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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-19084

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive (a) what organisations which do not provide clinical services it funds to provide sexual health advice and (b) what level of funding each organisation has received in each of the past three years.

Details of funding to such organisations are set out in the table.

Organisation	Funding received
Organisation	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Family Planning Association	£15,000	£17,000	£17,000
Fertility Care Scotland	£6,000	£6,500	£6,500
Healthy Gay Scotland	£93,000	£183,320	£135,136
Positive Steps Partnership	£30,000	£232,000	£315,000

In addition, Lothian Health will receive £3 million over a three-year period to lead the demonstration project Healthy Respect. Launched late last year, the project aims to help young people develop a positive attitude to sexual matters and ultimately to reduce the rates of unplanned teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. The Health Education Board for Scotland also takes initiatives in relation to sexual health, funded from its general allocation.

Question reference: S1W-18399

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15671 by Sarah Boyack on 19 June 2001, whether the statement that the police would initiate a road closure means that it is the police who are responsible for taking the decision to close a section of motorway or trunk road due to a road traffic accident and, if not, who is responsible.

Question reference: S1W-19313

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many job losses have been announced in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency since May 1999, broken down by employing organisation.

Question reference: S1W-19311

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many job losses have been announced in the Airdrie and Shotts constituency since May 1999, broken down by employing organisation.

Question reference: S1W-19318

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many job losses have been announced in the Hamilton South constituency since May 1999, broken down by employing organisation.

Question reference: S1W-19316

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many job losses have been announced in the Falkirk West constituency since May 1999, broken down by employing organisation.

Question reference: S1W-19315

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many job losses have been announced in the Falkirk East constituency since May 1999, broken down by employing organisation.

Question reference: S1W-19320

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many job losses have been announced in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency since May 1999, broken down by employing organisation.

Question reference: S1W-19319

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many job losses have been announced in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency since May 1999, broken down by employing organisation.

Question reference: S1W-19317

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many job losses have been announced in the Hamilton North and Bellshill constituency since May 1999, broken down by employing organisation.