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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-15708

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many notices were served by local authorities on the owners of buildings under section 11(2) of the Building (Scotland) Act 1959 in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000.

Question reference: S1W-14888

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 30 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to bring forward a national strategy for respiratory disease.

Question reference: S1W-15625

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 18 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the revised 5-14 Guidelines for modern languages.

Question reference: S1W-14912

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its review of the Scottish Prison Service chaplaincy service; what level of consultation took place during this review, and which churches were involved in the review.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No formal review of Chaplaincy within the Scottish Prison Service is being undertaken.The provision for Chaplaincy is, like those of other services, continually kept under review by the SPS with the aims of ensuring best service for prisoners and best value for the taxpayer and arrangements are adjusted accordingly.

Question reference: S1O-03350

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of the Prison Officers' Association Scotland.

Representatives of the Scottish Prison Service and the Prison Officers’ Association attended a conciliation hearing on 1 May 2001 which was chaired by the Director of ACAS for Scotland.As a result, the dispute about staff attendance patterns has been referred for resolution to an Independent Arbiter appointed by ACAS. The hearing will be arranged at an early date and will produce an outcome this month that is binding on both sides.

Question reference: S1W-14920

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the wage structure for prison officers within Kilmarnock prison during 2000 and 2001.

Question reference: S1W-14911

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS Trusts currently provide continuous hyperfactionated accelerated radiotherapy and whether this treatment will be made more widely available.

Continuous hyper-fractionated accelerated radiotherapy (CHART) is not currently available in any of Scotland's five cancer centres.The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been asked to advise on the clinical and cost effectiveness of CHART for patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer. Their report should be available during 2002.The Scottish Cancer Plan will be published in the near future.

Question reference: S1W-14913

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding has been provided to the Scottish Prison Service chaplaincy service in each of the last three years, broken down by prison.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

Establishment	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Aberdeen	9,394.02	12,087.05	10,771.15
Barlinnie	50,681.94	53,650.88	52,436.95
Castle Huntly	5,072.28	7,559.12	5,555.77
Cornton Vale	18,327.56	13,739.71	13,967.30
Dumfries	5,427.20	5,830.43	4,580.72
Dungavel (Now closed)	8,937.63	13,473.31	3,838.06
Edinburgh	28,604.04	31,310.52	34,016.72
Friarton (Now closed)	1,353.60	1,552.35	0.00
Glenochil	25,400.95	35,369.38	34,220.34
Greenock	12,723.48	17,556.80	18,132.13
Inverness	10,060.19	14,005.77	10,133.14
Longriggend (Now closed)	13,499.46	13,417.51	200.46
Low Moss	20,746.94	21,173.28	19,201.88
Noranside	3,295.32	4,134.85	4,053.86
Penninghame (Now closed)	2,775.58	3,363.12	25.06
Perth	23,020.30	35,252.30	25,679.91
Peterhead	12,816.25	17,310.92	12,467.06
Polmont	20,392.66	25,736.35	20,425.82
Shotts	32,774.03	32,746.96	31,203.94
Shotts IU	1,415.89	3,642.38	0.00
	£306,720.00	£362,913.00	£300,911.00

Question reference: S1W-14898

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to include Ministry of Defence police officers within the calculation of police numbers at either a national or local constabulary level.

Question reference: S1W-14834

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13170 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 February 2001, how many senior prison chaplains are currently employed within Scottish Prison Service, which prisons they serve, and which denominations they represent.