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Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S2M-05538	Maintenance Contracts for Senior Citizens' Central Heating Systems	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	05 Feb 2007
S2M-05358	Welcome Gas Rebate	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	20 Dec 2006
S2M-05050	Right of Tenure	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	31 Oct 2006
S2M-04996	Closure of Scottish Gas Rebate Scheme for Vulnerable Senior Citizens and Others	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	24 Oct 2006
S2W-28905	To ask the Scottish Executive why engineering companies in the central region are having to wait more than six months to find out whether their tender for a contract with Scottish Water has been succe	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	12 Oct 2006
S2M-04901.1	Scotland's Duty to its Senior Citizens	Swinburne, John	Motion Motion For Debate	05 Oct 2006
S2M-04895	Flawed Statement on the Right to Buy	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	29 Sep 2006
S2M-04879	Flawed Legislation on Ageism	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	27 Sep 2006
S2W-26524	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure that local authorities provide free personal care to senior citizens who have been assessed as having personal care needs, as required	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2006
S2W-26229	To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been made available to groups which provide and organise talking newspapers for visually-impaired people.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jun 2006
S2W-26226	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to issue guidance to local authorities to raise the level of pavements at bus stops to make non-low floor buses more accessible to elderly and di	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2006
S2W-26455	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of concerns expressed by senior members of the Scottish Ambulance Service in respect of the introduction of undisturbed meal breaks under Agenda for C	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2006
S2W-26230	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that whoever wins the contract for providing the free central heating programme will not subcontract the installation of the systems to	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	07 Jun 2006
S2W-26228	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure equality between visually-impaired and sighted people by promoting free access to talking books.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	07 Jun 2006
S2W-26231	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will endorse South Lanarkshire Council’s submission to the Department of Trade and Industry that assisted area status should be retained for the East Kilbride	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	06 Jun 2006
S2W-26227	To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent it is encouraging community activity by church groups.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	06 Jun 2006
S2W-25982	To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact on communities and, in particular, the town centre of East Kilbride of the closure of the Princes Mall post office branch in Eas	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	31 May 2006
S2M-04392	Senior Citizens' Rebate for Water and Sewerage Rates	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	12 May 2006
S2W-25504	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider giving those pensioners in full receipt of council tax benefit exemptions from paying for the costs of water and sewerage.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	09 May 2006
S2W-25450	To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with bus operators regarding cross-border travel between Scotland and England and what the outcome of those discussions has been.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 May 2006
S2W-25449	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware that senior citizens are unable to use their concessionary travel cards to book journeys in advance with National Express.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 May 2006
S2W-24892	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28161 by Mr Frank McAveety on 30 August 2002, what advice it has received about the implications of the House of Lords decision in	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2006
S2W-24763	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that elderly people within the care of local authorities are not socially isolated as a result of a reduction in the number of meals-on-wheels	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Apr 2006
S2W-24762	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that the diet of elderly people within the care of local authorities contains adequate quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Apr 2006
S2W-24759	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will set a minimum amount of £2.10 per meal for local authorities to spend on elderly people within their care.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Apr 2006
S2W-24758	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the current guidelines on the nutritional content of meals offered to elderly people within the care of local authorities to ensure that they recei	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Apr 2006
S2W-24757	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take action to ensure that all local authorities offer an equal standard of meals for those people who are eligible to have meals delivered to their homes	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Apr 2006
S2W-24593	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take to provide Scottish pensioners with a £200 rebate on their council tax liability for 2006-07.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Apr 2006
S2W-24761	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will investigate why the Care Commission looked at nutritional standards in only 13% of its inspections of care homes.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	19 Apr 2006
S2W-24814	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of older people were defined as suffering from fuel poverty in the last year, based on the definition set out in The Scottish Fuel Poverty Statement, publ	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Apr 2006
S2W-24588	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider index-linking the current Warm Deal grant to inflation to ensure that there is no reduction in the amount of insulation available to pensioners e	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Apr 2006
S2W-24587	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-24143 by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 March 2006, at what level it will cap the amount of money available for each installation under its	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Apr 2006
S2W-24586	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider making ad hoc payments in cases where the current £500 Warm Deal grant is insufficient to allow pensioners homes to be insulated to acceptable st	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Apr 2006
