Parliamentary questions

Marlyn Glen

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

17 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost was of an emergency ambulance call out in the East Central division of the Scottish Ambulance Service area in 2009-10.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The average cost of an emergency ambulance in 2009-10 in East Central division of the Scottish Ambulance Service was £263.24. This, and a range of other information relating to the cost of ambulance activity, is published annually in the ISD Scotland Cost…

17 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost was of an acute occupied bed day in 2009-10.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The average cost of an acute occupied bed day in an NHSScotland hospital in the financial year 2009-10 was £595.

17 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many attendances there have been at each NHS Tayside accident and emergency centre in each year since 2007-08.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of attendances (new and unplanned returns) from July 2007 to September 2010 for each accident and emergency department in NHS Tayside are provided in the following table. The number of monthly attendances at each accident and emergency department a…

17 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many procedures have been performed in acute specialities in NHS Tayside broken down by (a) inpatients and (b) day cases, in each year since 2007-08.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table shows the total number of inpatient and day case procedures performed in NHS Tayside for the financial years ending 31 March 2008 to 2010. Number of Inpatient and Day Case Procedures Performed in NHS Tayside, Financial Years 2…

17 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many attendances there have been at nurse-led clinics for acute specialities in NHS Tayside, broken down by (a) new and (b) total attendances in each year since 2007-08.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the number of attendances at nurse-led clinics for acute specialities in NHS Tayside, broken down by (a) new and (b) total attendances for financial years ending 31 March 2007 to 2010 is published on the Information Services Division (ISD) webs…

17 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) inpatient and day case episodes and (b) new and return outpatient attendances there have been in NHS Tayside in each year since 2007-08.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on (a) inpatient and day case episodes and (b) new and return outpatient attendances in NHS Tayside for financial years ending 31 March 2001 to 2010 is published on the Information Services Division (ISD) website at: Inpatients and D…

17 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on Education Maintenance Allowance in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each year since 2007-08.

Answer · Angela Constance: Details of how much has been spent on Education Maintenance Allowances in Dundee and Angus in each academic year since 2007-08 are in the following table: <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td valign=top >   </…

17 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities are required or recommended to keep a permanent written minute of (a) board, (b) committee and (c) sub-committee meetings containing details of (i) attendees, (ii) duration and (iii) matters discussed

Answer · John Swinney: Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 sets out the provisions relating to meetings and proceedings of local authorities. Under the provisions of this Schedule, local authorities are required, for example, to record the names of members presen…

13 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are waiting for an appointment with a podiatrist in the (a) Dundee and (b) Angus Community Health Partnership area

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally. However, NHS Tayside has informed me that, as of 1 October 2010, the number of new patients waiting to be seen by a podiatrist in the Dundee and Angus Community Health Partnership area is 400 in Dundee and 317 in Angus.…

13 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many physiotherapists are employed by NHS Tayside expressed as (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Workforce data is published by NHS National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD). Information showing the number of physiotherapy staff employed by NHS board at 30 September 2010 is available at: http://www.isdscotland.org/i…

13 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are on waiting lists for treatment in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus Community Health Partnership areas for (i) adult physiotherapy, (ii) pulmonary rehabilitation, (iii) paediatrics continence service and (iv) women’s health

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The specific information requested is not available centrally.

13 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were claiming unemployment-related benefits in Dundee at the latest date for which information is available, broken down by 2003 Census Area Statistics ward

Answer · John Swinney: The claimant count is a measure of those claiming unemployment related benefits in Scotland. Table 1 gives the claimant count for Dundee City, broken down by 2003 Census Area Statistics ward. Table 1: Claimant Count in Each Dundee City Council Ward, …

8 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many construction sector workers in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus are registered as looking for work as (i) bricklayers, (ii) masons, (iii) roofers, roof tilers and slaters, (iv) plumbers, (v) heating engineers, (vi) joiners, (vii) plasterers, (viii) floorers, (ix) wall tilers, (x) painter…

Answer · Jim Mather: The claimant count is a measure of those claiming unemployment related benefits in Scotland. The information requested is set out in the following table. Table 1. Number of people on the Claimant Count by Sought Occupation, November 2010. <tabl…

8 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-obesity drugs were prescribed in NHS Tayside in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10, and what the annual cost was.

Answer · Shona Robison: The following table shows the number of items dispensed in the community by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors and the gross ingredient cost for drugs indicated in the treatment of obesity in NHS Tayside for the financial years ended 31 March 2009 a…

8 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many biomedical bursaries of £2,000 have been awarded to students to encourage them to work in the NHS after graduation, in each year since 2007-08, also broken down by institution.

Answer · Michael Russell: The following table shows the number of students awarded the Biomedical Science Bursary to date, broken down by Institution and session. The bursary is payable to students on a placement year. Student numbers in this table have been rounded up or down to the …

8 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many charges under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 have been reported to the procurator fiscal in (a) Dundee and (b) Tayside in 2009-10.

Answer · Frank Mulholland: In 2009-10, 13 charges under the Emergency Workers Act 2005 were reported to the Procurator Fiscal at Dundee and a further five charges were reported to other procurators fiscal in Tayside.

8 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many charges under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 reported to the procurator fiscal in (a) Dundee and (b) Tayside in each year since 2008-09 have resulted in (a) court proceedings and (b) a successful prosecution, also broken down by section of the Act.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The number of charges reported to the procurator fiscal in 2009-10 is provided in the answer to question S3W-38173 on 16 December 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which ca…

8 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Affordable Housing Investment Programme has allocated in the Dundee City Council area in each year since 2006-07, also expressed in real terms.

Answer · Alex Neil: Most of the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) is used to provide grants to registered social landlords (RSLs) to build new homes for rent and low-cost home ownership, but also includes grants and assistance to councils, individuals and private co…

6 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37579 by John Swinney on 25 November 2010, how many women are employed by each local authority, expressed as (a) full-time equivalents and (b) a percentage of full-time equivalents.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer to the member to the answer to question S3W-37984 on 13 December 2010. 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/…

1 Dec 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37579 by John Swinney on 17 November 2010 and with regard to full-time equivalents, (a) how many women are employed by each local authority and (b) what that figure is expressed as a percentage of all employees.

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is set out in the following table. With regards to full-time equivalents, part (a) shows what percentage of each local authority''s total number of full-time equivalents are women, and part (b) shows the level of full time equivalent…