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Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S2W-31660	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the publication in November 2006 of Communities Scotland’s research report 72, “Local housing need and affordability model for Scotland – Update”, whether it	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	19 Feb 2007
S2W-31661	To ask the Scottish Executive how many actions have been initiated by local authorities in each year since 1997 for alleged breaches of building warrants; how many actions have proceeded to court, and	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	15 Feb 2007
S2M-05569	Investment in Building Affordable Rented Homes	Tosh, Murray	Motion Standard Motion	08 Feb 2007
S2W-30377	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4928 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 9 June 2000, whether it will publish a list of disposals of property or land at less than full market	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	19 Dec 2006
S2W-30378	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to issue regulations under section 11 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 to amend the consent regime to allow local authorities to dispose of la	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2006
S2W-29449	To ask the Scottish Executive, following the announcement by the Minister for Transport, during the debate on the Elgin Bypass on 21 September 2006, that a liaison officer with specific responsibility	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2006
S2W-29410	To ask the Scottish Executive, following the announcement by the Minister for Transport, during the debate on the Elgin Bypass on 21 September 2006, that a liaison officer with specific responsibility	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2006
S2M-04916	Welfare of Animals During Transport	Tosh, Murray	Motion Standard Motion	04 Oct 2006
S2W-28503	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the report of the House of Commons all party parliamentary inquiry into anti-Semitism in September 2006 and whether it will take action in respe	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Oct 2006
S2M-04862	Integrated Care Model Pilot at Vale of Leven Hospital	Tosh, Murray	Motion Members' Business Motion	26 Sep 2006
S2W-28099	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it invited the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland to comment on the recommendations which applied to that commission contained in the Arbuthnott Co	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	14 Sep 2006
S2W-28101	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will identify all road bridges on the trunk road network where traffic movements are controlled by traffic lights and which of these bridges are programmed to	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2006
S2W-28100	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the estimate by Communities Scotland in its Investment Programme 2006-07 that the Executive’s affordable housing investment programme to build or improve 7,10	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2006
S2W-27738	To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the speech by Malcolm Chisholm MSP to the Chartered Institute of Housing Conference on 7 March 2006, which local authorities it considers have shown an	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	06 Sep 2006
S2W-27183	To ask the Scottish Executive how many newly-qualified teachers have been given a probationary teaching post under its teacher induction scheme in each year since the scheme was introduced; how many o	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	06 Sep 2006
S2W-27739	To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the speech by Malcolm Chisholm MSP to the Chartered Institute of Housing Conference on 7 March 2006, when it will publish research into potential plann	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	04 Sep 2006
S2W-27737	To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the speech by Malcolm Chisholm MSP to Homes for Scotland on 19 May 2006, what steps it is taking to ensure that local authorities’ development plans co	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	04 Sep 2006
S2W-27736	To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the speech by Malcolm Chisholm MSP to Homes for Scotland on 19 May 2006, what mechanisms it is putting in place to monitor the full impact of PAN 74 an	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	04 Sep 2006
S2W-27825	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will issue instructions or advice to local authorities in relation to delayed starts to local plan inquiries, in light of criticisms made by the Chief Inquiry	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2006
S2W-27741	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will invite the City of Edinburgh Council to consider re-running the community ownership ballot in Edinburgh and, if so, whether it will extend the eligible el	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2006
S2W-27740	To ask the Scottish Executive what the membership and remit will be of its Affordable Housing Working Group and whether it will identify all research sponsored by or for the working group and the anti	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2006
S2W-27676	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to issue revised guidance to local authorities on local housing strategies and whether the revised guidance will ensure that housing needs assessments are	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2006
S2W-27184	To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the volume of minerals which will be required for the construction of the M74 Northern Extension; what its policies are for sourcing the nece	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	26 Jul 2006
S2W-27005	To ask the Scottish Executive what amounts at current prices were paid in government grants in each year since 1997 to meet any annual deficits where the cost of pensions exceeded the amount of contri	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	25 Jul 2006
S2W-26985	To ask the Scottish Executive how much Single Farm Payment it anticipates will have been made to claimants in respect of “naked acres”, once all payments for 2005-06 have been made; of this, how much	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	19 Jul 2006
S2W-27062	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will identify the councils whose council leaders and/or chief officials have suggested that their councils should be merged with others and what steps it has t	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Jul 2006
S2W-26974	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) project to link sites of significant industrial archaeological heritage and whether it is consi	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	27 Jun 2006
S2W-26562	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-24694 by Peter Peacock on 20 April 2006, whether decisions by education authorities to cap the rolls of secondary schools, to disal	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2006
S2W-26331	To ask the Scottish Executive what its target date would have been to respond to my letter of 20 December 2005 on the performance of SEERAD officials and requests for a trial marine protection area in	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2006
S2W-25973	To ask the Scottish Executive what weighting it expects planning authorities to give to Scottish Planning Policies (SPPs) and Planning Advice Notes (PANs) in assessing planning applications in the per	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	31 May 2006
S2W-25928	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the decisions on 4 May 2006 by the Court of Justice of the European Communities in respect of cases C-290/03 and C-508/03, published on 10 May 2006, have implicat	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	31 May 2006
S2W-25972	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23456 by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 March 2006, to what extent the procedure for public inquiries held by reporters under the Electricit	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 May 2006
S2W-25832	To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) representations it has made, (b) discussions it has had and (c) correspondence it has exchanged with (i) the British Airports Authority and (ii) National Air Tra	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	24 May 2006
