Parliamentary questions
Angela Constance
227 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
22 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel in prison have a mental health problem.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p >The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) does not centrally record this information. The SPS healthcare records do not record whet…
22 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel serving a community sentence have a (a) drug and (b) alcohol problem.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This information is not held centrally.</p>
22 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel in prison have a (a) drug and (b) alcohol problem.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p >This information is not available. However as of 15 January 2010, the number of prisoners currently in custody, who reporte…
22 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel are subject to a (a) community service and (b) probation order.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This information is not held centrally.</p>
22 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel are released from prison on a (a) parole and (b) non-parole licence.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Since 1994, 66 prisoners who were reported as being ex-service personnel have been released on a parole licence and 65 on a non-parole licence. Five of these offenders, have been released on both licences for different sentences.</p>
22 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether and how current and former service personnel are identified in the criminal justice system.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The profession of offenders is not held on the Scottish Government Court Proceedings Database.</p>
16 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available regarding prisoners with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p >I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30114 on 14 January 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions a…
16 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available regarding ex-service personnel in the prison estate diagnosed with or who may have post-traumatic stress disorder.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p >The Scottish Prison Service does not currently record data specifically regarding the number of ex-service personnel with o…
16 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how ex-service personnel are supported in the prison estate.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p >There are a wide variety of support services available to ex-service personnel within prison. In addition to the full range…
16 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners may have post-traumatic stress disorder.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p >The Scottish Prison Services'' electronic healthcare records database, GPASS, currently records a total of 37 prisoners wit…
16 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p >I refer the member to the answer to questions S3W-30114 and S3W-30117 on <br> 14 January 2010. All answers to written parli…
16 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners are ex-service personnel.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p >The following table shows the total number of prisoners, currently in custody, who are recorded as being ex-service personn…
9 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all NHS boards have a policy on sterilisation reversal surgeries and, if so, what the policy is for each.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally. However, the Scottish Government has been advised that the majority of NHS boards do not routinely fund the reversal of male or female sterilisation and would only consider this surgery in very exceptional circumstances…
23 Sep 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider changing the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 with regard to land maintenance companies.
Answer · Fergus Ewing : <i > This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:</i></p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor1001-01.htm">http://www.scot…
9 Sep 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will recognise the outstanding achievement of the Scottish competitors in the WorldSkills UK team in Calgary last week.
Answer · Keith Brown: I would certainly join you in congratulating our competitors, their families, employers and training providers for this outstanding result. Scotland achieved two Golds, one Bronze and a Medallion of Excellence out of a UK total of three Golds, six Bronzes and…
2 Sep 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making with regard to devolving powers over firearms to the Scottish Parliament.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill : <i >This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:</i></p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0910-01.htm">http://www.scot…
28 Aug 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what pay banding each NHS board gives to staff working as recruitment assistants in human resources departments.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Under the terms of Agenda for Change it is the job description, not the job title, which is matched to a pay band. The Agenda for Change job evaluation system matches a job description, in most cases, to a generic job profile and it is the job weight of that …
12 Aug 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards prescribe Zometa (zoledronic acid) for the treatment of prostate cancer.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: As Zometa® (Zoledronic Acid) is not recommended for use in the treatment of prostate cancer by the Scottish Medicines Consortium, it is not routinely prescribed to Scottish patients. As such, information regarding the prescription of Zometa to Scottish prost…
12 Aug 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has implemented to ensure better provision and continuity of care for prostate cancer patients across Scotland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: <i >Better Cancer Care, An Action Plan</i> was published in October 2008 and outlined the Scottish Government''s commitment to implementing an ambitious set of actions to help improve services for all cancer patients, this will include those with prostate can…
25 Jun 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to protect jobs in the Livingston parliamentary constituency.
Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government remains focused on delivering our core purpose of increasing sustainable economic growth across Scotland, including Livingston.</p> <p >Through our Government Economic Strategy and our Programme for Economic Recovery, we are using all…
28 May 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will help to improve bus services in the Livingston parliamentary constituency.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The Scottish Government is publishing a range of guidance documents, such as statutory Quality Partnerships and Bus Punctuality Improvement Partnerships which we hope will help the development and promotion of bus improvement best practice throughout Scotland…
21 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were transferred from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary to St John’s Hospital on a weekly basis in the last 12 months.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of patients who have a hospital episode at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and are then transferred to St John''s Hospital as part of the same continuous hospital stay is presented in the following table for each week of the financial year 2007-08…
21 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many day care patients have been admitted to St John’s Hospital since 1999, broken down by patients’ postcode area.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of day case admissions to St John''s Hospital is shown in the following table.</p> <p >Number of Day Case Admissions to St John''s Hospital by Patients'' Postcode Area; Financial Years Ending 31 March</p> <div align=center> <table border=0 cell…
21 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many elective inpatients to St John’s Hospital there have been since 1999, broken down by patients’ postcode area.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of elective inpatient admissions to St John''s Hospital is shown in the following table.</p> <p >Number of Elective Inpatient Admissions to St John''s Hospital by Patients'' Postcode Area; Financial Years Ending 31 March</p> <div align=center> …
21 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many medical admissions have been made to St John’s Hospital since 1999, broken down by patients’ postcode area.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The total number of inpatient and day case admissions to acute medical specialities at St John''s Hospital for elective, emergency and transfer patients is shown in the following table.</p> <p >Number of Admissions to Medical Specialties at St John''s Hospi…
21 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what private healthcare providers are used by each NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not available centrally.</p>
21 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board spends on services provided by Vanguard Healthcare, also known as Nuffield Health.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.</p>
21 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board spends in sending patients to the Spire Murrayfield Hospital and the Goldren Jubilee National Hospital.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the amount of expenditure spent by NHS boards on the use of the independent healthcare sector is not held centrally.</p> <p >The Scottish Government has made clear that its policy is to invest in the NHS in Scotland and to build sustainable s…
21 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors who work in trauma and orthopaedics work both at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Spire Murrayfield Hospital.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24218 on 2 June 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.…
21 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors who work at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary also work at Spire Murrayfield Hospital.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not centrally held. This is a matter for individual NHS boards as the employer. The Scottish Consultant Contract allows consultants to undertake private practice providing that individual consultants inform their employer in writi…