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Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S3W-39684	To ask the Scottish Executive what level of committed grid investment there is and planned grid investment it envisages over the next 10 years, broken down by (a) year, (b) project and (c) investor.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 Mar 2011
S3W-37243	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on how an independent Scotland would use collateral in the remaining North Sea oil and gas reserves to support its banks.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	10 Feb 2011
S3M-07680	Oppose the Deskilling of Teaching in Renfrewshire	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	11 Jan 2011
S3W-36518	To ask the Scottish Executive how it considers that “the powers of independence and financial responsibility” would constitute “an alternative to a decade or more of Westminster-dictated cuts”, as out	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36517	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish plans on how “financial independence within the union” might operate.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36516	To ask the Scottish Executive how its plans for full fiscal autonomy differ from the arrangements in place for the funding of (a) the Basque Country, (b) Canadian provinces, and (c) American states.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36515	To ask the Scottish Executive which individual elements of the bail-out of the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB/HBOS and the subsequent fiscal stimulus and emergency measures to support economic	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36514	To ask the Scottish Executive how the actions taken to bail-out the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB/HBOS would have differed under financial independence as cited by the First Minister in the in	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36513	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to update the Campaign for Fiscal Responsibility on its plans for the financing of Scotland in light of the most recent Government Expenditure and Revenu	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36512	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will define financial independence as cited by the First Minister in the introduction to the 2010-11 programme for government.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36511	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Council of Economic Advisers has considered the issue of full fiscal autonomy and, if so, what its views are.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36510	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that its aims for fiscal responsibility match those for the Campaign for Fiscal Responsibility and, if not, in what way they differ.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36509	To ask the Scottish Executive what new institutions would be required to support full fiscal autonomy and what function each institution would fulfil.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-36508	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish plans on how full fiscal autonomy would have operated (a) since 2007, (b) in the current year and (c) in forthcoming years, including estimates of	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2010
S3W-37242	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on an SNP website, what its position is on how an independent Scotland would “easily support any financial rescue”.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	18 Nov 2010
S3W-37190	To ask the Scottish Executive what the position is regarding a new health centre in Linwood, for which planning permission was granted in 2008.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2010
S3W-36879	To ask the Scottish Executive who took the decision to sell the land obtained for the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project under compulsory purchase powers; when the decision was taken; what consultation	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2010
S3W-36996	To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on revenue forecasts for the Scottish tax take for each major tax in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Oct 2010
S3W-35972	To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees of it and its agencies are paid (a) £100,000 to £150,000, (b) £150,001 to £200,000 and (c) more than £200,000.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	19 Oct 2010
S3W-36542	To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on what sites in the United Kingdom have been selected for wind turbine manufacture; whether any sites in Scotland have been selected, and, if not	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 Oct 2010
S3M-07174	Voices in Paisley 2010 Festival	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	07 Oct 2010
S3W-36541	To ask the Scottish Executive at what sites it is planning to run carbon capture and storage demonstration projects.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Oct 2010
S3W-36524	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it was given advance notice by the UK Government of the delay of targets for a roll-out of a universal broadband speed across the United Kingdom.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Oct 2010
S3W-36523	To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it made to UK Government (a) before and (b) following the announcement it made of a delay in the roll-out of universal service obligation (USO) broad	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Oct 2010
S3W-36522	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has met UK ministers since May 2010 on the subject of broadband services.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Oct 2010
S3W-36521	To ask the Scottish Executive what written representations it has made to the UK Government since May 2010 on broadband services and whether it will publish them.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Oct 2010
S3W-36520	To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has provided directly to support investment in (a) subsea cables, (b) grid capacity and (c) carbon capture and storage, in each year since 2005-06.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Oct 2010
S3M-07132	Revive MS Support Outreach Clinic and the Paisley and District Branch of the MS Society	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	01 Oct 2010
S3W-36519	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered merging, or plans to merge Skills Development Scotland with the Scottish Funding Council.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	01 Oct 2010
S3W-36058	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the A9 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route non-profit distributing model has no estimated financial close date on its website.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Sep 2010
S3W-36057	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the (a) M74/A725 North Junction, (b) M8 associated network improvements and (c) M8 Baillieston to Newhouse non-profit distributing model did not meet the	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Sep 2010
S3W-35975	To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS employees are paid (a) £100,000 to £150,000, (b) £150,001 to £200,000 and (c) more than £200,000.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Sep 2010
S3W-35886	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the current salaries of the chief executive officers who are eligible for a bonus payment equivalent to 10% of salary under its guidance for such	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	22 Sep 2010
S3W-35828	To ask the Scottish Executive what the total of non-consolidated bonus payments was for the public sector in 2009-10 and what the estimate is for 2010-11.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	22 Sep 2010
S3W-35973	To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees of non-departmental public bodies, public corporations and other public bodies not covered by agency status are paid (a) £100,000 to £150,000, (b) £150	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Sep 2010
