To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Auditor General for Scotland's comments to the Audit Committee on 13 December 2005 (Official Report c. 1367) and the findings in his report, Overview of the performance of the NHS in Scotland 2004/05, how many consultant vacancies there were in NHS Western Isles on (a) 1 January 2005 and (b) 1 January 2006.