S2W-25830	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will identify all wind farm applications which have been granted consent within the area covered by the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan, under the powe	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	24 May 2006
S2W-26224	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to respond to my letter of 20 December 2005, and the reminders issued on 9 March 2006 and 21 April 2006, on the performance of SEERAD officials and reques	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	23 May 2006
S2W-25560	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to replace the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Removal of Judges) Order 1999 under an Act of the Scottish Parliament.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 May 2006
S2W-25831	To ask the Scottish Executive when it received the inquiry reporter’s recommendation and when it expects to issue a decision, in relation to the application for a 22-turbine wind farm at Corlic Hill i	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 May 2006
S2W-25561	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the operation of the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow, following the removal of tolls from the Erskine Bridge, and consider the removal of the barrier wh	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	12 May 2006
S2W-25559	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the (a) membership, (b) remit, (c) timescales and (d) targets for the Affordable Housing Working Party, announced by the Minister for C	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	12 May 2006
S2W-25380	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23170 by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 March 2006, whether it is also negotiating to transfer surplus public sector housing to providers o	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	05 May 2006
S2W-25381	To ask the Scottish Executive , further to the answer to question S2W-24697 by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 April 2006, whether it made representations in its own submission to HM Treasury on planning gain	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 May 2006
S2W-24872	To ask the Scottish Executive how new local strategic water and drainage infrastructure, such as major trunk sewers and trunk water mains, will be planned, funded and procured in circumstances where d	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	02 May 2006
S2W-24871	To ask the Scottish Executive how much income Scottish Water expects to receive from infrastructure and connection charges on new development under the Provision of Water and Sewerage Services (Reason	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	24 Apr 2006
S2W-24697	To ask the Scottish Executive whether its understanding of the proposed planning gain supplement is that it will apply to any category, or all categories, of affordable housing development in Scotland	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Apr 2006
S2W-24696	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23450 by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 March 2006, whether it understands it to be possible, under the proposals for planning gain suppleme	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Apr 2006
S2W-24695	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23450 by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 March 2006, whether the planning gain proposed in the business case and in the Private Bill to provi	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Apr 2006
S2W-24694	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the information showing the reasons for refusing placing requests, contained in Table 8 of Placing Requests in Schools in Scotland, 2004/05, published on 21 March	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Apr 2006
S2W-24693	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will present the information contained in Placing Requests in Schools in Scotland, 2004/05, published on 21 March 2006, in such a way as to show separately the	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Apr 2006
S2W-24465	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the city region plans proposed in the Planning Bill will be drawn up by permanent, dedicated teams of planners on the model of Glasgow and Clyde Valley or whether	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	19 Apr 2006
S2W-24462	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has established from Scottish Water how many development sites in local plans are constrained by a lack of water and sewerage infrastructure and whether it wil	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	18 Apr 2006
S2W-24460	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to increase the uptake of Rural Home Ownership Grant outwith the Highlands and Islands local authority areas, particularly in Argyll and Bute, Du	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	11 Apr 2006
S2W-24464	To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities charged with identifying sites for infrastructural or other major developments under the proposed national planning framework will be required t	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Mar 2006
S2W-24463	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the identification of sites for major mineral extractions will be included in the proposed national planning framework and, if so, whether the framework will make	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Mar 2006
S2W-24461	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it accepts the contents of the report submitted by Pennie Taylor on 23 November 2005, Redrawing NHS Boundaries in Argyll & Clyde - A Public Consultation, and whet	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	28 Mar 2006
S2W-23170	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19671 by Malcolm Chisholm, with which other public bodies, including UK Government departments, it is negotiating to develop framew	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Mar 2006
S2W-23458	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21906 by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 January 2006, whether it was consulted in any way by HM Treasury before the announcement of proposa	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	09 Mar 2006
S2W-23457	To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses were built with funding from Scottish Homes or Communities Scotland in each year since 1997-98 for (a) all forms of shared ownership, (b) private rented h	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	09 Mar 2006
S2W-23456	To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the proposals in the Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill will impact on how the Executive processes and determines applications for those electricity generating	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2006
S2W-23171	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19671 by Malcolm Chisholm, what advice it gives to public bodies on attaching title conditions or other legal agreements to land tr	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2006
S2W-22841	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21906 by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 January 2006, whether it has obtained, or is seeking, assurances from HM Treasury that the proceeds	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	01 Mar 2006
S2W-22436	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Transport Scotland will publish the full report, commissioned by the Executive, on the proposed A737 Dalry bypass.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	25 Jan 2006
S2W-21906	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21459 by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 December 2005, what information it has on whether all revenue raised in Scotland from planning gain	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	24 Jan 2006
S2W-21905	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it regards the five core business areas identified by English Partnerships as core business areas for Scotland and, if so, which agency is responsible for deliver	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2006
S2W-21727	To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it will make in the forthcoming Planning Bill to safeguard the interests of councils who object to proposed development in an adjoining council, where such	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2006
