Parliamentary questions
Marlyn Glen
917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
11 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in Dundee were presented for Spanish 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 Spanish, Dundee</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td nowrap rowspan=2 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td nowr…
11 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in Dundee 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, Dundee</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td nowrap rowspan=2 valign=top > <p > </p> <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td nowrap …
11 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in Dundee were presented for French 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 French, Dundee</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=52 nowrap rowspan=2 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> …
6 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many physiotherapists employed by NHS Tayside are 55 or over and what percentage of physiotherapists employed by NHS Tayside this represents.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Taken from nationally published data, the following table provides the number of physiotherapists employed by NHS Tayside as at 30 September 2008 that are 55 or over and the percentage of physiotherapists employed by NHS Tayside this represents.</p> <table …
6 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many physiotherapists were employed by NHS Tayside in each of the last three years for which information is available, expressed both as whole-time equivalent and in headcount figures, also broken down by (a) junior and (b) senior grades.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Taken from nationally published data, the following tables provide the details of the number of physiotherapists employed in NHS Tayside as at 30 September in each of the last three years. Due to the assimilation of the workforce onto Agenda for Change bandin…
6 May 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many specialist nurses dealing with Parkinson’s disease there have been in each NHS board area in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Numbers are as shown in the following table:</p> <p align=left >Nurses Specialising in Parkinson''s Disease</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=218 rowspan=2 valign=top > <p > </p> </td> <td width…
23 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees of NHS Tayside receive pay point 1 or pay point 2 and what percentage of the workforce they comprise.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Under the terms of the UK-wide Agenda for Change agreement, current numbers of employees within NHS Tayside who receive either pay point 1 or pay point 2 are as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td valign=top > <p alig…
16 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional money was given to each participating NHS board to develop the community health nurse pilot scheme in 2008-09.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The total additional funding provided in 2008-09 to each NHS health board participating in the community health nurse pilot is as follows.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=106 valign=top > <p align=center …
16 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the evaluation of the community health nurse pilot scheme is estimated to cost and to which organisation the contract has been awarded.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The cost of the evaluation of the community health nurse pilots is yet to be determined as the contract for the evaluation is yet to be awarded.</p> <p >The timescale for the project was extended as the planning and transition phase has taken longer than ori…
16 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to announce its decision on the evaluation of the community health nurse pilot scheme.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: A decision on the future of community nursing services will be made once the full implications of the research, which is not expected to be concluded until the autumn of 2010, have been considered. However, ministers will also consider an interim evaluation r…
15 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivewhat measures it will take to boost employment in the public sector in Dundee.
Answer · John Swinney: We will actively oppose the proposed £500 million cut in Scottish spending planned by the UK government - a cut that will not only undermine Scotland''s ability to recover strongly from the recession but also put at risk 9,000 jobs, including some in the publ…
15 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivewhether it plans to relocate additional civil service jobs to Dundee.
Answer · John Swinney: Any decision to relocate civil service jobs to Dundee would be taken in conjunction with the Scottish Government''s policy of strategic asset management. Details of the recent review of asset management are at <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/…
15 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivewhat measures it will take to boost the construction industry in Dundee.
Answer · Jim Mather: The Scottish Budget and the concordat signed by the Scottish Government and COSLA provided for significant growth in the capital resources being made available to local authorities. This has enabled local authorities to deploy resources increasingly flexibly …
15 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivewhat the figures for life expectancy have been for (a) Scotland and (b) the NHS Tayside area since 2004.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information is as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td rowspan=2 valign=top > <p > </p> </td> <td colspan=2 valign=top > <p >2003-05</p> </td> <td colspan=2 valign=top > <p >200…
15 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivewhat estimates are available of healthy life expectancy for the NHS Tayside area since 2004, broken down by community health partnership.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HLE) estimates for NHS board and Community Health Partnership (CHP) areas, including those in Tayside, are based on deaths and populations aggregated over a five-year period for statistical robustness. HLE als…
15 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executivewhat estimates are available of healthy life expectancy for the NHS Tayside area since 2004.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Life expectancy (LE) and Healthy life expectancy (HLE) estimates for NHS board, including those in Tayside, are based on deaths and populations aggregated over a five-year period for statistical robustness. HLE also requires measurements of a third essential …
25 Mar 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of additional primary teachers required in Angus to reduce the maximum class size to 18 in primaries one to three by 2011 and what it estimates the cost will be.
