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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: S3W-06929

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the number of community wardens in each of the three years of the draft budget.

We have no plansto increase the number of community wardens. For future years, funding forcommunity safety and antisocial behaviour will be included within the overalllocal government finance settlement. It will be the responsibility of eachlocal authority, in conjunction with their Community Planning Partners, toallocate funding on the basis of their local needs and priorities – taking intoaccount their statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national andlocal priorities, including the Scottish Government’s key strategic objectivesand manifesto commitments.

We will belooking at the role of community wardens and considering their potential futureuse as part of the current review of antisocial behaviour.

Question reference: S3W-06931

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to increase the number of community wardens.

Question reference: S3W-06895

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth will write to me as he promised in response to my question on the ministerial statement on the strategic spending review (Official Report, c. 3339).

Question reference: S3W-06291

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether police numbers on 13 November 2008 will be 150 higher than on 13 November 2007 and whether they will be 500 higher on 13 November 2011.

Question reference: S3W-06008

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 19 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects a decision to be taken on Tesco Stores Ltd’s request for a public local inquiry in respect of its planning application to build a major superstore at Beith Street, Partick, Glasgow.

Question reference: S3W-06007

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in the consideration of Tesco Stores Ltd’s appeal to the Scottish ministers in respect of its planning application to build a major superstore at Beith Street, Partick, Glasgow.

The Directorate forPlanning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA) has received two valid planning appealsfrom Tesco Stores Ltd against the failure to give decisions on applications forplanning permission by Glasgow City Council for retail development on land to thesouth of Beith Street, Glasgow. The appeals are in the early stage of processing and the public local inquiryis likely to take place in spring 2008. In keeping with the majority of appealsdetermined by DPEA, these appeals will be determined by a reporter from DPEA actingunder powers delegated by Scottish ministers.

Question reference: S3W-03874

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it plans to lay the regulation for the new guidance on recreational and open space to replace Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) 11.

Question reference: S3W-03875

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to define valued and functional space in the new guidance replacing National Planning Policy Guideline: NPPG 11 - Sport, Physical Recreation and Open Space.

Question reference: S3W-03876

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to protect open and green space that is not included in the definition of valued and functional space in Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) 11.

Question reference: S3W-04059

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2007
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 13 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2874 by Bruce Crawford on 27 August 2007, when it first contacted organisations about participating in the proposed summit in opposition to the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system.