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I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: .

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: .

In response to the consultation document Improving our Schools - Assessing our Children's Educational Needs - The Way Forward?, the Scottish Executive received 119 responses which indicated dissatisfaction with the Record of Needs system and a further 21 responses which stated specifically that the Record of Needs should be replaced.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: .

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: .

The Executive is confident that provision for implementing this policy is sufficient to enable all local authorities to meet their commitments to existing self-funding residents at 31 March 2002, replace lost income following the ending of charges for personal care and meet additional demand stimulated by the policy.

Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands have quota entitlements to fish for industrial species in the North Sea. Various studies have been carried out on the effects of industrial fishing; results tend to vary depending on which industrial fishery is being assessed. The Executive is studying carefully the scientific advice to ensure that the impact of these fisheries is properly taken into account in future decisions on Total Allowable Catches.

The Scottish Executive is currently conducting assessments of all of the implications of the recent scientific advice from International Council for Exploration of the Seas.

The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including emissions of CO₂.CO₂emissions are widely recognised as the main contributor to climate change. The UK strategy for tackling emissions of greenhouse gases, including CO₂, is the UK Climate Change Programme of which the Executive's Scottish Climate Change Programme forms a part. The Executive is working in partnership with the UK Government to deliver greenhouse gas emissions reductions required by the Kyoto Protocol and in moving toward the domestic goal of a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2010. Whilst recent reforms to encourage the use of less polluting vehicles support our environmental objectives, Vehicle Excise Duty is a matter reserved to the UK Government. Any publicity on this is therefore a matter for the Department for Transport.

A wide range of information is collected each time a 14- to 16-year-old is held in a penal establishment, as listed in the answer given to question S1W-30452 on 24 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at . The only information which cannot meaningfully be supplied is a distinction between young offenders in adult prisons and those in Young Offender Institutions. This is because many young offenders will pass through an adult prison on their way to reception in a Young Offenders Institution or may be transferred to a Young Offenders Institution after reception in an adult prison. As Young Offenders Institutions and adult prisons are all penal establishments in the Scottish Prison Service, this distinction is not relevant to the consideration of the need for secure accommodation.