S2W-24585	To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners eligible for a Warm Deal grant have been unable to have their homes insulated to an acceptable standard due to their inability to pay the balance of t	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Apr 2006
S2W-24391	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23390 by Lewis Macdonald on 8 March 2006, whether the Minister for Health and Community Care will issue guidance to the Care Commis	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	30 Mar 2006
S2W-24390	To ask the Scottish Executive how many care homes for older people have failed to achieve the national care standards for nutrition and food since the standards were introduced.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	30 Mar 2006
S2W-24367	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing legislation to give the Care Commission a statutory duty to inform local authorities of (a) all complaints made against care homes wi	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	30 Mar 2006
S2W-24366	To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints made to the Care Commission have resulted in formal enforcement action being taken in each year since it was established.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	30 Mar 2006
S2W-24365	To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints of (a) abuse, (b) neglect and (c) malnourishment of older people in care homes have been made to the Care Commission in each year since it was establi	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	30 Mar 2006
S2W-24364	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21188 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 December 2005, whether it has concluded its consultation on the Executive's fuel poverty programmes	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	22 Mar 2006
S2W-23774	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that, when the new concessionary travel scheme comes into effect on 1 April 2006, senior citizens will at all times be guaranteed a s	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Mar 2006
S2W-23773	To ask the Scottish Executive whether senior citizens travelling using the concessionary travel scheme will be guaranteed a return ticket should they request one.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Mar 2006
S2W-23772	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it can guarantee that, when the new concessionary travel scheme comes into effect on 1 April 2006, senior citizens using the scheme will be treated in the same wa	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Mar 2006
S2W-23648	To ask the Scottish Executive what the current position is on the provision of Troponin testing in community hospitals and general practice.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2006
S2W-23647	To ask the Scottish Executive what targets its Health Department has for reducing CHD-related premature mortality and what progress is being made in implementing such targets.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2006
S2W-23646	To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland’s report’s recommendations on Troponin testing have been implemented.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2006
S2W-23645	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Health Economics Research Unit report examining NHS Quality Improvement Scotland’s reports will be published and whether copies will be made available to the gen	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2006
S2W-23435	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to monitor and check for early signs of malnutrition among elderly people, both in the community and in residential homes.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2006
S2W-23390	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will direct the Care Commission to routinely inform local authorities of cases of abuse found to have been committed in residential homes.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2006
S2W-23434	To ask the Scottish Executive what new plans it has to address poverty, in light of the recent 22% increase in fuel prices by Scottish Gas.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	02 Mar 2006
S2M-04046	Senior Citizens and Tolls	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	01 Mar 2006
S2M-03940	Congratulations to Motherwell FC and the Maggie's Centre	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	08 Feb 2006
S2O-08609	To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Minister for Environment and Rural Development has had with the Minister for Transport concerning the impact that provision for the use of private ca	Swinburne, John	Question General Question	12 Jan 2006
S2M-03795.2	Local Government Finance	Swinburne, John	Motion Amendment	11 Jan 2006
S2W-20626	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made regarding companion entitlements in the proposals for a free bus travel scheme for older and disabled people.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	25 Nov 2005
S2W-20627	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the consultation on the Scotland-wide free bus scheme for older and disabled people has been completed.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	23 Nov 2005
S2W-20625	To ask the Scottish Executive what the membership is of (a) the Implementation Progress Group and (b) each of the task groups established in respect of the implementation of a concessionary travel sch	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	23 Nov 2005
S2M-03599	The Return of Pension Contributions to Ex-employees of the Scottish Bus Group	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	17 Nov 2005
S2M-03586	Scottish Fiscal Autonomy	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	16 Nov 2005
S2W-20075	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17890 by Mr Andy Kerr on 8 August 2005, what the terms of reference are for the December 2005 progress review on troponin testing c	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	07 Nov 2005
S2W-19566	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19005 by Robert Brown on 20 September 2005, what impact the additional £12 million in funding will have on kinship carers who do no	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	18 Oct 2005
S2M-03354	Winter-Related Deaths	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	27 Sep 2005
S2W-19187	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) males and (b) females aged over (i) 60, (ii) 70 and (iii) 80 have been diagnosed with depression in each year since 1999 (1) in total and (2) broken down by	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Sep 2005
S2W-18997	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are issued by the Scottish Prison Service Rehabilitation and Care Directorate for the care of prisoners over 60.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	22 Sep 2005
S2W-18682	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with dementia since 2000, broken down by (a) age and (b) NHS board.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	22 Sep 2005
