To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils have been suspended for alcohol-related issues in each local authority in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what its plans are for the next census.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for installation of central heating in Dumfries and Galloway is under its central heating programme.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil servants will be on official visits during the Christmas period.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil servants visited (a) Iceland, (b) Norway, (c) Ireland and (d) Denmark in 2008.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to support community media projects.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will deliver the commitment made in the Achieving our Potential policy framework to "increase availability and usage of money advice services and ensure they...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to consider a registration scheme for builders that would help identify bogus builders.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dwellings there were in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dwellings there were with a single adult discount in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the Lothians region were charged with fraud in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Orkney Islands Council, the Scottish Crofting Foundation and the NFU Scotland regarding the impact on small farmers in the crofting...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it currently provides to the Lighthouse in Glasgow for the funding of the Six Cities Festival.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has committed future funding to the Lighthouse in Glasgow in order that the second Six Cities Festival can proceed.

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional health and wellbeing measures it is considering, as alternatives to GDP, to establish the performance of its economic policies.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the assessment of teaching performance in schools.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next carry out simulation exercises for the management of a pandemic (a) as part of a UK-wide exercise, (b) as a Scottish national exercise and (c) at...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to discourage firms from holding commercial properties vacant.

To ask the Scottish Executive what gifts the First Minister has received since January 2008.

To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to assist in the development of long distance footpaths.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for the future of forestry.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients underwent hip replacement surgery in 2007, broken down by NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients underwent knee replacement surgery in 2007, broken down by NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3M-17628 by Shona Robison on 6 November 2008, what interim measures are being put in place to protect patients and health care...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether regular monitoring of organisms is undertaken on devices used routinely on patients, such as blood pressure cuffs and saturation measurement devices.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prescriptions for antibiotics were issued in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.

To ask the Scottish Executive how the statutory duties of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland will be preserved in its merger with NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and the Care Commission.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients died in 2007 as a result of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism, broken down by NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded deaths there were in which Clostridium difficile was a contributory factor in each of the last eight quarters, broken down by hospital.

To ask the Scottish Executive against which organisms copper-impregnated mops have proved effective in testing undertaken by Health Facilities Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Health Facilities Scotland is undertaking work on the use of silver-impregnated drapes and linen as part of the work on preventing healthcare associated...

To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanism exists for tenants to appeal against a local authority determination of abandonment of tenancy.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish ministers have official engagements in Scotland on Hogmanay.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the 2008-09 budget would be for each NHS board if the baseline budget had been uplifted by inflation only and how this compares to the uplift actually received...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-17745 by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 November 2008, why bank staff assimilation is being left until the end of the Agenda for Change...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to support the National Trust for Scotland in meeting its heritage obligations in the face of lower visitor numbers.

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its international framework, whether the Scottish Government will consider making representations in favour of modifying EU procurement law to allow...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many written submissions to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route public local inquiry the reporters received and how many were from (a) individuals and (b)...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many written submissions to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route public local inquiry the reporters considered and how many were from (a) individuals and (b)...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will follow the UK Government’s lead in agreeing to procure only buildings that are in the top quartile of energy performance.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects that the new State Hospital will be commissioned.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients are in the State Hospital and how many the new hospital will be able to accommodate.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the plans are for future World Heritage Sites in Scotland.