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This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0129-01.htm

 

This PQ was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0122-01.htm

In circumstances where the chair of an NDPB or a government agency also performs an executive function they may be admitted to the Civil Service pension arrangements.

For NDPBs where the Scottish Government has a direct interest, no chairperson in the last two years has been admitted to the Civil Service pension arrangements.

This PQ was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0115-01.htm

This PQ was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0108-01.htm

The NHS in Scotland has provided priority treatment for War Pensioners since 1953 and, in February 2008, this was extended to all veterans in Scotland, for health conditions related to their service. General practitioners and NHS hospital clinicians should give priority treatment for conditions related to military service unless there is an emergency case or another case demands clinical priority. All NHS boards have an appointed priority treatment champion tasked with monitoring appropriate implementation of this policy.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W 14046 on 19 June 2008, that clarified with the recent opening of the retail market, issues associated with the billing of non-household customers are now entirely matters for retail service providers, in this case Scottish Water’s retail subsidiary Business Stream.

Beyond this, it is usual for ministers to refer in general terms to the operational activities of bodies for which they are responsible in an effort to be as helpful as possible. Questions about the detail of these activities however, particularly while Business Stream is operating as a commercial retailer in a competitive market, remain entirely matters for it.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The methodology presented in the section on the economic growth targets in Scotland Performs outlines how Scotland’s recent performance against this measure is assessed. In addition to showing the latest direction of travel Scotland Performs will also present an assessment of whether or not we are on track to achieve the targets. Information on this is expected to be presented on Scotland Performs later this year.

Scottish GDP statistics are independently produced following the National Statistics Code of Practice. As with all National Statistics, the data sources and methods used in the measurement and production are subject to regular quality assurance reviews.

There are 956 filling stations in operation in Scotland.

Information on other matters is available in the Petroleum Review’s Retail Marketing Survey 2008.

The methodology for evaluating the latest change is published on the website and comments on this have been invited. Any improvements to the methodology will be published in due course.