S3W-35888	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the appropriateness of bonus payments for non-departmental public body chief executive officers in 2010-11.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Sep 2010
S3W-35887	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish its 2010-11 guidance on bonus payments to non-departmental public body chief executive officers.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Sep 2010
S3W-35885	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason its 2010-11 guidance on bonus payments to non-departmental public body chief executive officers allows for the payment of a bonus equivalent to 10% of sal	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Sep 2010
S3W-35762	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any performance measurement and published data on the performance of local planning departments	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	15 Sep 2010
S3W-35827	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-35361 by Keith Brown on 16 July 2010, how it reconciles the offer of the 16+ Learning Choices with the most recent figure for those	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 Sep 2010
S3W-35924	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the award to Hewlett-Packard of £7 million in Regional Selective Assistance support will be given in step with the promised 700 jobs being created.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2010
S3W-35923	To ask the Scottish Executive over what period will the planned 700 jobs at Hewlett-Packard arising as a result of the award of £7 million in Regional Selective Assistance support will be created.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2010
S3W-35922	To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the planned 700 jobs at Hewlett-Packard arising as a result of the award of £7 million in Regional Selective Assistance support are primarily related to call	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2010
S3W-35921	To ask the Scottish Executive what conditions have been attached to the award to Hewlett-Packard of £7 million in Regional Selective Assistance support.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2010
S3W-35974	To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authority employees are paid (a) £100,000 to £150,000, (b) £150,001 to £200,000 and (c) more than £200,000.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	10 Sep 2010
S3W-35717	To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £1.25 billion schools building programme announced in 2009 will use non-traditional procurement methods; whether it will itemise the projects involved, an	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	09 Sep 2010
S3W-35716	To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £1.25 billion schools building programme announced in 2009 has been procured using non-traditional procurement so far.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	09 Sep 2010
S3W-35699	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will roll out an integrated employment and skills service.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Sep 2010
S3W-35697	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made on delivering the More Choices, More Chances strategy and what objectives are outstanding.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Sep 2010
S3W-35830	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will seek to obtain and publish up-to-date financial information on non-consolidated bonus payments (a) in local government and (b) for senior police officers.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Sep 2010
S3W-35829	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is bound by the Senior Salaries Review Body recommendations on pay and non-consolidated bonus pay for senior civil servants.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Sep 2010
S3W-35712	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the planned joint procurement of the A8 upgrade, M74 Raith Interchange and M8/M73/M74 network improvement projects has led to delays in the delivery of the three	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Sep 2010
S3W-35715	To ask the Scottish Executive what projects have been procured by the Scottish Futures Trust using the Non-Profit Distributing model.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	01 Sep 2010
S3W-35645	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is formal monitoring of local authorities’ progress toward delivering the Scottish Government’s commitment on free school meals.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	01 Sep 2010
S3W-35431	To ask the Scottish Executive how many public sector employees earn less than £7.15 per hour and in what areas they work	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	01 Sep 2010
S3W-35700	To ask the Scottish Executive what role it has had in the administration or operation of the Future Jobs Fund in Scotland.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	30 Aug 2010
S3W-35714	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has responded to the reporter’s report on the M8/M73/M74 Network Improvements Scheme received by ministers in July 2009 and, if not, for what reason.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Aug 2010
S3W-35713	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has responded to the reporter’s report on the A8 received by ministers in October 2008 and, if not, for what reason.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Aug 2010
S3W-35466	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish like-for-like updated benefit cost ratios for each major rail project underway or planned, including the Glasgow Airport Rail Link and Paisley cor	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2010
S3W-35404	To ask the Scottish Executive how it assesses progress in educational attainment in reading, writing and numeracy over time.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Aug 2010
S3W-35403	To ask the Scottish Executive what the trend has been in attainment levels in writing, reading and numeracy at P3, P5, P7 and S2 since 1999.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Aug 2010
S3W-35402	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been continual comparable data collection on attainment in reading, writing and numeracy at P3, P5, P7 and S2 since 1999.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Aug 2010
S3W-35401	To ask the Scottish Executive whether direct comparisons in attainment at P3, P5, P7 and S2 can be made between the Scottish Survey of Achievement and the results from the 5 - 14 National Tests.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Aug 2010
S3W-35430	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has requested that Lloyds Banking Group or the Royal Bank of Scotland publish their small business lending levels for Scotland	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2010
S3W-35360	To ask the Scottish Executive how many combined heat and power plants have been established in Scotland in each year since 2003-04.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2010
S3W-35359	To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support (a) it and (b) its agencies have given to wave and tidal technologies and their deployment in each year since 2006-07.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2010
S3W-35358	To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support (a) it and (b) its agencies have given to offshore wind technologies and their deployment in each year since 2006-07.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2010
S3W-35361	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a guaranteed training place for under-18s.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	12 Aug 2010
S3W-35362	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a guaranteed (a) training place or (b) job for 18 to 24-year-olds out of work for more than 6 months.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	04 Aug 2010