S2W-19188	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) males and (b) females aged over (i) 60, (ii) 70 and (iii) 80 have committed suicide in each year since 1999 (1) in total and (2) broken down by NHS board are	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	21 Sep 2005
S2W-18996	To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Statistical Bulletin: Criminal Justice Series - August 2005, what the main crimes/offences were of (a) male and (b) female prisoners over 60 (i) on rem	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Sep 2005
S2W-18995	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners over 60 have been serving a sentence of (i) less than three months, (ii) three to six months, (iii) six months to two years, (i	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Sep 2005
S2W-18994	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) males and (b) females (i) on remand and (ii) having been sentenced aged over (1) 60, (2) 65 and (3) 70 formed part of the prison population in each year sinc	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Sep 2005
S2M-03232	Pregnant and Productive	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	06 Sep 2005
S2M-03213	Big Lottery Seniors Fund	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	31 Aug 2005
S2W-18075	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that there are no winter-related deaths amongst the elderly population during the winter months of 2005-06.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	17 Aug 2005
S2W-18074	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce year-on-year targets to eliminate cold or winter-related deaths of elderly people.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	17 Aug 2005
S2W-17890	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of NHS Quality Scotland’s report, The organisation of troponin testing services in acute coronary syndrome	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Aug 2005
S2W-17801	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to S2W-17101 by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 June 2005, what action local communities can take in the event that the precautionary measures are not being	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	02 Aug 2005
S2W-17800	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17100 by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 June 2005, what precautionary measures were put in place in response to the report of the Independe	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	02 Aug 2005
S2W-17644	To ask the Scottish Executive what protection is currently available to vulnerable adults from employees in a caring or nursing role who are on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list in England and	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	01 Aug 2005
S2W-17643	To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to introduce legislation to improve the protection of vulnerable adults, including the implementation of a register of known abusers of adults.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	29 Jul 2005
S2W-17669	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16075 by Mr Tom McCabe on 27 April 2005, what the safeguards are in the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 relating to how local	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Jul 2005
S2W-17668	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16075 by Mr Tom McCabe on 27 April 2005, what resources are available to local authorities to cover any shortfalls in their pension	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Jul 2005
S2W-17667	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns about deficits in some local authorities' pension funds and what plans it has to ensure local authorities address any potentially unsustainabl	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Jul 2005
S2W-17646	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote sustainable activity around the coast and in the territorial waters of Scotland to ensure their protection, in light of proposals by t	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Jul 2005
S2W-17102	To ask the Scottish Executive how many appeals the Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters Unit has heard since July 2003 in respect of opposition to the siting of telecommunication masts and how many of	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jun 2005
S2W-17104	To ask the Scottish Executive how many telephone mast applications by mobile phone operators were (a) made, (b) granted, (c) refused, (d) granted on appeal and (e) refused on the grounds of health and	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jun 2005
S2W-17103	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive the results from the Link Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme which is investigating whether public health is at risk from	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jun 2005
S2W-17101	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that the precautionary principle promoted in government guidelines is being adhered to in the consideration of requests by telecommunica	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jun 2005
S2W-17100	To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to protect the public from any possible health risks from the placement of masts used by the telecommunications industry in residential areas.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jun 2005
S2W-17099	To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are applied when considering the placement of mobile phone masts in residential areas.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jun 2005
S2M-02841	Powers of the Scottish Parliament	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	02 Jun 2005
S2W-16575	To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is on what community equipment should be available free of charge to all registered blind and partially-sighted people in all areas of Scotland.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 May 2005
S2W-16553	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Royal National Institute for the Blind report, Buy Your Own White Stick, whether it will audit the joint policies of local authorities, NHS boards, housi	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 May 2005
S2W-16552	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Royal National Institute for the Blind report, Buy Your Own White Stick!, whether it will fund a feasibility study into how best to reduce the cost of th	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 May 2005
S2W-16551	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Royal National Institute for the Blind report, Buy Your Own White Stick!, whether it has any plans to issue clear national guidelines on what community e	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 May 2005
S2W-16574	To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it provides to local authorities and/or the voluntary sector to deliver community care services for children and their carers who have been adversely affecte	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	23 May 2005
S2M-02807	Buy Your Own White Stick!	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	12 May 2005