S2W-21728	To ask the Scottish Executive what provision its proposed Planning Bill will make for defining the boundaries of the proposed city regions; what role Scottish Ministers and the Parliament will have in	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Jan 2006
S2W-21726	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will enforce the statutory duty it proposes to place on local authorities in the forthcoming Planning Bill to update their development plans every five years.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Jan 2006
S2W-21725	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the costs of the additional enforcement powers and duties for local authorities to be introduced by the proposed Planning Bill will fall on local authorities, or	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Jan 2006
S2W-21572	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to publish draft regulations to define major and local developments before Stage 3 consideration of the proposed Planning Bill.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Dec 2005
S2W-21571	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the proposed second National Planning Framework will identify the need for wind farms which generate more than 50 megawatts of electricity and whether it will pre	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2005
S2W-20919	To ask the Scottish Executive what Housing Revenue Account (HRA) debts it has agreed to assume for local authorities which (a) have transferred their former housing stocks to community ownership and (	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	05 Dec 2005
S2W-20630	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-9859 and S2W-11169 by Nicol Stephen on 17 September and 1 November 2004, whether it will publish a full, updated profile of major	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	23 Nov 2005
S2W-20567	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements exist under the central heating programme, administered for it by the Eaga Partnership Ltd, for householders to install condensing boilers and whether i	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2005
S2W-20566	To ask the Scottish Executive how many non-condensing boilers it has had installed in homes under the central heating programme, administered for it by the Eaga Partnership Ltd, and how many it expect	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2005
S2W-20565	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers high-efficiency condensing boilers to be a more cost-effective or energy-efficient way of running central heating systems; whether it plans to introd	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2005
S2W-20564	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all proposed planning consents notified to it or Historic Scotland by local authorities or developers or agents acting in partnership with, or for, l	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2005
S2W-20563	To ask the Scottish Executive what resources, services, support or other benefits are available to Inverness and Stirling, as cities, which are not equally available to the cities of Paisley, Ayr, Dum	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2005
S2W-19671	To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to paragraph 21 of Planning Advice Note 74: Affordable Housing, whether it will outline the current and proposed procedures which govern the disposal of l	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	07 Nov 2005
S2W-19384	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the changes to Scots planning law made by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, following the agreement by this Parliament of a relevant Sewel motion, wi	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	05 Oct 2005
S2W-19367	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will set out (a) the detailed timetable for the study it is to commission on the key features of the Ayrshire economy, (b) the circumstances in which improved	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	04 Oct 2005
S2W-10694	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-6813 by Nicol Stephen on 5 April 2004, what (a) track and signalling and (b) station incremental output statements are currently be	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	12 Oct 2004
S2W-10693	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-6813 by Nicol Stephen on 5 April 2004, what (a) track and signalling and (b) station incremental output statements have been funded	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	11 Oct 2004
S2W-10875	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9567 by Mr Frank McAveety on 10 August 2004, when it expects to receive the report on Caisteal Tiorams current structural con	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	04 Oct 2004
S2W-10691	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish a consultation paper on a new public records strategy and whether it will legislate in this session to make statutory provision for effective record	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	01 Oct 2004
S2W-10692	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-10105 by Nicol Stephen on 13 September 2004, what role Argyll and Bute Council plays in relation to current work being undertaken f	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	29 Sep 2004
S2W-10104	To ask the Scottish Executive which landfill sites are licensed to take contaminated waste and, of these, which are also licensed to take non-hazardous waste.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Sep 2004
S2W-10105	To ask the Scottish Executive what role it gives to local authorities in the preparation of route action plans for trunk roads within their areas.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2004
S2M-01529	Publication of Lord Fraser's Report into the Scottish Parliament Building Project	Tosh, Murray	Motion Motion For Debate	22 Jun 2004
S2W-08787	To ask the Scottish Executive what support it gives to the development of housing for key workers in rural areas.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Jun 2004
S2W-08786	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Water will be able to honour the undertaking given by its predecessor in 1994 to the Secretary of State for Scotland under section 76 of the Water (Scotl	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Jun 2004
S2W-08785	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the finances of NHS Argyll and Clyde to be balanced.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Jun 2004
S2W-06789	To ask the Scottish Executive how many new-build housing units were completed in the social rented sector in each local authority area in each of the last five years and how many completions are expe	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	15 Jun 2004
S2W-06813	To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) track and signalling and (b) station incremental output statements have been implemented in Scotland in each year since the inception of the Incremental Output	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	05 Apr 2004
S2O-01440	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure local authority compliance with the Scottish Housing Quality Standard announced by the Minister for Communities on 4 February 2004.	Tosh, Murray	Question General Question	25 Mar 2004
S2W-06788	To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been made available through Communities Scotland for new-build housing in the social rented sector in each of the last five years, broken down by loc	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	18 Mar 2004
S2W-05028	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it, or any of its agencies, publishes statistics on babies born in transit to maternity hospitals and, if not, whether it will consider publishing such statistic	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Feb 2004
S2W-05850	To ask the Scottish Executive whether, with regard to the extension of planning controls to marine fish farming, operators of existing fish farming businesses will be eligible to apply for, and obtain	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Feb 2004
S2W-05029	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to issue any guidance to Scottish Water in respect of reducing or eliminating the allowable cost figure that Scottish Water applies in respect of new w	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Jan 2004
