Parliamentary questions
Christine Grahame
3,532 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many armed police raids have taken place in each police force area in each year since 1999.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following table. Information on armed police raids is notcollected centrally. Deployment of firearms officers is an operational matterfor the relevant chief constable.</p><p>Operations Against PersonKnown or Believed t…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many shotgun certificates were revoked in each police force area in each year since 1999.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following table.</p><p>Revocations<sup>1</sup>of Shotgun Certificates by Police Force Area, 1999 to 2005</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p align=center>Polic…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many firearms certificates have been revoked in each police force area in each year since 1999.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following table.</p><p>Revocations<sup>1</sup> ofFirearms Certificates by Police Force Area, 1999 to 2005</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p align=center>Poli…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents involving children under 16 occurred in the home in East Lothian in each year since 1999.
Answer · Andy Kerr: NHS treatment for unintentionalinjuries may be provided in a number of health settings including general practice,accident and emergency departments and as an in-patient in a hospital.</p><p>Data held centrally on patientstreated in accident and emergency uni…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents were recorded by accident and emergency units to have taken place in the home in East Lothian in each year since 1999.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Data held centrally on patientstreated in accident and emergency units does not allow the identification of theplace where the injury occurred.</p><p>However, information is availablefor patients who are subsequently admitted to hospital as an emergency in-pa…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many accidents were recorded on construction sites in East Lothian in each year since 1999.
Answer · Allan Wilson: This information is not heldby the Scottish Executive. The regulationof health and safety at work in Great Britain, including within the construction industry, and thepublication of related statistics, is a matter for the Health and Safety Commissionand Execu…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many redundancies there have been in East Lothian since January 1998.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Information on the number ofredundancies in East Lothian is not held centrally.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been raised in business rates from the premises of firms in East Lothian with a rateable value of between £7,999 and £15,000 in each year since 1999.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been raised in business rates from the premises of firms in East Lothian with a rateable value of below £8,000 in each year since 1999.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many retail shop closures there have been in East Lothian in each year since 1999 and what the estimated year-on-year economic losses have been to local communities as a result of these closures.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Figures are not available atthe detail required to answer this question.</p><p>Data on the number of VAT de-registrationsare released annually by the Small BusinessService, an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry. These figures are usedto monitor th…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents involving children under 16 occurred in the home in (a) the Scottish Borders and (b) Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer · Andy Kerr: NHS treatment for unintentionalinjuries may be provided in a number of health settings including general practice,accident and emergency departments and as an inpatient in a hospital.</p><p>Data held centrally on patientstreated in accident and emergency unit…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been paid by Scottish Enterprise Borders and its predecessor organisations directly to local firms in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: This information is not held centrally as it is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents were recorded by accident and emergency units to have taken place in the home in (a) the Scottish Borders and (b) Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Data held centrally on patientstreated in accident and emergency units does not allow the identification of theplace where the injury occurred.</p><p>However, information is availablefor patients who are subsequently admitted to hospital as an emergency inpat…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many accidents were recorded on construction sites in (a) the Scottish Borders and (b) Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer · Allan Wilson: This information is not heldby the Scottish Executive. The regulationof health and safety at work in Great Britain, including within the construction industry, and thepublication of related statistics, is a matter for the Health and Safety Commissionand Execu…
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many economic task forces it has established in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: There is no central definitionor list of “task forces”. A wide range of activity has been undertaken since 1999to support our commitment to grow the Scottish economy.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ministerial visits have taken place in each year since 2002, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested couldonly be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its employees resided in the Scottish Borders region in each year since 1999.
Answer · Tom McCabe: At 1 September 2006 91 employeeswho were working in the Scottish Executive core departments resided in the Scottish Borders. Historic information on an employee’s home address is notavailable.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many redundancies there have been in the Scottish Borders since January 1998.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Information on the number ofredundancies in the Scottish Borders is not held centrally.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been raised in business rates from the premises of firms in the Scottish Borders with a rateable value of between £7,999 and £15,000 in each year since 1999.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been raised in business rates from the premises of firms in the Scottish Borders with a rateable value of below £8,000 in each year since 1999.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many retail shop closures there have been in the Scottish Borders in each year since 1999 and what the estimated year-on-year economic losses have been to local communities as a result of these closures.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Figures are not available atthe detail required to answer this question.</p><p>Data on the number of VAT de-registrationsare released annually by the Small BusinessService, an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry. These figures are usedto monitor th…
8 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has estimated the cost to the NHS, local authorities and other related support services of dealing with vulnerable groups who are in fuel poverty.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: We have not made these calculationsand it would be impractical to do so.</p>
8 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to alleviate fuel poverty, particularly among vulnerable groups.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Current fuel poverty programmeswill continue. From January 2007 the Central heating programme will be extendedto include upgrades to partial and inefficient systems for those who claim the guaranteeelement of Pension Credit and the Warm Deal will be extended …
8 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish any initial report produced by Health Protection Scotland into the death from anthrax of Christopher Norris from the Scottish Borders.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Once all relevantcontrol measures have been completed and subject to further legal guidance fromthe procurator fiscal, NHS Borders will formulate a report on the incident whichwill include a review of the measures taken, lessons learned and recommendations.Th…
8 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date Scottish Ministers were notified that a report had been sent to the Procurator Fiscal in relation to the death from Anthrax of Christopher Norris from the Scottish Borders.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-27842 on 11 September 2006. 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…
8 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which agency or official made the decision to send a sample related to the death of Christopher Norris to Porton Down Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-27842 on 11 September 2006. 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…
8 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date officials involved in the testing of a sample from Christopher Norris from the Scottish Borders first suspected that it was a case of anthrax.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-27842 on 11 September 2006. 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…
8 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether officials have confirmed which range of tests were carried out on the samples which were later used to establish that Christopher Norris from the Scottish Borders had died from anthrax.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-27842 on 11 September 2006. 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…
8 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it was made aware of a case of anthrax in the Scottish Borders which resulted in the death of Christopher Norris in July 2006.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-27842 on 11 September 2006. 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…
6 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what provisions or plans it has made to offer additional assistance to low income consumers in light of research by energywatch which indicates that higher tariffs charged on gas and electricity prepayment meters disproportionately disadvantage low income households.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Energy pricing and regulationof energy supply companies is a matter reserved to Westminster.Nevertheless I will meet over the next few weeks with representatives from the mainenergy suppliers in Scotland to discuss the measures they are taking to protect vuln…