Parliamentary questions
Marlyn Glen
917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
18 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, following publication of Scotland’s Spending Plans and Draft Budget 2011-12, how much capital funding it will provide for the V&A at Dundee project.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Government''s Draft Budget for 2011-12 includes sufficient funding for the project feasibility and design stages to proceed. Overall the Scottish Government will make a significant capital contribution to the project, providing a sound funding ba…
17 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prescriptions have been issued for cancer-related treatment in (a) Scotland and (b) NHS Tayside in each year since 2007-08, and what the gross cost was of dispensing these.
Answer · Shona Robison: Information is not held centrally on the number of prescriptions issued, only on prescription items dispensed in the community by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors. These data exclude the direct supply of medicines to patients from hospitals and ho…
17 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prescriptions were issued by (a) Dundee and (b) Angus Community Health Partnership in each year since 2006-07 and what percentage was free.
Answer · Shona Robison: Information is not held centrally on the number of prescriptions issued, only on prescription items dispensed in the community by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors. These data exclude the direct supply of medicines to patients from hospitals and ho…
17 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women are employed by each local authority, expressed as a percentage of employees.
Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is set out in the table below. Part (a) shows what percentage of each local authority''s headcount are women.</b></p> <p >Table 1: Headcount of Women Employees as a Percentage of All Employees by Local Authority, Q2 2010</p> <table…
17 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what total number of patients is recorded in Quality and Outcomes Framework dementia registers in NHS Tayside GP practices.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is published annually by ISD Scotland. The most recent information relates to the 2009-10 financial year and can be viewed at:</b></p> <p >http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/QOF_Scot_200910_HEAT_dem_prevalence.xls.</p> <p >The published f…
13 Oct 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place since May 2007 between officials, police and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service on giving communities the right to be told when an individual with regular unsupervised access to children has convictions for child sex offences and is considered…
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Since May 2007, there has been regular discussion and communication between the Scottish Government, the police and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service on the provision of information to communities to keep children safe from individuals who have c…
13 Oct 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what conclusions it has drawn from the community sex offender disclosure pilot, Keeping Children Safe, in the Tayside Police force area.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Tayside Community Disclosure Pilot has been a real success. An independent evaluation report of the pilot, which can be accessed on the Scottish Government website at: <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/10/25093915/0">http://www.scotlan…
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital admissions there have been of people aged 65 and over in Angus as a result of falls in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by intermediate geographical zone, also expressed as a rate per 1,000 of population.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is shown in the following table:</p> <p >Table 1. Number of Hospital Admissions for Patients Aged 65 and over in Angus as a Result of a Falls<sup>1</sup> for Financial Years 2007-08 to 2009-10.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 ce…
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital admissions there have been of people aged 65 and over in Dundee as a result of falls in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by intermediate geographical zone, also expressed as a rate per 1,000 of population.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is shown in the following table:</p> <p >Table 1. Number of Hospital Admissions for Patients Aged 65 and Over in Dundee as a Result of a Falls<sup>1</sup> for Financial Years 2007-08 to 2009-10</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 ce…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated financial benefit to the local economy in Dundee has been from Homecoming Scotland 2009 events.
Answer · Jim Mather: An independent evaluation of the economic impact of Homecoming Scotland 2009 was done by Glasgow-based EKOS Ltd, a leading independent UK consultancy specialising in economic and social development. EKOS concluded that Homecoming Scotland 2009 generated net a…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) temporary and (b) permanent jobs have been created in Dundee as a result of Homecoming Scotland 2009 events.
Answer · Jim Mather: An independent evaluation of the economic impact of Homecoming Scotland 2009 was done by Glasgow-based EKOS Ltd, a leading independent UK consultancy specialising in economic and social development. In terms of net additional employment, EKOS concluded that H…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs in Dundee are classified as (a) medium and (b) high-tech manufacturing and what percentage of all manufacturing jobs in the city this represents.
Answer · John Swinney: Information on the number of employee jobs by industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). Table 1 shows the number of employee jobs in the high-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing industries, and the percentage of all manufactu…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of jobs in Dundee are classified as being in knowledge-intensive services.
Answer · John Swinney: Information on the number of employee jobs by industry is collected each year from the annual business inquiry (ABI). Table 1 shows the number and percentage of employee jobs in the knowledge-intensive services industry, in Dundee City. The most recent year f…
11 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many economically active people in Dundee in each of the last three years (a) were qualified at level (i) NVQ4 and above, (ii) NVQ3, (iii) NVQ2 and (iv) NVQ1, (b) had another qualification or (c) were on a trade apprenticeship, also expressed as a percentage, and how this compares wit…
Answer · Keith Brown: The Annual Population Survey (APS) is the official source for data on people who are economically active. Table 1 shows the latest estimates from the APS, covering each year since 2007, of the number of economically active people in Dundee City Council of wor…
11 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent job density value is for (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Scotland.
