Parliamentary questions
Nanette Milne
1,264 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
3 Nov 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many petrol stations there have been in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
Answer · Keith Brown: Table 1, shows the number of petrol stations operating in Scotland between 1999 and 2011. Please note that the data, in Table 1 are based on the number of business sites falling under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for “Retail Sale of Auto…
3 Nov 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on publicly funded publications by its health directorates in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the value of the spend on publicly funded publications by its health directorates is not available for 1999 to 2001. The information from 2002 is as follows: Year £ million 2002 £1.6 2003 £1.7 2004 £2.1 2005 £2.5 2006 £2.9 2007 £2…
3 Nov 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will invest in residential respite care over the next four years.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The vast majority of funding which the Scottish Government provides local government in Scotland, including the funding for respite care, is provided by means of a block grant. It is the responsibility of each local authority to allocate the total financial r…
3 Nov 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cleaning staff each NHS board has employed in each year since 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally. However, information regarding the number of domestic staff employed by NHS boards is collected. The number of domestic staff employed by NHS Scotland (head count) is shown in the following table by NHS board f…
5 Oct 2011 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to help support veterans.
Answer · Keith Brown: We are fully committed to arranging public services for veterans in Scotland in a way that meets their particular needs and aspirations. We have made considerable progress in this regard and that progress has been warmly welcomed and recognised by veterans’ o…
21 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients aged (a) under 40, (b) 40 to 49, (c) 50 to 59, (d) 60 to 69, (e) 70 to 79 and (f) 80 and over have had a major resection for lung cancer in each of the last five years for which information is available, broken down by (i) gender and (ii) NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following tables show information on the number of patients who had a diagnosis of lung cancer and a major lung resection procedure in each of the financial years from 2005-06 to 2009-10. The data are shown by NHS board of treatment, gender and age group.…
13 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many chest x-rays were requested by GPs to diagnose suspected lung cancer and what proportion confirmed the diagnosis in each of the last five years for which information is available, also broken down by (a) cancer network and (b) NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not collected or held centrally.
13 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many lung cancer patients had access to a lung cancer nurse specialist (a) at the time of diagnosis and (b) while receiving treatment in each of the last five years for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information to the level of detail requested is not collected or held centrally. However, I am aware that the number of nurses with a “specialist” title has increased in recent years and there are now 2007 whole time equivalents across a range of specia…
13 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is gathered on the patient care experienced by lung cancer patients in (a) primary and (b) secondary care, also broken down by (i) cancer network and (ii) NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The care experiences of patients in primary and secondary care are covered by the Better Together GP and Inpatient Patient Experience Surveys. Although results are available for individual NHS boards and some hospitals sites, it is not possible to identify pa…
13 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what proportion of lung cancer cases have been diagnosed in the last five years through (i) non-urgent and (ii) urgent referral, also broken down by (A) NHS board and (B) cancer network.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The detailed information requested is not collected or held centrally. However, the dataset relating to the old cancer target did contain information on urgent referrals only. This information is remains available and can be accessed at: http://www.isdscotl…
8 Aug 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many farm inspections have taken place in each year since 1999.
Answer · Richard Lochhead: Government farm inspections have been falling steadily since 2006 demonstrating the Scottish Government’s commitment to reducing the regulatory burden on the farming community while continuing to meet EU inspection requirements. The following table gives a d…
8 Aug 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the penalty system and fine levels for farm inspections.
Answer · Richard Lochhead: Scottish Government takes every opportunity to ensure that the interests of Scottish agriculture are taken into consideration by the European Commission. Achieving a fair and proportionate sanction system for Scottish farmers is ongoing and is a subject which…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many veterans have received priority NHS treatment in each year since 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Data on the number of veterans receiving priority treatment are not routinely collected or held by the Scottish Government. We continue to work closely with NHS Scotland and other health service providers to ensure our priority treatment commitment for armed …
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 18 with depression have been admitted to adult hospital wards in each year since 1999.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The number of people under the age of 18 with a diagnosis of depression who have been admitted to an adult ward since 1999 is 1998-1999 52 1999-2000 49 2000-2001 48 2001-2002 51 2002-2003 51 2003-2004 40 2004-2005 32 2005-2006 32 2006-2007 36 2007-2…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it will make available for independent alcohol rehabilitation schemes in each of the next five years.
