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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-17067

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 14 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how the work of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency is monitored.

Question reference: S1W-17065

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 14 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many combined sewer overflows there are; what their precise location is, and how are they monitored.

Question reference: S1W-17069

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it is currently having with any local authority or transport company or authority concerning plans for light rapid transit schemes.

The development of tram or light rail projects may be eligible for financial assistance under the Public Transport Fund (PTF) or the Integrated Transport Fund (ITF). The City of Edinburgh Council has submitted a bid which includes the development of light rail in North Edinburgh to the preparation pool of the Public Transport Fund (PTF). I expect to make announcements on the current round of PTF bids by the end of October.

Question reference: S1W-16757

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 31 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that its interests are represented at the EU Social Protection Committee meeting to take forward the decision of the recent Goteborg European Council that the committee should prepare an initial report for the spring 2002 European Council on health care and care for the elderly.

Question reference: S1W-16495

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 30 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients are seen at the weekly breast clinic at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, how many breast care nurses there are at the hospital, whether this number is sufficient to meet current levels of demand and, if not, how many more nurses would be required to meet demand.

Question reference: S1W-16494

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 30 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the availability of a C.T. scanner from 9am to 5pm on Mondays to Fridays at Inverclyde Royal Hospital is sufficient to meet current levels of demand and whether it will support increased provision of the C.T. scanner.

Question reference: S1W-16499

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many current school pupils have been diagnosed with dyspraxia.

Question reference: S1W-16500

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve the existing provision for the diagnosis and treatment of dyspraxia.

Strategies for the care of patients with a wide variety of conditions, including dyspraxia, are the responsibility of health boards, who are best suited to assess local needs. Ultimately, the decision on a diagnosis or whether to adopt a particular form of treatment is a matter for individual clinical judgement.Children with dyspraxia are usually treated by a combination of occupational therapy and physiotherapy. They may also benefit from educational support, and will therefore be among the children who will benefit from the Executive's £12 million inclusion programme announced on 11 May 2000.

Question reference: S1W-16498

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what provision exists to assess children with suspected dyspraxia and whether it is sufficient to meet current demand.

Question reference: S1W-16496

Asked by: Colin Campbell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 5 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was received by Inverclyde Royal Hospital in the past five years in donations from the Women's Royal Voluntary Service and the League of Hospital Friends, how much of that total has been spent on hospital equipment and what equipment was purchased with these donations.