Parliamentary questions
Marlyn Glen
917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
10 Oct 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross (a) hourly and (b) weekly pay was for full-time employees in Aberdeenshire in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006, broken down by gender.
Answer · John Swinney: The preferred sourcefor earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), whichis carried out by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>(a) The median grosshourly earnings for full-time employees resident in Aberdeenshire are given in t…
10 Oct 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is in Angus of fulfilling the 2007 SNP manifesto commitment to provide access to a fully qualified teacher for every nursery child.
Answer · Adam Ingram: No estimate of costshave been made for individual local authority areas. The overall cost of implementingthis and other commitments is the subject of discussion with local government as part of negotiationson outcome agreements.</p>
10 Oct 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many General Teaching Council for Scotland registered teachers will be required in Angus to implement the 2007 SNP manifesto commitment to provide access to a fully qualified teacher for every nursery child.
Answer · Adam Ingram: No estimate has been made of the number of teachers required in individual local authority areas. The latest statistics show that around 48% of pre-school education centres in Angus have at least one General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registered mem…
10 Oct 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is in Dundee of fulfilling the 2007 SNP manifesto commitment to provide access to a fully qualified teacher for every nursery child.
Answer · Adam Ingram: No estimate of costs have been made for individual local authority areas. The overall cost of implementing this and other commitments is the subject of discussion with local government as part of negotiations on outcome agreements.</p>
10 Oct 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many General Teaching Council for Scotland registered teachers will be required in Dundee to implement the 2007 SNP manifesto commitment to provide access to a fully qualified teacher for every nursery child.
Answer · Adam Ingram: No estimate has been made of the number of teachers required in individual local authority areas. The latest statistics show that almost 63% of pre-school education centres in Dundee have at least one General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registered me…
8 Oct 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources it will provide for local authorities to enforce the increased minimum legal age for buying tobacco from 16 to 18.
Answer · Shona Robison: Future funding for enforcement of the smoke-free laws is being considered as part of the 2007 spending review.</p>
2 Oct 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS sight tests and eye examinations were carried out in the NHS Tayside area in 2006.
Answer · Shona Robison: The number of NHSSight tests-Eye examinations carried out in the NHS Tayside area in the calendaryear to December 2006 was 113,982.</p>
27 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross (a) hourly and (b) weekly pay was for full-time employees in Aberdeen in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006, broken down by gender.
Answer · Jim Mather: The preferred sourcefor earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), whichis carried out by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>(a) The median grosshourly earnings for full-time employees resident in Aberdeen City are given in t…
27 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross (a) hourly and (b) weekly pay was for full-time employees in Angus in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006, broken down by gender.
Answer · Jim Mather: The preferred sourcefor earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), whichis carried out by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>(a) The median grosshourly earnings for full-time employees resident in Angus are given in the follo…
27 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross (a) hourly and (b) weekly pay was for full-time employees in Dundee in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006, broken down by gender.
Answer · Jim Mather: The preferred sourcefor earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), whichis carried out by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>(a) The median grosshourly earnings for full-time employees resident in Dundee City are given in the…
27 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost of consultant out-patient appointments was in the last financial year for which the information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The average cost ofan attendance at a consultant out-patient clinic in financial year 2005-06 was £107.</p>
27 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many first appointments patients failed to attend at consultant-led out-patient clinics in NHS Tayside in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Provisionalfigures for the year ended 31 March 2007 indicate that8.8% of a total of 124,874 new outpatients in all specialties (excludingAccident and Emergency) did not attend their appointments in NHS Tayside.</p>
20 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of first-time house buyers in cities in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Information on numbersof first-time buyers is available from the Council of Mortgage Lenders but onlyfor Scotland as a whole.</p>
20 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of first-time house buyers in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The most recent estimatesof the number of loans issued for house purchase to first-time buyers in Scotland are set out in the following table. These data are sourcedfrom the Council of Mortgage Lenders. The notes to the tables explain the coverageof the estim…
18 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many posts have been relocated to Scottish cities under the Scottish Government’s relocation policy in each year since 1999, broken down by city.
Answer · John Swinney: This information isnot held centrally. The Scottish Government holds details of the decisions takenby the previous administration under its relocation policy on how many posts wereconsidered for relocation in each location review. Due to changes in organisati…
18 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many organisations await decisions on relocation under the Scottish Government’s relocation policy and how many posts are involved in each such organisation.
Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Governmentis still considering the future of the policy on location of public sector jobsand we have not yet determined how we will handle the location reviews begun butnot completed by the previous administration.</p><p>The organisationsfor whic…
18 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the hospital admission rate for diabetes was in Angus in the last year for which information is available, broken down by intermediate geographical zone.