S3W-35354	To ask the Scottish Executive what schools in Renfrewshire have a suitability rating of C and D.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	04 Aug 2010
S3W-34995	To ask the Scottish Executive when will it start to publish economic forecasts for Scotland.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Jul 2010
S3W-34635	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is on target for Scotland to match UK economy growth rates by 2011.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	29 Jun 2010
S3W-34634	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it does not publish growth forecasts for the Scottish economy.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	29 Jun 2010
S3W-33946	To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs it estimates were saved in Scotland in 2009 and have been saved in 2010 by the discretionary fiscal stimulus.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 Jun 2010
S3M-06519	Citizens Advice Scotland's report, Fully Charged	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	08 Jun 2010
S3W-33877	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the money spent, and due to be spent, on the cancelled branch line element of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	03 Jun 2010
S3W-33554	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a full breakdown of the cost to it of the cancellation of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 May 2010
S3W-33540	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33003 by John Swinney on 28 April 2010, how much has been secured in additional European Structural Funds as part of the Economic R	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	20 May 2010
S3W-33539	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33003 by John Swinney on 28 April 2010, how much in European structural funding has been accelerated and how many jobs this is supp	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	20 May 2010
S3W-33541	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33003 by John Swinney on 28 April 2010, how many of the 15,000 jobs supported by the Economic Recovery Plan are new and over what t	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	18 May 2010
S3M-06271	Save the Foundation, Charities Unite against Lloyds Banking Group	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	10 May 2010
S3W-33385	To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools planned under its £1.25 billion school building programme will be built by (a) conventional procurement, (b) PPP, (c) non-profit trust and (d) another me	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	10 May 2010
S3W-33243	To ask the Scottish Executive what projects are supported by the Scottish Futures Trust and what the procurement model is for each.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	07 May 2010
S3W-33242	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Futures Trust has developed an alternative model of procurement to PPP/PFI.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	07 May 2010
S3W-33247	To ask the Scottish Executive what future annual funding profile is associated with each new capital project that received support from the budget consequentials on 14 April 2010.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	28 Apr 2010
S3W-33246	To ask the Scottish Executive what its best estimate is of the long-term job creation potential associated with the budget consequentials expenditure allocated on 14 April 2010.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	28 Apr 2010
S3W-33004	To ask the Scottish Executive what projects have benefited or will benefit from the accelerated capital programme spend.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	28 Apr 2010
S3W-33003	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the jobs that it suggests have been supported by the Economic Recovery Plan.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	28 Apr 2010
S3W-33002	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30161 by John Swinney on 21 January 2010, how many of these jobs were (a) accounted by the accelerated capital programme and (b) ne	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	28 Apr 2010
S3W-33001	To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs in Scotland were saved by the banking bailout.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	28 Apr 2010
S3W-33251	To ask the Scottish Executive how much compensation was paid for land acquisition associated with the cancelled part of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Apr 2010
S3W-33250	To ask the Scottish Executive what businesses faced compulsory purchase of their premises on land intended for that element of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project that has been cancelled.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Apr 2010
S3W-33249	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the information in the Transport Scotland minute to ministers of 1 May 2009 indicating £40 million of expenditure on the branch line at that time, what the t	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Apr 2010
S3W-33248	To ask the Scottish Executive what its plans are for land acquired for the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Apr 2010
S3W-33245	To ask the Scottish Executive what its best estimate is of the long-term job creation potential associated with the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Apr 2010
S3W-33244	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in Renfrewshire have been in modern apprenticeships in each year since 1996-97.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Apr 2010
S3W-32790	To ask the Scottish Executive how it is seeking to support effective competition in the banking sector in Scotland, particularly given its importance to the wider economy, as suggested by the Council	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Apr 2010
S3W-32789	To ask the Scottish Executive how it is seeking to develop its capacity to make informed judgements on issues of financial regulation, as recommended by the Council of Economic Advisers.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Apr 2010
S3W-32788	To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to how it can influence the reorganisation of UK banks, as recommended by the Council of Economic Advisers.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Apr 2010
S3W-31495	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it has not yet answered question S3W-27290, which was due for answer on 29 September 2009.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Mar 2010
S3M-06011.1	Renfrew Ferry Saved	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Amendment	24 Mar 2010
S3M-05950	Scotland’s Cluniac Heritage	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	12 Mar 2010
S3W-31775	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27502 by Stewart Stevenson on 25 September 2009, how much money it has allocated to the Fastlink initiative.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2010
S3M-05891	Congratulations to Renfrewshire Carers' Centre	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	04 Mar 2010
S3W-31776	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on devolving financial services regulation to the Scottish Parliament and a Scottish financial services authority.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	03 Mar 2010
S3W-31494	To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual financial subsidy is to the Renfrew Ferry.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	25 Feb 2010
S3W-31493	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has been approached with any requests to assist in maintaining the Renfrew Ferry.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	25 Feb 2010
S3W-31492	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has been approached by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport for financial support to assist in maintaining the Renfrew Ferry.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	25 Feb 2010
