Written questions lodged on 16 June 2011
Questions marked with a triangle (Δ) are initiated by the Scottish Executive in order to facilitate the provision of information to the Parliament.
Questions in which a member has indicated a declarable interest are marked with an "R".
S4W-00865 Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the BBC Trust concerning BBC ALBA and all BBC digital radio channels being available simultaneously on Freeview.
S4W-00866 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes for social rent it will build in each of the next five years.
S4W-00867 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive how many affordable homes it will build in each of the next five years.
S4W-00868 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive how many affordable homes it will build through the New Supply Shared Equity with Developers scheme in each of the next five years.
S4W-00869 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes for social rent it will build through the Innovation and Investment Fund in each of the next five years.
S4W-00870 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes for social rent are expected to be built through the Transfer of Management of Development Funding for (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh in each of the next five years.
S4W-00871 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will include homes built through the National Housing Trust in its Affordable Housing Investment Programme.
S4W-00872 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it classifies housing delivered through the National Housing Trust as housing for social rent.
S4W-00873 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with (a) Dumfries and Galloway, (b) East Lothian, (c) East Renfrewshire, (d) Glasgow City and (e) Midlothian council regarding their decision to no longer proceed in the current round of the National Housing Trust initiative.
S4W-00874 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes it expects to be procured through the National Housing Trust in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
S4W-00875 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what strategy it has for ensuring that teachers who have qualified since 2007 and who are not working in schools have an opportunity to join the profession.
S4W-00876 Kezia Dugdale: To ask the Scottish Executive what target it has set for reducing the number of people in the more choices more chances (MCMC) group.
S4W-00877 Kezia Dugdale: To ask the Scottish Executive what programmes it has for working directly with people who are (a) in or (b) at risk of entering the more choices more chances (MCMC) group who have not expressed an interest in either an apprenticeship or further education.
S4W-00878 Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds regarding the incidence of mental illness among the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities compared to the general population.
S4W-00879 Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it gives to NHS boards regarding the provision of mental health services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.
S4W-00880 Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it gives to NHS boards regarding their obligations to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities under the Equality Act 2010.
S4W-00881 Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive how the mental health concerns of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities are addressed in the training of medical professionals.
S4W-00882 Malcolm Chisholm: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-00432 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2011, whether any non-routine reports concerning the Elsie Inglis Nursing Home have been produced since November 2010.
S4W-00883 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive how many births per full-time-equivalent NHS midwife there have been in each NHS board in each year since 1999.
S4W-00884 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwives have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 1999, expressed as (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent.
S4W-00885 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive how many people the NHS has employed in each year since 1999, expressed as (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent.
S4W-00886 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many student midwives have received a bursary, (b) what the average bursary has been and (c) what the total cost of bursaries has been in each year since 1999-2000.
S4W-00887 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total cost and (b) cost per individual has been of training student midwives in each year since 1999-2000.
S4W-00888 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on (a) the NHS and (b) NHS maternity services in (i) Scotland and (ii) each NHS board area in each year since 1999-2000.
S4W-00889 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive what the age profile of NHS midwives has been in each year since 1999.
S4W-00890 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of NHS midwives worked (a) part and (b) full-time in each year since 1999.
S4W-00891 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive how many student midwife places there have been in each NHS board area in each year since 1999-2000.
S4W-00892 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Executive when it last had discussions with DFDS regarding the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service and what the nature of the discussions was.
S4W-00893 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Executive how often it has met representatives of DFDS and Norfolkline to discuss the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service following the reintroduction of services from Rosyth in May 2009.
S4W-00894 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had discussions with any organisations regarding the replacement of DFDS as the operator of the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service in the last 12 months.
S4W-00895 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has awarded to DFDS and Norfolkline since May 2009 to assist in the operation of the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service and how the funding was calculated.
S4W-00896 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Executive when the contract for the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service will next be put out to tender.
S4W-00897 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the need for four sailings per week from Rosyth to Zeebrugge; whether it is taking steps to ensure the reintroduction of a fourth sailing, and, if so, what steps.
S4W-00898 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to restore a passenger element to the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service.
