Parliamentary questions

Marlyn Glen

917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

30 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of eligible women was screened for cervical cancer in each of the last 10 years, also broken down by age group.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information Services Division (ISD) have provided the percentage of uptake for Cervical Screening by age group in Scotland1, 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2008, these are: Percentage Uptake 2,3 of Females Who Had a Record of a Previ…

30 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of eligible women was screened for cervical cancer in the NHS Tayside area in each of the last 10 years, also broken down by age group.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information Services Division (ISD) have provided the percentage of uptake for Cervical Screening by age group in Tayside NHS Board, 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2008, these are: Percentage Uptake1,2 of Females Who Had a Record of a Previous S…

30 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dental patients have been deregistered in NHS Tayside in each of the last 12 months for which information is available.

Answer · Shona Robison: The available information is shown in the following table. NHS General Dental Service Patients Whose Registration Status Shows Withdrawn1,2 for NHS Tayside; Between July 2007 and June 2008 <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 …

30 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dental patients have been newly registered in NHS Tayside in each of the last 12 months for which information is available.

Answer · Shona Robison: Latest available information on newly registered patients in NHS Tayside in each of the last 12 months is presented in the following table. Number of newly registered NHS dental patients in NHS Tayside in each month from November 2007 to October 200…

30 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many general, hospital and community dentists there were in NHS Tayside in (a) March 2008 and (b) March 2007, expressed as a headcount and by whole-time equivalent.

Answer · Shona Robison: The head count information for NHS Tayside is shown in the following table. Hospital and community dentist data is only available as at 30 September and is also shown. Information on the whole-time equivalent of staff working in the NHS general denta…

30 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children was registered with an NHS dentist in June 2008, broken down by community health partnership area, and what the comparable figures were in March 2008.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information by Community Health Partnership for March 2007 to June 2008 is published at: <a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=dent_reg_table2_june08.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment">http://www.isdscotlan…

29 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the target set for NHS boards of a 30% reduction in the rate of Clostridium difficile in people over 65 by 2011 will be accompanied by additional allocations to NHS boards outwith the £54 million already to be allocated over the next three years to tackle healthcare-acquired infec…

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Additional funding to support the new target of up to £2 million is being made available to NHS boards from within the resources provided to tackle healthcare associated infection in Scotland.

29 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £54 million to be allocated over the next three years to tackle healthcare-acquired infection can be specifically identified for programmes within NHS Tayside.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-16255 on 22 September 2008. 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.scottish.parliament.uk/Ap…

6 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected number is of pupils who will be in P1 to P3 in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in August 2010.

Answer · Maureen Watt: Projected pupil numbers in each stage for each local authority are not generally produced centrally. However, using trends in the five to seven year old population from GRO Scotland''s projections and 2007 participation rates, pupil projections would be 4,550…

6 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost was of providing a school meal in the free school meals pilot for P1 to P3 pupils.

Answer · Adam Ingram: Information on the costs associated with the free school meals trial for P1 to P3 pupils is included in the report on the findings of the independent evaluation of the trial which is available on the Scottish Government website at: <a href="http://ww…

6 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was given to each local authority to participate in the free school meals pilot for P1 to P3 pupils.

Answer · Adam Ingram: The following table sets out the amount of funding we provided to each of the local authorities participating in the free school meals trial for P1 to P3 pupils. <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p …

25 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-4300 by Fiona Hyslop on 25 September 2008, what the estimated cost is to each local authority of extending entitlement to free school meals to all primary and secondary pupils whose parents or carers are in receipt of maximum child and working tax cr…

Answer · Adam Ingram: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11245 on 16 April 2008. 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.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp…

10 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive why Health Protection Scotland’s Report on Review of Clostridium difficile Associated Disease Cases and Mortality in all acute hospitals in Scotland from December 2007- May 2008 has recommended an age of 15 for the minimum limit for the extension of the national surveillance programme for…

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I am advised by Health Protection Scotland (HPS) that existing testing methods for Clostridium difficile are not recommended for children under the age of 15. Younger children are carriers of Clostridium difficile without any symptoms and the disease does not…

10 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to study the effect of the introduction of a minimum age limit of two years on the mandatory surveillance of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in (a) England from April 2007, (b) Wales from September 2008 and (c) Northern Ireland from April 2008.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Yes. As with all areas of healthcare associated infection, Health Protection Scotland (HPS) regularly monitors developments around the UK and in other countries. It will continue to study all the research evidence to determine whether testing in this age grou…

4 Sep 2008 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what resources are being put in place to roll out the ASSIST victim support services needed to match the extended responsibilities of the Domestic Abuse Court in Glasgow and how similar support services across Scotland will be funded.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: In June 2008, I announced that, alongside the roll-out of the Domestic Abuse Court in Glasgow, the Scottish Government will be extending provision for the ASSIST service to support victims and their children in the 3 police divisions of the city of Glasgow.</…

12 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what effect the classification of students as economically inactive has had on the reported figure for the rate of economic activity in Dundee City in each of the last three years.

