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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: S2W-04909

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what regulations and guidance govern the promotion by Scottish Enterprise of individual broadband telecommunications service providers to businesses at a national and local level.

Question reference: S2W-05111

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is in each NHS board area for access to a DEXA scan.

Question reference: S2W-04579

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether adequate supplies of the influen'a vaccine are available for all patients who require the vaccination.

Question reference: S2W-04548

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are on waiting lists for receipt of direct payments, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-04547

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what national guidance exists with regard to how individuals are assessed for eligibility for direct payments.

Question reference: S2W-04546

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are currently in receipt of direct payments, broken down by local authority area.

The latest figures, for 31 March 2003 are given in the table:

Direct Payments by Local Authority, 31 March 2003

Direct Payments by Local Authority	Number of Direct Payment Clients
Aberdeen City	11
Aberdeenshire	11
Angus	30
Argyll and Bute	0
Clackmannanshire	18
Dumfries and Galloway	27
Dundee City	0
East Ayrshire	17
East Dunbartonshire	0
East Lothian	7
East Renfrewshire	0
Edinburgh, City of	89
Eilean Siar	5
Falkirk	0
Fife	120
Glasgow City	15
Highland	43
Inverclyde	0
Midlothian	0
Moray	7
North Ayrshire	0
North Lanarkshire	11
Orkney Islands	1
Perth and Kinross	19
Renfrewshire	3
Scottish Borders	50
Shetland Islands	0
South Ayrshire	31
South Lanarkshire	0
Stirling	0
West Dunbartonshire	0
West Lothian	19
Scotland	534

Question reference: S2W-04544

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources have been provided to local authorities to allow them to implement the direct payments scheme in the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.

Question reference: S2W-04545

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance local authorities have been given with regard to how they are expected to meet direct payments from their current budget.

Question reference: S2W-02424

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 29 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on developing a national strategy to tackle issues associated with seagulls in urban settings, as undertaken by the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development during the Members' Business debate in the Parliament on 7 November 2002 (Official Report, c15170); what the timetable is for the finalisation of such a strategy, and whether local authorities will be consulted during the strategy's formulation.

During the Member's Businessdebate, I agreed to the proposition that the Scottish Executive develop best practiceguidance on how to tackle the problems associated with seagulls, as proposed byDavid Mundell. As a result, my officials have already met with a number of Directorsof Environmental Health from local authorities, including East Ayrshire Councilto discuss their current methods of dealing with this issue.

In addition to considering localauthority best practice measures to contain the gull population, we are exploringpotential research opportunities to assist in developing a range of solutions. Itis intended that the research will be completed in 2004.

Question reference: S2W-02474

Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making on the strategic roads review and whether it will provide an indicative list of projects in the Ayrshire area being considered for inclusion.