S3W-31491	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the Edinburgh tram project did not appear in the written evidence provided to the Public Audit Committee by the Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Execut	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	25 Feb 2010
S3W-31490	To ask the Scottish Executive what the planned profile is of capital expenditure for the building of the new Southern General Hospital.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	25 Feb 2010
S3W-31489	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the planned payments to the building contractor for the new Southern General Hospital provided by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde comply with best practice.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	25 Feb 2010
S3W-31488	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it has agreed to a contract permitting 99% of the cost of the new Southern General Hospital to be paid in advance of the completion of the site.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	25 Feb 2010
S3W-31487	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde being able to pay the contractor for the Southern General Hospital project 99% of the build costs before the new sit	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	25 Feb 2010
S3W-31497	To ask the Scottish Executive whether its plans for enhanced reporting of government spending include providing a planned capital expenditure schedule for each major capital project supported by the S	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Feb 2010
S3W-31496	To ask the Scottish Executive which of the recommendations in Audit Scotland’s Review of major capital projects in Scotland in June 2008 regarding reporting publicly on the progress of major capital p	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Feb 2010
S3W-30291	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason its document, Supporting Business and Enterprise - Taking forward our National Conversation, contains no discussion of what currency is envisaged under th	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	20 Jan 2010
S3M-05548	Congratulations to Lloyds TSB Foundation Chief Executive Mary Craig OBE	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	18 Jan 2010
S3M-05546	Threat to Renfrew Ferry 1 linked amendment	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	18 Jan 2010
S3W-29566	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on class actions to demand compensation for excessive bank charges.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2009
S3W-29565	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the full disclosure of bankers’ remuneration packages and bonuses for all those earning over £200,000 per annum, as is the case for directors.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2009
S3O-08680	To ask the Scottish Executive Scottish Executive, if further capital is accelerated in the pre Budget report, whether it will consider reinstating the Glasgow Airport Rail Link as requested by Scotla	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	03 Dec 2009
S3W-28798	To ask the Scottish Executive what concerns the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth has expressed in writing to the (a) European Commissioner for Competition Policy and (b) UK Governm	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	02 Dec 2009
S3W-28792	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27654 by John Swinney on 14 October 2009, whether it made representations after 22 September 2009 to the (a) European Commission or	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	02 Dec 2009
S3W-28791	To ask the Scottish Executive what “appropriate intervention”, as referred to by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth in The Herald on 1 November 2009, it considers that it took wi	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	01 Dec 2009
S3W-27178	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it monitors how many teachers are retiring in each year in each local authority, the extent of pension enhancements offered and the associated costs and prospecti	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	01 Dec 2009
S3W-28789	To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the Scottish small-business banking share of (a) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (b) HBOS in August 2008; (c) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (d) Ll	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Nov 2009
S3W-28799	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the response to the second supplementary to question S3F-1978 by Alex Salmond on 5 November 2009 (Official Report c. 20929), what its preferred solution for H	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28797	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the principle of the proposed divestment of parts of the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group and what the reasons are for its position	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28796	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in relation to any proposed divestments in British banking in light of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth’s comment in a press	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28795	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it did not make representations to the European Commission (EC) prior to 3 November 2009 to ask that the Scottish Government be fully involved in how the	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28794	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the level of stock of core tier-one capital being required of the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group by the Financial Services Author	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28793	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in relation to UK Government plans for the Royal Bank of Scotland to be able to use its recent losses to reduce tax bills.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28788	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it did not ask the Office of Fair Trading, under the terms of the Enterprise Act 2002, to refer the small-business banking market in Scotland to the Compe	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28787	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that its decision to make no written representations to the European Commission regarding the structure of the Royal Bank of Scotland or Lloyds Banki	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28786	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the limiting of bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28785	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the comments of the European Commissioner for Competition Policy that the Royal Bank of Scotland had become too big to supervise, too big to opera	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28783	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it submitted representations on the UK Government’s forthcoming Financial Services and Business Bill as part of its legislative programme consultation and what th	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28782	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it submitted a response to the UK Government’s consultation on its white paper, Reforming Financial Markets, which closed on 30 September 2009 and what the reason	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2009
S3W-28027	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish its views on future regulatory reform of banking in Scotland.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	25 Nov 2009
S3W-28790	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is regarding the exclusion of the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland from Lloyds Banking Group’s initial rights issue in May 2009.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Nov 2009
S3W-28334	To ask the Scottish Executive what the names are of the 14 condition C schools in Renfrewshire as noted in table 6.1 of Schools Estate Statistics 2009.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	19 Nov 2009
