Parliamentary questions
Christine Grahame
3,532 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
24 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints were made to NHS boards about the level of patient care in each year since 2000, also broken down by hospital and category of ward.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The following table providesinformation on complaints made to NHS boards, including the State HospitalCarstairs, where “treatment” was raised as an issue, broken down by financialyear. It is not possible to provide a breakdown by hospital and category ofward …
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-26217 by Mr Tom McCabe on 12 June 2006, whether it will now publish its Brix note, Fiscal Autonomy, Financial Independence and Full Fiscal Power, in light of recent public focus on this issue.
Answer · Tom McCabe: An application has been madeto the Scottish Information Commissioner regarding a request for thisinformation. The Commissioner has not yet issued his decision notice as regardsthat application.</p>
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what projected funding is for planning aid at the end of this financial year, broken down into constituent parts.
Answer · Des McNulty: Planning Aid for Scotland isa charity independent of the Scottish Executive. In the financial year 2006-07,the projected funding for Planning Aid for Scotland will be up to £232,760 from the Scottish Executive. Thisis made up of the following funding streams:…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has plans to fund a pilot mediation programme and, if so, which project or projects it plan to fund.
Answer · Johann Lamont: The information requested isnot held centrally and is being collected. A full reply will be sent as soon asthe information is available.</p>
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planners it estimates are required in the public sector as a consequence of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006.
Answer · Des McNulty: The Financial Memorandum accompanyingthe Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill set out estimates for the impact of the provisionsof the bill. This included an estimate that, on average, each planning authorityin Scotland might need to employ the approximate equivalen…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning graduates entered the (a) private and (b) public sector in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The following table showsthe information you requested:</p><p>Estimated Number of PlannersGraduating from Scottish HEIs Working in the Public and Private Sectors Six Monthsafter Graduation</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td v…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many graduates qualified as planners in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The numbers of graduatesfrom Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in planning subjects in eachacademic year from 1998-99 to 2005-06 are given in the following tables.</p><p>Graduates from Scottish HEIsin Planning Subjects by Level of Qualification:</p…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning enforcement officers there were in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Des McNulty: This information isnot held centrally.</p>
11 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is in respect of regulations dealing with transportation of puppies and other companion animals.
Answer · Ross Finnie: EC Regulation 1/2005 is nowin force and it prohibits the commercial transportation of puppies and kittensunder eight weeks of age, unless accompanied by their mother. A consultation ondraft Regulations to require those dealing in puppies and kittens to be lic…
11 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths have occurred as a result of alcoholic liver disease in each year since 1997, broken down by age and sex of patient and by hospital.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested isset out in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p>Deaths from Alcoholic Liver Disease,by Sex and Age Group, Scotland, 1997 - 2005</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=bottom> <p> </p>…
11 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related admissions there were to hospitals in each year since 1997, broken down by age, sex and hospital.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Patients undergoing hospitaltreatment for alcohol related dependency can be treated in acute generalhospitals or psychiatric units/mental illness hospitals. Information onreadmission is available separately for patients treated in each of these butis not read…
11 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related admissions there were to hospitals in each year since 1997, broken down by age and sex of patient and by hospital.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Information is provided onthe number of discharges from Scottish general/acute hospitals and Scottishmental and psychiatric hospitals by hospital, gender and 10-year age groupsfrom 1997-98 to 2004-05.</p><p>Tables 1 to 8 showalcohol-related discharges from Sc…
11 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the additional cost to health services has been as a result of the increase in primary diagnoses of alcoholism in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
11 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people, not in work or unable to work, were given a primary diagnosis of alcoholism by their GP in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
9 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the locations of residential detoxification programmes for discharged prisoners, showing the number of places available on each programme in each year since 1999.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is not heldcentrally. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-30841 on 31 January 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:</p><p><ahr…
9 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment is made of the availability of residential detoxification programmes for prisoners whose offences are alcohol or drug related to enable offenders to move straight from custody into such programmes.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:</p><p>There is no assessment madeof the availability of residential detoxification programmes. However,prisoners with identified substance misuse p…
9 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations Scottish ministers have made to Scottish Gas following recent price rises and the announcement that the firm intends to levy a £5 fine on customers who pay late, in light of any impact of such actions on vulnerable and low-income families across Scotland.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: My predecessor, Malcolm Chisholm,met with representatives of the three main Scottish energy suppliers late lastyear to discuss rising prices and actions that they are taking to protectvulnerable customers. My officials are in regular dialogue with Scottish Ga…
9 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much public money has been allocated by Scottish ministers to Scottish Gas or its parent company, British Gas, over the last seven years in connection with any projects or programmes initiated by Scottish ministers in which Scottish Gas is a partner.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: Between October 2006 andApril 2008 Scottish ministers will have allocated £70 million to Scottish Gasto manage the central heating programme and Warm Deal and install centralheating systems in 18,000 homes and Warm Deal measures in 8,000 properties.</p>
9 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review or terminate any existing contracts that its departments or agencies have with Scottish Gas following the company’s recent announcement that it intends to introduce £5 fines for customers who do not pay within 28 days.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: Scottish Gas hold thecontract to manage the central heating programme and the Warm Deal on behalf of the Scottish Executive. I do not intend to review or terminate thiscontract in light of the company’s introduction of fines on customers who arelate in paying…
15 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to run down the Warm Deal programme for both insulation and heating installations.
