Parliamentary questions

Christine Grahame

3,532 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

16 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to The State of the Nation 2004 - An assessment of the state of the UK's infrastructure by the Institution of Civil Engineers, whether it will complete, as a matter of urgency, an asset management plan for river and sea defences and, if so, what steps it has taken to compl…

Answer · Allan Wilson: The Executive has recently commissioned consultants to develop a data-base of all flood defences constructed by local authorities under the provisions of the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961. This data-base will provide information and condition assessmen…

16 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to The State of the Nation 2004 - An assessment of the state of the UK's infrastructure by the Institution of Civil Engineers, what measures are in place to co-ordinate action between all statutory authorities in responding to flooding incidents.

Answer · Hugh Henry: Throughout Scotland, local authorities and the emergency services take the issue of flood prevention and flood warning very seriously. In all areas likely to be affected by flooding, generic multi-agency response plans exist to deal with this risk. Furthermor…

16 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to The State of the Nation 2004 - An assessment of the state of the UK's infrastructure by the Institution of Civil Engineers, what steps it has taken to identify cost-effective measures to protect existing properties from flooding.

Answer · Allan Wilson: It is for local authorities to identify cost effective measures to protect properties in their areas from flooding. However, the National Technical Advisory Group on Flooding Issues, established by the Executive last autumn, is developing improved national gu…

16 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to The State of the Nation 2004 - An assessment of the state of the UK's infrastructure by the Institution of Civil Engineers, whether it has any plans to create a flood-risk map for the whole of Scotland.

Answer · Allan Wilson: The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) already holds indicative flood-risk maps for the Scottish mainland; copies of these are available for inspection at SEPA’s offices. SEPA also supplied copies of the maps to planning authorities in 1997.<…

15 Jun 2004 · Written Question

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The cost of bank nurses, broken down by NHS board area, is shown in the table below. Information on agency nurses is published in tables E12 to E15 on the Scottish Health Statistics website at www.isdscotland.org/workforce.Table E14 provides a breakdow…

14 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which dental practices in the Borders area (a) provide NHS dental treatment and (b) have vacancies for new patients.

Answer · Tom McCabe: This information is not held centrally. NHS Lothian, which administers aspects of family health services on behalf of NHS Borders, will hold information on those dentists who have joined the dental list of NHS Borders in order to provide NHS general dental se…

14 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what concerns it has that the only NHS dental practice in Eyemouth has intimated that it will be withdrawing from the NHS at the end of May 2004 and simultaneously reducing its patient list from 2,000 to 1,000 and whether any funding will be made available to those people, for example on …

Answer · Tom McCabe: I regret the effect of the actions of this practice on availability of NHS dental servicesNHS boards can apply to the Scottish ministers for approval of schemes to assist eligible patients with travel expenses to access primary care NHS dental treatmen…

14 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8689 by Mr Tom McCabe on 3 June 2004, whether NHS Borders applied for capital funding to support the development of premises for the provision of NHS dental facilities and, if so, for what projects and why the bid was unsuccessful.

Answer · Rhona Brankin: NHS Borders did not apply for capital funding to support the development of premises for the provision of NHS dental facilities.

14 Jun 2004 · Written Question

Answer · Tom McCabe: The information is provided in the table below. Dental practices that ceased providing NHS general dental services for a temporary period only may be included in these figures. For comparison the number of practices in Scotland that have commenced providing N…

14 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its statutory obligations are in respect of the delivery of dental provision on the NHS.

Answer · Tom McCabe: It is a duty of the Scottish ministers to secure the provision of general dental services in accordance with Part II of the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978.It is a duty, under section 25 of the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978, of every health board, in accordance with…

11 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS continuing care criteria are standardised across Scotland.

Answer · Tom McCabe: NHS bodies are expected to ensure that their policies, eligibility criteria and protocols for decisions on the provision of health services to meet continuing care health needs are consistent with Management Executive Letter (1996) 22.

11 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the NHS continuing care criteria introduced in 1996 and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The current guidance, Management Executive Letter (1996) 22, which was issued in March 1996, is currently under review. The revised guidance will clarify the existing guidance as necessary and incorporate any other revisions required.

11 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given during the review of the children's hearings system to how the provisions within the Additional Support for Learning (Scotland) Act 2004 relate to children's panels.

Answer · Euan Robson: Phase 1 of the review is considering the broad principles and objectives for the children’s hearings system. The consultation pack raises issues about the relationship between the children’s hearings system and other agencies and services supporting vulnerabl…