Parliamentary questions
Kate Maclean
61 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
8 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children there are with significant visual impairment affecting their developmental and educational progress.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The results of the September 2001 School Census showed that there were 130 pupils with a Record of Needs in publicly funded primary schools whose main difficulty in learning was a visual impairment. The figure for secondary schools was also 130. There were 16…
27 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the first results of the 2001 Census will be published.
Answer · Richard Simpson: The first results of the 2001 Census are published today in the <I>Registrar General's 2001 Population Report</I>. The report contains final figures for the resident population for Scotland and local councils as at Census Day (29 April 2001). In addition, it …
26 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available in an accessible form for deafblind victims of domestic abuse.
Answer · Margaret Curran: This information is not held centrally.
26 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available in Braille for blind and visually-impaired victims of domestic abuse.
Answer · Margaret Curran: This information is not held centrally.
26 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been made available to help blind and visually-impaired victims of domestic abuse in each year since 1999-2000.
Answer · Margaret Curran: In the year 2000, the Scottish Executive provided just under £500,000 to local women's aid groups to improve access to refuges and offices by the disabled. One group received £700 to produce publicity materials in braille.
26 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available in British Sign Language for deaf and deafened victims of domestic abuse.
Answer · Margaret Curran: The information requested is not held centrally.
26 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been made available to help deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind victims of domestic abuse in each year since 1999-2000.
Answer · Margaret Curran: In the year 2000 the Scottish Executive provided just under £500,000 to local women's aid groups to improve access to refuges and offices by the disabled. This included equipment for the deaf such as textphones, hearing loops and alarm systems.<P>Teletext sub…
18 Sep 2002 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it is offering to vulnerable young people and those from deprived backgrounds and their families in the early years of education.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Over the past four years, in partnership with the UK government, we have taken action to raise the incomes of families, especially for those on the lowest incomes. We have set the long-term objective of ending child poverty within a generation in partnership …
30 Aug 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland in implementation of the recommendations made by Dr Raj Jandoo in his inquiry report into the case of the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: Significant work has been progressed already in relation to those recommendations aimed both directly at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) and those which are aimed at the COPFS and the police jointly. A detailed action plan which charts …
20 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to lay a report on grants made under Section 70 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 during the financial year 2001-02.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Grants totalling £25,967,646 were paid out during financial year 2001-02. A report detailing the grants made has today been placed in the Parliament's Information Centre (Bib. number 22114).
10 Apr 2002 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to ensure that its domestic abuse campaign messages are accessible to hearing impaired people.
Answer · Margaret Curran: Teletext subtitles have been added to the "Behind Closed Doors" television advertisement in its most recent phase from 25 March.
17 Oct 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the Preliminary Report on the Equality Strategy.
Answer · Jackie Baillie: The Scottish Executive presented its response to the Parliament today.
17 Oct 2001 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is taking any action to reduce the stigma of suffering from mental health illnesses.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change </I>commits the Executive to looking for ways to address the stigma which can attach to poor mental health and to investing £4 million over three years in a campaign to promote positive mental health a…
11 Oct 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will receive the report of the Race Equality Advisory Forum.
Answer · Jackie Baillie: The Forum presented its response to Ministers today.
3 Oct 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will respond to the Equal Opportunities Committee's 1st Report 2001, Inquiry into Gypsy Travellers and Public Sector Policies.
Answer · Jackie Baillie: The Executive presented its response to the Parliament today.
20 Aug 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when and how it plans to respond to the report of the Certification and Registration Working Group.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive has given a commitment that the Social Work Services Inspectorate will undertake an up-to-date assessment of arrangements for certification and registration every year through its annual report.<P>The report also makes recommendations f…
20 Jun 2001 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a programme of eyesight screening for all schoolchildren when they start their primary and secondary education.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Programmes of screening school age children for eye problems are jointly determined by local NHS Boards and local authorities. NHS sight tests are available free to people under 16 or under 19 in full-time education<B>. </B>The UK National Screening Committee…
19 Jun 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to introduce for Scottish local authority elections, including by-elections, measures to assist disabled voters similar to those provided for in the Representation of the People Act.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Similar measures will be introduced for Scottish local government elections later this year.
19 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place to provide one-to-one assistance with the completion of the census forms to visually impaired and deafblind people.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13523.
19 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether census returns from blind, partially sighted and deafblind people will be accepted if they are returned in alternative formats, with particular reference to (a) large print, (b) Braille, (c) disc, (d) audio tape and (e) e-mail.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13523.
19 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision has been made for census forms and accompanying information to be made available to blind, partially sighted and deafblind people in accessible formats, with particular reference to (a) Braille, (b) large print, (c) disc and (d) audio tape.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13523.
19 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation was carried out regarding the accessibility of the census forms to visually impaired and deafblind people.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given in question S1W-13523.
19 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision has been made for census enumerators to receive visual impairment and deafblind awareness training.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Special arrangements to assist those who are visually impaired or have hearing difficulties to complete a census form have been made through the Registrar General's Community Liaison Initiative for the census, which was introduced last year. The twin aims of …
30 Jan 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce its intentions following the review of the air quality strategy objective for particles (PM10).
Answer · Sam Galbraith: The work to consider the prospect for strengthening the objective is well in hand, and should be available at the end of March. The most significant area of work will be advice from the Department of Health's Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution …
28 Nov 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland on his investigation of the actions of Tayside Fire Brigade in connection with the fire at 13 Cardean Street, Dundee, on 27 November 1997, in which Amanda Duncan lost her life, will be published.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Mr Davis' report will be published on 29 November. Amanda Duncan's death was a tragedy and I sympathise deeply with the grief which her parents have experienced in consequence of it. I am grateful to Mr Davis for the thorough investigation whic…
5 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what further measures it intends to take, in addition to the implementation of the task force recommendations, to ensure efficient running of Tayside Health Board, Tayside University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The Executive has strengthened local leadership, is taking forward the task force recommendations and is considering the Trust financial recovery plan.
30 May 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for further investigation of the actions of Tayside Fire Brigade in connection with the fire at 13 Cardean, Dundee on 26 November 1997.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland, Mr Dennis Davis, to undertake an investigation with the following terms of reference:<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">to review the handling by Tayside Fire Brigade of the incident at 13 Car…
2 Feb 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria the Scottish Legal Aid Board use in reaching decisions on applications where a non-harassment order is being sought.
Answer · Jim Wallace: In assessing whether or not to grant legal aid to applicants seeking a non-harassment order, the Board applies the statutory criteria which apply to all applications for civil legal aid. These are: financial eligibility, probable cause and reasonableness.
2 Feb 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board for assistance in pursuing a non-harassment order; how many such applicants have been granted a full civil legal aid certificate; how many have been offered legal aid "subject to contribution" and how many of these offer…
Answer · Jim Wallace: Between 1 April 1999 and 4 February 2000, there were 237 applications for civil legal aid for non-harassment orders or for interdicts involving non-harassment orders. Of these, 88 applications were refused, 134 were granted with a nil contribution, three offe…
2 Feb 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for non-harassment orders have been lodged in the courts and how many of these resulted in an order being made.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The table below sets out the information which is recorded on civil non-harassment orders. Information is available from January 1998.<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=616><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">Protection from Harassme…