Parliamentary questions
Roseanna Cunningham
965 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
5 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many follow-up repairs have been carried out to heating systems installed under the central heating programme within the first year following installation, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>Eaga Partnership has informedCommunities Scotland that from April 2004 until March 2006 out of a total of 27,069installations, 529 complaints …
5 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many heating systems installed under the central heating programme have subsequently been found to have been installed incorrectly.
Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>Eaga Partnership has informedCommunities Scotland that since October 2004, out of a total of 21,780 installations,1,322 systems required some …
5 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many companies, including sub-contractors, which carried out work under the central heating programme have received complaints from customers, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>Eaga Partnership has informedCommunities Scotland that there are currently 53 companies engaged on the Programme,of which 44 have received com…
5 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is monitoring satisfaction levels amongst individuals who have received grants under the central heating programme.
Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is asfollows:</p><p>Eaga Partnership, whichadministers the central heating programme on behalf of the Scottish Executive,provides information on customer satisfac…
4 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available in respect of the number of car journeys made on the (a) A85 between Perth and Crieff/Comrie and (b) A823 between Crieff and Greenloaning in each of the last five years.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Information on traffic flowson Scottish trunk roads is collected in terms of Annual Average Daily Flows fordifferent classes of vehicle.</p><p>Trafficdata extracted from the Scottish Roads Traffic Database (SRTDb) for the A85 betweenPerth and Crieff from the …
4 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people travelled by bus on the Crieff to Stirling route in each of the last five years .
Answer · Tavish Scott: Bus patronage figures are onlyavailable at national and regional level. This information is included in the ScottishExecutive Statistical Bulletin, Transport Series, Bus and Coach Statistics: 2004-05which can be found at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.scotland.gov…
4 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people travelled by bus on the Perth to Edinburgh route in each of the last five years.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Bus patronage figures are onlyavailable at national and regional level. This information is included in the ScottishExecutive Statistical Bulletin, Transport Series, Bus and Coach Statistics: 2004-05which can be found at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.scotland.gov…
4 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people travelled by bus on the A85 Perth to Crieff/Comrie route in each of the last five years.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Bus patronage figures are onlyavailable at national and regional level. This information is included in the ScottishExecutive Statistical Bulletin, Transport Series, Bus and Coach Statistics: 2004-05which can be found at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.scotland.gov…
4 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available in respect of the number of car journeys made on the (a) A9 between Perth and Stirling and (b) A90 between Perth and Dundee in each of the last five years.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Information on traffic flowson Scottish trunk roads is collected in terms of Annual Average Daily Flows fordifferent classes of vehicle.</p><p>Traffic data extracted from the Scottish Roads Traffic Database (SRTDb) for the A9 between Perth and Stirling and th…
4 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any research has been undertaken into the number of car journeys made in each of the last five years from Perth to Edinburgh via (a) the Forth Road Bridge and (b) Stirling and, if so, what the research revealed.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Neither the Scottish Executivenor Transport Scotland has carried out any research over the last five years intothe number of car journeys made from Perth to Edinburgh via the Forth Road Bridgeor Stirling.</p>
4 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people travelled by rail from (a) Perth to Edinburgh via Kirkcaldy, (b) Gleneagles to Edinburgh, (c) Dunblane to Edinburgh and (d) Perth to Dundee in each year since 1990.
