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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-27951

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive who the experts on the panel were that Health Protection Scotland consulted in respect of the incident of, and subsequent death from, anthrax in the Scottish Borders in July 2006.

Question reference: S2W-27950

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive on what date ministers were first notified that a death from anthrax had taken place in the Scottish Borders.

Question reference: S2W-27952

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the sample which subsequently confirmed that a man from the Scottish Borders had died from anthrax was tested.

Question reference: S2W-27827

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-27465 by Mr Tom McCabe on 14 August 2006, whether it will list the names of those individuals with a known or declared membership of the Labour or Liberal Democrat parties appointed by Scottish ministers to (a) NDPB and (b) NHS boards.

The Executive’s public appointmentswebsite details the declared political activity of current appointees, includingthe name of the party for which the activity was undertaken. This information canbe found at:http://194.247.95.101/Topics/Government/public-bodies/directory/Q/apptlist/true.

The Executive does not retainhistorical data in relation to the political activity declarations of named individualswho are no longer appointees.

Question reference: S2W-27440

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 5 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review its position on the provision of additional resources for the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration to support front-line staff in tackling persistent young offending, in light of recently published figures showing an increase in the number of offenders.

The Scottish Children’s ReporterAdministration (SCRA) is not responsible for managing or delivering services totackle the needs and behaviour of persistent young offenders. SCRA’s overall annualgrant-in-aid has increased by over £10 million since 2001 to over £24 million thisyear. We continually monitor resourcing requirements, in discussion with SCRA management,in order to optimise the administration’s effectiveness.

Question reference: S2W-27575

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 1 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications it has received for contributions to (a) memorials and (b) commemorations in each year since 1999.

Between 1999-2000 and 2001-02,our records show that we received no formal applications for funding for eitherwar memorials or commemorations.

In 2002-03, the Executive receivedan application for funding for a war memorial from the Normandy Veteran’s Associationwhich was declined. This represents 100 per cent of formal applications receivedby the Executive in that year.

In 2003-04, we received no formalapplications for funding.

In 2004-05, the Executive receivedtwo applications for funding, in respect of the Great Hearts War Memorial at Contalmaisonand the memorial to the 51st Highland Division, both of which were supported.

In 2005-06 one application wasmade with regards the commemorative celebrations of the end of World War II andin 2006-07 one application was made for funding for the National Veterans Day commemorations,both of which were supported.

In addition, Historic Scotlandhave carried out works and repairs to the Scottish National War Memorial at EdinburghCastle and to the Argyll and Sutherland Memorial at Stirling Castle. However, thiswas not in response to any formal application for funding but as part of their regularprogramme of repair and maintenance of historic monuments. Moreover, the agencyhas received no applications for funding under its Buildings Repair Grant Schemefor funding of war memorials or commemorations.

With regards to the HolocaustMemorial Day Commemorations, the Executive has received no formal applications forfunding but has taken a proactive position to find hosts for the Holocaust commemorationand have provided contributions towards the organising of commemorative events.

Question reference: S2W-27576

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 1 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for contributions to (a) memorials and (b) commemorations it has rejected in each year since 1999, also expressed as a percentage of total applications received.

Question reference: S2W-27615

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 28 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many requests for information received by it have not been responded to within the required 20 working day period stipulated by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 in each month since Jan 2005 and expressed as a percentage of the total number of requests made.

Information on the number and percentage of requests dealt with by the Scottish Executive within the 20 working-day time period during 2005 is available in a report on information requesthandling in the Scottish Executive. This report is available in the Scottish Parliament’sReference Centre (Bib. number 39491) and on the Freedom of Information pages of the Scottish Executive website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/04/monitor2.The Executive will be publishing the report for requests received during the firstsix months of 2006 once the figures for this period have been analysed.

Question reference: S2W-27611

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 28 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the top five most commonly used exemptions it has applied under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 are to requests for information in each month since January 2005.

Information on the level of use of each exemption by the Scottish Executive during 2005 is availablein a report on information request handling in the Scottish Executive. Thisreport is available in the Scottish Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number39491) and on the Freedom of Information pages of the Scottish Executive website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/04/monitor2.

The Executive will bepublishing the report for requests received during the first six months of 2006once the figures for this period have been analysed.

Question reference: S2W-27614

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 28 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many requests for information to it resulted in an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner in each month since January 2005.