Answer · Keith Brown: Under the terms of the concordat local government is expected to make progress towards reducing primary one to primary three classes to a maximum of 18 as quickly as possible. The number of teachers required to make progress on the concordat commitment for an…
25 Mar 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of additional primary teachers required in Dundee to reduce the maximum class size to 18 in primaries one to three by 2011 and what it estimates the cost will be.
Answer · Keith Brown: Under the terms of the concordat local government is expected to make progress towards reducing primary one to primary three classes to a maximum of 18 as quickly as possible. The number of teachers required to make progress on the concordat commitment for an…
11 Mar 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in the light of the findings of the Scottish Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours Survey 2008 that the main barriers to green behaviour are cost, convenience, a lack of alternative options and practical considerations, how it plans to tackle these barriers.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham : <i >This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:</i></p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0312-01.htm">http://www.scott…
5 Mar 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the costs associated with meeting equal pay obligations will be included in monitoring and reviewing the concordat with COSLA and local authorities.
Answer · John Swinney: Through the oversight arrangements it has put in place to monitor and review the concordat, the Scottish Government is in regular contact with COSLA on a range of issues including the financial pressures, such as equal pay obligations, facing local authoritie…
26 Feb 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how its policy takes account of the high incidence of communication difficulties among young offenders in terms of both direct provision of speech and language therapy and, more generally, the communication accessibility of criminal justice services.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill : <i > This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:</i></p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0226-01.htm">http://www.scot…
12 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the NHS Tayside area have died from colorectal cancer since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was introduced.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Data on the number of people who have died from colorectal cancer are available by NHS board and year (1985 to 2007) on the Information Services Division website. The latest year for which cancer mortality data are complete is 2007.</p> <p ><a href="http://…
12 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the NHS Tayside area have been diagnosed with bowel cancer since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was introduced.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Data on the number of people diagnosed with bowel (colorectal) cancer are available by NHS board and year (1980 to 2005) on the Information Services Division website:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/cancer_cervix_inc.xls">http://www.isd…
12 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage take-up has been in the NHS Tayside area of the invitation to attend bowel cancer screening since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was introduced, also broken down by gender.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There is no published data for the Scottish Bowel Screening programme, as yet.</p> <p >Data on the Scottish Bowel Screening Pilot was published in August 2008 via the Information Services Division (ISD) website on <a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/572…
12 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the NHS Tayside area have been invited to attend bowel cancer screening since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was introduced.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There is no published data for the Scottish Bowel Screening programme, as yet.</p> <p >Data on the Scottish Bowel Screening Pilot was published in August 2008 via the Information Services Division (ISD) website at <a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/572…
12 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the value was of each capital allocation to NHS Tayside in each financial year since 2005-06 taking inflation into account.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The value of the formula capital allocations to NHS Tayside from 2005-06 taking inflation into account are shown in the following table: </p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> …
12 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been of its consultation on local income tax.
Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government''s consultation <i >A Fairer Local Tax for Scotland</i> involved contracted research costs of £9570.37 and publication costs of £1217.96. A total of £10,788.33 (including VAT).</p> <p >In addition, there was civil service staff and ad…
9 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the capital allocations have been to NHS Tayside in each year since 2005-06.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The formula capital allocations made to NHS Tayside since 2005-06 are shown in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=71 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td width=71 valig…
9 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the initial revenue allocation to NHS Tayside will be in 2009-10 according to the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee’s (NRAC) target initial allocation.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The target initial allocation to NHS Tayside for 2009-10 according to the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) is that they should receive 7.84% of the total allocation due to territorial boards. For 2009-10, this would be £568 million out of the…
9 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what NHS Tayside’s percentage share is of the general allocation to territorial NHS boards in 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Tayside''s percentage share of the initial allocation to territorial NHS boards for 2009-10 was 7.98%.</p>