S2W-05031	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the introduction, enactment and commencement of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (Directions in the Interests of National Security) Order 2002 was subject t	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Jan 2004
S2W-05030	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to require Scottish Water to review its practice of issuing annual fixed charges to non-domestic consumers for water and waste water services.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2004
S2W-03294	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20674 by Iain Gray on 19 December 2001, what the out-turn in actual cash expenditure was in each of the last two years; what the (a	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	09 Dec 2003
S2W-03418	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the commitment made by the Minister for Transport to the Local Government and Transport Committee on 7 October 2003 in regard to providing the committee with	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	14 Nov 2003
S2W-03300	To ask the Scottish Executive how much accumulated revenue over-expenditure has been incurred by NHS Boards since 1999; on what terms it has written off any such amounts incurred by boards, in partic	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	14 Nov 2003
S2W-03298	To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has commissioned into the impact of the Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 on the (a) need for affordable housing in Scotland as a whole and (b) requ	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	14 Nov 2003
S2W-03417	To ask the Scottish Executive whether land and buildings belonging to Scottish Water are Crown property and therefore exempt from planning and building regulations and what directions have been given	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Nov 2003
S2W-03303	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will allocate funding to support any bid by Inverclyde Council to upgrade its school estate under any of the PPP models which it is supporting in other local	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	07 Nov 2003
S2W-03326	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its news release on affordable housing in rural Scotland on 7 October 2003, whether it will identify all areas designated as "pressured areas" under the power	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2003
S2W-03296	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2780 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 30 September 2003, what the current estimate is of the transfer valuation of Western Isles and Argyll	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	04 Nov 2003
S2W-03260	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2552 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 25 September 2003, where the housing being proposed for transfer is located and how many houses are in	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	04 Nov 2003
S2W-03302	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the evidence given by Mr Andy Kerr to the Finance Committee on 30 September 2003, why the #53 million end year flexibility (EYF) from the Communities portfoli	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Nov 2003
S2W-03301	To ask the Scottish Executive what the full costs to NHS Argyll and Clyde were of ministerial intervention in the board in 2002 and, given the deficit facing NHS Argyll and Clyde, whether it will take	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Nov 2003
S2W-03299	To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has commissioned into (a) changing patterns of licences granted under legislation subsequent to the Clayson report and (b) any correlation between change	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Nov 2003
S2W-03297	To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have submitted local housing system analysis returns to Scottish Homes or Communities Scotland in each of the last three years; which returns iden	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Nov 2003
S2W-03295	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will identify (a) new registered social landlords (RSLs), (b) new RSLs formed from merged RSLs and (c) social landlords who have been de-registered for any rea	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Nov 2003
S2W-03325	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its news release on affordable housing in rural Scotland on 7 October 2003, whether the additional funding for Communities Scotland's development programme fo	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	21 Oct 2003
S2W-03293	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26489 by Ms Margaret Curran on 20 June 2002, whether it will update the tables for housing approvals and completions to show the ou	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	21 Oct 2003
S1W-34263	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to change its policy on whole-stock local authority housing transfers and allow local authorities pursuing partial stock transfers to bid for support t	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	31 Mar 2003
S1W-34710	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of all respects in which royal prerogative is delegated to it.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	28 Mar 2003
S1M-03971	Changes to Standing Orders	Tosh, Murray	Motion Committee Motion	05 Mar 2003
S1M-03716	Changes to Standing Orders	Tosh, Murray	Motion Committee Motion	19 Dec 2002
S1M-03697	Changes to Standing Orders	Tosh, Murray	Motion Standard Motion	10 Dec 2002
S1W-32161	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31597 by Lewis Macdonald on 2 December 2002, whether its letter to the Convener of the Transport and Environment Committee will be	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	05 Dec 2002
S1W-31806	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will commission an independent review of care for the historic environment, as proposed by Scottish Environment LINK.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	02 Dec 2002
S1W-31597	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the decision of Her Majesty's Government and the Strategic Rail Authority to reduce the South Central rail franchise from 20 to seven years, and subsequent indica	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	02 Dec 2002
S1W-31291	To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Network Rail about its operation in Scotland and what changes it anticipates there will be in the structure, responsibilities and lines	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2002
S1W-31290	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fund the Edinburgh to London sleeper service in the new franchise for passenger rail services.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	25 Nov 2002
S1W-31289	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to the Strategic Rail Authority in support of commitments in the authority's 10-year plan to the upgrading of Edinburgh Waverley	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	25 Nov 2002
S1W-31288	To ask the Scottish Executive what power it has to issue guidance or directions to the Strategic Rail Authority on the specific rail enhancement projects that the authority will include in its forthc	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	25 Nov 2002
S1W-30614	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15676 by Sarah Boyack on 11 July 2001, what steps it has taken to establish the views of the road haulage industry on measures to m	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2002
S1W-30078	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give injury accident statistics for each of the last six years for the A7 trunk road south of Galashiels, broken down to show statistics for the sections	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	14 Oct 2002
S1W-29489	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24752 by Lewis Macdonald on 16 May 2002, whether it will issue an updated profile of its projected trunk roads programme and identi	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	14 Oct 2002
S1M-03460	Standards Commissioner - Procedures Committee's 4th Report 2002	Tosh, Murray	Motion Committee Motion	10 Oct 2002
S1W-28235	To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to issue any proposals on updating the law in respect of compulsory purchase.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	02 Sep 2002
