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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: S1O-06165

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 19 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it expects the new BSc course in audiology to commence in the 2004-05 academic year.

Question reference: S1W-32351

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will review its concessionary travel scheme.

Question reference: S1W-32348

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of its current health budget is spent on audiology services.

Question reference: S1W-32354

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current take-up rate of influen'a vaccines is acceptable and what plans it has to increase the take-up rate of such vaccines.

The uptake of influenza vaccine to end October 2002 was an average of 54.3% across the country. This figure compares well to figures of 45.4% and 43.1% to end of October 2000 and 2001 respectively. The publicity surrounding the Executive's £12 million flu campaign is now drawing to a close but those in the field continue to work to encourage a high uptake of immunisation amongst at risk patients. The target uptake for 2002-03 is 70%.

Question reference: S1W-32347

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with Her Majesty's Government regarding top-up fees for university students.

Question reference: S1W-32349

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 13 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that local authorities are carrying out their responsibilities with regard to flood prevention.

The amendment of the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 in 1997, among other things, introduced a new duty on local authorities to publish a report every two years specifying:(a) any measures which the council considered it was required to take to mitigate flooding of non-agricultural land;(b) any measures already taken since publication of previous report, and(c) all occurrences of flooding of non-agricultural land since publication of previous report.These reports ensure that a council's actions to address flood risk are properly documented and open to local public scrutiny.

Question reference: S1W-32345

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elaine Murray on 13 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had, as part of its cultural responsibilities, with Her Majesty's Government about the possibility of a "Scottish Six" national news programme

Question reference: S1W-32346

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elaine Murray on 13 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions, as part of its cultural responsibilities, it has had with the BBC about the possibility of a "Scottish Six" national news programme

Question reference: S1W-32352

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elaine Murray on 13 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure the future of museums and galleries.

The Executive ran a three-month consultation process on the findings of the National Audit of Scotland's Museums and Galleries from 9 September to 6 December. This consultation process also included a seminar organised by the Scottish Museums Council on 4 November. The information submitted through the consultation will inform the creation of an action plan, to be published in spring 2003, providing a framework for the development of the museums and galleries sector in Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-30980

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 7 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in response to the situation regarding audiology staffing as reported in A Survey of Staffing in NHS Hospital Audiology Departments: An Interim Report from the Audiology Needs Assessment Group.