Questions and answers

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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Question reference: S1W-15967

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is the policy of the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) to refuse legal aid for divorce applications on the grounds of fault when there are no ancillary craves and what the reasons are for SLAB's policy on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-15974

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for legal aid for divorce applications on the basis of fault with no ancillary craves were made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board and how many were refused on the "reasonableness" test in 1999-2000 and 2000-01.

Question reference: S1W-15933

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it consulted the Criminal Justice Forum about its proposals for the justice budget for financial years 2002-03 and 2003-04 before publishing these proposals.

Question reference: S1W-15934

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what dates in 2000-01 the Criminal Justice Forum met and on which of these occasions the Executive was represented.

Question reference: S1W-15798

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified lip-reading tutors there were at 31 March in each year since 1997-98, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S1W-15799

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many audiologists were in post at 31 March in each year since 1997-98, broken down by health board.

Question reference: S1W-15661

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 22 May 2001

Question reference: S1W-15651

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 22 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to ensure that the medical profession as a whole recognises that myalgic encephalomyelitis, which has been classed as a neurological disease by the World Health Organisation, is an actual disease and not a psychosomatic condition.

Question reference: S1W-15667

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 22 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made recommendations to the UK Working Group on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and, if so, what these are and whether separate guidance on ME will be issued for Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-15650

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 22 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a national audit of the services which are available to those who have myalgic encephalomyelitis.

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