S4W-00899 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will extend the provision of free school meals in this parliamentary session.
S4W-00900 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will provide to low-income families to help meet the costs associated with school in this parliamentary session.
S4W-00901 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive in which year it plans to set a minimum student income guarantee of around £7,000.
S4W-00902 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the DirectScot portal will be fully launched in 2011.
S4W-00903 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to introduce a one-stop finance information service.
S4W-00904 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional money it (a) is providing to the Export Support Package in 2011 and (b) plans to provide in 2012.
S4W-00905 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to roll out its Life Begins at 40 scheme and how much this will cost.
S4W-00906 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the three projects that will pilot social impact bonds and how much money it will allocate to these bonds.
S4W-00907 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to allocate new funding to (a) social and charity banking and (b) micro-finance schemes.
S4W-00908 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to establish a future generations fund.
S4W-00910 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to create a climate adaptation fund.
S4W-00911 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it will give from its overseas aid budget to supporting the Maldives in this parliamentary session.
S4W-00912 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to establish, and what funding it will provide for, its proposed Scotland Exchange.
S4W-00913 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost to deliver 100 community sports hubs across Scotland by 2014.
S4W-00914 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive what new funding it will provide to increase the number of pupils who receive two hours of physical education per week in each of the next five years.
S4W-00915 Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs there are in the low-carbon economy, broken down by sector.
S4W-00916 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the East of Scotland Investment Fund in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
S4W-00917 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will allocate new funding to social banking in each year of the current parliamentary session.
S4W-00918 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will introduce a new graduate apprenticeship scheme and how much it estimates that each apprenticeship will cost.
S4W-00919 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive what recommendations it has taken forward from the 2006 report, Review of Public Procurement in Scotland.
S4W-00921 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Exectuive what progress it has made on introducing a new minimum standard for MRSA screening.
S4W-00922 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will roll out the Family Nurse Partnership across Scotland.
S4W-00923 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost to roll out the Family Nurse Partnership across Scotland.
S4W-00924 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will introduce a four-year health MOT pilot for people over 40 and how much it will cost.
S4W-00925 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-38805 by Kenny MacAskill on 24 January 2011, whether it remains its position that the construction of HMP Low Moss will be completed in autumn 2011.
S4W-00926 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to start construction work on HMP Grampian.
S4W-00927 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the second phase of HMP Shotts to be completed.
S4W-00928 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will extend its Energy Assistance Package to people on Carer’s Allowance and how much new funding it will allocate for this purpose.
S4W-00929 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take forward to establish a maximum waiting time of 12 months for IVF treatment and what the financial implications of this are for NHS boards.
S4W-00930 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects work on the Scottish Crime Campus to be completed and whether the work is currently (a) on budget and (b) on time.
S4W-00931 Alison Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has meetings planned with the UK Government to discuss the impact of the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999.
S4W-00932 Alison Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on whether the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 should be revoked and whether it plans to take any action in this regard.
S4W-00933 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the number of (a) grocery, (b) butcher, (c) baker, (d) fishmonger, (e) newsagent, (f) confectionery and (g) tobacco retail outlets in the most recent period for which it is available, and on the number of wholesalers in each category.
S4W-00934 Liz Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive how its outdoor learning policy will be delivered and what agencies will be responsible for taking it forward.
S4W-00935 Alison Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason further education colleges will receive, according to the EIS, a 10.4% reduction in their teaching grants for 2011-12 and a 52% reduction in capital funding over the same period.
S4W-00936 Alison Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made an assessment of the impact on further education of the decision to reduce the Scottish Funding Council’s budget for 2011-12.
S4W-00941 John Park: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its news release of 15 February 2011, 2.4m to help farmers access renewables, what uptake there has been by (a) farmers and (b) other land managers of the Communities and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) Loan Fund.
S4W-00942 John Park: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update on the Scotland Rural Development Programme’s package for the Development of Renewable Energy Provision.
S4W-00943 John Park: To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of recent funding announcements, what provision it has made to ensure that local authorities have the capacity to deal with increased planning applications for renewable energy developments from farmers and other land managers.