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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: S1W-05616

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will conduct an inquiry to determine how many organs are currently held at Yorkhill Children's Hospital without the knowledge of parents.

Question reference: S1W-05619

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will conduct a review of Yorkhill Children's Hospital's current procedure for the retention of organs to ensure that they comply fully with the guidelines published by the Royal College of Pathologists on 23 March 2000.

Question reference: S1O-01790

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 25 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive the report of the McCrone Committee of Inquiry into the professional conditions of teachers.

Question reference: S1W-06736

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects all teachers in secondary schools to have their own e-mail address.

Question reference: S1W-06735

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the ratio of computers of less than four years old to pupils in pre-school centres, discounting those that are used mainly for administration purposes.

Question reference: S1W-06741

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects all pupils in primary schools to have their own e-mail address.

Question reference: S1W-06733

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the ratio of computers of less than four years old to pupils in secondary schools, discounting those that are used mainly for administration purposes.

Question reference: S1W-05617

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the decision of Yorkhill Children's Hospital not to inform parents of instances where their children's organs have been retained without their consent.

Question reference: S1W-06616

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a statement about the findings of the recently published report Road Accidents and Children Living in Disadvantaged Areas.

The review is useful to help explain the ways in which the social and physical environment can contribute to higher child pedestrian casualty rates. The Scottish Executive will take the study's findings into account when targeting road safety campaigns for disadvantaged areas. This will help us to make progress towards meeting our target for a reduction of 50% in the number of child road deaths and serious injuries by 2010.

Copies of the report Road Accidents and Children Living in Disadvantaged Areas: A Literature Review have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Question reference: S1W-06570

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to reduce the rate of pedestrian injuries among children living in disadvantaged areas.

The Scottish Executive and the UK Government recently announced targets for road accident casualty reductions in the period to 2010. These include a 50% reduction in the number of child fatal and serious casualties. The targets, together with a strategy for achieving them, were published on 1 March.

The Scottish Executive will take into account the findings of the research report Road Accidents and Children Living in Disadvantaged Areas, published by the Scottish Executive Central Research Unit on 19 April, when targeting road safety campaigns for disadvantaged areas.