Parliamentary questions
Marlyn Glen
917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
22 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of school leavers entered full-time higher or further education in the (a) Angus and (b) Aberdeenshire local authority areas in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Information on the percentageof school leavers entering higher and further education can be found in the Scottish Executive’s Statistical Publication Notice Destinations of Leaversfrom Scottish Schools: 2005-06 published on 6 December 2006.A local authority b…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many inpatient and outpatient appointments and procedures there were in NHS Grampian in each year since 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: In terms of context, itshould be remembered that the successful implementation of Delivering forHealth<i> </i>(launched in October 2005) is already bringing about afundamental shift in the balance of care. This, quite appropriately, places agreater emphasis o…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many inpatient and outpatient appointments and procedures there were in NHS Tayside in each year since 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: In terms of context, itshould be remembered that the successful implementation of <i>Delivering forHealth </i>(launched in October 2005) is already bringing about a fundamentalshift in the balance of care. This, quite appropriately, places a greateremphasis o…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire councils received under the Sure Start Scotland programme in the last year for which the information is available.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Sure Start Scotland fundingfor the three local authority areas in the financial year 2006-07, was as follows:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td valign=top> <p>Dundee City</p> </td> <td valign=top> <p>£1.77 million</p> </td> </tr>…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children received resource-based support through Sure Start Scotland in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas in the last year for which the information is available.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Data on the number of individualbeneficiaries of services provided under the Sure Start Scotland programme,broken down by local authority area, is not held centrally.</p>
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many parents and children were supported by Sure Start Scotland through group or intensive provision in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas in the last year for which the information is available.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Data on the number of individualbeneficiaries of services provided under the Sure Start Scotland programme,broken down by local authority area, is not held centrally.</p>
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many attendances there were at each accident and emergency centre in NHS Grampian in each year since 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on the number ofattendances at each accident and emergency centre in NHS Grampian is shown inTable 1.</p><p>Table 1: Accident and EmergencyAttendances in NHS Grampian by Hospital; Years Ended 31 March 2000 to 2006</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many attendances there were at each accident and emergency centre in NHS Tayside in each year since 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on the number ofattendances at each accident and emergency centre in NHS Tayside is shown inTable 1.</p><p>Table 1: Accident and EmergencyAttendances in NHS Tayside by hospital; Years Ended 31 March 2000 to 2006</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 c…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated number of face-to-face contacts with patients by GPs was in NHS Grampian in the last year for which the information is available.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The requested information isnot available.</p>
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated number of face-to-face contacts with patients by GPs was in NHS Tayside in the last year for which the information is available.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The requested information isnot available.</p>
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations were carried out in hospitals in NHS Grampian in each year since 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: In terms of context, itshould be remembered that the successful implementation of <i>Delivering forHealth </i>(launched in October 2005) is already bringing about a fundamentalshift in the balance of care. This, quite appropriately, places a greateremphasis o…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations were carried out in each hospital in NHS Tayside in the last year for which the information is available.
Answer · Andy Kerr: In terms of context, itshould be remembered that the successful implementation of Delivering forHealth<i> </i>(launched in October 2005) is already bringing about afundamental shift in the balance of care. This, quite appropriately, places agreater emphasis o…
18 Jan 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations were carried out in hospitals in NHS Tayside in each year since 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: In terms of context, itshould be remembered that the successful implementation of Delivering forHealth<i> </i>(launched in October 2005) is already bringing about afundamental shift in the balance of care. This, quite appropriately, places agreater emphasis o…
13 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which local child protection committees have developed specific protocols related to the 2003 guidelines on vulnerable children and young people.
Answer · Hugh Henry: We understand there are a numberof specific protocols but we do not hold this information centrally.</p>
11 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number and locations of wi-fi hotspots in Scotland.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
7 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) knee-joint replacement and (b) cataract operations have been carried out in NHS Tayside in each year since 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The number of operations andprocedures undertaken as in-patients or day cases is published on the ISD Scotlandwebsite at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/Annual_trends_in_surgical_procedures_hbt_November2006.xls">http://www.isdscotland.org/…
7 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local bus passenger journeys there have been in each of the last five years in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Bus patronage figures are onlyavailable at national and regional level. This information is included in the ScottishExecutive Statistical Bulletin, Transport Series, Bus and Coach Statistics: 2004-05which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Pub…
7 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many stroke-related deaths there were in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each of the last 10 years, expressed also as a standardised rate for those under 75 per 100,000 population.
Answer · George Lyon: The information requested isgiven in the following table.</p><p>Deaths fromCerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke)<sup> 1</sup>,<sup> </sup>Selected Council Areas,1996-2005</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bottom> …
7 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug users have entered treatment in Tayside in each of the last five years.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested isavailable online at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/abstracts/ISDbull.htm">http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/abstracts/ISDbull.htm</a>.</p>
7 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated average annual earnings have been of people with a university degree in each of the last three years.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The preferred source for earningsestimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried outby the Office for National Statistics. However, information on qualifications arenot collected in ASHE. Therefore the Annual Scottish Labour Forc…
7 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions have been brought under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 in (a) Tayside and (b) Grampian.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: At 11 December 2006, thenumber of charges prosecuted under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act2005 in Tayside was 25 and the number prosecuted in Grampian was 24.</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. This information has beenextracted from the Crown Office and Procurator F…
7 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases involving driving without insurance proceeded in the (a) Arbroath, (b) Dundee and (c) Stonehaven procurator fiscal office in each of the last two years.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: The numbers of charges for drivingwithout insurance contrary to Section 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 reportedto the procurators fiscal at Arbroath, Dundee and Stonehaven in the last two financialyears and which resulted in criminal proceedings being instr…
4 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households in Aberdeenshire had (a) no car, (b) one car and (c) two cars available for private travel in each of the last three years.
Answer · Tavish Scott: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-30341 on 15 December 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
4 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households in Angus had (a) no car, (b) one car and (c) two cars available for private travel in each of the last three years.
Answer · Tavish Scott: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-30341 on 15 December 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
4 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households in Dundee had (a) no car, (b) one car and (c) two cars available for private travel in each of the last three years.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Information about the percentageof households in each local authority area who had (a) no car, (b) one car and (c)two cars is not available for single years, because the Scottish Household Surveyis not designed to provide figures on this basis. The latest ava…
4 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of employed adults in Aberdeenshire worked from home in each of the last three years.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Table 1 shows the percentageof adults in employment who work from home in their main job in Aberdeenshire forthe last three years for which data are available.</p><p>Table 1 Percentage of PeopleWorking from Home in Aberdeenshire, 2003-05</p><table border=1 ce…
4 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of employed adults in Angus worked from home in each of the last three years.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Table 1 shows the percentageof employed adults people who work from home in their main job in Angus for thelast three years for which data are available.</p><p>Table 1 Percentage of PeopleWorking from Home in Angus, 2003-05</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 ce…
4 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of employed adults in Dundee worked from home in each of the last three years.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Table 1 shows the percentageof employed adults people who work from home in their main job in Dundee for thelast three years for which data are available.</p><p>Table 1 Percentage of peopleworking from home in Dundee, 2003-05</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 …
4 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils travelled to school in Aberdeenshire (a) by car, (b) by bus, (c) on foot and (d) by bicycle in each of the last three years.
Answer · Hugh Henry: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-30328 on 18 December 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp…
4 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils travelled to school in Angus (a) by car, (b) by bus, (c) on foot and (d) by bicycle in each of the last three years.
Answer · Hugh Henry: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-30328 on 18 December 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp…