To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27107 by Cathy Jamieson on 16 July 2002, on what basis it is stated that overall standards in the private and voluntary centres have improved in the last four years, given that children's development and learning were not measured in the recent HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) report, Standards and Quality in Scottish Pre-school Education 1997-2001. The recent HMIE report, Standards and Quality in Scottish Pre-school Education 1997-2001 included comment on the findings and the main trends from registration inspections of private and voluntary centres carried out between 1997 and 2001.