S1W-11440 Trish Godman: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to encourage innovation and effective partnership working in the governance of our communities.

S1W-11441 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make legal aid available to people pursuing cases through employment tribunals and how much it will cost in the current financial year and each of the next 10 financial years to extend legal aid to this group.

S1W-11443 Dr Elaine Murray: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the anti-influenza drug Relenza will be made available to high risk patients.

S1W-11444 Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9453 by Iain Gray on 18 September 2000, what the figures were for delayed discharges in each health board area for the quarter ending 30 June 2000.

S1W-11445 Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive whether patient groups are represented on drug and therapeutic committees.

S1W-11446 Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive what the membership is of the Lothian drug evaluation board.

S1W-11447 Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to ensure patients have access to new medicines as quickly as possible.

S1W-11448 Mr Brian Monteith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any research results available, or whether any research has been commissioned, concerning the effects of fluoridation on combination therapy for the treatment of HIV.

S1W-11449 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive how much will be spent on providing NHSiS nursing care to residents of private nursing homes in each of the next three years and how many NHSiS beds will become available as a result.

S1W-11451 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of New Deal for Schools capital funding on the infrastructure of schools in each local authority area.

S1W-11452 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions the Minister for Justice has had with Chief Constables with regard to protecting elderly people from physical attacks.

S1W-11453 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive how many people within its target groups have been vaccinated against influenza.

S1W-11454 Dorothy-Grace Elder: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will investigate any shortage of trained nurses.

S1W-11457 Dorothy-Grace Elder: To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to change the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Order 1992 to require planning applicants to use recorded delivery mail for notification of neighbours.

S1W-11458 Dorothy-Grace Elder: To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to introduce new legislation in order that local authorities can carry out notification of neighbours in relation to planning applications.

S1W-11459 Ben Wallace: To ask the Scottish Executive whether funding for NHSiS preparations for possible entry to a single European currency will be expected to come from existing health board budgets.

S1W-11460 Ben Wallace: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will introduce to facilitate health boards’ adaptation to operating within a single European currency.

S1W-11461 Ben Wallace: To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been spent by the NHSiS in anticipation of possible entry to a single European currency.

S1W-11462 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of collecting the council tax has been in each of the last two years in both absolute terms and as a percentage of the revenue raised.

S1W-11463 Mr Brian Monteith: To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of the publication, launch and distribution of its document A toast to its future – working together for Scotch whisky.

S1W-11464 Dr Elaine Murray: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4838 by Peter Peacock on 14 March 2000, what projects have been supported in schools by the Health Education Board for Scotland to promote awareness of mental health issues amongst pupils and teachers.

S1W-11466 Dorothy-Grace Elder: To ask the Scottish Executive how many places in geriatric care establishments and wards are not filled, broken down by health board.

S1W-11468 Dorothy-Grace Elder: To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to address violence against refugee children as highlighted in the recent report by Save the Children and the Scottish Refugee Council.

S1W-11469 Dorothy-Grace Elder: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will increase the number of police in areas of Glasgow where refugees have been placed.

S1W-11470 Colin Campbell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will estimate how many jobs have been lost in the past year as a result of the declining value of the Euro against sterling and what percentage any such losses represent of lost jobs in each sector of the manufacturing industry.

S1W-11471 Mrs Margaret Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10141 by Susan Deacon on 24 October 2000, whether there are any publicly funded studies, either on a Scottish or a UK basis, being undertaken to record the level of incidence of autism since 1980.

S1W-11472 Mrs Margaret Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6888 by Susan Deacon on 2 June 2000, whether any research proposals which were not of a sufficiently high standard involved research into autism.

S1W-11473 Mrs Margaret Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10423 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 30 October 2000, what contact it has had with Her Majesty's Government seeking information about the principles, methods and effectiveness of the Higashi school for autistic children in Boston, USA.

S1W-11474 Mr Gil Paterson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to fund research into any adverse social, health, economic and environmental effects of opencast mines.

S1W-11475 Mr Gil Paterson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to fund research into the volume of applications being submitted for opencast mines and the number which are being granted.

S1W-11476 Mr Gil Paterson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans for a moratorium on all opencast mine applications to allow a full and comprehensive assessment of the social, health, economic and environmental impacts of opencast mining.

S1W-11477 Mr Gil Paterson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken or plans to undertake any studies into the impact of opencast mines on national energy strategy.

S1W-11478 Dr Sylvia Jackson: To ask the Scottish Executive how the arrangements for elections in National Parks will be taken forward.

S1W-11479 Mr Mike Rumbles: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans are being made in Scotland to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen’s accession to the throne.

S1W-11480 Christine Grahame: To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made as to the health risk from animal waste to humans in incidents of flooding.

S1W-11481 Christine Grahame: To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has given or plans to give to local authorities regarding applying for flood prevention grants.

S1W-11482 Christine Grahame: To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are used in awarding flood prevention grants to local authorities.

S1W-11483 Mr Andrew Welsh: To ask the Scottish Executive what information on NHS waiting lists it holds centrally and how any such information is compiled.

S1W-11484 Mr Andrew Welsh: To ask the Scottish Executive what postgraduate education facilities there are in Scotland for dentists.

S1W-11485 Mr Andrew Welsh: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any concerns amongst dentists about the funding and provision of verifiable courses necessary for continuing professional development and what measures are being taken to address any such concerns.

S1W-11486 Mr Andrew Welsh: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the creation of a postgraduate dental education centre in Dundee.

S1W-11487 Mrs Margaret Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has on a regular basis with the Chest, Heart and Stroke Association Scotland Ltd., what money will be made available to the NHSiS and voluntary organisations to ensure the fullest support for those with heart and stroke related conditions, and how any such funding will be allocated to health board areas.

S1W-11488 Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many submissions, letters and other forms of correspondence have been received since October 1999 on the review of Scottish Criminal Records Office checks on voluntary organisations.

S1W-11489 Mr David Davidson: To ask the Scottish Executive what charges will be applied by police forces for conducting checks on voluntary organisation personnel under Part V of the Police Act 1997.

S1W-11490 Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-5896 by Susan Deacon on 29 November 2000, how the £2 million of tobacco tax revenue to help more people quit smoking will be allocated to identify and support those on low income who wish to stop.