Answer · Des McNulty: I have no plans to run down eitherthe Warm Deal or the central heating programme. As I have already announced bothprogrammes will run at least to 2008. Going forward from then, resource allocationto the programmes will be determined by the outcome of the 2007…
15 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what restrictions it placed on Eaga in relation to highlighting the number of installations under the Warm Deal programme.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>In terms of the then managingagent contract, Eaga was set targets for the number of installations and was subjectto budgetary control arrangeme…
15 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why the number of heating and insulation installations under the Warm Deal programme has fallen significantly in the last two years.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>The number of central heatingand warm deal installations over the last two full years are shown in the followingtables:</p><table border=1 cel…
12 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what input Scottish Gas had to the decision to reduce the number of insulation installations under the Warm Deal programme after the tender was awarded.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>On a like-for-like basis thereis no reduction on the number of Warm Deal installations undertaken. The targetnumber of Warm Deal installations …
12 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households it estimates would qualify for assistance and insulation under the Warm Deal programme from October 2007 to October 2008.
Answer · Des McNulty: We are on track to deliver ourtarget of 17,500 Warm Deal installations between April 2006 and March 2007. Goingforward from there, the allocation of resource to the programme will be determinedby the outcome of the 2007 spending review.</p>
12 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any decisions on whether to end the Warm Deal.
Answer · Des McNulty: I have made no decision to endthe Warm Deal. As I have already announced the Warm Deal and central heatingprogramme will continue till at least 2008. Going forward from then, allocationof resource to the programmes will be determined by the outcome of the 200…
12 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why the number of insulation installations under the Warm Deal are being reduced from 17,700 in the 18 months from April 2005 to less than 3,000 in the 18 months from October 2006.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>In the 12 months from April 2006to March 2007 the target number of households to benefit from Warm Deal measuresacross all sectors is 17,500, a…
12 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to replicate the £250 million programme to tackle fuel poverty in England and Wales, given that an estimated £5 million of funding initially committed to the Warm Deal programme has now been allocated elsewhere.
Answer · Des McNulty: To March 2006 we spent almost£276 million on fuel poverty programmes. Over 2006-08 we have allocated nearly £108million to these programmes.</p><p>In each of the years 2006-08we have allocated £5 million to the Warm Deal. From this year’s Warm Deal resource,£…
12 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many insulation jobs it estimates will be undertaken under the Warm Deal programme between April 2006 and April 2007.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>Across all sectors of the housingstock, the estimated number of Warm Deal installations to be undertaken betweenApril 2006 and March 2007 is 17…
12 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why there was a reduction in the number of installations uder the tender for the Warm Deal programme from 6,500 to 3,000 after Scottish Gas was awarded the contract.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>There has been no reduction inthe number of installations under the Warm Deal programme after Scottish Gas wasawarded the contract. The tender …
7 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the first supplementary to question S2F-2596 by Mr Jack McConnell on 30 November 2006 (Official Report, c. 29901), what additional funding has been provided for local authorities to monitor sex offenders within their jurisdiction for individual cases where the ex…
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested isavailable only from financial year 2001-02 onwards and is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 41270).</p>