Answer · Shona Robison: Table 1 presents thenumber and rates per 1,000 population of acute hospital admissions for DiabetesMellitus, resident in Angus council area broken down by Intermediate GeographicalZone.</p><p>Table 1. Numberand Rates Of Hospital Admissions for Diabetes Mellit…
18 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the hospital admission rate for diabetes was in Dundee in the last year for which information is available, broken down by intermediate geographical zone.
Answer · Shona Robison: Table 1 presents thenumber and rates per 1,000 population of acute hospital admissions for DiabetesMellitus, resident in Dundee City council area broken down by Intermediate Geographical Zone.</p><p>Table 1. Numberand Rates of Hospital Admissions for Diabetes…
18 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the hospital admission rate was for older people in Angus as a result of falls in the last year for which information is available, broken down by intermediate geographical zone.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Table 1 presents thenumber and rates per 1,000 population of acute hospital admissions as a result ofa fall, for older people (65+), resident in Angus Council area, broken down by IntermediateGeographical Zone (IGZ).</p><p>Number ofHospital Episodes<sup>1,2</…
18 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the hospital admission rate was for older people in Dundee as a result of falls in the last year for which information is available, broken down by intermediate geographical zone.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Table 1 presents thenumber and rates per 1,000 population of acute hospital admissions as a result ofa fall, for older people (65+), resident in Dundee City Council area, broken downby Intermediate Geographical Zone (IGZ).</p><p>Number ofHospital Episodes<sup…
12 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers there were in (a) Tayside, (b) Grampian and (c) Scotland in each of the last four years, also showing the percentage of the annual Scottish figures that Tayside and Grampian represented.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The information requestedfor 2003-04 to 2006-07 is given in the <i>Quarterly Strength Return</i>, published by the Scottish Governmentannually, and updated on a quarterly basis, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib.…
29 Aug 2007 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to sustain the capital investment in Dundee¿s central waterfront project in the event of the closure of the Cities Growth Fund.
Answer · John Swinney: I recognise the importanceof the regeneration of Dundee’s central waterfront for the development ofDundee and the surrounding region.</p><p>The outcome of theSpending Review will be announced in the autumn and any speculation about the futureof the Cities Gro…
20 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many agency nurses have been employed by NHS Tayside in each of the last three years and what the annual cost has been of employing them.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on staffemployed in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at:</p><p><b><ahref="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a></b>.</p><p>Section E gives details of n…
20 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bank nurses have been employed by NHS Tayside in each of the last three years and what the annual cost has been of employing them.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on staffemployed in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at:</p><p><b><ahref="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a></b>.</p><p>Section E gives details of n…
17 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Dundee City and Angus councils will receive any additional funding for pre-school education from August 2007 in respect of the provision of additional hours.
Answer · Adam Ingram: All localauthorities have been informed of the additional funding they will receive forpre-school education following the announcement of the expansion of hours to475 per year. The additional funding that will be made available to Dundee CityCouncil and Angus…
17 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the additional funds that will have to be made available to Angus Council for the full implementation of the commitment to reduce class sizes to 18 and below in P1, P2 and P3.
Answer · Adam Ingram: Estimates of the additionalfunding for individual local authorities to reduce class sizes in P1 to P3 willbe made following the completion of the Spending Review.</p>
17 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for full implementation in Angus of the commitment to reduce class sizes to 18 and below in P1, P2 and P3.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The ScottishExecutive will be working with Angus Council and Universities deliveringinitial teacher training to ensure we can drive down class sizes in a managedand staged way which maintains teacher quality, recognises classroom pressuresand continuity of cl…
17 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of additional teachers required in Angus to implement fully its commitment to reduce class sizes to 18 and below in P1, P2 and P3.
Answer · Adam Ingram: We areconsidering initially in detail the numbers of teachers needed in order toreduce all P1 to P3 classes to 18 or less and allow all pre-school childrenaccess to a teacher at a national level. Estimates of the numbers required inindividual authorities are …
17 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) P1, (b) P2 and (c) P3 classes in Angus had more than 18 pupils in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer · Adam Ingram: Information onindividual class sizes from the 2006 pupil census is published on the internetand can be found at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16412/PrimClassSizesSep06">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16412/PrimClass…
16 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school and business partnerships have been set up under the Determined to Succeed initiative in the (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas.
Answer · Maureen Watt: Initial indicationsfrom the draft <i>2006-07 Determined to Succeed Annual Reports</i> receivedfrom each local authority, show that the number of school business partnershipsin each area are as follows: (a) Dundee - over 500,(b) Angus – over 240 and (c) Aberde…