Parliamentary questions
Cathy Jamieson
1,344 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ancillary 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…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursing 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=WFE02_HB_REG.xls&pContentDispositionType=inline">www.isdscotla…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified nurses 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 Scotland. Data from 1997 to 2006: </p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFE02_HB_REG.xls&pContentDispositionType=inline">www.isdscotland.org…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many 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 from 1997 to 2006:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFA02_HB_REG.xls&pContentDispositionType=inline">www.isdscotlan…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many 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 Scotland:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Total%20level%20trend.xls&pContentDispositionType=inline">http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/serv…
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.
28 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that homeowners in Scotland are given equivalent protection to those in England and Wales when threatened with repossession due to mortgage arrears.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Scottish home owners are subject to a different legal system, than those in England and Wales, but are not disadvantaged by the Scottish rules. The pre-action protocol adopted in England and Wales does not alter the borrower''s or the lender''s legal rights, …
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what total amount of funding it has allocated to support events organised by communities and other organisations that will feature as part of Homecoming Scotland 2009 in (a) East Ayrshire and (b) South Ayrshire.
Answer · Jim Mather: Homecoming events in East Ayrshire have been allocated £40,000, while events in South Ayrshire have been allocated £259,000 of Homecoming funding. These events include signature, themed and rolling programme events. Information on which of the organisers of t…
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11977 by Jim Mather on 1 May 2008, when it will be possible to identify how much of the funding from the grant of £1,335,338 awarded to VisitScotland for Homecoming Scotland 2009 through the European Regional Development Fund Programme 2007-13 for Lo…
Answer · Jim Mather: The application to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is part of a national, strategic project focusing on the marketing and promotion of Homecoming. Those events taking place in the eight eligible areas, including East Ayrshire, will benefit from …
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11978 by Jim Mather on 1 May 2008, when it will be possible to identify how much of the funding from the grant of £1,335,338 awarded to VisitScotland for Homecoming Scotland 2009 through the European Regional Development Fund Programme 2007-13 for Lo…
Answer · Jim Mather: The application to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is part of a national, strategic project focusing on the marketing and promotion of Homecoming. Those events taking place in the eight eligible areas, including East Ayrshire, will benefit from …
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11980 by Jim Mather on 1 May 2008, when it will be possible to identify how much of the funding from the grant of £1,335,338 awarded to VisitScotland for Homecoming Scotland 2009 through the European Regional Development Fund Programme 2007-13 for Lo…
Answer · Jim Mather: The application to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is part of a national, strategic project focusing on the marketing and promotion of Homecoming. Those events taking place in the eight eligible areas, including East Ayrshire, will benefit from …
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11852 by Jim Mather on 24 April 2008, how much funding has been allocated to themed events for Homecoming Scotland 2009 in Ayrshire.
Answer · Jim Mather: £45,000 has been allocated to themed events for Homecoming Scotland 2009 in Ayrshire. A further themed event, Doors Open Days, will take place across Scotland including locations in Ayrshire. Programme details will be announced soon, so at this time it is not…
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11852 by Jim Mather on 24 April 2008, how much funding has been allocated to signature events for Homecoming Scotland 2009 in Ayrshire.
Answer · Jim Mather: £220,000 has been allocated to signature events for Homecoming Scotland 2009 in Ayrshire.</p>
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11852 by Jim Mather on 24 April 2008, how many themed events have been confirmed for Ayrshire for Homecoming Scotland 2009.
Answer · Jim Mather: There are three Homecoming Scotland 2009 themed events taking place in Ayrshire. A further themed event, Doors Open Days, will take place across Scotland including locations in Ayrshire.</p>
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11852 by Jim Mather on 24 April 2008, how many themed events have been confirmed for Homecoming Scotland 2009.
Answer · Jim Mather: There are 57 themed events within the Homecoming Scotland 2009 programme.</p>
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11852 by Jim Mather on 24 April 2008, how many signature events have been confirmed for Ayrshire for Homecoming Scotland 2009.
Answer · Jim Mather: Three of the Homecoming signature events are taking place in Ayrshire.</p>
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11852 by Jim Mather on 24 April 2008, how many signature events have been confirmed for Homecoming Scotland 2009.
Answer · Jim Mather: There are fourteen Homecoming Scotland 2009 events funded as part of the signature programme. These sit across five signature programmes of activity: Burns Anniversary Opening Weekend (January); Whisky Month (May); summer programme (June to July); autumn (Int…
23 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to release the £45 million relating to General Medical Services for NHS Ayrshire and Arran for 2008-09 and also the carry forward allocation of £9.96 million from 2007-08.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Ayrshire and Arran received an allocation of £9.96 million in respect of their agreed carry forward from 2007-08 in the allocation letter issued on 31 July 2008.</p> <p >The funding in relation to GMS will be included within the allocation letter which w…
22 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16758 by Stewart Maxwell on 20 October 2008, when it expects to publish a new set of indicators that can better measure rural disadvantage.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: Research to be published shortly will help us better understand rural disadvantage. No decision has been made about whether to develop a set of indicators specifically to measure disadvantage in rural areas.</p>
22 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16758 by Stewart Maxwell on 20 October 2008, whether it will list the specific projects being taken forward to research the experience of poverty in urban and rural areas; how much each specific project will cost, and when the findings will be publi…
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The specific projects being taken forward to research the experience of poverty in urban and rural areas are:</p> <p >1. The experience of poverty in rural Scotland</p> <p >EKOS Ltd were commissioned to explore the experience of poverty in rural Scotland: w…
17 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many successful applications to the central heating scheme were made by residents in the East Ayrshire Council area between May 2007 and 30 August 2008.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Information is not held by local authority area.</p>
17 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many successful applications to the central heating scheme were made by residents in the South Ayrshire Council area between May 2007 and 30 August 2008.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Information is not held by local authority area.</p>
17 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications to the central heating scheme were made by residents in the East Ayrshire Council area between May 2007 and 30 August 2008.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Information is not held by local authority area.</p> <
17 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications to the central heating scheme were made by residents in the South Ayrshire Council area between May 2007 and 30 August 2008.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Information is not held by local authority area.</p>
14 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the population lives within 40 minutes travel time by ambulance to a hospital that provides a primary angioplasty service.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government expects NHS boards to ensure that 100% of the population is covered by an optimal reperfusion service, in line with the recommendations in SIGN Guideline 93. Within those arrangements, 71 to 84% of the population are likely to be withi…
14 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to reduce the number of abortive journeys by patient transport services in each NHS board area.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has been liaising closely with NHS boards and community health partnerships through a series of workshops, liaison groups and multi disciplinary patients transport project groups to find a way of reducing aborted journeys.…
14 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the cost of abortive journeys by patient transport services has been in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Ambulance Service do not calculate the costs of abortive journeys.</p> <p >However, average costs of patient transport service journeys are published annually in the ISD Scotland Cost Book. This information can be found at: </p> <p ><a href="ht…
14 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many abortive journeys were made by patient transport services in each of the last three years, broken down by hospital.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not recorded by the Scottish Ambulance Service.</p>
14 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of journeys made by patient transport services was classed as abortive journeys in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-17046 on 30 October 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/weba…
14 Oct 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many abortive journeys were made by patient transport services in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has provided the information set out in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=625 > <thead> <tr > <td width=113 valign=top > <p align=center >NHS Board</p> </td> <td …