To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that general health campaigns reach disabled people.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will require local authorities to use only polling stations that are accessible to everyone including those with disabilities and, if so, when.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-17731 by Maureen Watt on 20 November 2008, what action is being taken to tackle the number of pupils being suspended for...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with ambulance cover for highland Perthshire.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government about its plans to enshrine in law its aim to end child poverty by 2020 and whether the Scottish Government...

To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to record incidents in local authority schools involving offensive weapons, in particular knives, or the possession of such weapons.

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will give to the music industry.

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is allocated to support the music industry and under what budget heading.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it expects Creative Scotland to distribute in Scotland in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2012-13.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the average household’s annual fuel bill has been in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Scottish Executive when digital mammography screening will be available in each NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many stillbirths occurred in NHS Ayrshire and Arran in the last year for which information is available, broken down by month.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many still births occurred in NHS Ayrshire and Arran in the last year for which information is available, broken down by hospital.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many stillbirths occurred in the last year for which information is available, broken down by NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many stillbirths occurred in the last year for which the information is available, broken down by month.

To ask the Scottish Executive what neonatal mortality rates were in NHS Ayrshire and Arran in the last year for which information is available, broken down by month.

To ask the Scottish Executive what neonatal mortality rates were in the last year for which information is available, broken down by NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Executive what neonatal mortality rates were in the last three years for which information is available.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many late fetal deaths there were in NHS Ayrshire and Arran in the last year for which information is available, broken down by month.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many late fetal deaths there were in the last year for which information is available, broken down by NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the late fetal death rates were in the last three years for which information is available.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 18 known deaths due to or associated with Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital between December 2007 and May 2008 were (a) type 027,...

To ask the Scottish Executive when the standard template and guidance for local surveillance of healthcare-acquired infections is to be issued and implemented.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce publicly-available, hospital-by-hospital reporting of Clostridium difficile and other healthcare associated infections and, if so, how...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that City of Edinburgh Council will not receive anything from this year’s £30 million of accelerated funding for affordable...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether those local authorities that will not receive anything from this year’s £30 million of accelerated funding of affordable housing investment will...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether City of Edinburgh Council will receive less or more money for housing during 2008-11 than originally planned.

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent it considers the ability of local authorities to meet the 2012 homelessness target when making decisions about the distribution of housing resources.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16790 by Stewart Maxwell on 28 October 2008, how many (a) off-the-shelf units and (b) land acquisitions are currently being...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16651 by Stewart Maxwell on 27 October 2008, when it expects discussion on detailed budget consequences for individual local...

To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations it will meet to discuss its plans for the Indian subcontinent as part of its International Development Policy.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Cabinet Sub-committee on Legislation has met since May 2007 and when these meetings took place.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers it appropriate for NHS boards to cut improvement and support budgets as part of efficiency savings.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all the efficiency savings made or being made by NHS boards in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10, broken down into recurrent and...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the efficiency savings proposed by each NHS board for (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is appropriate for NHS boards to avoid providing cover for staff on maternity leave as part of efficiency savings.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether savings made by national e-drug procurement programmes are being passed to NHS boards and, if so, whether boards are allowed to count them towards efficiency...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3M-15208 by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 August 2008 indicating that a number of hospital cleaning and catering services contracts is...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all NHS hospitals or units where external cleaning and catering contracts are (a) in operation, (b) subject to best value reviews or test...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it or NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has undertaken a review of the costs of (a) construction or (b) staffing following the announcement that future, new or...

To ask the Scottish Executive with the exception of the new Southern General Hospital, what plans there are to build hospitals with single rooms only.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether hospital pharmacists have access to patients’ emergency care summaries as part of efforts to improve patient safety.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies there are for hospital pharmacists and how many of these posts have been vacant for more than (a) three and (b) six months, also broken down by...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is ensuring that pay protection is being extended beyond the originally planned three-year period, pending the conclusion of appeals under Agenda for Change.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that clinically important information obtained by members of the primary care team or the primary care network is recorded on a...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken, or is taking, to ensure that all GP software systems to be used in Scotland are compatible with (a) all other clinical systems and (b) data...

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place for ensuring that medical information on prisoners is transferred to their GPs on release, including (a) primary care information, (b)...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make a statement on the action it is taking to address the issues faced by the Gypsy/Traveller community in Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to publish a statement on race equality.