S2W-16129	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-382 by Mr Tom McCabe on 9 June 2003, whether it now has information on the number of privately-owned homes which have been sold by	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	28 Apr 2005
S2W-16128	To ask the Scottish Executive what the consequences to its budget would be if the value of a person's home were to be taken out of the financial assessment carried out by local authorities when determ	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	28 Apr 2005
S2W-16127	To ask the Scottish Executive what the consequences for its budget are of the value of a person's home being included within the financial assessment carried out by local authorities when determining	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	28 Apr 2005
S2W-16076	To ask the Scottish Executive what level of surcharges have been imposed by each local authority to cover any shortfall in their pension funds in each year from 1997 to 2005.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Apr 2005
S2W-16075	To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities have the power, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 or any other act, to surcharge council tax payers to cover any shortfall in local	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Apr 2005
S2M-02602	Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	16 Mar 2005
S2M-02585.1	Housing	Swinburne, John	Motion Amendment	15 Mar 2005
S2M-02298.2	Older People	Swinburne, John	Motion Motion For Debate	26 Jan 2005
S2M-02279	Commission on Boundary Differences and Voting Systems	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	19 Jan 2005
S2W-12745	To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance is available to senior citizens who qualify for free central heating under its central heating installation programme but who are unable to have a system	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Dec 2004
S2W-12784	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the use of deferred payment agreements between care home residents and local authorities.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2004
S2W-12679	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-12177 by Rhona Brankin on 25 November 2004, what the alternative agreements referred to are.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	13 Dec 2004
S2M-02132.2	Iraq	Swinburne, John	Motion Amendment	08 Dec 2004
S2W-12177	To ask the Scottish Executive how many care home residents have a deferred payment agreement in place with the appropriate local authority, broken down by local authority area.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	25 Nov 2004
S2W-12181	To ask the Scottish Executive what average amount is charged by (a) local authority, (b) independent and (c) private residential care homes for care services per person per week, broken down by local	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2004
S2W-12180	To ask the Scottish Executive how much it estimates that it will spend on deferred payment agreements in each of the next five years.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2004
S2W-12179	To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been budgeted for setting up deferred payment agreements between local authorities and care home residents in each year since the inception of the deferred p	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2004
S2W-12178	To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost has been to each local authority of making deferred payments to care home residents in each year since the inception of the deferred payment scheme.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2004
S2M-02045	Concessions for Senior Citizens at CIS League Cup Final	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	19 Nov 2004
S2M-02037	Stop Smoking Message at Football Grounds	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	18 Nov 2004
S2M-02031	Winter Cold-Related Deaths	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	18 Nov 2004
S2W-11707	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to roll out a universal individual learning accounts scheme and, if so, when it will do so.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2004
S2W-11706	To ask the Scottish Executive whether individual learning accounts are available to men and women over 65 who are (a) in receipt of pension credit, (b) not in receipt of pension credit and (c) in rece	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2004
S2M-01940.2	A Better Deal for Pensioners	Swinburne, John	Motion Motion For Debate	04 Nov 2004
S2W-11214	To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives it has implemented, either independently or in collaboration with Her Majestys Government, to enhance the opportunities of employment for people ag	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	02 Nov 2004
S2M-01903	10th Anniversary of the National Lottery	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	27 Oct 2004
S2W-11215	To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives it has implemented, either independently or in collaboration with Her Majestys Government, to increase awareness of pensions by young people.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	20 Oct 2004
S2M-01677	Concessions for Elderly Passengers of Scottish Citylink	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	13 Sep 2004
S2W-08572	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5115 by Nicol Stephen on 3 February 2004, what the actual spend was of each local authority on concessionary travel fares in 2002-0	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	02 Aug 2004
S2W-09058	To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to issue guidance on consultation procedures to be followed on the proposed closure of schools.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2004
S2M-01543	Access by Senior Citizens to Physical Activity	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	25 Jun 2004
S2W-08976	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5121 by Nicol Stephen on 23 January 2004, whether this matter has now been raised with the Confederation for Passenger Transport an	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2004
S2M-01506	Senior Citizens' Views of Pension Credit	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	21 Jun 2004
S2M-01417	D-Day Commemoration and the Treatment of Veterans and Widows	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	04 Jun 2004
S2W-08292	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been put in place to ensure the servicing of the growing school roll in light of the increasing housing stock in Hamilton, following its decision t	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	01 Jun 2004
S2W-08291	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been put in place to ensure the safety of pupils travelling to Blantyre following the decision to close Earnock High School, Hamilton.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	01 Jun 2004
S2W-08290	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been put in place to ensure that pupils have access to all out-of-school activities following the decision to close Earnock High School, Hamilton.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	01 Jun 2004
