Parliamentary questions

Marlyn Glen

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

2 Jun 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated for investment in affordable houses for rent in the Angus Council area in each year since 2004-05, also showing the allocations in real terms.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The grant allocation at the beginning of each financial year is a single figure which includes provision for all relevant elements of the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP). In addition to the provision of affordable housing for rent this includes…

2 Jun 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated for investment in affordable houses for rent in the Dundee City Council area in each year since 2004-05, also showing the allocations in real terms.

28 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days were directly connected with alcohol-related conditions in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is provided in table 1, which shows the total length of stay of patients discharged from general acute hospitals in Scotland with alcohol-related diagnoses in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07, the last three years for which information i…

27 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost is of building various types of council houses by the number of bedrooms.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: This is a matter for local authorities. The information requested is not held centrally.</p>

22 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug search warrants were issued in Tayside in each of the last three years and in how many instances drugs were found.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>

22 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drugs officers there were in Tayside in each of the last three years and of these, how many were seconded to the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: It is an operational matter for the Chief Constable of Tayside to determine the deployment of officers within the force area and details of the number of drugs officers in Tayside is not held centrally.</p> <p >The number of Tayside police officers seconded …

22 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the numbers were of those prosecuted for being found in possession of drugs and in possession of drugs with intent to supply in (a) Dundee and (b) Tayside in each of the last three years.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The information for the last three years available is given in the following table.</p> <p >Persons Prosecuted in Scottish Courts for Drugs Possession<sup> </sup>Offences<sup>1</sup>, for Dundee City and Tayside Police Force Area, 2003-04 -2005-06</p> <tabl…

22 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that the introduction of a nationally-determined level of local income tax will diminish the status of local government.

Answer · John Swinney: No. Under our proposals, all income raised under a local income tax will go to fund local authority expenditure and local authorities will continue to decide how funding for their area is spent. In the consultation paper we issued in March 2008, we recognised…

20 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the standardised mortality rates were per 1,000 population for (a) Dundee, (b) Angus, (c) Tayside and (d) Scotland in the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down also by deprivation quintile.

Answer · John Swinney: Standardised death rates per 1,000 population for individual local authority areas, and for Scotland as a whole, for 2006 are given in table 2 of <i >Scotland''s Population 2006</i>, the Annual Report of the Registrar General, published by the General Registe…

19 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many primary fires there have been in Tayside in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The information requested is provided in the following table.</p> <p >Number of Primary Fires in Tayside Fire and Rescue Service Area, 2004-06</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td nowrap valign=top > <p align=left >2004</p> …

19 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost of policing in Tayside has been in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Police Grant Aided Expenditure figures (£000) for Tayside for the last three years are as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td valign=top > <p >2005-06</p> </td> <td valign=top > <p align=right >76,393</p> …

19 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the national concessionary fares budget is in each financial year in the period 2008 to 2011 and what these annual amounts are expressed in real terms.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The budget allocation for concessionary fares for the next three years is £181.4 million in 2008-09, £187.4 million in 2009-10 and £189.4 million in 2010-11. Expressed in real terms these allocations equate to £181.4 million in 2008-09, £182.4 million in 2009…

19 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost to (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire councils for collecting council tax has been in each of the last three years.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11681 on 22 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/webap…

19 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost to local authorities of collecting council tax has been in each of the last three years.

19 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects that the findings of the review of specialist nursing roles being undertaken by its Health Directorate General will be published.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In Scotland, under the auspices of the UK-wide Modernising Nursing Careers initiative, an advanced practice toolkit to identify the capabilities and competences of nurse practitioners at senior, advanced and consultant level, whether in a specialist or genera…

19 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how community nurses will work with condition-specific nurse specialists in the community health nurse pilot in NHS Tayside.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Nurses working in community settings already refer to a condition specific nurse should a patient''s condition indicate that this is necessary. This will not alter under the community health nurse pilot.</p>

15 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus councils on community care for adults with addictions or who were engaged in substance misuse in the last three years for which information is available.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The following table provides net expenditure by Dundee City and Angus councils on adults with addictions/substance misuse from 2004-05 to 2006-07. This information is reported by councils to the Scottish Government in the annual local financial return for soc…

15 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals to the children’s hearing system in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus were on the grounds of lack of parental care in the last three years for which information is available.

Answer · Adam Ingram: Referrals to the Reporter under Section 52 (2)(c) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (i.e. is likely to suffer unnecessarily; or be impaired in his health or development, due to lack of parental care)</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <th…

15 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals to the children’s hearing system in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus were on the grounds of misused drugs or alcohol in the last three years for which information is available.

Answer · Adam Ingram: Referrals to the Reporter under Section 52(2)(j) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (i.e. has misused alcohol or any drug, whether or not a controlled drug within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971):</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0…

15 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals to the children’s hearing system there were in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in the last three years for which information is available.

Answer · Adam Ingram: Referrals to the reporter on grounds (Section 52(2) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995)</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p > </p> </td> <td valign=top > <p align=center >2004-05</p> …

15 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on children and family services by (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus councils in the last three years for which information is available.

Answer · Adam Ingram: The information is contained in the following table:</p> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td nowrap colspan=3 valign=bottom > <p align=left >Children and Families “ Net Revenue Expenditure</p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td nowrap…

15 May 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether training in clinical care takes priority over training in health promotion and protecting the public in the community health nurse pilot scheme.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Community nurses who take part in the Community Health Nurse pilots will undertake training to enable them to be competent in the new role which will cover all of these areas.</p>