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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-21731

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how long the period of consultation after the publication of the Scottish Prison Service's Estates Review will be.

Question reference: S1W-21773

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the broadband services referred to by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice in the debate on the Scottish Executive's Priorities on 9 January 2002 (Official Report, Col.5184) will be delivered to rural areas within the Banff and Buchan parliamentary constituency and who will initiate this delivery.

Question reference: S1W-21728

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when its Cabinet next expects to discuss the Scottish Prison Service's Estates Review.

Question reference: S1W-21730

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20313 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 December 2001, whether it has set a date for the publication of the Scottish Prison Service's Estates Review.

Question reference: S1W-21771

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the broadband services will be delivered to the south of Scotland and the Highlands and Islands as referred to by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice in the debate on the Scottish Executive's Priorities on 9 January 2002 (Official Report, Col.5184) and who will initiate this delivery.

The Executive is currently considering what body, or bodies, should lead the procurement process for broadband services for the Highlands and Islands and the South of Scotland. We wish to see services in place as soon as possible but given the nature of the procurement process and the need for equipment to be put in place, we would not expect services under a new contract to be delivered before the second part of 2003.

Question reference: S1W-21729

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive the Scottish Prison Service's Estates Review and the associated financial assessment undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Question reference: S1W-21727

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when its Cabinet last discussed the Scottish Prison Service's Estates Review.

Question reference: S1W-21772

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the broadband services referred to by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice in the debate on the Scottish Executive's Priorities on 9 January 2002 (Official Report, Col. 5184) will be extended to other rural areas and who will initiate this extension.

Question reference: S1W-21657

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any requests by Grampian NHS Board for permission to develop NHS facilities in the Banff area.

Question reference: S1W-21661

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what subjects have been covered in any correspondence with Grampian NHS Board on health services in the Banff area since September 2001.