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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: S4W-02650

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been under the Children (Performances) Regulations 1968 in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-02651

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences have been issued under the Children (Performances) Regulations 1968 in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-02581

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines there are to assist police forces in enforcing The Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2004.

Guidelines on these controls are set out in Protecting Waterfowl from Lead in Wetlands – A Practical Guide to the Lead Shot Regulations in Scotland published jointly by the then Scottish Executive, Scottish Natural Heritage and the British Association of Shooting and Conservation. A link to the guidance follows:

http://www.basc.org.uk/en/utilities/document-summary.cfm/docid/D5C9615C-C762-40F1-8AD9E3509B0B46E2.

Question reference: S4W-02585

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the Food and Environment Research Agency’s recent report, Review of evidence concerning the contamination of wildlife and the environment arising from the use of lead ammunition, suggesting that there is a threat to terrestrial wildlife from the use of lead ammunition in sporting firearms.

The Food and Environment Research Agency’s recent report, Review of evidence concerning the contamination of wildlife and the environment arising from the use of lead ammunition, looks at the position in England where the ban on the use of lead shot in wildfowling is implemented in a different way. In Scotland the ban is based on a prohibition of shooting on or over wetlands with lead shot whereas controls in England are species related.

Question reference: S4W-02583

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been under regulation 5 of The Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2004.

Question reference: S4W-02584

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the effectiveness of legislation intended to ensure that Scotland complies with its international obligations under the Afro-Eurasian Waterfowl Agreement.

Question reference: S4O-00178

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the eligibility criteria for exemptions from the payment of water rates.

Question reference: S4W-02285

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce legislation to increase protection for owners of park homes.

Question reference: S4W-02003

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason guaranteed pension credit is not included in the qualifying criteria for free school meals.

Guaranteed pension credit is not included as a qualifying criteria for free school meals. In Scotland, our approach is to use other qualifying criteria, such as maximum child tax credit and maximum working tax credit. Over the past two years, as a result of the extended national eligibility and targeted local initiatives, 29,301 (or 28.7%) more pupils have registered to receive a nutritious free meal at school. Additionally, local authorities are encouraged to target their resources to the benefit children and families most in need using the legislative powers that exist, and this may include the provision of free food and drink in schools.

Question reference: S4W-01999

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how the allocation of funding to local authorities for the provision of kinship care allowances is determined.