Answer · Jim Mather: The number of students classified as economically inactive in Dundee City during the last three calendar years is shown in the following table. This also shows the level of economically inactive students as a percentage of the working-age population in Dundee…

12 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the rates of economic activity have been in (a) Dundee City and (b) Scotland in each of the last three years.

Answer · Jim Mather: The official source of economic activity rates by local authority is the Annual Population Survey (APS). The following table shows the economic activity rates in Dundee City and Scotland for the last three calendar years. <table border=1 cellspacing=0 c…

12 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated gross value added was for Angus and Dundee City in each of the last three years for which figures are available, also expressed per head.

Answer · John Swinney: The gross value added and gross value added per head estimates for the area of Angus and Dundee City for the latest three years (2003, 2004 and 2005) are reported in the following table: Headline Gross Value Added (£ Million) and Gross Val…

12 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether nursing staff other than school nurses will participate in the implementation of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programme from September 2008 as part of the community health nurse pilot scheme in NHS Tayside.

Answer · Shona Robison: Within NHS Tayside, school nurses will lead the implementation of the HPV vaccination programme supported by the other nursing staff. The other nursing staff will consist of both community staff nurses and public health staff nurses. All nurses will undergo a…

12 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many school nurses there were in the NHS Tayside area in each of the last three years for which figures are available, expressed in (a) full-time equivalent and (b) headcount terms.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table provides the number of whole-time equivalent (WTE) and head count school nurses in Tayside in 2003, 2004, 2005. These figures are collected by Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Data for 2006 is unavailable due to the n…

5 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the target set for NHS boards, in Better Health, Better Care: Action Plan, that 80% of all three to five-year-olds should be registered with a NHS dentist by 2010-11 also means that a target of 80% registration has been set for the same age group in each Community Health Partnersh…

Answer · Shona Robison: It is for NHS boards to manage the delivery of the target through their local delivery plans and there is therefore no explicit national target set at the level of Community Health Partnership areas.

5 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage acute bed occupancy has been in each hospital in NHS Tayside in each year since 2003.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The percentage acute bed occupancy for hospitals in NHS Tayside is shown in the following table. Table 1: Percentage Occupancy in Acute Specialites in NHS Tayside by Hospital1 <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> …

5 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage acute bed occupancy has been in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) Scotland, in each year since 2003.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under the Acute Hospital Care section. (<a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/3426.html">http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/3426.html</a>).

5 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded cases of Clostridium difficile there have been in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) Scotland in the latest available 12 month period, broken down into people aged (a) two to 44, (b) 45 to 64, (c) 65 to 74 and (d) 75 and over.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Mandatory surveillance on the total number of cases of Clostridium difficile reported by NHS board was introduced in September 2006. This information is collected by Health Protection Scotland (HPS) and is published in quarterly reports on their website. HPS …

21 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the increased winter mortality (a) figures and (b) index were for 2007-08 for (i) Scotland and (ii) each NHS board area, also broken down into age groups (A) 0 to 64, (B) 65 to74, (C) 75 to 84 and (D) 85 and over.

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is not available at present, because it is necessary to compare the number of deaths in the four “winter” months (December to March) with those in the four subsequent months, which have just finished. The information will be publishe…

18 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded cases of clostridium difficile there have been in NHS Tayside in each month since January 2008, broken down by (a) PCR ribotype and (b) recording hospital.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Health Protection Scotland (HPS) collects information, by NHS board, on cases of c-diff and on PCR ribotyping. C-diff is identified in laboratories by testing for the presence of a toxin, and does not routinely require ribotyping. Ribotyping is currently only…

18 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected population of Dundee in 2018 is, broken down into (a) men aged 16 to 64 and (b) women aged 16 to 59.

Answer · John Swinney: The most recent, 2006-based, population projections can be found on the General Register Office for Scotland website using the following link: <a href="http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/popproj/06pop-proj-scottishareas/…

16 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) employment, (b) unemployment and (c) further study or training rates were six months after graduation for graduates in (i) French, (ii) German, (iii) Spanish, (iv) Italian and (v) other European languages from Scottish institutions in the latest year for which information is …

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The statistics the member requested are shown in the following table. Destination of Full-Time Higher Education Graduates from Scottish Institutions Six Months after Graduating by Subject Area (%): 2005-06 <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadd…

16 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) employment, (b) unemployment and (c) further study or training rates were six months after graduation for graduates in (i) English, (ii) mathematics, (iii) science and (iv) psychology from Scottish institutions in the latest year for which information is available.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The statistics the member requested are shown in the following table. Destination of Full-Time Higher Education Graduates from Scottish Institutions Six Months after Graduating by Subject Area: 2005-06 <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=…

16 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many European language graduates from Scottish institutions had found employment in the (a) business services, (b) wholesale and retail, (c) manufacturing, (d) banking and finance and (e) transport and communications sector six months after graduation in the latest year for which info…

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The statistics are presented in the following table. Full-Time Higher Education Graduates Gaining Employment Six Months After Graduation from Scottish Institutions by Industry of Employer and Subject Studied (%): 2005-06 <table border=0 cellspa…