S2W-08289	To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence or information it received from interested parties prior to the decision to close Earnock High School, Hamilton.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	01 Jun 2004
S2W-08288	To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations or individuals it received representations from prior to the decision to close Earnock High School, Hamilton.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	01 Jun 2004
S2W-08089	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to provide an additional #111 million to meet the needs of current care home provision, as requested by local authorities.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	19 May 2004
S2W-08088	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce means-testing for free personal care for the elderly and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	19 May 2004
S2W-08087	To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications for the future provision of care services for the elderly will be of the new population figures projected by Her Majesty's Government Actuary's Depa	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	19 May 2004
S2M-01294	Recognition of Elder Abuse	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	10 May 2004
S2W-07667	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7353 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 15 April 2004, whether the allocation of #350 million in 2001 for the delivery of the free central hea	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	06 May 2004
S2W-07666	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7353 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 15 April 2004, what the reasons are for the difference between the original estimate of #350 million i	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	06 May 2004
S2M-01186	Death of Ronnie Simpson	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	21 Apr 2004
S2W-07353	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-6589 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 11 March 2004, what the remaining #170 million from the initial budget of #350 million for the deliver	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2004
S2W-07103	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to include in its free central heating programme heating systems that have deteriorated and now require replacement since the introduction of the	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	01 Apr 2004
S2W-07102	To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for the reduction in the number of free central heating installations projected for completion by 2007 from the original number of households identif	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	01 Apr 2004
S2W-07101	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-6588 and S2W-6589 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 11 March 2004, what the reasons are for the increase in the final cost to #180 million	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	01 Apr 2004
S2M-01140	Swimming for Senior Citizens	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	31 Mar 2004
S2M-01050.1	Abolition of Council Tax	Swinburne, John	Motion Amendment	17 Mar 2004
S2W-06275	To ask the Scottish Executive what a local authority's statutory powers and duties are in respect of funding residential care for elderly people.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2004
S2M-01024	WRVS "Make It Count"	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	11 Mar 2004
S2M-01021	Winter Cold-Related Deaths 2 linked amendments	Swinburne, John	Motion Motion For Debate	11 Mar 2004
S2M-01020	Pensioner Poverty 3 linked amendments	Swinburne, John	Motion Motion For Debate	11 Mar 2004
S2W-06589	To ask the Scottish Executive what it anticipates that the final cost will be of its central heating installation programme.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2004
S2W-06588	To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it estimates that its central heating installation programme will be completed.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2004
S2W-06587	To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating installations in (a) local authority, (b) housing association, (c) rented and (d) owner-occupied homes have been completed under its central heat	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2004
S2W-06217	To ask the Scottish Executive how many care home residents have a deferred payment agreement in place with the appropriate local authority, broken down by local authority area.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	09 Mar 2004
S2W-05118	To ask the Scottish Executive how it currently ensures that claims for journeys made under its local concessionary travel scheme are accurate.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	09 Mar 2004
S2W-03603	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2517 by Mr Tom McCabe on 24 September 2003, what level the Personal Expense Allowance will be set at when it is updated in April 20	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	13 Feb 2004
S2W-05536	To ask the Scottish Executive whether its directive for a national minimum standard for its national concessionary travel scheme for blind people includes concessions for companions travelling with th	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	10 Feb 2004
S2M-00865	Challenge to Voting System	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	04 Feb 2004
S2W-05115	To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has spent on concessionary travel fares in each year since 1995.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	03 Feb 2004
S2W-05529	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on local authorities commencing collection of next year's council tax in April 2004 rather than May 2004.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Jan 2004
S2W-05120	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S2F-412 by Mr Jack McConnell on 4 December 2003, what steps it is taking to ensure the delivery of quality	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Jan 2004
S2W-05119	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will undertake a review of the funding formula, and practice of bus operators, under its local concessionary travel scheme and whether the findings of the review	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Jan 2004
S2W-05113	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a scheme of national bus, rail and ferry concessionary travel for older people, as it plans for younger people in accordance with t	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Jan 2004
S2M-00818	Retrospective Graduate Tax	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	26 Jan 2004
S2W-05340	To ask the Scottish Executive when the consultation paper on its national concessionary travel scheme for elderly and disabled people will be issued; how the consultation paper will be distributed, a	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Jan 2004
S2W-05114	To ask the Scottish Executive how much the delivery of its proposed national concessionary travel scheme for older people is estimated to cost and how this estimate was calculated.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Jan 2004
