Parliamentary questions
Roseanna Cunningham
965 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists have changed the laboratory to which they send work in the last three years.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information isnot held centrally. Independent dental practitioners are able to purchase dentalappliances from any source worldwide.</p>
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental laboratories it estimates will have to downsize or close completely within the two years following the introduction of the new dental surgeons’ contract.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-24207 answered on 27 March 2006.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/w…
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of work carried out in dental laboratories is undertaken for the NHS, broken down by year since 1995.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: There is no contractual relationshipbetween independent dental laboratories and the NHS. The contract is between independentdental practitioners and independent dental laboratories. No information istherefore held centrally on this issue.</p>
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many redundancies there have been in dental laboratories since 1995.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information isnot held centrally. These are private independent small business from which we donot collect such information.</p>
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the introduction of the new dental surgeons’ contract will have on dental laboratories.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The new dental surgeons’ contracthas been introduced in England and Wales and does not apply to Scotland.</p>
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive who regulates and maintains professional standards in dental laboratories in Scotland.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Until 2005 there was no regulationand no body charged with maintaining professional standards for dental techniciansworking in dental laboratories in the UK.</p><p>Dental Laboratories registerwith the Medical Devices Agency.</p><p>In 2005 a Section 60 Order w…
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it funds training and continuous professional development for dental health professionals working in dental laboratories.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Scottish Executive fundstraining and continuing professional development for dental technicians throughNHS Education Scotland as members of the dental team.</p><p>Research highlights thatmany dental laboratory staff are difficult to recruit for Continuing Pro…
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been provided for expanding research and development in dental laboratories in each year since 1995.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: No resources have beenallocated to expanding research and development in independent dentallaboratories since 1995. Dental laboratories are independent businesses andhave no formal links to the NHS.</p>
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in dental laboratories in each year since 1995.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This informationis not held centrally.</p>
14 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental laboratories there have been in each year since 1995.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Independent dentallaboratories have no direct connection to the NHS. This data is therefore notheld by the Scottish Executive.</p>
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it has measured the success of direct payments since the implementation of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Since 2001 take up of directpayments has been monitored by local authorities completing a quarterly return thatasks for the number of clients receiving direct payments, split by age and clientgroup. The range of questions has been expanded for the survey of t…
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it has monitored the take-up of direct payments since the implementation of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-23552 on 10 March 2006 . All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.…
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many personal assistants were employed in part or in full through the direct payments scheme in each year since 1999.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-19002 on 16 September 2005. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp…
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local direct support organisations there are for people receiving direct payments and whether it will list such organisations.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: In addition to the nationalorganisation the Scottish Personal Assistant Employers’ Network (SPAEN), whichoffers support to individual users across Scotland, there are currently 23 local direct paymentssupport organisations covering most of Scotland. These or…
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community care assessments were carried out in each year since 1999 for disabled people seeking direct payments, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information is not availablecentrally.</p>
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the uniformity of approach across Scotland to community care assessments for disabled people seeking direct payments.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: On Single Shared Assessment (SSA)generally, the Scottish Executive has issued guidance to local authorities andthe NHS on implementation, and on how to assess user satisfaction with SSAs. Ithas also issued a common data set for assessment of older people’s se…
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time is to make a community care assessment from point of request.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information is not yetavailable centrally.</p>
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time has been to make a payment under the direct payment scheme for disabled people from point of community care assessment to payment, broken down by local authority in each year since 2003.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information is not heldcentrally. Need is assessed on an individual basis and the time from referralto service delivery will be dictated by several variables, notably thecomplexity of the care package.</p>
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many representations have been made to ministers in respect of the effectiveness or otherwise of the direct payments scheme for disabled people.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Ministers receivedapproximately 40 pieces of correspondence on direct payments in the year to April2005.</p>
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with mental health problems it estimates are entitled to a direct payment which they do not currently receive.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23541 on 10 March 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with a learning disability it estimates are entitled to a direct payment which they do not currently receive.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23541 on 10 March 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.…
27 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with a physical disability it estimates are entitled to a direct payment which they do not currently receive.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Executive collectsstatistics on the number of recipients of direct payments, by client group, butdoes not hold information on the numbers seeking direct payments, or those whohave been offered payments but not yet received them.</p>
9 Dec 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19463 by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 October 2005, what funding has been allocated to Perth and Kinross Council from (a) the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund and (b) capital resources made available to carry out identification and remediation of contaminated…
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: No resources have been allocated to Perth and Kinross Council from the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund. The capital resources made available to Perth and Kinross Council for carrying out its responsibilities under the contaminated land regime over the years 200…
11 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-19573 and S2W-19572 by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 and 19 October 2005, how many new homes will be approved under the Homestake shared equity scheme in the Perth and Kinross Council area in 2005-06 and 2007-08.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p> <p>The following Homestake projects are planned in the Perth and Kinross Council area.</p><p>2005-06:</p><p>Forty-six units by Perthshire Housi…
11 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the outcome of the deliberations of the Stakeholder Advisory Group ELF EMF will be taken into consideration when the proposed Beauly to Denny transmission line comes before the Executive for a planning decision.
Answer · Allan Wilson: The application in respect of Scottish and Southern Energy plc and Scottish Power Transmission Ltd’s joint proposal for an overhead transmission line between Beauly and Denny was received by the Scottish Executive on 28 September 2005.</p> <p>When determining…
11 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for Health and Community Care will report to the Parliament on the outcome of the deliberations of the Stakeholder Advisory Group ELF EMF.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: At present, the work of the Stakeholder Advisory Group Extremely Low Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields (SAGE) is being progressed by two working groups, the Electrical Equipment and Installations Working Group and the Power Lines and Property Working Gro…
11 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive who represents its Health Department at meetings of the Stakeholder Advisory Group ELF EMF; how many meetings there have been; how many meetings have been attended by its representatives, and what issues were discussed at each of the meetings.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive is represented on the Stakeholder Advisory Group on Extremely Low Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields by a senior scientific adviser from the Scottish Executive Health Department. The group has met twice, November 2004 and July 2005.…
10 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration is being given to extending protection to volunteers to give them some of the rights of employees in difficult situations with voluntary sector management.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Through its Volunteering Strategy the Scottish Executive is committed promoting higher standards of volunteer management in both the public and voluntary sectors to improve the experience of volunteers. The protection of volunteers continues to be a priority,…
19 Oct 2005 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to support and encourage small rural businesses.
Answer · Allan Wilson: Support for small businesses, including those in rural areas, is primarily an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. There are a variety of schemes, and Scottish Enterprise provides a first stop one door access to sup…
6 Oct 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers in Tayside Constabulary are eligible for retirement in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested is shown in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p> </p> <p>Year</p></td> <td> <p align=center>No. of Officers Eligible for</p> <p align=cent…