Written questions lodged on 5 October 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-03172 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive what legal barriers there are to it or any other public body introducing a living wage.
S4W-03173 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive what legal barriers there are to it introducing conditions in procurement processes that ensure that employees of it, public authorities and subcontractors are paid a living wage.
S4W-03174 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with NHS Lothian and other stakeholders regarding the development of the former Bangour Village Hospital site.
S4W-03175 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support is available for households that wish to install household renewables.
S4W-03176 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support was or has been provided for household renewables in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2010-11 and (e) 2011-12.
S4W-03177 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support has been made available to third-sector organisations seeking to develop (a) community and (b) household renewable schemes since May 2007.
S4W-03179 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have been fitted with renewable energy generators since May 2007, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) tenure.
S4W-03180 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive how many onshore wind energy planning applications have been refused by local authorities in the last 10 years and how many were subsequently granted on appeal.
S4W-03182 Iain Gray: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions (a) it or (b) Transport Scotland has had with the rail industry in 2011 regarding preparedness for severe winter weather.
S4W-03183 Iain Gray: To ask the Scottish Executive what representations (a) it or (b) Transport Scotland has made to Network Rail in 2011 regarding its key route strategy.
S4W-03186 Stuart McMillan: To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is regarding records of (a) burials and (b) monuments and headstones in cemeteries.
S4W-03187 Stuart McMillan: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to develop a central search facility for burials and cremations with photos of each monument’s inscription.
S4W-03188 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects construction work on the Borders Railway line to be completed.
S4W-03189 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the first tracks to be laid on the Borders Railway line.
S4W-03190 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive when it planned to place the required notice for the Borders Railway project in the Official Journal of the European Commission under the project’s previous procurement model, and when it now plans to do so.
S4W-03191 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-02836 by Keith Brown on 29 September 2011, what preliminary works are scheduled for the Borders Railway project and when these are expected to be completed.
S4W-03192 Mary Fee: To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board (a) spends on prescriptions and (b) was allocated for 2011-12 for the withdrawal of prescription fees.
S4W-03193 Mary Fee: To ask the Scottish Executive whether random drug testing is carried out on people on methadone programmes.
S4W-03195 Jamie Hepburn: To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected spend on construction associated with the M80 upgrade is and how this compares with the original forecast.
S4W-03196 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive what the development cost was of the NHS 24 TV channel.
S4W-03197 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual running cost will be of the NHS 24 TV channel.
S4W-03198 Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to release section 16b funding to small third-sector organisations.
S4W-03199 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Executive how much had been spent on the tender process for the Borders Railway project prior to the announcement that it would be delivered by Transport Scotland and Network Rail.