Parliamentary questions
Christine Grahame
3,532 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
5 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivehow many officers were deployed by constabularies across Scotland to police official visits by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in each year since 1999.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-543 on 12 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
5 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivehow many officers were deployed by constabularies across Scotland to police official visits by the Home Secretary in each year since 1999.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-543 on 12 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
5 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivehow many officers were deployed by constabularies across Scotland to police official visits by the Prime Minister in each year since 1999.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-543 on 12 June 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.sea…
5 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivewhat the total costs were to constabularies across Scotland of policing official visits by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in each year since 1999.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-543 on 12 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
5 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivewhat the total costs were to constabularies across Scotland of policing official visits by the Home Secretary in each year since 1999.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-543 on 12 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
5 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivewhat the total costs were to constabularies across Scotland of policing official visits by the Prime Minister in each year since 1999.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
5 Jun 2007 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executivehow many officers were deployed by constabularies across Scotland to police official visits by the Home Secretary in each year since 1999.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The third sectorprovides a unique contribution predominantly at the point of early engagementwith young people who are, or are not at risk of being not in education,employment or training.</p><p>We have askedlocal partnerships delivering our more choices, mor…
1 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review the operation of disclosure certificates.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Work is in hand to implementthe provisions of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 which will replace enhanced disclosure certificates for people wanting towork with children and protected adults. Enhanced disclosures for other purposes,sta…
1 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the self-funding of the Care Commission.
Answer · Shona Robison: The work of the Care Commissionis being considered as part of the independent review of scrutiny of public servicesbeing undertaken by Professor Lorne Crerar on behalf of the Scottish Government.It will be important to consider the findings of the review, whi…
1 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many enhanced disclosure certificates included non-conviction information in each year since 1999, also broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Figures are only availablefrom 29 April 2002, the date on which Disclosure Scotland beganprocessing enhanced disclosure certificates. It is not possible to break thefigures down by local authority area.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead>…
1 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007, those who have enhanced disclosure certificates for working with children will require a separate certificate for working with vulnerable adults and, if so, whether it will review this requirement.
Answer · Adam Ingram: Under the Protectionof Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007, individuals working with childrenor protected adults will be expected to become members of the new vetting and barringscheme and this will replace the need for enhanced disclosure certificates. Peo…
31 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been a reduction in the number of equipment suppliers with an employment base in Scotland since Scottish Gas took over the management of the central heating programme in October 2006.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>This informationis not held centrally. However, Scottish Gas has continued to use the same mainmaterial supplier, based in Scotland, as used b…
31 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what review mechanisms are in place to ensure a fair distribution of contracts across suppliers of equipment, including boilers, to its central heating programme.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>Contracts are negotiatedat a national level by the managing agent’s procurement team. This is normally doneon an annual basis and was negotiate…
31 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many boiler manufacturers are providing equipment to its central heating programme managed by Scottish Gas.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>Scottish Gas usetwo boiler manufacturers for gas installations, one for oil and one manufacturerfor electric systems.</p>
29 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will carry out a review of the operation of the Warm Deal and central heating programme and whether as part of any such review it will consider extending the criteria for eligibility, in consultation with organisations representing older people and people with disabilities.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The centralheating and Warm Deal programmes have already provided free central heating for83,000 homes and free insulation for 317,000 homes in Scotland. The majority of<i> </i>these free installations have benefited people over60 years of age.</p><p>A formal…
29 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to extend the designation of bodies under section 5 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 so that, inter alia, housing associations and PPP/PFI contracts wholly financed by public funds are included.
Answer · Bruce Crawford: The Scottish Executive intendsto keep the scope of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 under review.</p>
29 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide answers to parliamentary questions directly for publication in the Official Report, rather than by reference to documents lodged with the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) in the interests of openness, as members of the public do not have access to SPI…
Answer · Bruce Crawford: The Executive has no plans tochange the current system.</p>
29 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a review of all those parliamentary questions where the answers given indicated that information was not held centrally to ensure that the data requested is provided in the interests of openness.
Answer · Bruce Crawford: The Executive has no plans forsuch a review.</p>
24 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its strategy on fostering, following the previous administration’s consultation on the matter which ended in February 2007.
Answer · Adam Ingram: A fostering and kinship carestrategy will be published later in 2007.</p>
17 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-30969 by Ross Finnie on 19 January 2007, what progress has been made in respect of regulations on the transportation of puppies pursuant to the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
Answer · Richard Lochhead: The consultation on the draftregulations on the licensing of animal dealers has been completed and the responsesare being considered. As a result of these responses it will be necessary to makea number of changes to the draft regulations before they are prese…
19 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Gas will meet its target of 6,000 central heating jobs to be completed under the central heating programme by the end of March 2007.
Answer · Des McNulty: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>Scottish Gas expects around 5,000 central heating systems tobe installed by the end of March. They expect to have completed the installationof…
19 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs it has been billed for by Scottish Gas under the central heating programme.
Answer · Des McNulty: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>As at 23 March 2007, Communities Scotland has been invoiced for604 completed jobs from Scottish Gas. This does not represent the number of ins…
19 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs under the free central heating programme have been completed by Scottish Gas.
Answer · Des McNulty: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>The latest information provided by Scottish Gas shows 4,017 centralheating systems having been installed as at 18 March.</p>
19 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the criteria for determining whether a 999 call made for an ambulance is an emergency to demonstrate that the criteria are standardised, in light of the recent article in the British Medical Journal, Treating the clock and not the patient: ambulance response times …
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-16363 on 18 May 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
19 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the criteria for measuring response times for 999 calls for ambulances to demonstrate that the criteria are standardised, in light of the recent article in the British Medical Journal, Treating the clock and not the patient: ambulance response times and risk.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-16363 on 18 May 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliamentswebsite, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
13 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what input frontline ambulance staff had in setting the existing performance indicators for the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The current performance indicators for responding to 999 emergencycalls were originally identified when the ambulance service was putting forwardits proposals for introducing priority based dispatch in 2001-02. The ambulanceservice engaged with stakeholders, …
13 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the current performance indicators used by the Scottish Ambulance Service to take account of the number of stages between a patient’s call for assistance and safe arrival at hospital and to better reflect quality of care for patients.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The Scottish Ambulance Service monitorseach of the stages between a call coming into the 999 emergency service throughto turnaround time at hospital including allocation time, time to scene, time atscene and time to hospital, and reviews the performance regul…
13 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any information from medical and official literature which suggests that the eight-minute response time target for ambulance crews is not evidence-based and may be placing patients and ambulance crews at risk and, if so, what the sources of this information are.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The eight minute target is an internationallyrecognised target based on medical research which demonstrates that the earlieran emergency ambulance can arrive at the scene of a cardiac arrest, the greaterthe chances are of saving that victims life.</p><p>There…
13 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers received a copy of the findings of the recent staff survey undertaken by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The survey referred to is an NHS StaffOpinion Survey in which all staff in NHSScotland are invited to participate andwhich was undertaken in 2006. It covers a wide range of issues such as communication,personal development, involvement in decisions and fairne…
13 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why the Scottish Ambulance Service is not subject to a regular inspection of its functions and performance in the same way as prisons, police forces and schools.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The Scottish Ambulance Service issubject to regular inspection of its functions and performance, as are all otherhealth boards across Scotland.</p><p>The Scottish Ambulance Service producesa Local Delivery Plan each year which is agreed with the Health Depart…