Questions and answers

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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Question reference: S1W-33336

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many places are currently available to Clyde shipyard workers on the skills conversion programme.

Question reference: S1W-33334

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when Clyde shipyard engineers were first invited to take up places on skills conversion courses to fill any shortage of central heating engineers.

Question reference: S1W-33339

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will quantify any shortage of central heating engineers.

Question reference: S1W-33332

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Clyde shipyard engineers have been invited to undertake skills conversion courses to fill any shortage of central heating engineers.

Question reference: S1W-33288

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether an offender that commits a crime whilst also breaching an electronic tagging order is automatically referred to the courts for breach of the order.

Question reference: S1W-33287

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive why the breach of an electronic tagging order is referred to the courts only after three breaches.

Question reference: S1W-33024

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #40.1 million allocated to Glasgow under the City Growth Fund will be made available in the first year of the fund.

Question reference: S1W-33213

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being developed to ensure that pregnant women routinely tested for HIV in the Greater Glasgow NHS Board area from April 2003 are aware of the opt-out option.

Question reference: S1W-33211

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost will be of routine HIV testing of pregnant women in the Greater Glasgow NHS Board area from April 2003.

Question reference: S1W-33212

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost of treating a baby born with HIV has been in each of the last five years.

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