Parliamentary questions
Karen Whitefield
555 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
28 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when local authorities will be able to use the Scottish Futures Trust to build new schools.
Answer · John Swinney : I refer the member to thequestion S3W-1736 answered on 24 July 2007. All answers to written ParliamentaryQuestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.sea…
28 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish details of how the Scottish Futures Trust will operate.
Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Futures Trustis our alternative funding mechanism to the ‘standard PFI model’, and will beable to deliver better, more efficient major public infrastructure projects fortaxpayers. Work has already started on the design aspects of the Trust and an…
25 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what evaluation it made, prior to taking the decision to abolish the graduate endowment, of the number of students from areas of multiple deprivation who will enter higher education following the abolition.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Executive has not carried out any specific evaluation with regards to the number of students from areas of multiple deprivation who will enter higher education prior to taking the decision to abolish the graduate endowment fee.</p><p>Evidence, su…
25 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will set targets in relation to the number of students entering higher education from areas of multiple deprivation.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: I have no plans to settargets for students entering from areas of multiple deprivation.</p><p>There are a number ofinitiatives underway to widen participation in Higher Education.</p>
25 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will monitor the number of students entering higher education from areas of multiple deprivation.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The number of Scottishdomiciled students from deprived areas entering higher education in the UK ispublished in the Scottish Executive’s annual statistical publication <i>Students</i><i>in Higher Education at Scottish Institutions 2005-06</i> about the number…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-994 by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007, whether Monklands Hospital accident and emergency unit will have a 24/7 orthopaedic service.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I referthe member to the answer to question S3W-752 on 19 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.sea…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-993 by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007, whether Monklands Hospital accident and emergency unit will have a 24/7 general medical service.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I referthe member to the answer to question S3W-752 on 18 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.sea…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-992 by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007, whether Monklands Hospital accident and emergency unit will have a 24/7 anaesthesiology service.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I referthe member to the answer to question S3W-752 on 18 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.sea…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-991 by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007, whether Monklands Hospital accident and emergency unit will have a 24/7 high dependency unit.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I referthe member to the answer to question S3W-752 on 18 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.sea…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-990 by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007, whether Monklands Hospital accident and emergency unit will have a 24/7 intensive therapy unit.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I referthe member to the answer to question S3W-752 on 18 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.sea…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many probationary teachers were employed in the 2005-06 academic year, broken down by local authority and into primary and secondary schools and, of these, how many obtained full-time employment at the end of their probationary period in each category.
Answer · Maureen Watt: The following table shows thenumber of probationer teachers employed in publicly funded schools, by local authorityand by sector, on the 2005-06 teacher induction scheme as at September 2005 andhow many were subsequently employed as full time teachers as at S…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many probationary teachers were employed in the 2006-07 academic year, broken down by local authority area and into primary and secondary schools.
Answer · Maureen Watt: The following tableshows the number of probationer teachers employed in publicly funded schools, bylocal authority and by sector, on the 2006-07 teacher induction scheme.</p><p>There will have beenother probationer teachers employed in publicly funded schools…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority requires to spend to bring its school buildings up to a modern standard.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Detailed information of thekind requested is not collected centrally, although our recently publishedStatistics Publication Notice (ISSN 1479-7569) indicates the number of schoolsin each authority in each of four condition categories.</p>
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when work will begin on the new Plains station as part of the reopening of the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: Transport Scotland is currently reviewing the Plains station feasibilityreport.</p><p>A decision on whetherto proceed with a station at Plains will be made following this review.</p>
19 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what vacancies exist for consultants at Monklands Hospital.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Lanarkshire hasprovided the following information on consultant vacancies at Monklands Hospital, broken down as follows:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top> <p align=center>Department/Area</p> </td> <td v…
19 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve public transport services between the three hospitals in Lanarkshire.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This is a matter for NHSLanarkshire.</p>
19 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to invest in ambulance services in Lanarkshire in the next four years and, in particular, how much will be spent on ambulance services, what this money will be spent on and what criteria it will use to determine how services have been improved over this period.
Answer · Shona Robison: It is for the Scottish Ambulance Service to determine how and where to invest the resourcesit receives from the Scottish Government - £177.8 million in 2007-08 - inproviding emergency and non-emergency patient transport services for the peopleof Scotland and …
19 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will be used to appoint members to the independent panel established to scrutinise revised proposals for health services in Lanarkshire.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I referthe member to the answer to question S3W-904 on 22 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.searc…
19 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the independent panel established to scrutinise revised proposals for health services in Lanarkshire will be appointed.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I referthe member to the answer to question S3W-903 on 22 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.searc…
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional students from areas of multiple deprivation will enter higher education as a result of the abolition of the graduate endowment.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: I wouldanticipate an increase in student numbers from areas of multiple deprivation asa result of the fear of debt being removed following the abolition of thegraduate endowment.</p>
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a detailed timetable for the establishment of Lanarkshire’s cancer centre.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This is a matter forNHS Lanarkshire.</p>
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients suffering from cancer in the NHS Lanarkshire area have (a) received treatment within and (b) waited longer than the maximum waiting time following diagnosis in the last five years.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There is no specificwaiting times target which sets a maximum wait between diagnosis and treatment forall patients with cancer. There is a national target from urgent referral to firsttreatment for cancer of 62 days. Performance information against that targe…
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultant vacancies there are in Lanarkshire, broken down by (a) specialty and (b) length of vacancy.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on staffemployed in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at <b><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a></b>.</p><p>Section B gives detailsof <strong>…
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the contract to build and provide a new inpatient acute psychiatric facility in Lanarkshire will be signed.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This is a matterfor NHS Lanarkshire.</p>
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the provision of 24/7 orthopaedic services is essential to accident and emergency services.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I referthe member to the answer to question S3W-990 on 20 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.searc…
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the provision of 24/7 general medical services is essential to accident and emergency services.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Irefer the member to the answer to question S3W-990 on 20 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.searc…
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the provision of 24/7 anaesthesiology services is essential to accident and emergency services.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Irefer the member to the answer to question S3W-990 on 20 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.searc…
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the provision of 24/7 high dependency units is essential to accident and emergency services.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Irefer the member to the answer to question S3W-990 on 20 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website the search facility forwhich can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.searc…
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the provision of 24/7 intensive therapy units is essential to accident and emergency services.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Irecognise that a range of support services are available to accident andemergency units across Scotland, and that these appropriately take account of localcircumstances.</p><p>I have been clearthat we support the generalprinciples set out for the future of h…
14 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the contract to build and provide Airdrie Resource Centre will be signed.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This is a matterfor NHS Lanarkshire.</p>