To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34233 by Alex Neil on 14 June 2010, whether it can confirm that the Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics database shows that the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentages of P7 schoolchildren would be recorded in the National Dental Inspection Programme with no obvious decay experience in their permanent dentition in...

To ask the Scottish Executive when will it start to publish economic forecasts for Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Aegon UK over reported job losses at its life and pensions division based in Edinburgh.

To ask the Scottish Executive what support will be put in place to assist people who face redundancy at Aegon UK’s Edinburgh office.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that there is support at a national level for creating employment opportunities in poorer communities.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for its consideration of Scottish Power Generation Limited’s application for consent to replace the four coal-fired generating units at...

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact East Lothian Council’s decision to oppose a new gas-fired power station at Cockenzie will have on the timetable for consideration of Scottish Power...

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it will use to decide on Scottish Power Generation Limited’s application for consent to replace the four coal-fired generating units at Cockenzie...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether new non-nuclear baseload electricity generating capacity at existing power station sites remains a national development priority.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will take account of the views of local residents when considering Scottish Power Generation Limited’s application for consent to replace the four...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many extra shipping movements will be required for (a) coal and (b) biomass at the proposed coal-fired power station at Hunterston.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hectares of native trees, including Scots pine, were planted in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) public land, (b) private land and (c)...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hectares of native trees have been approved for planting in the next planting season through the Scotland Rural Development Programme.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hectares of woodland were lost due to (a) restoration of open ground habitats, (b) clearance for wind farms, (c) loss to development and (d) loss of...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hectares of native woodland were lost due to (a) restoration of open ground habitats, (b) clearance for wind farms, (c) loss to development, and (d) loss of...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much ancient woodland was lost in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what information will be available to it to inform its decision on any proposal from the Scottish Funding Council to merge Glasgow Metropolitan College, the Glasgow...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the information used by it to inform its decision on any proposal from the Scottish Funding Council to merge Glasgow Metropolitan College, the Glasgow...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to conduct a public consultation exercise to examine the merits of any proposal from the Scottish Funding Council to merge Glasgow Metropolitan...

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made to increase the responsibility of organisations for the health and wellbeing of their employees.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) children and (b) adults were registered as (i) overweight, (ii) obese and (iii) morbidly obese in each NHS board in each of the last two years.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on anti-obesity drugs in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has set timescales to respond to correspondence from elected members on matters concerning constituents and, if so, whether...

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to approaching the National Trust for Scotland to discuss joint working with Historic Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what projections it has made for the number of homeless individuals there will be by the end of 2012.

To ask the Scottish Executive what projections it has made for the number of new social housing units that need to be created in order to meet the 2012 homelessness target.

To ask the Scottish Executive what specific action it is taking to stimulate rural social housing development.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is monitoring rural social housing development.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many evictions from (a) council and (b) housing association properties there were for antisocial behaviour in 2009.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people applied for the Open Market Shared Equity pilot in 2009-10.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it estimates will be supported under its Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers programme in 2010-11.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S3O-11060 by Alex Neil on 24 June 2010 ( Official Report c. 27736), whether it will detail the...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S3O-11060 by Alex Neil on 24 June 2010 ( Official Report c. 27736), whether it will detail the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available for Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers scheme in 2010-11.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30392 by Alex Neil on 13 January 2010, what the response has been to the consultation on the guide to social housing allocations.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many aids and adaptations were or have been undertaken in homes in the Glasgow Baillieston constituency by Glasgow City Council in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people in each target group received an influenza A (H1N1) vaccination.

To ask the Scottish Executive what budget is allocated to the Court of the Lord Lyon and who the accountable officer is.

To ask the Scottish Executive in which of its directorates responsibility for the Court of the Lord Lyon lies.

To ask the Scottish Executive what annual budget has been set for the Court of the Lord Lyon and what the final outturn for that budget line has been in each year since 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any local authority has cited an objector under 16 to appear in court.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether oral and written evidence to the Accounts Commission public inquiry into Shetland Islands Council, which is holding its public hearing in Lerwick on 28 and...

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the appointment of senior psychologists to the role of approved clinician under mental health legislation for England and Wales, whether it will...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the waiting times for mental health services as recommended in the Audit Scotland report, Overview of Mental Health Services .

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to address mental health services with long waiting times, as recommended in the Audit Scotland report, Overview of Mental Health Services.

To ask the Scottish Executive how may vacancies exist for (a) psychiatrists and (b) psychologists.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on mental health services in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards provide Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS patients can choose from a range of evidence-based psychological therapies including counselling and psychotherapy.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure the long-term financial security of the industrial museums.

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the funding required to guarantee the long-term financial security of the Scottish Maritime Museum.

To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it places on the preservation of maritime heritage.

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to providing additional funding to assist the industrial museums to work more closely in partnership

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish the recommendations of its working group on future museum strategy.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing has received a recommendation from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for the closure of Lightburn Hospital.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds were or have been available for use in Lightburn Hospital in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place between Glasgow City Council’s social work department and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde concerning bed or ward closures at...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated expenditure by Dundee City Council was on (a) care at home, (b) care homes and (c) day care for people aged 65 or over in the last year for which...

To ask the Scottish Executive, following the announcement in a news release of 15 June 2010 of the Scottish Housing Options Approach funding programme being backed by approximately £500,000...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to publish guidance on measuring outcomes for disabled people.

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact East Lothian Council’s decision to oppose a new gas-fired power station at Cockenzie will have on the cost of a public inquiry on Scottish Power...

To ask the Scottish Executive what areas in South Ayrshire are in the worst 5% of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.

To ask the Scottish Executive what areas in the Scottish Borders are in the worst 5% of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to monitor how the Fairer Scotland Fund is being used to tackle poverty.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will discuss with COSLA how to ensure that single outcome agreements are poverty-proofed.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34473 by John Swinney on 22 June 2010, what specific EU legislation would be breached by a requirement that a contractor pay...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its staff are working on the Borders railway project.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest estimated cost is of the Edinburgh-to-Glasgow rail enhancement; what the sources of funds are for this project, and when it will be completed.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31065 by Jim Mather on 9 February 2010, what discussions it has had with local authorities regarding the cumulative impact of...

To ask the Scottish Executive who is responsible for public liability on an identified core path.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils were sent home from school because they were drunk in the last year, broken down by local authority.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools are using temporary accommodation to teach in, broken down by local authority.

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has approved for the building of the new Dumbarton Academy.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates the construction of the new Dumbarton Academy will (a) commence and (b) be completed.

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of school building projects being halted across England and Wales, whether it remains committed to funding building of the new Dumbarton Academy to the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimated expenditure on publicity is for the first quarter of 2011 and how this compares with the equivalent period in each of the last three years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what legislation would require to be amended to enable people suspected of illegally poisoning birds of prey to be prosecuted on the evidence of a single witness.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the next review of Schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 will take place.

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities hold a current general licence under section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 for the control of lesser black backed gulls and...