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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-16160

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 28 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in conjunction with the Strategic Rail Authority, it will ensure that the opening of the Stirling/Alloa/Dunfermline line is made a condition of any future ScotRail franchise.

The Executive's Directions and Guidance to the Strategic Rail Authority for the new Scottish passenger rail franchise will not contain detailed prescription about infrastructure. All bids for the new franchise will be scrutinised by the SRA (and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive in respect of services in their area), in conjunction with the Scottish Executive to ensure that the new franchise reflects strategic aspirations within the available resources.

Question reference: S1W-16243

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Angus MacKay on 26 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to date has been of converting its vehicles to liquid petroleum gas.

Question reference: S1W-16175

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Angus MacKay on 20 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses affected by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak have (a) applied for and (b) received hardship relief in relation to non-domestic rates, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S1W-15489

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 18 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to have a civil servant posted in Paris and Berlin, what other countries are being considered as possible locations for Executive representatives and, in each case, what the reasons are for its position.

Question reference: S1W-16138

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 01 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 15 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what sums were charged to or recovered from motorists or their insurers by health boards relating to road traffic accidents, broken down by health board on an annual basis since 1997.

Charges for NHS treatment following a road traffic accident are payable by insurers, and only where the casualty has made a successful claim for personal compensation following the accident in question. The charge is remitted to the Trust, or directly managed unit (DMU), that provided the treatment. Information on charge recoveries was not collected centrally prior to April 1999, when new recovery arrangements came into effect. Details of the charges recovered in the last two financial years are provided in the table. Table to show recovered NHS charges for treatment following road traffic accidents

Trust/DMU	1999-2000	2000-01
	£	£
Argyll & Clyde Acute Hospitals	158,720	407,763
Lomond & Argyll Primary Care	11,813	19,253
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Primary Care		3,000
Ayrshire & Arran Acute Hospitals	121,581	342,466
Ayrshire & Arran Primary Care	1,770	7,404
Borders General Hospitals	35,041	76,806
Borders Primary Care	4,623	3,068
Dumfries & Galloway Acute Maternity	39,458	127,979
Dumfries & Galloway Primary Care	10,839	10,900
Fife Acute Hospitals	93,225	222,463
Fife Primary Care	3,127	6,667
Forth Valley Acute Hospitals	64,045	219,952
Forth Valley Primary Care
Grampian Primary Care	8,105	22,892
Grampian University Hospitals	154,717	434,236
Greater Glasgow Primary Care		1,357
North Glasgow University Hospitals	208,104	435,139
South Glasgow University Hospitals	174,400	365,412
Yorkhill	18,388	15,167
Highland Acute Hospitals	71,697	233,892
Highland Primary Care	3,016	10,310
Lanarkshire Acute	231,645	608,403
Lanarkshire Primary Care	2,124	3,127
Lothian Primary Care	5,251	19,729
Lothian University Hospitals	151,369	385,749
West Lothian Healthcare	79,711	147,566
Orkney Health Board	20,000	7,744
Shetland Health Board S.H.C.S.U	2,124	5,221
Tayside Primary Care	7,972	36,638
Tayside University Hospitals	151,535	375,177
Western Isles Health Board DMU	2,662	39,558
Total	£1,837,062	£4,595,038

Question reference: S1W-16158

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made representations to the Office of Fair Trading regarding charter flight supplements charged on holiday flights from Scotland and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-16176

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the Strategic Rail Authority regarding the use of special purpose vehicles as a method of funding rail improvements.

Question reference: S1W-16026

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of motor insurance was for (a) each police force, (b) each fire service, (c) the ambulance service and (d) the prison service in each year since 1997.

The information requested for the fire and ambulance services is shown in the following table. The figures for 2000-01 are provisional. £'000

Fire Brigades	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Central	45	68	75
Dumfries & Galloway	14	14	14
Fife	19	12	16
Grampian	90	103	100
Highlands & Islands	56	61	63
Lothian & Borders	70	77	139
Strathclyde	200	349	360
Tayside	62	73	77
Total	556	757	844

Ambulance Service	347	347	380

The cost of motor vehicle insurance for police forces is not held centrally. The Scottish Prison Service has Crown Indemnity when using vehicles and is therefore exempt from the requirement to have motor vehicle insurance.

Question reference: S1W-16027

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Angus MacKay on 13 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of motor insurance was for the vehicles owned and operated by it or the Scottish Office in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S1W-16003

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 12 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been an audit of (a) the utility costs saved by the inhabitants as a result of the properties in Easthall, Easterhouse having solar heating systems installed and (b) the effect on their quality of life.