S1W-28234	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the A6091/A7 Galashiels to Hawick route action plan study.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	02 Sep 2002
S1W-26488	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the advertisement for an agri-environment officer funded in part by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, whether it will identify all posts in its e	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Jul 2002
S1W-26491	To ask the Scottish Executive how many affordable houses for rent it calculates will be needed over the next decade to (a) meet the needs of emerging and concealed households and (b) replace below tol	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Jun 2002
S1W-26490	To ask the Scottish Executive what its targets are for the completion or conversion of affordable houses for rent through registered social landlords in the current and future years.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Jun 2002
S1W-26489	To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses were started and completed in each of the last 10 years and what the estimated starts and completions will be in the current year, broken down into houses	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Jun 2002
S1W-26467	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12749 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 21 February 2001, whether it has completed its consideration of how best to make information available	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Jun 2002
S1W-26466	To ask the Scottish Executive which of the 65 notified cases affecting trunk roads and special roads, as listed in Table 6 of the 2001 Fourth Annual Report of the Planning Audit Unit, were called in b	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Jun 2002
S1W-26355	To ask the Scottish Executive how much compensation it has paid in cash and real terms in each of the last five years in response to claims made in respect of deficient road maintenance, broken down	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Jun 2002
S1W-25823	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will issue a decision on listed building application South Ayrshire 01/00767/LBC (Frognal House, Troon) and whether the time taken to reach a decision accords wit	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	23 May 2002
S1W-24752	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24007 by Lewis Macdonald on 25 March 2002, whether it will issue a similar profile of the spending to 2005-06 on motorway and trunk	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 May 2002
S1M-03079	Trunk Road Improvements	Tosh, Murray	Motion Members' Business Motion	07 May 2002
S1W-24754	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24010 by Lewis Macdonald on 3 April 2002, whether the guidance issued by the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regi	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	02 May 2002
S1W-24753	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-655 by Mr Jack McConnell on 6 September 1999, whether it will detail the (a) capital and revenue expenditure in each year since 199	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	02 May 2002
S1W-24011	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it gives to local authorities on (a) the circumstances in which it is appropriate for the transfer of revenue balances or capital reserves between their Ho	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	23 Apr 2002
S1W-24012	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Provisional Outturn and Budget Estimates, or any other returns by local authorities, identify (a) planned or (b) actual transfers of balances or reserves between	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Apr 2002
S1W-24324	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15440 by Sarah Boyack on 11 May 2001, whether the cost of the M74 northern extension will still be allocated in the same proportion	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2002
S1W-24326	To ask the Scottish Executive what priority was originally attached to each trunk road improvement project identified in the Route Action Plan (RAP) for the A77 South of Ayr and whether any of these p	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	04 Apr 2002
S1W-24325	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12506 by Sarah Boyack on 25 April 2001, whether it is now in a position to provide details of how the Public/Private Partnership (P	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	04 Apr 2002
S1W-24010	To ask the Scottish Executive whether any projects identified for implementation on the A75 trunk road have been identified as being suitable for Trans-European Network funding and whether any applic	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Apr 2002
S1W-24009	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has reached any conclusions in its review of the A77 Route Action Plan in relation to existing proposals for Ayr-Minishant, Minishant-Maybole, Maybole-Kirkoswa	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	25 Mar 2002
S1W-24008	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-665 by Mr Jack McConnell on 6 September 1999, what the capital and revenue expenditure by each local authority was in (a) cash and	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	25 Mar 2002
S1W-24007	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-14599 by Sarah Boyack on 23 April 2001, whether it will give details of the expenditure currently planned for (a) each trunk roads	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	25 Mar 2002
S1W-22973	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received a copy of the report and study funded by the Strategic Rail Authority and carried out by Railtrack to assess track, signalling and power supply co	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2002
S1W-22972	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received the report on the study carried out by Steer Davies Gleave on the aspirations of South East Scotland Transport Partnership authorities for new or	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2002
S1W-22965	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it offers to local authorities on the appropriate level of reserve funds to hold in their General Funds, their Housing Revenue Accounts and any other funds,	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	06 Mar 2002
S1W-22964	To ask the Scottish Executive how often its railway officials have met representatives from the South East Scotland Transport Partnership (SESTRAN) to discuss rail enhancements in the south and east o	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	06 Mar 2002
S1M-02755	Caisteal Tioram, Moidart	Tosh, Murray	Motion Members' Business Motion	18 Feb 2002
S1W-22393	To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates publishing its long-term transport plan.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	11 Feb 2002
S1M-02725	Ayr United Football Club and a New Stadium	Tosh, Murray	Motion Standard Motion	08 Feb 2002
S1W-21617	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is monitoring Her Majesty's Government's pilot schemes for the establishment of Arms Length Housing Companies to increase investment in local authority housing	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	01 Feb 2002
S1W-21616	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is monitoring Her Majesty's Government's pilot schemes for the use of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) to increase investment in local authority housing; w	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2002
S1W-21615	To ask the Scottish Executive what the extent was of any addition to the Scottish Assigned Budget for 2000-01 arising from negotiations with the Department of Work and Pensions and based on calculatio	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2002
S1W-19790	To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the impact of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill on existing legislation on deer or any other species whose conservation or	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Dec 2001
S1W-19472	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to amend sections 37 or 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 following the publication of The Use and Effectiveness of Planning Agre	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2001
S1M-02449	Convenerships and vice-convenerships of committees	Tosh, Murray	Motion Standard Motion	14 Nov 2001
