Section E – Written questions lodged between 2 and 5 April 2012
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-06486 Tavish Scott: To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the impact of the EC common agricultural policy proposal on the definition of permanent grassland on the amount of land in Scotland defined as permanent grassland under existing regulations.
S4W-06487 Tavish Scott: To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the impact of the EC common agricultural policy proposal on the definition of permanent grassland on single farm payments to individual crofters and farmers across Scotland.
S4W-06488 Tavish Scott: To ask the Scottish Executive what amendments it has proposed to the European Commission to the proposed definition of permanent pasture under common agricultural policy reform.
S4W-06489 Tavish Scott: To ask the Scottish Executive (a) on what date and (b) in what forum it last raised the proposed definition of permanent pasture under common agricultural policy reform with the (i) European Commission, (ii) UK Government and (iii) other devolved administrations.
S4W-06491 Tavish Scott: To ask the Scottish Executive what the eligibility criteria are for the European Commission’s proposed European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
S4W-06527 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive how many ongoing cases are there in which NHS boards have refused holiday leave as an addition to maternity or paternity leave, broken down by NHS board.
S4W-06528 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have died as a result of contracting influenza after being admitted to hospital in each of the last three years.
S4W-06529 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it takes to ensure that all NHS staff in direct contact with patients are vaccinated against influenza.
S4W-06532 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive what statistics on the work of licensing boards it (a) collect sand (b) publishes, and how often these are published.
S4W-06533 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive, other than occasional licences, how many licence applications have been declined by licensing boards since September 2009.
S4W-06534 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences have been (a) suspended or (b) cancelled by licensing boards since September 2009.
S4W-06535 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that all NHS staff are informed about (a) how to raise concerns and (b) the protection that they can expect when whistleblowing.
S4W-06536 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05876 by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 March 2012, what it considers would be a reasonable timescale.
S4W-06537 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05876 by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 March 2012, how it will ensure that the policy is implemented by each NHS board in line with the guidance.
S4W-06567 James Kelly: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps the Cabinet Secretary for Justice is taking to implement the recommendations made by Lord Gill in the Scottish Civil Courts Review and when these will be put in place.
S4W-06568 Graeme Dey: To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether average speed cameras deter speeding.
S4W-06569 Graeme Dey: To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many motorists have been caught exceeding the average speed limit and (b) what the average speed has been on the M90 north of the Forth Bridge since the introduction of average speed cameras on this road.
S4W-06571 Graeme Dey: To ask the Scottish Executive how long it expects average speed cameras to be deployed on the M90 north of the Forth Bridge.
S4W-06572 Kezia Dugdale: To ask the Scottish Executive whether www.consult.scotland.gov.uk collects the IP addresses of respondents.
S4W-06573 Kezia Dugdale: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has specifically targeted the respondents to the National Conversation and encouraged them to participate in the Your Scotland, Your Referendum consultation.
S4W-06574 Kezia Dugdale: To ask the Scottish Executive which of its consultations have been externally verified since 2007, broken down by (a) who carried out, (b) the reason for and (c) the cost of the verification.
S4W-06575 Kezia Dugdale: To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the Respondent Information Form for the Your Scotland, Your Referendum consultation asks respondents to state their country of residence; whether this is standard in all of its consultations, and, if not, what its reasons are for its position on this in this instance.
S4W-06576 David Stewart: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the European Commission to ensure that the definition of permanent pasture rules does not have an adverse impact on farmers in Scotland.
S4W-06578 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the second report on proposals and policies to meet its emission reductions targets will contain a revision of the first report.
S4W-06579 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Emissions Reductions Board has met to discuss the development of the second report on proposals and policies to meet its emissions reduction targets, and what action has been taken following these meetings.
S4W-06580 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its staff are engaged in the development of the second report on proposals and policies to meet its emissions reduction targets, broken down by department.
S4W-06581 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive how its departments are being encouraged to bring forward new proposals for its second report on proposals and policies to meet its emissions reduction targets.
S4W-06582 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive what additional policies each of its departments has introduced since the publication of the first report on proposals and policies to meet its emissions reduction targets.
S4W-06583 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive how it will take forward the recommendation by the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee to ensure that all proposals and policies in any future revisions of its report on its proposals and policies to meet its emissions reduction targets are fully funded.
S4W-06584 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the second report on its proposals and policies to meet its emissions reduction targets will set out the budgetary spend required by each of its departments.
S4W-06585 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the recommendation of the UK Committee on Climate Change that "it will be essential for the Scottish Government to ensure full roll-out of measures in devolved policy areas, such as demand-side transport and agriculture and land use" what steps it has taken to ensure a full roll-out of proposals listed in its first report on proposals and policies to meet its emissions reduction targets.
S4W-06586 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of comments from the Auditor General for Scotland that demand-side transport policies such as road-pricing schemes and workplace parking charges "that have not been attractive in the past might have to be considered", what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment has had on this matter and with whom.
S4W-06587 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the operations of private parking operators and, if so, when.
S4W-06588 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to regulate the operations of private parking operators.
S4W-06589 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive what legal authority private parking operators have to enforce parking penalties on private land.
S4W-06590 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) legal and (b) other recourses are available to settle disputes between the public and private parking operators.
S4W-06591 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it provides guidance to private parking operators regarding the (a) signage that they use, (b) conduct of their operatives and (c) wording of penalties notices and letters.
S4W-06600 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated under the Housing Association Grant scheme and what the uptake of these have been in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by local authority.
S4W-06601 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive how much Housing Association Grant was awarded to each registered social landlord in (a) Aberdeenshire and (b) Aberdeen City in each of the last three years.
S4W-06602 Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes it expects to be built as a result of the provisional allocation of Housing Association Grant in each local authority area in 2011-12.
S4W-06637 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on concerns expressed that not all of its publications can be found via a topic search on the publications page of its website and whether recent changes have been made in this regard.
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