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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.

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Question reference: S1W-28154

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 August 2002
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 19 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial allocation it has made to East Dunbartonshire Council in order to provide for implementation by the council of free personal care for the periods (a) 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003 and (b) 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004.

Question reference: S1W-28146

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 August 2002
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 19 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what submissions it has received from East Dunbartonshire Council on the allocation of resources for the implementation of free personal care following the circular issued to local authority chief executives and others by the Chair of the Implementation Steering Group on 9 May 2002 and on what dates each such submission was received.

Question reference: S1W-28152

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 August 2002
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 19 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it received from East Dunbartonshire Council before 1 July 2002 on the average number of nursing home residents in the East Dunbartonshire Council area and to which years any such information related.

Question reference: S1W-28151

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 August 2002
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 19 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what submissions it (a) received before (i) 31 March 2002 and (ii) 1 July 2002 and (b) has received to date from East Dunbartonshire Council about the demographic profile of the population aged 65 years and over and resident in the council's area in respect of implementation of free personal care.

Question reference: S1W-27760

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it will give to providing increased discretionary powers for sheriffs and judges to admit evidence of previous convictions of accused persons in solemn and summary criminal cases.

We have no immediate plans to consider providing such powers generally to sheriffs and judges. The Sexual Offences (Procedures & Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2002 will, however, create a presumption, in sexual offences cases, in favour of disclosure of an accused's previous conviction for such offences, in the event that the accused makes a successful application to lead evidence about the sexual history or character of the complainer.We have noted the proposal in the UK Government's recently published White Paper Justice for All to allow judges to decide whether previous convictions are sufficiently relevant to the case, bearing in mind the prejudicial effect, to be heard by the jury and for the jury to decide what weight should be given to that information in all the circumstances of the case. We shall follow developments relating to this particular proposal with interest.

Question reference: S1W-27756

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many responses it has received from individual respondents to its consultation on the Scottish Prison Service Estates Review.

Question reference: S1W-27761

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on codifying the law and practice relating to the admissibility of evidence in (a) criminal cases and (b) civil cases.

Question reference: S1W-27759

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it will give to making provision to bring persons acquitted of serious criminal charges before a second trial where compelling new evidence has become available after such an acquittal.

Question reference: S1W-27071

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those court dues exigible in the Court of Session from 1987 to date in monetary terms and showing any percentage and Retail Price Index increases from year to year for (a) lodgment of a summons/petition, (b) a jury precept (c) lodging records, (d) a reclaiming motion, (e) fixing a proof, (g) a proof/debate hearing (each 30 minutes), (h) a summar roll hearing (30 minutes), (i) a jury trial (30 minutes), (j) a motion roll or other Outer House hearing, (k) out of hours hearings, (l) lodging an account of expenses, (m) an Inner House hearing, (n) a single bill, and (o) enrolment of a motion.

Question reference: S1W-27068

Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 30 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how its school estate strategy will identify the number of (a) schools and (b) the number of pupils served by schools that have sub-standard heating, ventilation, plumbing and roofs.