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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)
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Question reference: S1W-16164

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3500 by Malcolm Chisholm on 31 May 2001, what the nature was of the data provided by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to the Small Area Statistics Unit.

Question reference: S1W-16161

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Small Area Statistics Unit study into the possible health effects of landfill sites will identify specifically the health effects of such sites on people living within a three kilometre distance of sites.

The Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU) study will compare health outcomes in people living within 2km of landfill sites with the health outcomes in the rest of the population. The 2 km band was chosen to optimise the study design and is in line with the conclusion of a World Health Organisation workshop held in April 2000 on exposure assessment around landfill sites. The study will cover the whole of Great Britain but importantly will also report the findings of the main analyses separately for Scotland.The SAHSU study will report on a number of health outcomes including birth defects and the incidence of certain types of cancer. Further information about the study is available on the Department of Health Internet Site (http://doh.gov.uk/land2.htm ).The health information used by SAHSU in this study is routinely collected data which have been supplied by the Office for National Statistics, the Information and Statistics Division of NHSScotland and the General Register Office for Scotland. Health Boards in Scotland did not submit data to the study.Information, including the location and operating conditions for licensed landfill sites in Scotland, was supplied to SAHSU by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

Question reference: S1W-16162

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Small Area Statistics Unit study into the possible effects of landfill sites will compare possible health effects of landfill sites on people living within 3 km of such sites with those on people living three to 7 km from sites.

Question reference: S1W-16163

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Small Area Statistics Unit study into the possible health effects of landfill sites will report separately on any birth defects and miscarriages, cancer occurrences, respiratory problems and dermatological effects experienced by people living near such sites.

Question reference: S1W-15950

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive from which budget the #2.2 million granted to Victim Support Scotland in 2000-01 specifically to help victims of sexual assaults, referred to by the Deputy Minister for Social Justice on 28 March 2001 (Official Report, col. 1032), came and where and how this money was spent.

Question reference: S1O-03544

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 6 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met Lothian and Borders Police to discuss Internet pornography.

The Executive, Crown Office and police forces are acutely aware of the scope that the Internet provides for the sexual exploitation of children. There are ongoing discussions between the Executive and ACPOS, including officers from Lothian and Borders Police, about work in this area and the Crown Office and ACPOS are developing a joint strategy on the investigation and prosecution of sexual exploitation of children on the Internet.

Question reference: S1O-03500

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 31 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Greengairs is included in the current Small Area Health Statistics Unit study into possible health effects of landfill sites.

Question reference: S1W-13504

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-5858 and S1W-9994 by Mr Jack McConnell on 28 April 2000 and 4 October 2000 respectively, whether it is now in a position to publish the Notes on Sections to the Scotland Act 1998 and make them available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

Question reference: S1W-14421

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 5 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive to whom its Equality Unit's database of women's organisations will be made available; what the criteria are for inclusion in the database; when it will be available, and what the reasons are for any delay in its completion.

The Executive is committed to reviewing the Women in Scotland Consultative Forum, including the women's database.

It is open to any organisation which has an interest in women's issues or which represents women to be included in the database.We will shortly be contacting organisations currently on the database seeking their permission to widen access to the database. Subject to their views we hope to make the database more widely accessible as soon as practical thereafter.

Question reference: S1O-03278

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 5 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it will make to Her Majesty's Government regarding legislation to protect children in Scotland being abused as a result of use of the Internet.

The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with The United Kingdom Government on a wide range of issues, including the regulation of the Internet. The Executive fully recognises the need for the utmost vigilance in this area. On 21 March Mr Jack McConnell announced the setting up of an action group to review existing support and guidance on Internet safety for children. The Executive is also committed to working with other relevant agencies on this issue, including those of the UK Government, and to legislate if necessary.