S3W-28784	To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional jobs have been created, and over what period, by the advanced capital spend and how it has arrived at these figures.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Nov 2009
S3W-27658	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the First Minister’s previously stated view that spivs and speculators caused the demise of HBOS.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Nov 2009
S3W-28029	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has concerns about a reduction in competition in high street lending and what policy intervention it (a) has promoted and (b) supports to address this issue.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	10 Nov 2009
S3W-28028	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it (a) has undertaken and (b) will publish a review of the effectiveness of recent financial market policy interventions for the Scottish financial sector.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	10 Nov 2009
S3W-28089	To ask the Scottish Executive which three primary schools in Renfrewshire had a roll less than 50% of capacity in 2008-09, as stated in Table 7.1 of the School Estate Statistics 2009.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2009
S3W-28026	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will identify the proposals in the UK Government white paper, Reforming financial markets, that it does not support.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2009
S3W-28025	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will identify the proposals in the UK Government white paper, Reforming financial markets, that it supports.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2009
S3W-28067	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will name the secondary school in Renfrewshire that was rebuilt or substantially refurbished in 2008-09, as stated in Table 4 of the School Estate Statistics 2	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	02 Nov 2009
S3W-28031	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its funding to local authorities to maintain teacher numbers, whether it has concerns that the reduction in teacher numbers exceeds the proportionate fall in	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	02 Nov 2009
S3W-28030	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its funding to local authorities to maintain teacher numbers, whether it has concerns about the reduction in teachers by over 100 in the Renfrewshire local a	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	02 Nov 2009
S3W-27660	To ask the Scottish Executive what written representations it made to the European Commission on (a) financial services regulations and (b) bankers’ bonuses between 15 September 2008 and 20 September	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Oct 2009
S3W-27659	To ask the Scottish Executive what written representations it made to the UK Government on (a) financial services regulations and (b) bankers’ bonuses between 15 September 2008 and 20 September 2009 a	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Oct 2009
S3M-05022	Paisley Festival 2009	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	15 Oct 2009
S3W-27656	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to establish whether there is sufficient competition in small business banking in Scotland and whether it will publish any relevant evidence.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 Oct 2009
S3W-27655	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has carried out investigations to establish the degree of competitiveness in the Scottish banking market in the last 12 months and, if so, whether it will publ	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 Oct 2009
S3W-27654	To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it made prior to 22 September 2009 to the (a) European Commission and (b) UK Government regarding the EU probe into competition in British banking se	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 Oct 2009
S3W-27664	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide the administrative costs agreed with the Energy Saving Trust for the Home Insulation Scheme, also expressed as (a) a percentage and (b) per benefi	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Oct 2009
S3W-27663	To ask the Scottish Executive by what process the Energy Saving Trust was given the Home Insulation Scheme contract and what the (a) duration and (b) value is of that contract	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Oct 2009
S3W-27662	To ask the Scottish Executive by what process the Energy Saving Trust was given the Energy Assistance Package contract and what the (a) duration and (b) value is of that contract.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Oct 2009
S3W-27661	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-25590 by Alex Neil on 23 July 2009, whether it is now in a position to provide a breakdown of how the funding under the Home Insula	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Oct 2009
S3O-08122	To ask the Scottish Executive in what way it considers that real-terms reductions in the enterprise budget promote economic recovery.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	08 Oct 2009
S3W-27651	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Renfrewshire Council’s teacher access model for pre-school children, which has halved the number of teachers working in the pre-five sector in one year, is in lin	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	07 Oct 2009
S3W-27657	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that there is no evidence to suggest that Scotland’s reputation has suffered greatly through the global economic crisis.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Oct 2009
S3W-27177	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has concerns that teachers retiring early, sometimes with many years of enhanced pensions, subsequently seek and obtain supply posts in the same authority at a	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Oct 2009
S3M-04937	The Power of Scotland Renewed Report Publication 1 linked amendment	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	24 Sep 2009
S3W-27115	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take immediate steps to tackle the situation for post-probation teachers across Scotland that has resulted in only 4 of over 320 probationers employed in	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2009
S3W-26730	To ask the Scottish Executive what the equal opportunities requirements are in relation to the allocation of teaching supply work.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2009
S3W-26729	To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities can choose to ignore past work experience when allocating teaching supply work.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2009
S3W-26728	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the prioritisation by local authorities of ex-probationers or recent graduates when allocating teaching supply work would comply with the provisions of employment	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2009
S3W-26727	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that priority should be given to either ex-probationers or recent graduates in the allocation of teaching supply work.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2009
S3W-26726	To ask the Scottish Executive whether guidance has been offered to local authorities about the employment of supply teachers and, if so, what guidance.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2009
S3W-26725	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Renfrewshire Council’s policy of removing all full-time teachers and head teachers from nurseries and pre-5 establishments is in line with the Scottish National P	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2009
S3W-26724	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Renfrewshire Council’s policy of removing all full-time teachers and head teachers from nurseries and pre-5 establishments is in line with Scottish Government pol	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2009
