Parliamentary questions
Nanette Milne
1,264 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been screened by each NHS board as part of the cardiac assessment of young athletes programme in each year since the programme was introduced.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: We’ve invested over £350,000 in Scotland’s Cardiac Assessment of Young Athletes (CAYA) Programme, which has enabled over 1,500 young people who are engaged in competitive sports to undergo cardiovascular assessment. Sports covered by the programme include fo…
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school buses have been deemed unroadworthy by each police force in each year since 2007.
Answer · Keith Brown: This information is not held centrally.
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many spot safety checks on school buses have been carried out by each police force in each year since 2007.
Answer · Keith Brown: This information is not held centrally.
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many emergency surgery operations were carried out by each (a) NHS board and (b) hospital in each year since 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the number of emergency procedures, where a main operation has been recorded, by NHS health board and by hospital is provided for financial years 2006-07 to 2010-11. The tables are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib.…
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much council tax has not been collected by each local authority in each year since 2007.
Answer · John Swinney: Scotland’s local authorities have collected £9.405 billion of council tax (95.9 % of the total billed) since 2007, as of 31 March 2012. The following table gives details of the council tax that had not been collected by 31 March 2012 for each billing year sin…
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many mortgage repossession orders have been issued in each year since 2007, broken down by Sherriff Court.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.
29 May 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what investment is planned to improve road safety on the B9170.
Answer · Keith Brown: Transport Scotland, through its operating companies, is responsible for the management and maintenance of trunk roads and motorways in Scotland. Local roads are a matter for local authorities. The B9170 is a local road, and responsibility for investment, mai…
24 May 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources it will make available to local authorities to assist them in meeting the new duty, under section 32B of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, to assess and provide for the housing support needs of homeless people.
Answer · Keith Brown: Local authorities will be expected to meet the costs of compliance with the new duty from existing budgets.
24 May 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional costs local authorities will face in meeting the new duty, under section 32B of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, to assess and provide for the housing support needs of homeless people.
Answer · Keith Brown: A consultation on implementation of the new duty closed on 11 April 2012. Independent analysis of all responses to the consultation is currently underway. It is not possible to identify exact costs to local authorities of fulfilling the new duty. However, in…
24 May 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the new duty on local authorities, under section 32B of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, to assess and provide for the housing support needs of homeless people.
Answer · Keith Brown: A consultation on implementation of the new duty closed on 11 April 2012. Independent analysis of all responses to the consultation is currently underway. Based on the findings, the Scottish Government will develop regulations for consideration by the Scottis…
2 May 2012 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on increasing the number of new farming entrants.
26 Apr 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by NHS Grampian in the development and implementation of a protocol on the transition of patients to adult services.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: It is for NHS Grampian to ensure appropriate local services for all age groups including children and young people. For further information regarding the transition protocol please contact NHS Grampian direct.
26 Apr 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what follow-up action it will take following NHS Grampian's pilot in relation to near-patient testing and patient self-testing.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: It is not clear from the question which pilot is being referred to. I would suggest contacting NHS Grampian directly for further information.
26 Apr 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcome was of NHS Grampian's pilot in relation to near-patient testing and patient self-testing.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: It is not clear from the question which pilot is being referred to. I would suggest contacting NHS Grampian directly for further information.
26 Apr 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to support patients who wish to self-test and self-manage, as means to alleviate pressure on anticoagulant clinics.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: For those requiring Warfarin, widespread self-monitoring is not cost effective compared with near patient testing (NPT), but possibly suitable for a small minority of competent patients for whom NPT is not convenient. In April 2012 Healthcare Improvement Sco…
26 Apr 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what models of primary care services it considers there are in the NHS in England that could be introduced in Scotland to support the self-monitoring and self-management of patients.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Different conditions require a variety of different self-monitoring and self-management arrangements, to best deliver the required clinical outcomes. The Quality Strategy for NHS Scotland is very supportive of self-management where appropriate. The Scottish …
26 Apr 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with local authorities since 2007 on the future of lighthouses.
Answer · Richard Lochhead: None, as the matter is reserved to Westminster, the Northern Lighthouse Board being responsible to the Department for Transport. Transport Scotland and Marine Scotland are members of the Northern Lighthouse Board’s Scottish Users Consultative Group which mee…
19 Apr 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy is aware that all four of the applications made for Ipilimumab under the individual patient treatment request system have been turned down; whether this is in conflict with the Scottish Government’s policy on access t…
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Individual Patient Treatment Request (IPTR) system is for use by individual health boards and is operated independently of the Scottish Government. There is no requirement to notify ministers of decisions. I understand that the Scottish Medicines Consort…
18 Apr 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had discussions about increased access to travel vaccinations via the community pharmacy network.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government has had discussions with NHS boards about increased access to NHS travel vaccinations via community pharmacy. A small number of NHS boards are undertaking work to develop this on a pilot basis. Work is at an early stage. The Scottish G…
14 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on running costs for ministerial cars in each year since 2007.
Answer · John Swinney: The following table details the running costs for ministerial vehicles since 2007. Year Total Cost (£) 2007-08 123,689 2008-09 154,262 2009-10 148,087 2010-11 162,083
14 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many suicides there have been among farmers in each year since 1999.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The National Records of Scotland (NRS) publishes statistics of the numbers of probable suicides. These are deaths which have been classified as the result of intentional self-harm or of events of undetermined intent, because it is thought that most of the lat…
14 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS employees have received compensation payments following an assault in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.
14 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many compensation payments have been made by each NHS board in each year since 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table details the total number of clinical negligence payments that NHS boards have made in each year since 2007: Health Board 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Ayrshire and Arran 15 10 8 7 Borders 8 3 4 5 Dumfries and Galloway 4 …
14 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP appointments have been missed in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the number of missed GP appointments in Scotland is not available centrally.
14 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS appointments have been missed in each year since 2009 and at what cost.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the number of patients who did not attend (DNA) a first outpatient appointment at a consultant-led clinic in the calendar years 2009 and 2010 is provided in the table below. Data for 2011 are not yet available. Information is not available on …
14 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money from the Adult Social Care Change Fund has been used to support unpaid carers each year.
Answer · Michael Matheson: Guidance to partnerships for 2011-12, the first year of the Reshaping Care for Older People Change Fund, made clear that they should invest an appropriate portion of their change fund allocation in provision that specifically supports carers. A six monthly an…
14 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to establish a carer’s parliament.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The first Carers Parliament will be held on 1 October 2012 in the Scottish Parliament. The National Carers Organisations have agreed to work with us to help organise the event. They are now holding a consultation with carers to determine the themes for the da…
14 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many managers have been employed in each NHS board in each year since 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Published information on head count and whole-time equivalent management grades (non Agenda for Change), broken down by NHS board at 30 September to 31 December 2011 can be found on the workforce statistics website at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topi…
7 Mar 2012 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the support that it provides to Grampian Police in relation to civil contingencies.
5 Mar 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many journeys ministerial cars have made in each year since 2007, broken down by minister.
Answer · Bruce Crawford: Ministerial car journeys are proactively published regularly on the Scottish Government website. They can be accessed through the following link http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/14944/travel/MinisterialCarJourneys.