S2W-05124	To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons were for the shortfall in funding of Strathclyde Transport Authority's local concessionary scheme given that the original allocation took account of the	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2004
S2W-05121	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to stop the practice of senior citi'ens having to leave Scottish Citylink buses at Harthill to wait for another bus without shelter, when travell	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2004
S2W-05117	To ask the Scottish Executive how many free trips were made under the local concessionary travel scheme in each concessionary scheme area in each year of the scheme to date and how these figures compa	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2004
S2M-00792	Recognition of Kinship Care	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	22 Jan 2004
S2W-05349	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements will be put in place to ensure the servicing of the growing school roll in light of the increasing housing stock in Hamilton, should the Executive decid	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	20 Jan 2004
S2W-05348	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements will be put in place to ensure that pupils have access to all out-of-school activities, should it decide to close Earnock High School, Hamilton.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	20 Jan 2004
S2W-05347	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements will be put in place to ensure the safety of pupils travelling to Blantyre, should it decide to close Earnock High School, Hamilton.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	20 Jan 2004
S2W-05346	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce its decision on the future of Earnock High School, Hamilton.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	20 Jan 2004
S2W-05116	To ask the Scottish Executive what the pensioner population has been in each local authority in each year since 1995.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	20 Jan 2004
S2W-04862	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any underspend of the total amount budgeted across the three sectors of its central heating programme since its inception and, if so, how much such unde	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jan 2004
S2W-04861	To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent during the central heating programme on (a) printing, publishing and distributing all information materials, (b) advertising and promotion and (c	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jan 2004
S2W-04860	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3164 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 22 October 2003, whether it will provide details of the concerns received about the specifics of eligi	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jan 2004
S2W-04859	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3162 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 22 October 2003, what further measures Communities Scotland is considering for scrutinising the effect	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jan 2004
S2W-04858	To ask the Scottish Executive what research evidence on fuel poverty it used to inform its eligibility criteria for its central heating programme.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jan 2004
S2W-04857	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association households have had central heating installed under its central heating programme to date and how many installat	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jan 2004
S2W-04856	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-987 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 30 June 2003, how many private sector central heating installations have been completed since 31 May 20	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jan 2004
S2W-04855	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the eligibility criteria for its central heating programme in order to enable greater uptake by the end of 2005.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jan 2004
S2W-04854	To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made for free central heating installations under its central heating programme; how many applications have been approved, and how many i	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	16 Jan 2004
S2M-00795	Council Tax Arrears	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	15 Jan 2004
S2O-01071	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to national bus companies regarding the delivery of the concessionary travel scheme across local authority boundaries.	Swinburne, John	Question General Question	15 Jan 2004
S2M-00774	Recognition of Kinship Care 1 linked amendment	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	09 Jan 2004
S2W-04519	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has intervened, or plans to intervene, in the position of Help the Aged which is considering redundancies in its Scottish office and the withdrawal of certain	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2003
S2W-04445	To ask the Scottish Executive how many myalgic encephalomyelitis consultants are employed by each NHS board and whether this number is sufficient to meet the demand for services.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2003
S2W-04444	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to develop a definitive diagnostic test to identify myalgic encephalomyelitis.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2003
S2W-04443	To ask the Scottish Executive how many diagnosed cases there are of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2003
S2W-04442	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to undertake a comprehensive study of the health of schoolchildren and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2003
S2W-04466	To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of influen'a in senior citi'ens have been reported this winter in each NHS board area and how many such cases have resulted in deaths.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	10 Dec 2003
S2W-04465	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to address influen'a in senior citi'ens.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	10 Dec 2003
S2M-00719	VIP Radio	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	09 Dec 2003
S2M-00678	Winter Fuel Deaths	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	27 Nov 2003
S2M-00669	Help the Aged SeniorLine	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	26 Nov 2003
S2W-03962	To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been to each NHS board as a result of the absence of any doctors and nurses excluded from work through suspension in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04 to date	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	18 Nov 2003
S2W-03961	To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors and nurses are currently excluded from work through suspension in each NHS board.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	18 Nov 2003