Answer · John Swinney: Job density value is defined as the number of employee jobs in an area divided by the working age population (males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59) residing in the area. The official source for employee jobs in Scotland is the annual business inquiry…
11 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs were (a) created and (b) safeguarded in Dundee through Regional Selective Assistance in each of the last four years for which information is available.
Answer · Jim Mather: Regional Selective Assistance projects involve the creation and / or safeguarding of a specified number of jobs over the duration of the grant contract. This includes a specified period after the final payment has been made when the project jobs have to be ma…
11 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average value has been of offers of Regional Selective Assistance to indigenous firms in Dundee in each of the last four years for which information is available.
Answer · Jim Mather: The average value of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) offers made by the Scottish Executive, during the last four full years in which it operated the RSA scheme, to indigenous firms in Dundee is as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0…
11 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what total amount of Regional Selective Assistance has been given to indigenous firms in Dundee in each of the last four years for which information is available.
Answer · Jim Mather: The Scottish Executive has, since April 2002, routinely published information on Regional Selective Assistance (RSA). Scottish Enterprise assumed operational responsibility for making new offers of RSA from 1 October 2009 and continues to publish information …
11 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were claiming unemployment-related benefits in each Dundee City Council ward at the most recent date for which information is available, broken down by gender.
Answer · John Swinney: The claimant count is a measure of those claiming unemployment related benefits. Claimant counts are not yet available for the new wards as used in the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary Elections. However, data is available for the 2003 Census Area Statistics (CAS)…
11 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual average number of people in Dundee claiming unemployment-related benefits has been in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by (a) age group and (b) duration of unemployment.
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 age and table 2 gives the claimant count for Dundee City, broken down by duration of claim.</b></p> …
11 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) annual average number and (b) percentage of people in Dundee has claimed unemployment-related benefits in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: The claimant count is a measure of those claiming unemployment related benefits in Scotland. Table 1 gives the number and proportion of people claiming unemployment related benefits in Dundee City for those aged 16-64 in 2007-09.</b></p> <p >Table 1: Claiman…
27 Jul 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) hospital microbiologists are employed and (b) vacancies there are for such posts in NHS Tayside, expressed as (i) headcount and (ii) whole-time equivalent.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: (a) Information on hospital microbiologists employed in NHS Scotland is not specifically held. However, information showing headcount and whole time equivalent for medical microbiology and virology staff in post is collected and published by NHS Services Scot…
23 Jul 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prescriptions for antidepressants were issued in the (a) Dundee and (b) Angus Community Health Partnership areas in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on prescriptions issued for antidepressants is not collected but the number of antidepressant items dispensed in 2008 and 2009 for these Partnerships is shown in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <t…
22 Jul 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure on hospital drugs in NHS Tayside was in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Tayside spent £22.378 million on hospital drugs in 2008-09; information is not yet available for the 2009-10 expenditure.</p>
22 Jul 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure on staffing costs in NHS Tayside was in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Tayside''s expenditure on staffing costs was £420.587 million in 2008-09 and £435.043 million in 2009-10.</p>
30 Jun 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the population was of working age in Dundee in the last year for which information is available and what that percentage will be in 2033 if current proposals to increase the pensionable age are implemented.
Answer · Jim Mather: In mid-2009, 62.6 per cent of the population of Dundee City was of working age. In 2033, the projections published by the General Register Office for Scotland suggest that 60.2 per cent of the population of Dundee City will be of working age, assuming that t…
30 Jun 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the projected number of staff who will be required to provide care in (a) care homes, (b) home care and (c) day care in Dundee in the period up to 2033, based on 2007-08 figures.
Answer · Shona Robison: Modelling work has been undertaken at a national level as part of the reshaping care for older people programme. This work is focussed on the need for care for people over 65 only, and it does not drill down into individual local authority or NHS board areas.…
30 Jun 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the projected number of people who will receive care in (a) care homes, (b) home care and (c) day care in Dundee in the period up to 2033, based on 2007-08 figures.
Answer · Shona Robison: Modelling work has been undertaken at a national level as part of the reshaping care for older people programme. This work is focussed on the need for care for people over 65 only, and it does not drill down into individual local authority or NHS board areas.…
30 Jun 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the projected number of people who will receive care in NHS long-stay beds in the NHS Tayside area in the period up to 2033, based on 2007-08 figures.
Answer · Shona Robison: Modelling work has been undertaken at a national level as part of the reshaping care for older people programme. This work is focussed on the need for care for people over 65 only, and it does not drill down into individual local authority or NHS board areas.…
30 Jun 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated expenditure by Dundee City Council was on (a) care at home, (b) care homes and (c) day care for people aged 65 or over in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is given in the table below:</p> <p >Dundee City Council - Net Expenditure on Older People Services 2008-09</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=125 valign=top > <p > </p> </t…