Parliamentary questions
Marilyn Livingstone
248 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
11 Jun 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the National Appeal Panel for Entry to the Pharmaceutical List need not give a detailed explanation as to why it considers that an NHS board decision requires an oral hearing.
Answer · Shona Robison: Under the terms of the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Schedule 4 Part II, the National Appeal Panel shall determine an appeal in such a manner as it sees fit. Therefore, the member may wish to contact the National Appeal Panel dire…
13 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will enter discussions with the management of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill) in Glasgow and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh if the recent changes to specialist cystic fibrosis nurses’ duties result in home visits being curtailed and the availa…
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33586 on 24 May 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website; the search facility for which can be found at: </p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.…
13 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has been in communication with the management of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill) in Glasgow and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh regarding their directive for changes to the role of cystic fibrosis specialist nurses whereby they must spend a min…
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: All children with cystic fibrosis must receive care from a multi-disciplinary team of specialist doctors, nurses and AHPs, in line with agreed standards of care, wherever they live. The employment of clinical staff such as specialist nurses is a matter for NH…
13 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations took place with the management of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill) in Glasgow regarding the decision to close ward 6B, which accommodated young people with cystic fibrosis.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have confirmed that although the use of accommodation within the same hospital building has changed, the service and the staff providing it remain the same.</p> <p >The NHS board have given assurances that they engaged with the …
31 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will be used to assess the response to the consultation on the regulation of herbalists to ensure that action taken reflects the interests of Scottish people regarding access to traditional medicines.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The joint consultation on whether and, if so, how, to regulate practitioners of herbalism, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine (a devolved area in Scotland), was issued on behalf of all four UK countries by the Department of Health in England. In vie…
31 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has been in communication with the UK Department of Health regarding the recent consultation on the regulation of herbalists and, if so, whether it is knows the number of responses received.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: We have maintained continuous dialogue with the UK Department of Health and the other two UK countries. This will continue as the response to the recent joint UK consultation on the regulation of practitioners of herbalism, acupuncture and traditional Chinese…
12 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, following a reduction from £16.9 million to £9.2 million in the funding allocated to Fife from the Affordable Housing Investment Programme, how it will support jobs in the construction industry in Fife.
Answer · Alex Neil: The Scottish Government has already made available £120 million of accelerated funding in 2008-09 and 2009-10, which came from the 2010-11 budget, in order to support affordable housing across Scotland during the economic downturn, providing vital work for th…
12 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure the provision of the 500 homes annually that Fife reportedly needs, given a reduction from £16.9 million to £9.2 million in the funding allocated to Fife from the Affordable Housing Investment Programme and that, as a result, housing associations are pre…
Answer · Alex Neil: In the last two years, the Scottish Government has provided funding to approve the construction of 515 affordable housing units from the Affordable Housing Investment Programme. The planned number of Affordable Housing Investment Programme approvals for 2010-…
12 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, following a reduction from £16.9 million to £9.2 million in the funding allocated to Fife from the Affordable Housing Investment Programme, how it will support those waiting for housing in Fife.
Answer · Alex Neil: The proposed Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) for 2010-11 is lower due to the accelerated funding made available in 2008-09 and 2009-10 which came from the 2010-11 budget. It was widely known that the AHIP would be lower in 2010-11 due to this a…
5 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what average time is taken from application to decision for domestic wind power microgeneration installations.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31572 on 11 February 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/App…
5 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for domestic wind power microgeneration installations have been (a) approved and (b) rejected, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31572 on 11 February 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/App…
5 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made for domestic wind power microgeneration installations since 2007, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>
27 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will support relatively specialist degrees such as construction management that could be at risk if the Scottish Funding Council implements its proposals to reduce funding for architecture, built environment and planning in universities by 22%.
Answer · Michael Russell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31132 on 4 February 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/Apps…
27 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take given concerns regarding the quality of evidence on which the Scottish Funding Council has based its proposals to reduce funding for architecture, built environment and planning in universities by 22%.
Answer · Michael Russell: I refer the member to the question S3W-31132 answered on 4 February 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/Apps2…
27 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will support universities offering degrees in architecture, built environment and planning following the proposal from the Scottish Funding Council to reduce the funding for these degrees by 22%.