S2W-03602	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2517 by Mr Tom McCabe on 24 September 2003, how many care homes residents are in receipt of the personal expense allowance (PEA) in	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	18 Nov 2003
S2M-00605	European Championship Play Offs	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	17 Nov 2003
S2W-03040	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that the number of care home places available will meet future demand.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Nov 2003
S2W-03039	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken research into the number of care home places required to meet future demand and, if so, how many places will be required.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Nov 2003
S2W-03037	To ask the Scottish Executive how many senior citi'ens are in hospital due to a lack of places available in care homes.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Nov 2003
S2W-03746	To ask the Presiding Officer what the estimated annual cost of insurance was for the new Parliament building when the site at Holyrood was chosen and what the estimated annual cost of insuring the bui	Swinburne, John	Question SPCB Written Question	11 Nov 2003
S2M-00570	Abuse of Older People	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	06 Nov 2003
S2W-03038	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in determining the true cost of providing residential and nursing home care.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	04 Nov 2003
S2W-02695	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30891 by Dr Richard Simpson on 20 November 2002, how many deaths recorded within the excess winter mortality figures for each year	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	07 Oct 2003
S2W-02694	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30891 by Dr Richard Simpson on 20 November 2002, what the most recent excess winter mortality figures are, broken down by (a) NHS b	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	07 Oct 2003
S2M-00455	Pension Credit	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	06 Oct 2003
S2W-02759	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the level of action being taken to tackle fuel poverty.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	02 Oct 2003
S2W-02758	To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioner households were considered to be in fuel poverty in each year since 1997.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	02 Oct 2003
S2W-02760	To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners lived below Her Majesty's Government's designated poverty level, broken down by (a) gender and (b) age, in each year since 1997, expressed also as a p	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	30 Sep 2003
S2W-02622	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1644 by Mr Tom McCabe on 8 September 2003, how many additional care packages have been provided since it implemented its free perso	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	29 Sep 2003
S2W-02106	To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on transitions and the application of aids to the houses of older people in each of the last three years.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	29 Sep 2003
S2W-02585	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1613 by Nicol Stephen on 21 August 2003, whether its plans to extend concessionary fare schemes on public transport will include co	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Sep 2003
S2W-02584	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1612 by Nicol Stephen on 21 August 2003, whether it will consult senior citi'ens, senior citi'ens' forums and elderly groups during	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Sep 2003
S2W-02583	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1612 by Nicol Stephen on 21 August 2003, what form its consultation process on the introduction of a national free off-peak bus sch	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Sep 2003
S2W-02582	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1612 by Nicol Stephen on 21 August 2003, when its consultation process on the introduction of a national free off-peak bus scheme f	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Sep 2003
S2W-02518	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken any research on the daily living expenses required by residents of care homes under the Personal Expense Allowance.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2003
S2W-02517	To ask the Scottish Executive what the current level of the Personal Expense Allowance is and whether it has any plans to increase it.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	24 Sep 2003
S2M-00368	National Concessionary Travel Scheme for Older People	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	19 Sep 2003
S2M-00339.1	Review of Licensing Laws	Swinburne, John	Motion Amendment	16 Sep 2003
S2M-00327	Fiscal Autonomy	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	09 Sep 2003
S2W-02104	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1537 by Mr Tom McCabe on 12 August 2003, whether any local authorities are not adhering to its guidance circular CCD 4/2002, Free P	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	09 Sep 2003
S2W-01645	To ask the Scottish Executive what the average weekly cost of an accommodation place purchased from an independent care home provider was at the latest date prior to July 2001 for which figures are a	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Sep 2003
S2W-01644	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it estimated, prior to July 2001, would benefit from its free personal care policy and how many have benefited from the policy since it was introduced.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Sep 2003
S2W-01643	To ask the Scottish Executive how many self-funding care home and nursing home residents there are now and how many there were at the latest date prior to July 2001 for which figures are available.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	08 Sep 2003
S2W-02105	To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has received (a) in total and (b) per capita for services for older people from (i) the National Lottery, (ii) central government and (iii)	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	05 Sep 2003
S2W-01773	To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses have been employed by the NHS in each year since 1999-2000 and, of these, how many were (a) agency and (b) bank nurses.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2003
S2W-01829	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to establish a national NHS agency to reduce the use of agency and bank nurses and, if so, when it will be established.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Aug 2003
S2W-01828	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made on the implementation of its nursing bank arrangements to reduce the use of agency nurses, as referred to in A Partnership for a Better Scotland	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	27 Aug 2003
S2W-01772	To ask the Scottish Executive whether all NHS trusts and boards have confirmed that they are complying with the Accounts Commission's guidance on the expenditure on, and management of, agency nurses.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Aug 2003