S3W-26723	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Renfrewshire Council’s policy of removing all full-time teachers and headteachers from nurseries and pre-5 establishments is in line with Scottish Government guid	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2009
S3W-27087	To ask the Scottish Executive, given the shortage of teaching positions and the rise in those seeking teaching supply positions, whether it will consider making teaching disclosure arrangements portab	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Sep 2009
S3W-27086	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reasons it considers it reasonable for each local authority to require a different disclosure arrangement for each supply teacher when the relevant teacher has a	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Sep 2009
S3O-07849	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the forthcoming housing Bill will tackle public concern that factors continue to rely on responsible tenants to meet the full costs of communal repairs and are no	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	17 Sep 2009
S3O-07732	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that public bodies and local authorities pay their bills within 10 days of receipt.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	10 Sep 2009
S3O-07648	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to address knife crime in Paisley.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	03 Sep 2009
S3M-04736	Lance Armstrong Cycles into Paisley	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	27 Aug 2009
S3W-26234	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in Renfrewshire benefited from the Energy Assistance Package between 1 April and 30 July 2009 and to which specific aspect(s) of the package can each be a	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	24 Aug 2009
S3W-26182	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-25932 by John Swinney on 28 July 2009, whether it regards it as desirable that local authorities publish real terms data for their	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	19 Aug 2009
S3W-25933	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is consistent with the principles of best value and transparency for a local authority chief executive or director of finance to refuse a request from an elect	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	19 Aug 2009
S3W-25932	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers it desirable that local authorities publish real-terms data in the same way that it does as part of its budget documentation and what the reasons are	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	28 Jul 2009
S3W-25931	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers it desirable that local authorities publish their budgets on a consistent basis.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	28 Jul 2009
S3M-04587	Robert Tannahill	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Members' Business Motion	09 Jul 2009
S3W-24394	To ask the Scottish Executive when data on healthcare associated infections, including Clostridium difficile, broken down by hospital, will be publicly available online.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	03 Jun 2009
S3O-07226	To ask the Scottish Executive how many trainee police officers are being given on-the-job training rather than the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan programme and for what proportion of their cour	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	03 Jun 2009
S3W-23557	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the individuals and organisations invited to the planning reform progress and e-planning launch event on 29 April 2009.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	15 May 2009
S3W-23563	To ask the Scottish Executive what financial and other assistance it has provided or plans to provide to assist third parties, including neighbours, local communities and NGOs, to access e-planning se	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 May 2009
S3W-23562	To ask the Scottish Executive what the benefits of the e-planning system will be for third parties to the planning process, including neighbours, local communities and NGOs.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 May 2009
S3W-23561	To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of the e-planning programme has been and what the estimated final cost is.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 May 2009
S3W-23560	To ask the Scottish Executive how the interests of local communities and other third parties involved in the planning system were represented at the planning reform progress and e-planning launch even	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 May 2009
S3W-23559	To ask the Scottish Executive how the planning reform progress and e-planning launch event on 29 April 2009 contributed to the inclusive and sustainable aims of the modernised planning system as set o	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 May 2009
S3W-23558	To ask the Scottish Executive what factors it took into account in identifying invitees to the planning reform progress and e-planning launch event on 29 April 2009.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 May 2009
S3O-06597	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that sufficient resources are allocated for the education of children with additional support needs.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	23 Apr 2009
S3W-22312	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-21839 by Kenny MacAskill on 23 March 2009, in what parts of Scotland police have not notified the local licensing boards of reports	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2009
S3W-21839	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its previous assurances that all prosecutions for the sale of alcohol to under 18-year-olds are routinely notified to the relevant licensing boards, whether	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	23 Mar 2009
S3O-06290	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will re-examine the operation of legal aid rules that in practice mean that many mortgage borrowers facing repossession are not eligible for assistance or, whe	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	19 Mar 2009
S3O-06190	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will abandon its proposal to lease out a large proportion of Forestry Commission Scotland land, given that 71% of respondents to its consultation opposed the i	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	12 Mar 2009
S3W-21004	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all notified cases of the 078 strain of Clostridium difficile, broken down by hospital.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Mar 2009
S3W-21080	To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners between the ages of 60 and 74 not in receipt of the guaranteed element of the pension credit have received a central heating system under the central	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	04 Mar 2009
S3W-20926	To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners who were assessed as eligible but not prioritised have received a central heating system under the central heating programme since 22 May 2009.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	04 Mar 2009
S3O-05981	To ask the Scottish Executive what quantity of chlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons was contained in buildings demolished in the last year.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	26 Feb 2009
S3O-05922	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing was first aware of the emergence of the new and potentially more dangerous 078 strain of Clostridium difficile in hosp	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	12 Feb 2009
S3W-20927	To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners between the ages of 64 and 74 not in receipt of the guaranteed element of the pension credit have received a central heating system under the central	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2009
S3O-05776	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the local authority settlement 2008 and 2009 provides sufficient resources for education.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	05 Feb 2009
