Parliamentary questions
Marlyn Glen
917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
4 Aug 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many biomedical science students have applied for and received a bursary of £2,000 to encourage them to work in the NHS after graduation in each academic year since 2007-08, broken down by university.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In response to the question above, the table below details the number of bursaries for each institution. All students who applied for the bursary were awarded it. </p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td width=139 valign=top > <p …
31 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the change was in the number of three to five-year olds registered with an NHS dentist in each community health partnership between December 2007 and March 2009.
Answer · Shona Robison: The following table shows the percentage change in the number of three to five-year-olds registered with an NHS dentist, by Community Health Partnership between December 2007 and March 2009.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr …
31 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage was of three to five-year olds registered with an NHS dentist in each community health partnership in (a) December 2007, (b) March 2008, (c) June 2008, (d) September 2008, (e) December 2008 and (f) March 2009.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information is published on ISD''s website at: <a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/4680.html">http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/4680.html</a>.</p>
31 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered NHS dentists there have been in each year since 2006, broken down by community health partnership
Answer · Shona Robison: The number of NHS dentists (head count) who have provided NHS general dental services, broken down by community health partnership for years ending 31 March 2006 onwards is shown in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <…
15 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23034 by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 May 2009, whether the contract to evaluate the community health nurse pilots has been awarded and what the estimated cost of the evaluation is.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The contract to evaluate the community health nurse pilots has not yet been awarded and therefore the estimated cost has yet to be determined.</p>
15 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the decision by NHS Tayside to continue with the community health nurse pilot will result in additional funding being provided.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government remains fully committed to supporting pilot sites who wish to test the community health nurse role.</p>
13 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many successful prosecutions there have been in Dundee under the Prostitution (Public Places) Scotland Act 2007.
Answer · Frank Mulholland: Of the 17 charges in which a decision to prosecute in court has been taken by the procurator fiscal at Dundee since 2007, 10 have resulted in a conviction, five are ongoing and two have resulted in a decision to take no further action.</p> <p >Notes:</p> <p…
3 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental students at (a) the University of Dundee and (b) the University of Glasgow who received a dental bursary in their final year of study are now in vocational training in Scotland, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is shown in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=center >NHS Board</p> </td> <td valign=top > <p align=center >Dundee Dental School</p> </td>…
3 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists working in the General Dental Service were previously recipients of a bursary from the NHS Dental Bursary Scheme initiated by the previous administration in September 2006.
Answer · Shona Robison: There are currently 181 dentists, including vocational trainees, working in General Dental Services in Scotland who were in receipt of a dental bursary.</p>
3 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time equivalent dentists have been employed in the General Dental Service in each of the last three years, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the full-time equivalent of staff working in the NHS general dental service is not available, as the working hours of each dentist are not collected.</p> <p >Head count information, broken down by NHS board, is available and can be accessed at…
16 Jun 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-24278 by John Swinney 15 June 2009, whether it will detail each occasion since May 2007 when ministers have visited Ninewells Hospital in Dundee on official business, including the nature of that business and whether car parking charge was incurred.
Answer · John Swinney: The details of the four visits undertaken on official business, using ministerial cars, referred to in the response to question S3W-24278 can be found in the following table. No parking charges were incurred by ministers on these visits to Ninewells Hospital.…
15 Jun 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-24081 by Shona Robison on 1 June 2009, what the salary range is of the (a) post of policy lead in programme management of the Family Nurse Partnership pilot and (b) associated post of implementation lead.
Answer · Shona Robison: For the Family Nurse Partnership pilot the salary range of (a) the policy lead is band B level 3 within the Scottish Government pay and grading scales and (b) the implementation lead is between £46,000 - £70,000.</p>
15 Jun 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-24080 by Shona Robison on 1 June 2009, how many times since 2007 its representatives have met the central Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) team in England to discuss development of the FNP in Scotland and who those representatives were.
Answer · Shona Robison: Representatives from the Scottish Government have met with the central Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) team in England on a number of occasions. There have been a variety of representatives, at different levels within both organisations. Formal arrangements ha…
26 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions ministers have visited Ninewells Hospital in Dundee on official business using ministerial cars since May 2007.
