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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for ��˿�� to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4O-01189

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met Creative Scotland to discuss its work in Aberdeen.

Question reference: S4W-07864

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many charities have failed to submit their accounts to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator for two or more consecutive years since 2005.

Question reference: S4W-07865

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what action the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator takes when (a) charities and (b) trustees of charities fail to submit annual accounts.

Question reference: S4W-07866

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many charities the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has taken action against in each of the last three years and what this action was.

Question reference: S4W-07863

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 June 2012

Question reference: S4W-07862

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many charities are regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.

Question reference: S4W-07235

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with COSLA regarding houses in multiple occupation licensing in each year since its introduction.

Scottish Government officials have had discussions with COSLA representatives on various aspects of the mandatory houses in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing regime since it was introduced in 2000.

Recently, this has included liaison with COSLA and individual local authorities on introduction of statutory guidance on the licensing of HMOs in 2011, and new HMO related provisions contained in the Private Housing (Scotland) Act 2011.

Question reference: S4W-07234

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time equivalent staff are allocated to deal with houses in multiple occupation licensing in each local authority.

Question reference: S4W-07233

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of houses in multiple occupation licences has been in each local authority in each year since their introduction.

Question reference: S4W-07181

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many optometrists are carrying out school visits to reduce the stigma of wearing spectacles, broken down by NHS board area.

The information requested is not held centrally.

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All NHSScotland health boards now provide an orthoptic or orthoptic-led pre-school vision screening programme, with the exception of NHS Orkney which provides an orthoptist-led screening programme in Primary 1. Arrangements are in place for children who do not receive pre-school vision screening. These children will be seen in Primary 1 by a school nurse; will be advised to attend a community optometrist, local health centre or community hospital; or will be offered an appointment with a hospital screening orthoptist.