S3O-05463	To ask the Scottish Executive what its reasons are for not introducing a dedicated webpage that would provide at one source publicly-accessible information on hospital-acquired infections and mortalit	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question General Question	15 Jan 2009
S3W-18904	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of Scottish Planning Policy 1 being superseded by Scottish Planning Policy, what the reasons are for the absence of timescales for the processing of planning ap	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2009
S3W-18799	To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for the absense in the Scottish Planning Policy document of targets or timescales for the determination of planning applications by planning authorit	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2009
S3W-18574	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been changes to the motorway and trunk road preparation programme in the last 12 months and, if so, for what reason this has not been publicly reported	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Dec 2008
S3W-18573	To ask the Scottish Executive why the Transport Scotland website states that the motorway and trunk road preparation programme is updated quarterly but the version shown at 4 December 2008 has not bee	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Dec 2008
S3W-18511	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16269 by John Swinney on 23 October 2008, whether it will provide in relation to each of the projects the (a) initial project annou	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Dec 2008
S3W-18510	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16270 by John Swinney on 23 October 2008, whether it will provide in relation to each of the projects the (a) date of financial clo	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Dec 2008
S3W-18509	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list any approved capital projects for which contracts were signed (a) in 2008 and (b) since publication of the outline business case for the Scottish Fut	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Dec 2008
S3W-18359	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce publicly-available, hospital-by-hospital reporting of Clostridium difficile and other healthcare-acquired infections and, if so, how frequently	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Dec 2008
S3W-18358	To ask the Scottish Executive when the standard template and guidance for local surveillance of healthcare-acquired infections is to be issued and implemented.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	08 Dec 2008
S3W-18236	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its press release of 24 November 2008 accompanying publication of responses to the local income tax consultation, in which the Cabinet Secretary for Finance a	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Dec 2008
S3W-18226	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering allowing local authorities to set their own local income tax (LIT) rates with a cap of 3p in the pound, whether such an approach would have impl	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Dec 2008
S3W-18225	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the First Minister’s comments on 30 October 2008 with regard to the local income tax in which he said to expect “all estimates that are attached to the bill t	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Dec 2008
S3W-18224	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16779 by John Swinney on 27 October 2008 in which it was stated that “The Scottish Government has no plans to publish such an analy	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Dec 2008
S3W-18223	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16779 by John Swinney on 3 October 2008 in which it was stated that “The Scottish Government has no plans to publish such an analys	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Dec 2008
S3W-18222	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16778 by John Swinney on 3 October 2008 in which it was stated that “we took account of the estimated costs to business highlighted	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Dec 2008
S3W-18235	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its press release of 24 November 2008 accompanying publication of responses to the local income tax consultation, in which the Cabinet Secretary for Finance a	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	04 Dec 2008
S3W-17886	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an updated version of the timetable that it provided in November 2007 for the implementation of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006, showing for	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	04 Dec 2008
S3W-17893	To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget implications are of the Scottish economic recovery plan and whether it will highlight any changes since the publication of its draft budget for 2009-10.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Nov 2008
S3W-17892	To ask the Scottish Executive what it means by the statement “we are redoubling our efforts to accelerate investment” in its news release of 12 November 2008 on employment statistics.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Nov 2008
S3W-17891	To ask the Scottish Executive what infrastructure projects it agreed to bring forward between the publication of the draft budget on 14 September 2008 and notification of the Scottish economic recover	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Nov 2008
S3W-17890	To ask the Scottish Executive what government money it has provided to help create and safeguard jobs, as referred to in its news release on 12 November 2008 on employment statistics.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Nov 2008
S3W-17889	To ask the Scottish Executive what the planning reforms are that it reports having delivered in its news release of 12 November 2008 on employment statistics.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Nov 2008
S3W-17888	To ask the Scottish Executive how its current Scottish economic recovery plan differs from that agreed by the Cabinet on 14 October 2008.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Nov 2008
S3W-17887	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its Scottish economic recovery plan and associated budget.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Nov 2008
S3W-17894	To ask the Scottish Executive what significant budgetary changes there were in its draft budget for 2009-10 compared to previous plans.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	20 Nov 2008
S3W-17564	To ask the Scottish Executive what the agreed tenure is of Sir Angus Grossart as chair of the Scottish Futures Trust.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	20 Nov 2008
S3W-17563	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will itemise by value the PPP projects that are in the market place or under procurement in this financial year and provide comparable data for the last eight	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	20 Nov 2008
S3W-17561	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the University of Strathclyde’s evaluation report on the pilot programme for nursery places for vulnerable two-year-olds has been delivered to the Scottish Govern	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	17 Nov 2008
S3M-02657	Paisley Festival Company/Voices in Paisley 2008	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Members' Business Motion	13 Nov 2008
S3M-02844	Renfrewshire Nursery School Cuts 1 linked amendment	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	07 Nov 2008
S3W-16779	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish an analysis of the (a) cost to small businesses without payroll departments of administering a local income tax and (b) number of small businesses it	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Oct 2008
S3W-16778	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish estimated set up and running costs to business of its proposed local income tax.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	27 Oct 2008
