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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: S4O-00135

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its international development spending in Malawi, what discussions it has had it with the UK Government regarding aid funding for projects in that country.

Question reference: S4O-00075

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the time taken by the UK Government in appointing a supermarkets ombudsman.

Question reference: S4F-00052

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to support the oil and gas industries.

Question reference: S3W-40495

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when the land use strategy will be laid before the Parliament.

Question reference: S3W-38660

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 January 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive at what number of daily crossings by pedestrians on trunk roads with a 60 mph speed limit Transport Scotland considers introducing road safety interventions.

There are no set criteria for the number of daily crossings by pedestrians on trunk roads with a 60 mph speed limit related to introducing road safety interventions.

Safer road design, improved speed management, continued maintenance and a better provision for vulnerable road users are amongst the steps being taken to reduce numbers of injuries and fatalities on Scotland''s roads. Transport Scotland assesses the safety performance of the trunk road network on an annual basis by screening all locations where three or more injury accidents have occurred in a three year period and this includes pedestrian injury accidents. Further investigations are carried out and where appropriate, mitigation measures are installed.

Question reference: S3W-38075

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2010
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will include support for more integrated production systems such as community assisted farming and care farming when designing measures to be included in the top up fund recommended in The Road Ahead For Scotland: Final Report of the Inquiry Into Future Support For Agriculture In Scotland.

Support is available through the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) for farmers wishing to set up a care farming operation. The Scottish Government has announced that an expert group will be set up through the Future CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) Stakeholder Group to take forward work on the inquiry''s recommendation of a Top-Up Fund (TUF). The current CAP Regulation does not allow for a TUF. We would therefore need to negotiate to ensure Scotland can develop a TUF when the future CAP post‘2013 legislation is being discussed in Europe.

Question reference: S3W-38076

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2010
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to make revenue funding from any future rounds of the Climate Challenge Fund or a similar replacement available to groups that have temporary or short term leases.

Question reference: S3W-36460

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dentists there were in each NHS board in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2009-10.

Data showing the number of NHS general, community and hospital dentists by NHS board at 30 September is available at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Dentists%202009a.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.

Data showing the number of NHS general dentists by NHS board at 31 March is available at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=GDS_Dentists_Only_Mar2010.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.

Question reference: S3O-11465

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the current GP out-of-hours service offers value-for-money for the taxpayer and best meets the needs of the patient.

Question reference: S3O-09661

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 February 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met senior members of Grampian Police.