S1W-19473	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to create the new legal mechanism proposed in paragraphs 7.7 and 7.8.3 of The Use and Effectiveness of Planning Agreements by Colin Buchanan & Partners	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Nov 2001
S1W-19471	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to replace Scottish Office Development Department circular 12/1996, to update the guidance on best practice in the use and content of planning agreement	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Nov 2001
S1W-19050	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13198 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 9 February 2001, whether it intends to proceed by primary or secondary legislation to incorporate the	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2001
S1W-18779	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will issue a revised version of the table published in SPICe Research Paper 01/13 to show capital works on the Erskine Bridge, as well as the maintenance costs	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Oct 2001
S1W-18778	To ask the Scottish Executive why the Minister for Transport and Planning cancelled her meeting in early August with Councillor Andrew Hill of South Ayrshire Council to discuss road improvements at M	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Oct 2001
S1W-18777	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take on the areas for further investigation of changes to the operation of compulsory purchase, and possible legislation, as recommended in the	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Oct 2001
S1W-18776	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take on the short-term changes to the operation of compulsory purchase within the existing legislative framework, as recommended in the report	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Oct 2001
S1W-18774	To ask the Scottish Executive (a) whether housing land audits are a statutory or recommended component of structure and local planning, (b) how frequently housing land audits should be carried out, (c	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Oct 2001
S1W-18775	To ask the Scottish Executive (a) whether it is within the competence of a local authority to acquire land compulsorily, to sell it to a developer under a "back-to-back" agreement; (b) whether it is a	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	26 Oct 2001
S1W-18751	To ask the Scottish Executive whether a plan exists for life-cycle maintenance on the Erskine Bridge and, if so, what capital works are envisaged within the period of any such plan.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	26 Oct 2001
S1M-02359	Sue Ryder Care Home, Marchmont House, Greenlaw	Tosh, Murray	Motion Standard Motion	24 Oct 2001
S1M-02320	Water Charges Relief Scheme	Tosh, Murray	Motion Standard Motion	11 Oct 2001
S1W-17852	To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Annex 3 of Travel Choices for Scotland: Strategic Roads Review, whether it has received recommendations from its Inquiry Reporters Unit in relation to	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	27 Sep 2001
S1O-03788	To ask the Scottish Executive what improvements it is seeking in reviewing compulsory purchase powers and what its position is in relation to proposals for the establishment of a centrally-funded agen	Tosh, Murray	Question General Question	20 Sep 2001
S1W-17208	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15634 by Sarah Boyack on 18 June 2001, whether a person whose property is made the subject of a compulsory purchase order is routin	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	12 Sep 2001
S1W-17044	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12758 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 21 February 2001, whether the working group's report in relation to the research report The General Pe	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Sep 2001
S1W-17445	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to make any changes to planning procedures comparable to those announced for England by the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Re	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	05 Sep 2001
S1W-17027	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review permitted development rights under the planning laws in order to ensure that permitted developments which raise archaeological issues are fully sc	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Sep 2001
S1W-17207	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-15634 and S1W-16259 by Sarah Boyack on 18 June 2001 and 2 July 2001 respectively, whether it will issue a comprehensive summary o	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Aug 2001
S1W-17031	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9277 by Sarah Boyack on 11 September 2000, whether it is now able to report on Historic Scotland's review of ways of recognising an	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Aug 2001
S1W-17029	To ask the Scottish Executive how many historic sites and buildings are in its ownership and care and managed by Historic Scotland, the National Trust for Scotland and other agencies; what the criter	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Aug 2001
S1W-17025	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to conduct an audit of Scotland's heritage comparable to English Heritage's The Monuments At Risk Survey of England 1995.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Aug 2001
S1W-17002	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the announcement on 5 July 2001 by the Minister for Justice regarding consultation on an independent body to look into complaints against the police, whether	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	30 Aug 2001
S1W-17200	To ask the Scottish Executive what use it makes of renewable sources of heat and energy in its offices and what advice, guidance or instruction it gives to non-departmental public bodies, Executive ag	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	28 Aug 2001
S1W-17300	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the remarks made by the Minister for Environment and Rural Development regarding market collapse in industries affected by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Aug 2001
S1W-17299	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made to date by the ministerial sub-committee set up to examine the impact of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak and address the issues arising; w	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Aug 2001
S1W-17298	To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received from the Road Haulage Association regarding compensation in connection with the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, what interim respons	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Aug 2001
S1W-17041	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12509 by Sarah Boyack on 17 May 2001, whether the discussions with Skye Bridge Limited have now taken place and, if so, what the ou	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	22 Aug 2001
S1W-17026	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9098 by John Home Robertson on 7 September 2000, how it will ensure, under its finalised Scottish Forestry Strategy, that the Fores	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	21 Aug 2001
