10 April 2011 Last updated at 19:03 ET

Scottish election: BBC survey's policy league table

The ICM poll, conducted for BBC Scotland, asked 1,004 adults to give policies a score out of 10.

The survey involved a random sample of adults across Scotland. They were polled between 5 and 8 April. The results were weighted to the profile of all Scottish adults.

A score of 1 means the respondents think it should never be done and 10 means that it is very important and it should be done quickly.

POLICY	MEAN SCORE
1. Reduce the waiting time for suspected cancer cases to see a specialist, from four weeks to two	8.76
2. Keep up the number of police on the streets	8.47
3. Retain free university education for all Scottish students	8.11
4. Spend more money on apprenticeships for unemployed young people	7.98
5. Reduce the council tax for households where all the adults are pensioners	7.82
6. Freeze the council tax for the next two years	7.80
7. Scrap the council tax for pensioners on low incomes	7.79
8. Keep free bus travel for everyone aged over 60	7.77
9. Cut the bill for the highest paid in the public sector by 10%	7.62
10. Keep prescriptions free for everyone	7.60
11. Get more minor criminals to do work in the community instead of sending them to prison	7.47
12. Increase spending on the health service, even if it means cutting spending on other things	7.38
13. Send everyone convicted of carrying a knife to jail	7.29
14. Increase the minimum that anyone working in the public sector is paid, from £5.93 to £7.15 an hour	7.02
15. Recruit more health visitors	6.92
16. Set up regional development banks to lend money to business	6.24
17. Spend money insulating every home in Scotland	6.22
18. Ban shops and pubs from selling alcohol at below a minimum price	6.04
19. Phase out nuclear power stations and replace with wind and wave power	6.02
20. Reduce taxes on business	5.99
21. Raise the money local councils need through a local income tax rather than the council tax	5.83
22. Hold a referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent country	5.57
23. Combine the eight separate police forces in Scotland into a single national force	4.77
24. Build a new road bridge across the River Forth	4.72
25. Allow 14-year-olds to leave school to train for a trade	3.98