Marilyn Livingstone

24 May 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and other relevant organisations regarding any effect on air quality around the industrial plants at Mossmorran as a result of the increase in the practice of "flaring" and whether there are any resulting hea…

Answer · Sarah Boyack: Monitoring of air quality in the context of industrial emissions is a matter for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, local authorities and the relevant industries; surveillance of the health of people in their areas is a matter in the first instance f…

19 Apr 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether young people undertaking Higher Still programmes will receive adequate, relevant and appropriate career guidance.

Answer · Sam Galbraith: Yes. Support for careers and other guidance for young people undertaking Higher Still programmes has been provided for schools, further education colleges and careers companies, through national training and the Progress and Planit databases.

6 Apr 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to ensure that young people undertaking Skillseekers programmes are given access to the most relevant training and qualifications.

Answer · Henry McLeish: A core component of the Skillseekers programme is that the young person works towards an SVQ up to Level 3. SVQs are competence-based qualifications which reflect the work-based nature of Skillseekers. SVQs are designed to assess the candidate's competencies …

28 Mar 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what safeguards are in place to ensure that health trusts consult local communities before introducing car parking charges at local hospitals.

Answer · Susan Deacon: The Scottish Executive is committed to ensuring that the views of local communities and individuals are sought as a matter of course as part of our aims to deliver a modern, patient-centred NHS.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">NHS Trusts are aware that they should take int…

22 Mar 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the Chancellor of the Exchequer's budget announcement regarding the New Deal Programme will have on the number of long-term unemployed people in Scotland.

Answer · Henry McLeish: Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government which takes the lead on the funding and delivery of the New Deal.<P>In his budget the Chancellor announced a comprehensive set of measures aimed at helping <I>all</I> long term unemployed people aged over 25 …

1 Mar 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what use it will make of information and communication technology to improve patient care.

Answer · Susan Deacon: The Scottish Executive intends to maximise the use of information and communications technology in the development of a seamless service for patients. We will exploit modern Internet technologies to replace over 20 million paper clinical messages and forms a …

2 Feb 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what response there has been from further education colleges to its proposals in the framework document Working Together for Wider Access to Further and Higher Education and a Fair Deal for Students.

Answer · Henry McLeish: The Executive has received no responses from further education colleges to the proposals. However, the Association of Scottish Colleges issued a statement welcoming the many and the substantial improvements contained in the Executive's Framework Document for …

8 Sep 1999 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received representations from the Millan Committee on the Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 about the Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Bill.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I received a letter from Bruce Millan on behalf of the Committee yesterday. I have made copies of that letter and my reply available in the Parliament’s Information Centre.