Answer · John Swinney: Scottish Ministers have visited Ninewells Hospital in Dundee four times since May 2007 on official business, using ministerial cars.</p>
26 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) cancer, (b) diabetes, (c) infection control, (d) palliative care and (e) accident and emergency clinical nurse specialists there were in (i) NHS Tayside and (ii) Scotland in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table details the number of clinical nurse specialists there were in (a) cancer, (b) diabetes, (c) infection control, (d) palliative care and (e) accident and emergency in NHS Tayside and NHS Scotland in the last three years as requested.</p> <…
26 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many clinical nurse specialists there were in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) Scotland in each of the last three years for which information is available, expressed as whole-time equivalent and as a percentage of all NHS nurses and midwives.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table provides the number of clinical nurse specialists in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) NHS Scotland in the last three years, expressed as whole-time equivalent and as a percentage of all NHS nurses and midwives as requested.</p> <table border=0 ce…
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers have visited locations in the United States of America where the Family Nurse Partnership scheme is in operation and, if so, which ministers; on how many occasions, and on what dates.
Answer · Shona Robison: Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, visited a Nurse Family Partnership Project in Harlem, New York on Friday 10 April 2009.</p>
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Family Nurse Partnership pilot in Lothian will operate under the same type of licence agreement as that in England.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Family Nurse Partnership pilot in Lothian will operate under the same type of licence conditions as those in England.</p>
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what adaptations would be required to the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England to allow it to be provided in Scotland.
Answer · Shona Robison: No adaptations are required.</p>
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what grades of nurses are participating in the Lothian pilot of the Family Nurse Partnership.
Answer · Shona Robison: There will be seven nurses included in the pilot. The job descriptions are adapted from the American requirements, which form part of the core model elements. The job descriptions are currently going through the Scottish Agenda for Change process, and these s…
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is being made available for the Lothian pilot of the Family Nurse Partnership.
Answer · Shona Robison: Funding for the pilot is still being assessed, and is partly dependant on the grades agreed for the nurses. However, the intention is to fully fund the nursing posts, administration, implementation lead and clinical psychologist for two years. Set up costs wi…
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Lothian pilot of the Family Nurse Partnership will be completed and when it will be evaluated.
Answer · Shona Robison: Evaluation of the programme is key to assessing its success. The evaluation tender is being considered now, and the researchers will be in place when client recruitment begins in January 2010. The programme will be continually monitored, using agreed quality …
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its staff posts related to the piloting of the Family Nurse Partnership involve secondment to the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England and, if so, for what period of time.
Answer · Shona Robison: We are working collaboratively with the central Family Nurse Partnership team in England. No formal secondment is envisaged.</p>
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its staff are employed in the piloting and evaluation of the Family Nurse Partnership model; when these posts were advertised, and when they commence.
Answer · Shona Robison: We currently have one policy lead involved in programme management of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) pilot who started work in post just before Christmas 2008. We also have one FNP Implementation Lead, which is a seconded post from the NHS for two years. …
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has discussed with the UK Department of Health the development of the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England since 2007 and, if so, on how many occasions.
Answer · Shona Robison: We have met with the central Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) team in England on a number of occasions to discuss how the programme could be developed. The licensing agreement is usually accompanied by a consultancy agreement, with the US. However, we have gain…
18 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many allied health professionals there were in NHS Tayside in (a) arts therapy, (b) dietetics, (c) occupational therapy, (d) orthoptics, (e) orthotics, (f) podiatry, (g) prosthetics, (h) speech and language therapy and (i) radiography in each of the last two years for which informatio…
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The numbers of allied health professionals in NHS Tayside in (a) arts therapy, (b) dietetics, (c) occupational therapy, (d) orthoptics, (e) orthotics, (f) podiatry, (g) prosthetics, (h) speech and language therapy and (i) radiography in each of the last two y…
11 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated value is of exports to each European country in the last year for which information is available, also expressed as a percentage of total exports.
Answer · Jim Mather: </p> <p >Table 1: Estimated Total of Overseas Scottish Exports, 2007</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=432 > <thead> <tr > <td width=108 nowrap valign=top > <p > </p> </td> <td width=234 valign=top > <p align=center …
11 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in Angus were presented for Spanish at (a) standard and (b) higher in each of the last three years, also expressed as a percentage of the year group.
Answer · Keith Brown: The available information is given in the following table.</p> <p >Presentations for Spanish, Angus</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td nowrap rowspan=2 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td nowra…
11 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in Angus were presented for German at (a) standard and (b) higher grade in each of the last three years, also expressed as a percentage of the year group.
Answer · Keith Brown: The available information is given in the following table.</p> <p >Presentations for German, Angus</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td nowrap rowspan=2 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td nowrap…
11 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in Angus were presented for French at (a) standard and (b) higher in each of the last three years, also expressed as a percentage of the year group.
Answer · Keith Brown: The available information is given in the following table.</b></p> <p >Presentations for French, Angus</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td nowrap rowspan=2 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td no…