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-13080

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2001
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made towards achieving the target of ending mixed sex hospital wards.

Question reference: S1W-14355

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Angus MacKay on 11 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will consult local authorities who are not members of CoSLA regarding the development and implementation of policy.

Question reference: S1W-14351

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 4 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13898 by Jackie Baillie on 19 March 2001, what studies it has undertaken, or proposes to undertake, to establish how many homes in the socially rented sector have outdated, inefficient or uneconomic central heating systems.

Question reference: S1W-14352

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 4 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13899 by Jackie Baillie on 19 March 2001, what methodology was used to arrive at its estimate that 85,000 local authority tenants lack central heating.

Question reference: S1W-14168

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 28 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any Executive Bill has been drafted in whole or in part by an outside agency.

Question reference: S1W-13898

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 19 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association houses have central heating systems which are more than 15 years old.

Question reference: S1W-13899

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 19 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authority houses have (a) electric, (b) gas, (c) solid fuel central heating and (d) no central heating, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S1W-13900

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 19 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many housing association houses have (a) electric, (b) gas, (c) solid fuel central heating and (d) no central heating.

Question reference: S1W-13901

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 19 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will be used to determine whether a home in the socially rented sector is eligible for free central heating installation.

Question reference: S1W-13830

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 16 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment was made of the likely changes to water charge levels for Band D households in Fife as a result of the proposed restructuring of the water authorities.

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