 2008 and March 2011 to (a)...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to tackle Islamophobia.
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes there have been in relation to the concessionary travel pass since 2006.
To ask the Scottish Executive what direct funding was provided to Jordanhill School in Glasgow in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to Jordanhill School in Glasgow with regard to its admissions policy.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will discuss with Glasgow City Council the possibility of bringing Jordanhill School into the control of its education department.
To ask the Scottish Executive what surveillance of pupil injuries is carried out by schools.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual cost is of educating a pupil in a mainstream school.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual cost is of educating a pupil with additional support needs in a mainstream school.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the present estimate is of peak electricity demand in Scotland that is being planned for in (a) five and (b) 10 years’ time.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to increase funding to local authorities for the employment of environmental health officers.
To ask the Scottish Executive what has been done to promote Homecoming Scotland 2009 in the United States of America.
To ask the Scottish Executive what has been done to promote Homecoming Scotland 2009 in Australia.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many indicators in single outcome agreements specifically refer to the needs of homeless applicants requiring support because of an alcohol dependency, broken...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will agree to Fife Council’s proposals to reduce the number of homes planned to be built in Fife by 4,270.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether individual learning accounts are available for 16 to 18-year-olds.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the provision of residential units for ex-offenders.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the residential unit at St Fitticks House in Aberdeen provides a useful model for assisting in the rehabilitation of ex-offenders.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has assessed or plans to assess the effectiveness of residential units in assisting in the rehabilitation of ex-offenders.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that adequate equipment, software and training are in place to facilitate the speedy and efficient sharing of CCTV footage between police and...
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will encourage betting shops and other organisations whose staff face the risk of assault to put in place adequate equipment, software and training to...
To ask the Scottish Executive what its total expenditure was on medical research in each of the last five years and what information it has on how this compares with the UK Government’s...
To ask the Scottish Executive what its total expenditure was on medical research in the field of neurosciences and mental health in each of the last five years and what information it has on how...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total expenditure was on medical research into the causes and methods of diagnosis or treatment of (a) autism or Asperger’s syndrome, (b) dyspraxia or...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many indicators in single outcome agreements specifically refer to the needs of homeless applicants requiring support because of a mental health issue, broken...
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth will reply to my letter dated 7 August 2008 relating to procurement.
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people identified as having (a) autism or Asperger’s syndrome, (b) dyspraxia or developmental co-ordination disorder, (c) attention deficit...
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people identified as having (a) autism or Asperger’s syndrome, (b) dyspraxia or developmental co-ordination disorder, (c) attention deficit...
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people identified as having learning difficulties are recorded as not in education, employment or training.
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people identified as having learning difficulties are recorded as being unemployed.
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of school pupils has benefited from the extension of the free school meals scheme.
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of additional funding will be provided to North Lanarkshire Council for the provision of free school meals to all P1 to P3 pupils.
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the cost to Aberdeen City Council of providing free school meals for all P1 to P3 pupils.
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council regarding revenue and capital costs associated with the introduction of free school meals for all P1 to P3 pupils.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a revenue allocation has been made to Aberdeen City Council for 2010-11 for the provision of free school meals to all P1 to P3 pupils.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish its estimate of the revenue and capital costs to Aberdeen City Council of providing free school meals for all P1 to P3 pupils.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it anticipates the implementation of free school meals provision for pupils whose parents or carers are in receipt of both maximum child and working tax...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the costs of implementing free school meals for pupils whose parents or carers are in receipt of both maximum child and working tax credits is contained in...
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has made available to (a) Highland, (b) Moray, (c) Argyll and Bute, (d) Shetland, (e) Western Isles and (f) Orkney councils to enable pupils whose...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fund local authorities separately for the costs of providing free school meals for pupils whose parents or carers are in receipt of both maximum...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any appointments equivalent to parliamentary private secretaries in the UK Parliament have been made in the Scottish Parliament.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether health workers qualified for free flu vaccinations prior to 2008.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake was of the flu vaccination by health workers in 2007.
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received about the funding of organisations organising and promoting the recruitment of volunteers.