S2W-01771	To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that all NHS trusts and boards are complying with the Accounts Commission's guidance on the use of bank and agency nursing staff.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	26 Aug 2003
S2W-01770	To ask the Scottish Executive how many patient places are available with NHS registered dentists in each NHS board area.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	22 Aug 2003
S2W-01642	To ask the Scottish Executive what data it holds and monitors in relation to the funding of places in residential and nursing homes for elderly people.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	22 Aug 2003
S2W-01612	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-867 by Nicol Stephen on 14 July 2003, when will it introduce an extended concessionary fares scheme on public transport, including	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	21 Aug 2003
S2W-01613	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-867 by Nicol Stephen on 14 July 2003, whether its extended concessionary fares scheme on public transport will cover other forms of	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2003
S2W-01500	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will report on its conclusions to the responses to Reforming the NHS Complaints Procedure: Patients Focus and Public Involvement- A draft for consultation.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	19 Aug 2003
S2W-01538	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that care home and nursing home residents are offered the choice of contract routes with their home for the provision of free personal	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	12 Aug 2003
S2W-01537	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that care and nursing home residents are aware of the availability of choice of contract routes with their home for the provision of fr	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	12 Aug 2003
S2W-01503	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to address issues experienced by older people and their families when using the NHS complaints procedure.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	12 Aug 2003
S2W-01502	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fulfil its commitment to independence within the NHS complaints procedure.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	12 Aug 2003
S2W-01501	To ask the Scottish Executive how many responses it has received to Reforming the NHS Complaints Procedure: Patients Focus and Public Involvement- A draft for consultation.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	12 Aug 2003
S2W-01230	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in respect of self-funding care home residents who are not entitled to attendance allowance in addition to free personal care, given that residen	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	17 Jul 2003
S2W-01229	To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty's Government about the estimated loss of #20 million attendance allowance to self-funding care home residents in Scotland sin	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	17 Jul 2003
S2W-00906	To ask the Scottish Executive how many care home residents there have been in each local authority area in each year since 1995 whose care has been arranged and part, or fully, funded by the local aut	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Jul 2003
S2W-00905	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of each local authority's expenditure in the social work sector has been consumed by services for elderly people in each year since 1995.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Jul 2003
S2W-00904	To ask the Scottish Executive what the overall cost of care arranged by each local authority in care homes has been in each year since 1995.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Jul 2003
S2W-00903	To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has paid in care home fees in each year since 1995.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	15 Jul 2003
S2W-01003	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to carry out a revaluation of the current council tax bands.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jul 2003
S2W-01002	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce measures to reduce the financial impact of the council tax on pensioner households, given that increases in council tax over the last 10 ye	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jul 2003
S2W-00868	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will set up a national transport authority and how it intends such a body to operate.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jul 2003
S2W-00867	To ask the Scottish Executive what public transport services there are for senior citi'ens and what proposals it has to introduce a national travel concessionary scheme for senior citi'ens.	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	14 Jul 2003
S2M-00222	Scottish Lottery	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	04 Jul 2003
S2M-00208	Holyrood Consensus Day	Swinburne, John	Motion Standard Motion	26 Jun 2003
S2M-00182	Ten Years of Council Tax	Swinburne, John	Motion Members' Business Motion	19 Jun 2003
S2M-00161.3	Care Homes for the Elderly	Swinburne, John	Motion Motion For Debate	19 Jun 2003
S2W-00448	To ask the Scottish Executive how many senior citi'ens have applied under its central heating installation programme since the programme's inception; how many senior citi'ens have had central heating	Swinburne, John	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2003

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Motion

Maintenance Contracts for Senior Citizens' Central Heating Systems

S2M-05538 · Standard Motion · lodged by Swinburne, John

Lodged on

05 Feb 2007

Heard / answered on

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That the Parliament expresses concern that maintenance contracts for central heating systems installed under the Scottish Executive’s excellent central heating programme currently cost pensioner households in excess of £200 per annum; recognises that, while this provides peace of mind that their central heating systems are being maintained, it cancels out the benefit of their £200 winter heating allowance, and considers that a 50% reduction in the cost of these maintainance contracts would be of great benefit to hard-pressed senior citizens.

Backed by

Supported by 15 additional MSPs

SSP 4 Green 3 SNP 3 Sol 2 Ind 2 LD 1

Lodged by Swinburne, John (Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party).

No division on record. Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.

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S2M-05538
05 Feb 2007 · Standard Motion · Swinburne, John

That the Parliament expresses concern that maintenance contracts for central heating systems installed under the Scottish Executive’s excellent central heating programme currently cost pensioner households in excess of £200 per annum; recognises that, while this provides peace of mind that their central heating systems are being maintained, it cancels ou...