S1W-17213	To ask the Scottish Executive whether signs erected by Bear Scotland Ltd and Amey alongside trunk roads and motorways require advertising consent from the relevant local authorities and, if so, whethe	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17212	To ask the Scottish Executive how the level of support under the Freight Facilities Grant scheme is calculated where awards include elements of revenue funding and what provision is made for payments	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17211	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10497 by Sarah Boyack on 7 November 2000, which of the awards made under the Freight Facilities Grant scheme and the Rail Passenger	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17210	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15676 by Sarah Boyack on 11 July 2001, whether at the time of the answer it had the information to include in the answer details of	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17209	To ask the Scottish Executive whether question S1W-16399, which was answered by Angus Mackay on 3 July 2001, was an inspired question and, if so, why it decided to proceed also by means of question S1	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17206	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16259 by Sarah Boyack on 2 July 2001, whether it will publish (a) a summary of the non-sensitive information contained in the road	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17205	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16407 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2001, how many calls were made to Gaelic-speaking operators on the Census Helpline during the cen	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17204	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16407 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2001, where the 10,000 Gaelic translations of the census form questions were held during the cens	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17203	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-16539 and S1W-16540 by Sarah Boyack on 6 July 2001, whether such planning applications included applications for road constructio	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17202	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16578 by Allan Wilson on 9 July 2001, what targets it has set Historic Scotland in relation to taking additional properties within	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17201	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it monitors the proportion of capital expenditure spent on renewable energy schemes which are sourced from Scotland, the rest of the United Kingdom and other coun	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17199	To ask the Scottish Executive who currently has lead ministerial responsibility for the promotion of renewable energy and who currently chairs the Energy/Environment Liaison Group.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17198	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Railtrack's proposals to develop the Waverley Station require any statutory consents or clearances within its areas of responsibility and, if so, whether any such	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17006	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has subjected proposals for an A77 Girvan by-pass to its New Appraisal Methodology and, if so, what the ratings are for integration, economy, safety, environm	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2001
S1W-17139	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to increase resources for the Rural Stewardship Scheme in future financial years.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Aug 2001
S1W-17138	To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications under the Rural Stewardship Scheme were made in the current financial year to its Environment and Rural Affairs Department; what this year's budget	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Aug 2001
S1W-17024	To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to assess any damage done to archaeological sites in Scotland as a result of land cover changes in recent decades following Scottish Natural Heritage's anal	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	17 Aug 2001
S1W-17146	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the present railway regulatory regime is in the best interests of the railway industry and its customers in Scotland and whether it will make representations to H	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17145	To ask the Scottish Executive what effect it anticipates extending the existing rail franchise for two years only will have on its strategy for increased investment on the East Coast Main Line and wha	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17144	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is still its policy, as set out in section 1.5 of Strategic Priorities for Scotland's Passenger Railway, that existing rail franchises should be replaced as qu	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17143	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it was consulted by the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions before his recent announcement that Her Majesty's Government favours re	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17142	To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest estimates are of all payments from the Scottish Office and the Scottish Assigned Budget to support the passenger railway network during each year of the c	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17141	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4255 by Sarah Boyack on 25 April 2000, whether it will provide an updated table to show the amount of public sector funding going i	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17140	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6859 by Sarah Boyack on 7 June 2000, whether it will provide an update for the current financial year of the average combined domes	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17015	To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) the line of and (b) the indicative scheme for the A77 Girvan by-pass meet current standards for road design.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17014	To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) the line of and (b) the indicative scheme for the A77 Maybole by-pass meet current standards for road design.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17009	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a need for improved road links to Turnberry Hotel and golf course to retain the course's future Open Championship status, whether it intends to allocate	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17005	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has subjected proposals for an A77 Maybole by-pass to its New Appraisal Methodology and, if so, what the ratings are for integration, economy, safety, environ	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17003	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-14378 by Sarah Boyack on 5 April 2001, whether the estimated capital value of the trunk road and motorway network as at 1 April 200	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	16 Aug 2001
S1W-17043	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12745 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 21 February 2001, how MSPs might be made aware of, and enabled to scrutini'e, the advice given by the	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17042	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12515 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 30 January 2001, whether it is now able to issue a definition of the public interest groups who may be	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17040	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12508 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 30 January 2001, whether it is now able to state how work towards future surveys of aggregate working	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17039	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12505 by Sarah Boyack on 30 January 2001, whether, following the receipt of the full business case for the Larkhall to Milngavie ra	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17038	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12504 by Sarah Boyack on 30 January 2001, what the outcome was of the four Freight Facilities Grant applications which were under r	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17037	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12503 by Sarah Boyack on 30 January 2001, what the outcome was of the three Freight Facilities Grant applications which remained un	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17036	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12502 by Sarah Boyack on 30 January 2001, whether it will now publish the estimates provided by local authorities in their statutor	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17035	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12500 by Sarah Boyack on 30 January 2001, whether the draft Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance has now been issued.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17034	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12368 by Jackie Baillie on 23 January 2001, whether the working group studying the employment and inclusion implications of housing	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17033	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10474 by Sarah Boyack on 6 November 2000, whether the scoping exercise to identify an appropriate methodology to forecast traffic g	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17030	To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to ensure that detailed management plans are agreed with Historic Scotland in respect of scheduled ancient monuments in privately owned forests.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17028	To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it is considering for the application of environmental impact assessment procedures to projects intended to make more intensive use of uncultivated land.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17023	To ask the Scottish Executive what roles it sees for Scotland's historic environment in its strategy for tourism and for Historic Scotland in developing Scotland's tourism industry.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	13 Aug 2001
