Parliamentary questions
Marlyn Glen
917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
9 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the initial revenue allocations to NHS Tayside (a) were in each financial year since 2004-05 and (b) will be in 2009-10 and what the value is of these amounts taking inflation into account.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The initial revenue allocations to NHS Tayside from 2004-05 and the inflation adjusted figures are shown below:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=bottom > <p align=center > </p> <p align=center >Year</…
9 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average rent has been in the registered social landlord sector in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in the last two years for which information is available.
Answer · Alex Neil: Statistics on Registered Social Landlords are published by the Scottish Housing Regulator. The most up to date information on average rents is provided through their Annual Performance and Statistical Returns, which show the average weekly housing association…
9 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much in Housing Association Grant was awarded to each registered social landlord in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in 2007-08 and has been awarded in 2008-09 and what the value is of these amounts taking inflation into account.
Answer · Alex Neil: The Grant Planning Target (GPT) is allocated at the beginning of each financial year to individual Housing Associations for all relevant elements of the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP).</p> <p >The following table provides details of the alloc…
5 Feb 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice last met the chief constable of Tayside Police.
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/sor0205-01.htm">http://www.scot…
4 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people had a charge proved in a court in Tayside under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 in 2007-08.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Court Proceedings data for 2007-08 is not yet available; it is due to be published in April 2009.</p> <p >Data from the Scottish Government Court Proceedings database for the latest year available, 2006-07, shows that there were six persons with a charge pro…
4 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average age of mothers was at time of giving birth in each of the last two years in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is given in the following table for 2006 and 2007. The corresponding figures for 2008 are not yet available.</p> <p >Average Age of Mothers at Time of Giving Birth in Dundee and Angus, 2006 and 2007</p> <table border=1 cellspacing…
4 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the fertility rates were per 1,000 of female population in age groups (a) 20 to 24, (b) 25 to 29, (c) 30 to 34, (d) 35 to 39 and (e) 40 to 44 in (i) Dundee and (ii) Angus in the last two years for which information is available.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is given in the following tables for 2006 and 2007. Figures for 2008 will be available in August 2009.</p> <p >(i) Fertility Rates Per 1,000 of Female Population in Dundee</p> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead…
4 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of mothers smoked during pregnancy in (a) the NHS Tayside area and (b) Scotland in each of the last three years.
Answer · Shona Robison: Information on women smoking at booking is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under the Births & Babies website at (<a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/2911.html">http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/2911.html</a>). For access to the data, …
4 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time university students in (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus council areas have been in receipt of bursaries in each of the last three years.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The following table presents the number of full-time university students domiciled in Dundee City and Angus local authority areas who were in receipt of bursary support from the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) in academic years 2005-06 to 2007-08. T…
4 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-8582 by Shona Robison on 28 January 2008, when updated statistics on the percentage of mothers recorded as breastfeeding at their six-to-eight-week review in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) Scotland will be published.
Answer · Shona Robison: Information on breastfeeding rates at the six-to-eight-week review are published on the ISD Scotland website under Child Health at <a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/child_breastfeeding">www.isdscotland.org/child_breastfeeding</a> and are updated annually in…
4 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the MMR vaccination uptake rate was in NHS Tayside in each of the last three years, broken down by community health partnership.
Answer · Shona Robison: MMR vaccination uptake rates by community health partnership are published on the Information Service Division (ISD) Scotland website under Child Health at:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/ch-immunisation.jsp?pContentID=5407&p_applic=CCC&…
29 Jan 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to increase the numbers of installations of microgeneration devices.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: We are taking a number of steps to increase the number of installations of microgeneration devices across all sectors in Scotland.</p> <p >We have tripled funding for community and microgeneration;</p> <p >We are amending Permitted Development Rights for …
13 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on dental bursaries for dental students at the University of Dundee in (a) each financial year since the introduction of the scheme and (b) 2008-09.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is shown in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=124 valign=top > <p align=center >Financial Year</p> </td> <td width=160 valign=top > <p align=cente…
13 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentistry students at the University of Dundee have (a) applied for and (b) received a dental bursary in 2008-09, broken down by year of study and also expressed as a percentage of the total number of undergraduate students in each year.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is shown in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=left >Course Year</p> </td> <td valign=top > <p align=center >Number of Applicant…
8 Jan 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update on future funding for Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Answer · Linda Fabiani: <i >This PQ 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/sor0108-01.htm">http://www.scottish.pa…
12 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to themed events in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus for Homecoming Scotland 2009 and whether it will list each event being supported financially.