Answer · Michael Russell: How to allocate funding for teaching in universities is a matter for the Scottish Funding Council, rather than Scottish ministers. We have however ensured that the Funding Council is aware of the views of the professional bodies for architecture, built enviro…
11 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what daily information was held on salt stocks (a) in each local authority area and (b) by it between 17 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 inclusive.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The data requested is commercial information.</p>
11 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much salt was provided to Fife Council via the Scottish Government Resilience Room between 17 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 inclusive and when any such deliveries were made.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The data requested is commercial information. With the support of the Scottish Government Resilience Room, neighbouring local authorities and trunk road operators provided mutual aid to re-distribute available salt to Fife Council during the period in questio…
11 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many phone calls were made from the Scottish Government Resilience Room to Fife Council between 17 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 inclusive.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30622 on 20 January 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/Apps…
11 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many phone calls the Scottish Government Resilience Room received from Fife Council between 17 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 inclusive.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Since December 2009, the Scottish Government has been in regular contact with all of Scotland''s 32 local authorities concerning severe weather planning. We do not record the number of calls made to or from the Scottish Government Resilience Room. </b></p> <…
11 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to tackle inequalities, given that, according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2009, Templehall, Gallatown and Sinclairtown in Kirkcaldy have remained in the top 15% most deprived areas in Scotland while parts of Linktown, Seafield and the West of Bur…
Answer · Alex Neil: In partnership with local government the Scottish Government has set out an overarching framework for tackling inequalities in Achieving our Potential and the linked social frameworks Equally Well and Early Years. These are available on the Scottish Governmen…
10 Dec 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is supporting the Fife Equally Well project, which aims to tackle and prevent alcohol and drug-related causes of antisocial behaviour.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: The Fife Equally Well test site is one of eight that the Scottish Government is supporting to promote collaboration between local public services, aimed ultimately at reducing inequalities in the health and wellbeing of people who need most, or all, of those …
24 Sep 2009 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will invest in dementia services in Fife to ensure that quality provision is available at all levels of need and appropriate funding is available.
Answer · Shona Robison: Dementia is a national priority for this government with our target on early diagnosis and the range of other national activity, including on post-diagnostic support, public awareness and guidance on care in acute and accident and emergency settings all desig…
2 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether projects approved by the previous administration will be given priority in allocating funds to relevant councils for the school building programme.
Answer · Keith Brown: As already stated in Parliament on 17 June 2009 by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, the Scottish Government has honoured the payments relating to these projects so that all of the schools in the pipeline went ahead.</p>
2 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will be used in assessing need for allocating funds in the first tranche of funding for the school building programme.
Answer · Keith Brown: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-25045 on 16 July 2009. 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/Apps2/B…
2 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether funds will be allocated to support the promised £3 million investment for Burntisland Primary School under the school building programme.
Answer · Keith Brown: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-25045 on 16 July 2009. 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/Apps2/B…
2 Jul 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether funds will be allocated for a new school for east Kirkcaldy under the school building programme.
Answer · Keith Brown: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-25045 on 16 July 2009. 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/Apps2/B…
29 Jun 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what account will be taken of social deprivation when allocating funds from the Town Centre Regeneration Fund.
Answer · Alex Neil: We have introduced the new £60 million Town Centre Regeneration Fund to help our towns reach their full potential and to support local economies through these challenging economic times. As such there is no specific focus on social deprivation.</p> <p >All e…
3 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used to allocate invitations to the Apprenticeship Summit and whether all major stakeholders will have the opportunity to attend.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The Apprenticeship Summit provided a very important opportunity to talk directly to employers about how we can support them in their skills investment during the current economic climate and beyond.</p> <p >There were 150 delegates at the Apprenticeship Summ…
2 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding local authorities will receive in care home fee settlements in each of the next three years and what percentage will be available for Fife.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-22574 on 23 April 2009. 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/Apps2/…
2 Apr 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are in hospital in Fife waiting for a place in a residential or nursing home.
Answer · Shona Robison: Census information is collected on delayed discharges on a quarterly basis. This counts patients who are delayed on the day of the census and figures from the most recent census are shown in the following table.</p> <p >NHS Fife Delayed Discharges; Patients …