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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-19285

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 28 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18631 by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005, whether the criteria referred to are applied to all requests for additional funding for rail projects.

Question reference: S2W-19281

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 28 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18559 by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005, whether it will publish the outcome of its review of the cost estimate prepared by the Waverley Railway Partnership and, if so, when.

Question reference: S2W-19286

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 28 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18629 by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005, when the lessons learned report from the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine project will be published.

Question reference: S2W-19243

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18506 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 September 2005, whether it will provide a breakdown by division of the annual figures for the number of officers eligible to retire.

Question reference: S2W-19162

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 23 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any targets for altering the proportion of people aged from 16 to 65 in employment and, if so, what these targets are.

Under the Executive’s Closing the Opportunity Gap approach, there will be targets to reduce the number of workless people dependent on DWP benefits in seven priority areas - Glasgow, North and South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Dundee and West Dunbartonshire - by 2007 and 2010. The targets are subject to agreement with partnerships in each area. The aggregate target will be announced later in the year.

Question reference: S2W-18701

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 22 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6855 by Sarah Boyack on 29 September 2000, whether it has carried out any further assessment of the likely benefits of a bypass for the A7 at Selkirk.

Question reference: S2W-19165

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the impact of changes in life expectancy on public spending in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-19161

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what assumptions it uses in preparing its budget to determine the proportion of people aged from 16 to 65 in employment.

Question reference: S2W-19163

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what assumptions it uses in preparing its budget to determine the proportion of people over 65 in employment.

Question reference: S2W-18561

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it uses to assess requests for additional funding for capital construction costs in respect of transport infrastructure.

The Scottish Executive considers such requests on a case by case basis. It takes into consideration all relevant factors including whether the scheme still represents value for money; whether the original objectives of the scheme would still be met; the extent to which the increases are due to factors that could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of the original funding award; the ability and contractual liabilities of the grant recipient and other parties to contribute towards the cost increases, and the impact of the additional costs on other projects.