Answer · Michael Matheson: Scottish Government provides funding for local alcohol services to Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) via NHS boards. It is for ADPs to determine the profile of local services - including those they may commission from independent providers - in line with t…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hoax emergency calls there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by fire and rescue service area.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Figures from 1999 for the number of malicious false alarms made to Scotland’s Fire and Rescue Services. FRS Central Dumfries & Galloway Fife Grampian Highlands & Islands Lothian & Borders Strathclyde Tayside Scotland 1999-00 488 154 628 299 27…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils have been (i) sent home and (ii) excluded from school because of substance misuse in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Alasdair Allan: Guidance on exclusions published by the Scottish Government in March 2011 confirms that pupils must be formally excluded when being sent home from school for reasons relating to behaviour or an incident. There are therefore no separate figures for this. The …
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it will make available for independent drug rehabilitation schemes in each of the next five years.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The funding to be made available for independent drug rehabilitation schemes would be a decision for Scotland’s Alcohol and Drug Partnerships. The Scottish Government provides funding for frontline drug treatment and support services and in 2011-12 this total…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 18 have received counselling (a) since and (b) prior to receiving antidepressant drug treatment in each year since 1999.
Answer · Michael Matheson: This information is not collected. The decision on which intervention is best suited for an individual will be made only after a full assessment by a multidisciplinary team. These interventions may include pharmacological, talking therapies, social support o…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is set out in the following tables. These data are extracted from databases held at Health Protection Scotland and are based on laboratory reports of positive diagnoses of HIV, genital herpes, genital chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and infec…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS appointments have been missed in each year since 1999 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 1999 to 2010 is provided in the following table. The latest available information for 2009-10 shows that the averag…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 18 the NHS has treated for depression in each year since 1999.
Answer · Michael Matheson: This information is not held centrally. Some information is available from the Practice Team Information (PTI) scheme, which can provide national estimates of the number of patients consulting a GP or practice-employed nurse where depression was noted as one…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 18 have been treated for alcohol dependency in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The number of people under the age of 18 who have been treated for alcohol dependency in Scotland is not available centrally.
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average (a) ambulance and (b) fire service response time has been for emergency incidents in each NHS board area in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In relation to ambulance response times, I refer the member to the answers to question S3W-29061 on 1 December 2009 and S3W-34252 on 10 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility fo…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations have been cancelled for non-clinical reasons in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: TThe specific information requested is not available centrally as it is not possible to identify operations cancelled for non-clinical reasons. Information, although limited, is available on the number of hospital stays where operation/procedure were not car…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what efficiency savings have been made by each local authority in each year since 2007.
Answer · John Swinney: As part of the annual Efficiency Outturn Report, the Scottish Government publishes an overall local government figure, compiled and verified by COSLA. We do not hold figures for individual authorities. The next outturn report, covering 2010-11, is due to be p…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on consultancy services to identify efficiency savings by each local authority in each year since 2007.
Answer · John Swinney: As democratically elected bodies, local authorities are directly responsible for managing their own expenditure, taking into account their statutory duty of best value, set out by the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003. Accordingly, the Scottish Government…
17 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) action it has taken and (b) progress it has achieved in implementing the Strategic Transport Projects Review commitment to reduce by 20 minutes rail journey times between Aberdeen and the central belt.
Answer · Keith Brown: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-217 on 2 June 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Defau…
17 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will bring forward work on the (a) dualling of the A90 between Balmedie and Tipperty and (b) new Inveramsay Bridge during the delay in the commencement of work on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer · Keith Brown: We will continue to progress the A90 Balmedie to Tipperty project and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) with a view to bringing forward both projects for construction as soon as the legal challenges surrounding the AWPR are resolved. Both projects…
17 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will meet the Strategic Transport Projects Review target to reduce by 20 minutes rail journey times between Aberdeen and the central belt.
Answer · Keith Brown: The Aberdeen to central belt rail enhancements project is not one of the four priority projects highlighted in the Strategic Transport Projects Review published in 2008. As such, implementation of the improvements to the route would be determined as part of t…