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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: S3W-22535

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what engagement it has had with the Scottish Renaissance Town movement.

Question reference: S3F-01586

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Salmond on 26 March 2009

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to support children and young people who may feel depressed or suicidal.

Question reference: S3O-06417

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to the impact of sentencing on the children of offenders while developing the Scottish Sentencing Council.

The Scottish Government is committed to providing support to children and families who have a family member in prison.

The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill, published on 6 March, sets out for the first time statutory statement of the purposes and principles of sentencing. Included among the principles of sentencing is the requirement for the courts to have regard to information before them about the circumstances of the offender including, for example, the offender''s family circumstances.

Question reference: S3W-21912

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what effect it expects the declining rate of inflation to have on the level of debt owed to the Student Loans Company.

Question reference: S3O-06333

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place to ensure the safe delivery of medicines for patients who receive them by post.

Question reference: S3O-06135

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it attaches to the 2011 International Children’s Games being hosted by South Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire councils.

Question reference: S3O-05880

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 February 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what role orchards, such as those promoted by the children’s orchards initiative, can play in promoting healthy and active lifestyles and building a green legacy from the 2011 International Children’s Games and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Improving Scotland''s health will be the unifying theme of our Games Legacy Plan. We continue to work with a range of key internal and external representatives covering the interests of all sectors “ including health, education and the environment - to ensure we work up a plan that embeds that theme and can deliver a range of benefits. As part of that work we will also make connections with other major events such as the 2011 International Children''s Games.

The Children''s Orchard have submitted a proposal for consideration as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy programme. This is one of many ideas currently under consideration by the Games Legacy Greener sub-group.

Question reference: S3O-05630

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how the seized proceeds of crime are reinvested in local communities.

Question reference: S3W-19044

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 December 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many miles of designated cycle paths there are.

Question reference: S3W-19045

Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 December 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many miles of designated cycle paths there have been in each year since 1999.

Using Sustrans data, the following table gives details of how many miles of designated cycle paths there have been in each year since 1999.

Year	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
On-road	329	534	1,001	1,175	1,152	1,124	1,253	1,284	1,269	1,358
Traffic free	188	237	267	318	345	329	349	354	381	410
Total	517	771	1,268	1,494	1,496	1,453	1,602	1,638	1,649	1,768