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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-03260

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 1999
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 27 December 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-587 by Jackie Baillie on 11 November 1999, how much of the #8 million allocation to the domestic abuse service development fund is new money and what plans it has to maintain resourcing to the fund in the long term.

Question reference: S1W-03089

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 1999
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 22 December 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2648 by Jackie Baillie on 2 December 1999, what allowance was allocated to each authority during the determination of Revenue Support Grant levels for the next three financial years to provide match funding for bids under the Domestic Abuse Service Development Fund.

The vast majority of Scottish Executive grant support to local authorities, as with their income from local taxation, is not hypothecated for specific purposes. As I indicated in my statement to Parliament on 27 October, we will expect authorities to demonstrate their commitment to tackling domestic abuse by providing matching funding from these unhypothecated resources to the £3 million we are allocating towards the Domestic Abuse Service Development Fund.

Question reference: S1W-02630

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 1999
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 2 December 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-587 by Jackie Baillie on 11 November 1999, whether it will give a commitment to organisations such as Scottish Women's Aid that priority in bids for funds from the domestic abuse service development fund will not be given to innovative schemes over schemes which are already proving effective.

Question reference: S1O-00698

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 1999
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 November 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken to ensure that National Health Service dental treatment is available to all sections of Scottish society.

Question reference: S1W-02812

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 1999
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 November 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken to ensure that National Health Service dental treatment is available to all sections of Scottish society.

Question reference: S1W-02130

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 1999
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 15 November 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the Scottish population lives in areas which are not covered by streetlighting provided by the local authority or other public bodies.

Question reference: S1W-02131

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 1999
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 November 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent by the Scottish Prison Service on streetlighting in Greengairs in each of the past three years.

Question reference: S1W-02371

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 1999
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 4 November 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the streetlighting in Greengairs is currently in a state of repair which meets the standards required by Scotland's local authorities.

Question reference: S1O-00500

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 1999
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 4 November 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the streetlighting in Greengairs is currently in a state of repair which meets the standards required by Scotland's local authorities.

Question reference: S1W-02061

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 1999
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 November 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether minimum service standards are in place for cleaning contracts in Lanarkshire Health Board, what arrangements have been made to monitor these standards and whether these minimum standards are being met.