Answer · Tavish Scott: The following table shows thenumber of journeys by rail on the routes requested. This data is based on ticketsales information.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=203 rowspan=2 valign=top> <p align=right> </p> <…
4 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-24212 by Lewis Macdonald on 27 March 2006, what level of resources has been invested in the education, training and development of all dental care professionals in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board, and what percentage of these resources…
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Information is not held centrallyon the expenditure related to education and training by area NHS boards which areresponsible for the continuing professional development of their own staff.</p><p>Spending by NHS Education Scotland(NES) to support education an…
4 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-24207 and S2W-24210 by Lewis Macdonald on 27 March 2006, whether it is the Executive's understanding that no dental laboratories in Scotland undertake work for dentists in England and Wales.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information is not heldcentrally, but no particular concerns have been raised with the Executive in relationto dental laboratories in Scotland which undertake work for dentists in England and Wales.</p><p>As independent contractors, itis a matter for ind…
27 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diverted into diversion from prosecution schemes in each year since 2000, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information ondiversions from prosecution to social work interventions is given in the followingtable.</p><p>Number of Criminal Justice SocialWork Diversion from Prosecution Cases Commenced, by Local Authority, 2001-02 to2004-05</p><table borde…
27 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many diversion from prosecution schemes are operating, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Executive provides fundingof over £1 million per year to local authorities in Scotland to supportschemes designed to divert accused persons to social work and other social workagencies. In line with national guidance, these schemes, which currently operat…
27 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is monitoring the effectiveness of guidance to police officers to involve an appropriate adult to provide support and assurance for victims, witnesses or accused persons who have a mental health problem.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Scottish Executive is representedon the Scottish Appropriate Adult Network, along with several other organisations,including the police and appropriate adult scheme co-ordinators. This group is takingforward the 72 recommendations of Dr Lindsay Thomson’s …
27 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what training is given to police officers to help them identify and deal with people with mental health issues in the course of their duties.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: It is important that all policeofficers have a basic understanding of mental health law and how it relates to themas officers and society as a whole. Each force has its own internal equal opportunityawareness training to assist staff involved in community lia…
21 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why the Energy Saving Trust Scotland website is still advertising household grants to install energy systems when such grants have been suspended to new applicants.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-24480 on 18 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.s…
21 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its original estimate was of the number of applicants for a grant to install a renewable energy system and how many applications were received by the end of February 2006.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The aim of the ScottishCommunity and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI) is to assist thedevelopment of new community and householder renewable energy schemes in Scotland. Noestimates on the number of grant applications was made at the inception ofSCHRI…
21 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many householders who have applied to the Energy Saving Trust Scotland for a grant to install a renewable energy system will not receive any funding as a result of the decision to suspend the grant scheme.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: None. On 16 May 2006, Iannounced an additional £3 million for the Scottish Community and HouseholderRenewables Initiative (SCHRI) for years 2006-07 and 2007-08. This additionalinvestment will ensure that all applications in the system can be dealt withand fun…
21 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide compensation to installers of renewable energy systems as a result of the suspension of its grant scheme to new applicants and, if so, what level of compensation it will offer.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-24480 on 18 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.s…
21 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with installers of renewable energy systems following its decision to suspend the grant scheme to new applicants.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-24480 on 18 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
21 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive for how long it has been aware of a reported funding crisis in the grant scheme for householders wishing to convert to a renewable energy system.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: We have been in discussionssince late last year with the Energy Saving Trust on the rising demand forgrants under the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative(SCHRI) and the resulting pressures on its budget. We have responded positivelyto thi…
21 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accredited renewable energy installers throughout the United Kingdom have been notified that the grant scheme for installing new systems in Scotland has been suspended to new applicants.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-24480 on 18 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
21 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many redundancies in the renewable energy installation sector it estimates may result from the suspension of grants for new applicants.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: We remain fully committed tofunding the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI)which has helped grow the number of installers from 14 in 2003 to some 40 now. On16 May 2006, I announced an additional £3 million for years2006-07 and 200…
17 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it and public bodies monitor the recruitment of people with mental health problems.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive participatesin the <i>Positive about Disabled People</i> scheme. Staff and applicants to the Scottish Executive are invited to self-declare any disability, physical or mental,that they may have both during the recruitment process and in…
17 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to public bodies in respect of the recruitment of people with mental health problems.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: No guidance has been issued bythe Scottish Executive to public bodies, or to any employer, in respect of the recruitmentof people with mental health problems.</p><p>People with mental health problemsmay be protected from discrimination in relation to employme…
17 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been detained by the police under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 since the Act came into force, broken down by police force; with what offences they were charged; what average length of time they were held under the Act, and how many were h…
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003 came into effect on 5<sup> </sup>October 2005. Police do not have the power to detain people underthis legislation and, where persons are charged and receive a mental health disposalthey will not end u…
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many units of dental activity were carried out by dental laboratories in Scotland in each year since 1995.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Units of dental activity measureshave been introduced in England and Wales as part of the new dental surgeon contract. There isno dental surgeon contract in Scotland. Information of units of dental activity is not thereforemeasured or collected in Scotland.</…
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support and fund continued professional development among dental health professionals, in light of recent measures introduced elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive throughNHS Education for Scotland, is investing significant and increasing levels of resourcein the education, training and development of all dental care professionals as partof the Dental Action Plan.</p>