S3W-16777	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13979 by Kenny MacAskill on 16 June 2008, how many retailers had their licences to sell alcohol (a) suspended or (b) revoked in 200	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	21 Oct 2008
S3W-16780	To ask the Scottish Executive whether HM Revenue and Customs has agreed to collect the proposed local income tax.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	10 Oct 2008
S3M-02550	MSP Visits to GP Practices 1 linked amendment	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	16 Sep 2008
S3M-01299	Braehead Shopping Centre	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Standard Motion	05 Feb 2008
S3M-00976	A New Agenda for Scotland 1 linked amendment	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Motion For Debate	06 Dec 2007
S3M-00243.1	Transport	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Motion Motion For Debate	27 Jun 2007
S3W-00823	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-85 by Jim Mather on 31 May 2007, with which small European nations it aims to bring Scotland’s growth rate into line.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2007
S3W-00821	To ask the Scottish Executive why, when the UK overall efficiency savings targets have risen between September 2004 and September 2007, there has not been a commensurate rise in Scotland.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2007
S3W-00820	To ask the Scottish Executive why its targets for efficiency savings are 1.5% per annum when the targets for the rest of the United Kingdom are 3%.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2007
S3W-00822	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-79 by John Swinney on 5 June 2007, what the clear, strategic outcomes at national level will be and what the Executive’s national p	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	14 Jun 2007
S3W-00283	To ask the Scottish Executive what estimated annual cost savings are associated with the reduction in the number of ministers for Session 3 of the Parliament.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	12 Jun 2007
S3W-00281	To ask the Scottish Executive what estimated (a) costs and (b) savings are associated with the recent reorganisation of its departments.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	12 Jun 2007
S3W-00093	To ask the Scottish Executive what its top objectives are for climate change.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2007
S3W-00076	To ask the Scottish Executive what its top objectives are for deregulation.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2007
S3W-00074	To ask the Scottish Executive what its top objectives are for the Scottish budget.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2007
S3W-00073	To ask the Scottish Executive what its top objectives are for the economy.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2007
S3W-00087	To ask the Scottish Executive what its top objectives are for corporate social responsibility, the voluntary sector and the social economy.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	07 Jun 2007
S3W-00428	To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest estimate is of the cost of introducing its new business rate measures in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	06 Jun 2007
S3W-00084	To ask the Scottish Executive what its top objectives are for procurement and budgetary monitoring.	Alexander, Ms Wendy	Question Written Question	05 Jun 2007

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Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of committed grid investment there is and planned grid investment it envisages over the next 10 years, broken down by (a) year, (b) project and (c) investor.

S3W-39684 · Written Question · lodged by Alexander, Ms Wendy

Lodged on

16 Feb 2011

Heard / answered on

14 Mar 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of committed grid investment there is and planned grid investment it envisages over the next 10 years, broken down by (a) year, (b) project and (c) investor.

The answer

The Scottish Government works to identify and deliver the reinforcement and further development of Scotland''s grid network that will connect and transport Scotland''s energy potential, deliver a low carbon generating mix and ensure security of future energy supply. Our Second National Planning Framework highlights a range of energy generation, infrastructure and grid developments of national importance to Scotland. Proactive use of our powers on spatial onshore and offshore planning and consenting has resulted in a step change in planning, consenting and developing Scotland''s energy future. <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/07/02105627/0">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/07/02105627/0</a>. We work closely with UK, EU Governments, the GB system regulator Ofgem and transmission system operators in a number of strategic groupings envisaging future gird network at UK and EU level; including the Electricity Networks Strategy Group on future onshore and offshore GB reinforcement, and EU level groupings on future interconnected grid development in the Irish and North Seas. The Scottish Government does not hold detailed information on levels of committed and planned grid investment. This is a regulated activity by Ofgem and the three transmission system operators (National Grid Electricity Transmission Limited, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Limited and Scottish Power Transmission Limited). Decisions on specific grid projects and investment plans are part of this regulated process. The transmission system operators are responsible for developing their networks in line with their licence obligations. The revenue network companies can earn in doing so is determined by the regulatory price control process. This process provides the companies with future revenue levels and incentives to take forward efficient investment and running their systems. The transmission system operators develop projects to upgrade and reinforce transmission infrastructure within their area based on their assessment on what is required to run their network in an efficient manner. They submit these proposals to Ofgem for assessment and funding approval. Ofgem considers cost, and other factors such as need, for the electricity networks investment proposals put forward by network companies. The current transmission price control process (a Retail Price Index based process) runs from 2007-12. In that period Ofgem has agreed the transmission system operators can invest £3.8 billion in grid and network development. Detail is at: <a href="http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Networks/Trans/Archive/TPCR4/Pages/TPCR4.aspx" title="http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Networks/Trans/Archive/TPCR4/Pages/TPCR4.aspx">http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Networks/Trans/Archive/TPCR4/Pages/TPCR4.aspx</a>. In addition, on 25 January 2011 Ofgem also announced a £95 million investment package over the next two years to increase the capacity of Scotland''s power networks. Detail can be found at: <a href="http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Pages/MoreInformation.aspx?file=ScotlandUpgrade25012011.pdf&refer=Media/PressRel">http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Pages/MoreInformation.aspx?file=ScotlandUpgrade25012011.pdf&refer=Media/PressRel</a>. This price control period has been extended to 2013 as Ofgem transitions to an output performance-based approach to regulate energy networks. This RIIO model (Revenue = Incentives + Innovation + Outputs), covering eight year periods, will set regulatory price controls beyond 2013. The two Scottish transmission licensees are required by their licence obligations to assist National Grid, as System Operators of the National Electricity Transmission System, in preparing detail on the timing and scope of planned grid investment (as opposed to funding). Specific detail is available in the resulting Seven Year Statement at <a href="http://www.nationalgrid.c

Answered by Jim Mather on 14 Mar 2011.