S1W-17010	To ask the Scottish Executive which of the recommendations made in Review of the Regulatory Burden: IACS and Inspections in Scotland have been implemented in full or in part and what progress has bee	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-17008	To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it gave to the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan Committee and South Ayrshire Council about protecting the line of the proposed Girvan by-pass.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-17007	To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it gave to the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan Committee about including the proposed Girvan by-pass in its draft Ayrshire Structure Plan.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-17004	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will (a) detail all the proposed road improvements in the unpublished A77 Ayr-Stranraer Route Action Plan and (b) indicate the best estimate of the cost of eac	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16990	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to implement the recommendation in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering Group that it should require its own agencies, and seek	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16989	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it accepts the recommendation in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering Group that sustainable development requirements should be incorpora	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16988	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will act on the recommendation in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering Group that it should provide financial assistance to low-income	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16987	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it accepts the recommendation in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering Group that the grant appraisal for self-build houses in certain rur	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16986	To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it proposes to undertake in the light of the recommendation in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering Group that ways should be consid	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16985	To ask the Scottish Executive whether, when responsibility for grant funding for affordable housing is transferred to local authorities, it will require relevant authorities to operate a uniform proje	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16984	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will act on the recommendations in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering Group that it should attach greater priority to funding afford	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16983	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to create a specific affordable housing land use category, as recommended in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering Group.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16982	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will act on the recommendation in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering Group that it should explore the scope for creating a standard	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16981	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend advice and guidance on estimating demand for housing to reflect the recommendations in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-16980	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to create a specific primary dwelling land use category, as recommended in Rural Partnership for Change: Report of the National Steering Group.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2001
S1W-13836	To ask the Scottish Executive what files it, its Executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies hold on Mr Peter Cherbi and whether it will disclose the contents of these files to him.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	31 Jul 2001
S1W-15676	To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources it has received or will receive as a consequence of the #100 million modernisation fund for the road haulage industry announced in the Pre-Budg	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	11 Jul 2001
S1W-16406	To ask the Scottish Executive what immunity the Crown enjoys in Scotland in respect of planning law and what plans it has for legislation to remove or amend Crown immunity in devolved areas.	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Jul 2001
S1W-16405	To ask the Scottish Executive what adjustments were made to the Scottish assigned budget in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 as a result of any differential movements in Scotland, compared with England, in	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	03 Jul 2001
S1W-16390	To ask the Scottish Executive how many bids for freight facilities grants it is currently considering; how many of these bids have been returned to the applicants requesting further information, and w	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	02 Jul 2001
S1W-15671	To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring it undertakes of trunk road and motorway closures after serious accidents; what guidance is given to police forces and network managers about closures of	Tosh, Murray	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2001
S1M-02002	Procedures Committee Reports on the Volume of Written Parliamentary Questions and the Scottish Executive's Speed of Response and Related Matters and on Changes to the Standing Orders of the Scottish P	Tosh, Murray	Motion Committee Motion	14 Jun 2001

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Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the publication in November 2006 of Communities Scotland’s research report 72, “Local housing need and affordability model for Scotland – Update”, whether it

S2W-31660 · Written Question · lodged by Tosh, Murray

Lodged on

06 Feb 2007

Heard / answered on

19 Feb 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the publication in November 2006 of Communities Scotland’s research report 72, “Local housing need and affordability model for Scotland – Update”, whether it or Communities Scotland plans to commission further research into the impact on housing demand and supply of recent and projected in-migration to Scotland from EU countries and elsewhere.

The answer

There are currently no plansto commission further national research into the impact of recent and projectedin-migration to Scotland on housing demand and supply. However, following onfrom the publication of Communities Scotland research report 72, the Executiveand Communities Scotland are undertaking work examining the consistency ofhousing needs assessments at local authority area level. This will includeattempting to collect information on the level of in-migrants into each localauthority area who are unable to afford suitable housing.Locally Communities Scotlandare supporting two housing need studies, “Exploring the Housing Needs ofMinority Ethnic Communities in Forth Valley’ and ‘Accommodation Needs Assessment for GypsyTravellers (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, East and Mid Lothian)”. These studieswill further our understanding of the impact of recent in-migration in theseareas.Nationally, the GeneralRegister Office for Scotland will be involved with work improving migration datasources in the UK, following a recent report of the Migration TaskForce. This will improve the evidence on which projections of the futurepopulation, and therefore the number of households, are based.

Answered by Rhona Brankin on 19 Feb 2007.