Parliamentary questions
Cathy Jamieson
1,344 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
27 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make a statement on the action it is taking to address the issues faced by the Gypsy/Traveller community in Scotland.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: On Monday 8 December the Minister for Communities and Sport officially launched the Scottish Government Race Statement. The statement lays out the Scottish Government''s approach to race equality over the next three years and the issues faced by Gypsies/Trave…
27 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its view is on whether the UK Government’s planned legislation to enshrine in law its commitment to end child poverty by 2020 should apply in Scotland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-18272 on 8 December 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps…
27 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government about its plans to enshrine in law its aim to end child poverty by 2020 and whether the Scottish Government supports such plans.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government is committed to doing all within the powers available to end child poverty by 2020. We are pressing the UK Government for early and meaningful discussions around how its proposed legislation will be framed.</p>
20 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what priority will be given to applicants for funding for Gypsy/Traveller sites in local authority areas that do not have residential or transit sites.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The invitation to local authorities to apply for funding from the Gypsy/Traveller Site Grant 2008-09 to 2009-10 indicated that bids for new residential or transit sites would be particularly welcome. It also indicated that where strong bids for these purposes…
18 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional powers to deal with derelict buildings will be granted to local authorities under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 does not introduce new powers relating specifically to derelict buildings.</p> <p >The act will allow local authorities to issue a work notice, which gives them revised, more flexible powers to deal with a house which is below…
18 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when updated powers relating to derelict buildings as introduced by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 will come into force.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 does not introduce new powers relating specifically to derelict buildings. New powers to deal with sub-standard housing, including work notices, maintenance orders and the designation of Housing Renewal Areas are due to come in…
18 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it next expects local authorities to assess the accommodation needs of Gypsies/Travellers in their areas.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Local authorities are required to assess the accommodation needs of gypsies/travellers in their areas as part of the housing need and demand assessment, which informs the local authority''s local housing strategy (LHS) and development plans. The Scottish Gove…
18 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have applied for funding to create and improve Gypsy/Traveller sites since May 2007.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Applications for gypsy/traveller site grant have been invited on two occasions since May 2007. In September 2007, local authorities were invited to bid for a small amount of funding that had become available during the year. In August 2008, local authorities …
18 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what priority will be given to applicants for funding for Gypsy/Traveller sites in local authority areas that have residential or transit sites.
13 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on rehousing those made homeless in each month since May 2007, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: This information is not held centrally. Local authorities and other agencies spend funding from a range of sources in order to rehouse homeless people. A variety of funding is also accessed to ensure that homelessness is prevented where possible and that appr…
13 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on rehousing those made homeless in each year since 2002, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: This information is not held centrally. Local authorities and other agencies spend funding from a range of sources in order to rehouse homeless people. A variety of funding is also accessed to ensure that homelessness is prevented where possible and that appr…
13 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have presented themselves as homeless in each month since May 2007, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: National statistics relating to households applying to local authorities under Scottish homelessness legislation are currently available to March 2008. The following table sets out this information by local authority. It should be noted that not all applicati…
13 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have presented themselves as homeless in each year since 2002, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: National statistics relating to households applying to local authorities under Scottish homelessness legislation are currently available to March 2008. The following table sets out this information by local authority. It should be noted that not all applicati…
11 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many professional staff allied to medicine have been employed in the NHS in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is available from Information Services Division Scotland under the Allied Health Professions staffing group:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Overall%20trend.xls&pContentDispositionTyp…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) health centres, (b) hospitals and (c) other NHS facilities it intends to have constructed by the NHS within the current spending review period using PPP or PFI as the preferred method of procurement, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: For information on those PPP projects which will be constructed by the NHS within the current spending review period using PPP or PFI as the preferred method of procurement, I refer the member to the Scottish Government''s Infrastructure Investment Unit''s we…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) health centres, (b) hospitals and (c) other NHS facilities it intends to have constructed by the NHS within the current spending review period using the Scottish Futures Trust as the preferred method of procurement, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: All existing investment plans identified by NHS boards are unaffected by the establishment of the Scottish Futures Trust. The Scottish Futures Trust will establish the hub Initiative which will be developed over the next year as a means of improving the deliv…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) health centres, (b) hospitals and (c) other NHS facilities have been constructed by the NHS in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board and showing whether they were procured by the Scottish Executive or the NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-17699 on 17 November 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/App…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) health centres, (b) hospitals and (c) other NHS facilities are under construction and when construction started, broken down by NHS board and showing how they were procured.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-17699 on 17 November 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/App…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will fund any new (a) health centres, (b) hospitals and (c) other NHS facilities it intends to build between May 2007 and April 2011, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Capital and revenue funds are allocated on a formula basis to geographic NHS boards for them to identify their spending requirements and to prioritise these in line with available resources. NHS boards develop long-term financial plans and it is for them, whe…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new (a) health centres, (b) hospitals and (c) other NHS facilities it intends to build between May 2007 and April 2011, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-17699 on 17 November 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/App…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new NHS facilities opened in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-17699 on 17 November 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <u><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new (a) hospitals and (b) other NHS facilities opened in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-17699 on 17 November 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/App…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new health centres opened in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally. Decisions on the provision of new hospitals, health centres and other facilities are devolved to NHS boards. However, we are in the process of collecting the information from NHS boards and a consolidated list of the in…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GPs were in practice in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is available from Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland: </p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Medical%20and%20Dental%20Trend(A).xls&pContentDispositionType=inline">www.isdscotland.…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultants employed in the NHS in each year since 1997 also opted to work in the private sector, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally.</p>
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) registrars and (b) consultants were employed in the NHS in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is available from 1997 to 2006 from Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFA02_HB_REG.xls&pContentDispositionType=inline">www.isdscotland.org/…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many trainee doctors were employed in the NHS in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is available from Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Data on the number of post graduate medical training doctors from 1997 to 2006: </p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFA02_HB_R…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many student nurses were employed in the NHS in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not centrally held. Student nurses (and student midwives) are not employed by NHS Scotland as they are students in higher education institutions. However, information is available from Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland …
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many engineers, electricians and other skilled tradespeople were employed in the NHS in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is available from Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Data from 1997 to 2006 is available by adding Works and Trades groups together. </p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFG01_HB_R…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many administrative and clerical staff were employed in the NHS in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is available from Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Data from 1997 to 2006:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFA02_HB_REG.xls&pContentDispositionType=inline">www.isdscotlan…