Scottish Parliament Written answers

Wednesday, 3 December 2008

  • Alcohol

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether proposals for the prevention of the display of promotional materials in licensed premises will include window displays by specialist whisky shops.

  • Alcohol Misuse

    To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-17512 by Kenny MacAskill on 12 November 2008, how many off-licences in the Lothians that were found to have sold alcohol to...

  • Asbestos

    To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to protect staff and students at the University of Glasgow Dental School while asbestos is being removed from the building.

  • Bees

    To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has conducted into the control of the varroa mite.

  • Child Protection

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many services were evaluated as (a) satisfactory, (b) weak and (c) unsatisfactory in the HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) joint inspection of services to...

  • Communities

    To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15009 by Fergus Ewing on Wednesday 3 September 2008, whether it will list the occasions on which each minister has met Mr...

  • Digital Technology

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many rural or remote households in the Scottish Borders are unable to receive broadband.

  • Drug Misuse

    To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for drug rehabilitation services is in (a) NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) NHS Lanarkshire.

  • Electricity

    To ask the Scottish Executive what the peak demand for electricity was in each of the last 10 years and on what dates it occurred.

  • Energy Efficiency

    To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £55.8 million Energy Assistance Package funding will be provided to the Energy Saving Scotland Advice Centre network to ensure that it can...

  • Enterprise

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) grocery, (b) butcher, (c) baker, (d) fishmonger, (e) newsagent, (f) confectionery and (g) tobacco retail outlets there were in the most recent period...

  • General Practitioners

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many GPs currently practise, also broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) parliamentary constituency.

  • Health

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether the procedures for child screening will (a) remain universal and (b) be undertaken by or under the supervision of a fully trained health visitor for neonates...

  • Homecoming Scotland

    To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have been held with South Lanarkshire Council in relation to its involvement in hosting events as part of Homecoming Scotland 2009.

  • Identity Cards

    To ask the Scottish Executive when (a) ministers and (b) officials have met UK ministers or officials from the Home Office to discuss identity cards and what concerns were expressed at the meetings.

  • Justice

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of concerns that Laurence Connelly Snr and the authors of the report The ICL/Stockline Disaster: An Independent Report on Working Conditions...

  • Livestock

    To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s report, published on Monday 10 November, calling for the European Union to change its...

  • Ministerial Meetings

    To ask the Scottish Executive who represented the Cairngorms National Park Authority and Highland Council at the meeting involving the Minister for Community Safety in Aviemore on 26 October 2007...

  • NHS Staff

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff are employed at the Vale of Leven Hospital, broken down by profession.

  • Prison Service

    To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects that HM Prison Grampian will be completed and what the overall cost of building it will be.

  • Public Transport

    To ask the Scottish Executive how much of its £500 million contribution to the Edinburgh trams project has already been spent, broken down by (a) date of release and (b) size and purpose of...

  • Queen's Speech

    To ask the Scottish Executive what legislative consent motions it will lodge in the Parliament in connection with the legislative programme of the UK Government to be announced in the...

  • Rural Development

    To ask the Scottish Executive why there is only one closing date for applications to the Rural Development Contracts - Rural Priorities scheme.

  • School Meals

    To ask the Scottish Executive what cost would fall to (a) Highland, (b) Moray, (c) Argyll and Bute, (d) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, (e) Orkney Islands and (f) Shetland Islands councils if school...

  • Scottish Futures Trust

    To ask the Scottish Executive what costs were involved in advertising the post of chief executive of the Scottish Futures Trust, including payment to MacDonald Kinnaird recruitment consultancy.

  • Sectarianism

    To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-17040 by Fergus Ewing on 29 October 2008, whether it will provide funding to Nil by Mouth for 2009-10.

  • Social Care

    To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the analysis of single outcome agreements (SOAs) by Community Care Providers Scotland, how it will address the finding that SOAs have little to say...

  • Voluntary Sector

    To ask the Scottish Executive what funds Highlands and Islands Enterprise made available in the form of grants under the Strengthening Communities budget for distribution to the voluntary sector...

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