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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-06891

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-6071 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 March 2004, what the reasons are for its decision not to arrange for clinical trials of the anti-dementia drug memantine (Exiba).

Question reference: S2W-06718

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many infringements of agricultural wages legislation have been recorded by its Environment and Rural Affairs Department in the last 12 months.

Question reference: S2W-06745

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made, or will make, an assessment of whether any patients have been directed by NHS 24 to inappropriate or inaccessible treatment centres.

Question reference: S2W-06743

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has monitored GPs' out-of-hours call-out rates since the start of the NHS 24 service.

Question reference: S2W-06717

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many spot checks officials from its Environment and Rural Affairs Department have made on agricultural employers in the last 12 months to assess levels of compliance with agricultural wages legislation.

Question reference: S2W-06585

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 February 2004
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many classroom hours were lost through teachers' suspension in the last 12 months, broken down by local authority area and type of school.

Question reference: S2W-06584

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 February 2004
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers were suspended from duty in the last 12 months, broken down by local authority area and type of school.

Question reference: S2W-06586

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 February 2004
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by each local authority over the last 12 months on supply cover for teachers suspended from duty.

Question reference: S2W-06486

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2004
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 9 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5580 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 11 February 2004, what the median waiting time is for central heating installations between initial application and completed installation under its central heating installation programme, broken down by postcode area.

Question reference: S2W-06488

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2004
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 9 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating systems installations under its central heating installation programme have been carried out because the existing central heating system was broken and beyond repair.