Answer · Jim Mather: The Homecoming themed events taking place in Angus and Dundee are the Angus and Dundee Roots Festival, including the Fest''n''Furious, taking place late September, early October and receiving £19,000 funding and Doors Open Days which includes venues in Dundee…
12 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how the number of whole-time equivalent General Teaching Council for Scotland registered teachers employed to provide pre-school education by (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus councils compares with the number required in those areas to meet the SNP manifesto commitment to ensure that every c…
Answer · Adam Ingram: The 2008 pre-school and childcare census includes a table which shows the percentage of children who had access to a teacher during census week in each local authority area. This can be viewed on the Scottish Government''s website at the following address:</p…
12 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent General Teaching Council for Scotland registered teachers are employed to provide pre-school education by (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus councils.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The latest information on the whole-time equivalent of GTCS registered teachers employed to provide pre-school education in each Scottish local authority (as at January 2008), by type of provider, was published by the Scottish Government on 17 September 2008 …
12 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross hourly earnings were for full-time employees resident in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available, also broken down by gender.
Answer · John Swinney: The preferred source for earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.</p> <p >Table 1 shows the median gross hourly earnings for full-time employees resident in Dundee City…
10 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been on the waiting list for a free central heating system in the DD postcode area in each month since, and including, July 2008 for which information is available.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Information provided by the managing agent, for the DD postcode area, on the number of applicants on the waiting list in each month during the period requested is shown in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <t…
10 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new applications have been received for a free central heating system in the DD postcode area in each month since, and including, July 2008 for which information is available and how many have been considered as eligible.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Information provided by the managing agent, for the DD postcode area, on the number of applications and the number accepted, subject to survey, in each month during the period requested is shown in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cell…
5 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing’s statements on 11 September 2008 that a buy-out of the PFI contract for car parking at Ninewells Hospital “would cost tens of millions of pounds” (Official Report c. 10734 and 10736) and subsequent notification in a letter dated …
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The written record of the conversation contained officials'' initial assessment of the potential negotiating position of the PFI provider. It would undermine NHS Tayside''s negotiating position if that figure was in the public domain and therefore it is not i…
4 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce a minimum age of two years for the national surveillance programme for Clostridium difficile associated disease.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-16201 on 19 September 2008.</p> <p align=left >All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scot…
11 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental patients have been waiting for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant in NHS Tayside, in each quarter since October 2007, broken down by consultant speciality.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of dental patients who have waited for a new outpatient appointment with a consultant in NHS Tayside in each quarter since 1 October 2007 is shown in table 1 and table 2. table 2 is based on <i >New Ways of Defining and Measuring Waiting Times</i> …
11 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many attendances there were at the accident and emergency department of Dundee Dental Hospital in each month since January 2008.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested has been provided by NHS Tayside and is shown in the following table. The figures cover complete months from January to October 2008.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=87 valign=top > …
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of P1 pupils was classified as (a) overweight, (b) obese and (c) severely obese in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Shona Robison: Obesity statistics for children in P1 are collected through the Child Health Surveillance Programme. The most recent figures available are for school year 2006-07: 21.0% of children in P1 were overweight, including 8.5% who were obese and 4.3% who were severe…
7 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what participation rates among P1 to P3 pupils receiving free school meals from August 2010 were assumed in the local government finance settlement for the period up to 2011.
Answer · Adam Ingram: We have assumed participation rates of 70% of P1 to P3 pupils that would not otherwise be entitled to free school meals.</p>
6 Nov 2008 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to develop alternatives to custody for women offenders to counter the unprecedented intake of women to HM Prison Cornton Vale.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This government is committed to radical action to end the cycle of offending and re-offending. Prison will always remain the right place for those who commit serious crimes and present a risk to our communities. But tough community penalties delivered swiftly…
4 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of drugs prescribed in NHS Tayside was generic in each of the last two years for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The rate of generic prescribing in primary care in NHS Tayside for financial year 2006-07 was 83.23% and for 2007-08 was 82.38%.</p>
3 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on medicines in hospitals in NHS Tayside in each of the last two years for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Hospital drugs expenditure in NHS Tayside was £19.036 million in financial year 2006-07 and £17.332 million in 2005-06.</p>