Parliamentary questions
Shona Robison
1,014 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many projects received social inclusion partnership (SIP) funding in 2005-06.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is asfollows:</p><p>The Social InclusionPartnership Fund was replaced by the Community Regeneration Fund (CRF) fromApril 2005. The selection of actual projects is…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which wards in the Dundee City Council area currently qualify for a social inclusion partnership (SIP).
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is asfollows:</p><p>The approval of RegenerationOutcome Agreements (ROAs) in October 2005 meets our Partnership Agreement commitmentto merge Social Inclusion Part…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has about what lottery funding was received by (a) Glasgow City, (b) Renfrewshire, (c) North Lanarkshire, (d) South Lanarkshire, (e) South Ayrshire, (f) Dundee City, (g) East Dunbartonshire and (h) West Dunbartonshire councils in each of the last five years.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: The distribution of NationalLottery funds is a matter for the Lottery Distribution Bodies: Scottish ArtsCouncil, Scottish Screen, <b>sport</b>scotland, the Big Lottery Fund and theHeritage Lottery Fund. The information requested is not held centrally by theEx…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met Dundee City Council to discuss proposals for investment in city schools.
Answer · Peter Peacock: There was a meeting of officialson 18 August 2005 to discuss the council’s school estate managementplan, and an official attends meetings of the council’s schools PPP projectboard.</p>
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses in Dundee are now centrally-heated as a result of its central heating installation programme.
Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>In local authority and housingassociation sectors, 2,260 households in Dundee have received a central heating system through the programme.</p…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs there are in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Dundee and (e) Inverness, also expressed as a percentage of the workforce in each of these locations.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The number of permanent staffemployed in the core departments of the Scottish Executive, Executive agenciesand associated departments in each of the cities, also expressed as a percentageof the working age population, is shown in the following table:</p><tabl…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of economic inactivity was in (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh and (c) Dundee in each of the last five years.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Estimates of economic inactivityare taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Table 1 provides estimates of workingage economic inactivity for Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee Local Authority areasfor 2000-04.</p><p>The estimates are based on asample survey, and…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) start-up and (b) failure rates were for small businesses in (i) Glasgow, (ii) Edinburgh, (iii) Dundee, (iv) Aberdeen, (v) Stirling and (vi) Inverness in each year since 2000.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Data on the number of VAT registrationsand de-registrations are released annuallyby the Small Business Service, an agency of the Department for Trade and Industry.These figures are used to monitor the number of business start-ups and closures;they are not ava…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been killed or seriously injured in road accidents in Dundee in each of the last five years.
Answer · Tavish Scott: The information requested ispublished in Table 40 of <i>Road Accidents Scotland 2004</i>, copies of whichare available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib .number38777). The table gives the figures for each year from 1995 to 2004.</p><p>The pro…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of manufacturing employment was in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Dundee, (e) Glasgow and (f) Stirling in each year since 2000.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-25993 on 8 June 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.s…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many manufacturing jobs were lost in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Dundee, (e) Glasgow and (f) Stirling in each year since 2000.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: There is no information held centrally on the number of jobs lost in industries. However it is possible to lookat the net change in jobs over time. The following table shows the net change inthe number of manufacturing employee jobs in Scotland, Aberdeen, Edi…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed in manufacturing industry in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Dundee, (e) Glasgow and (f) Stirling in each year since 2000, also expressed as a percentage of the workforce in each of these locations.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Table 1 shows the number of employeejobs in the manufacturing industry for Scotland, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow and Stirling in each year since 2000. Table 2 shows manufacturingjobs as a proportion of all employee jobs in these areas since 2000. The…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were sentenced to custody as a result of convictions for carrying a knife in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Dundee, (d) Edinburgh, (e) Glasgow and (f) Stirling in each of the last five years.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The following table sets outthe number of custodial convictions for carrying a knife or offensive weapon ina public place, broken down as requested. New guidelines on the prosecution of knifecrime will come into effect on 1 July 2006, following the end of the…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what antenatal care is available to mothers with a drug addiction, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This is a matter for individualNHS boards. The information requested is not held centrally.</p>
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any link between the number of homeless people in a given local authority area and the amount of money that the Executive makes available to address homelessness in that area.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Rough Sleepers Initiativefunding was originally distributed on the basis of bids made by local authorities.This funding has been included in the Revenue Support Grant since 2002-03, and theproportion of funding allocated to each local authority has contin…
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether conditions are placed on local authorities regarding how they spend the money that they receive to address homelessness and, if so, what these conditions are.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The “ringfenced” HomelessnessTask Force funding allocated to local authorities to tackle homelessness in theirareas must be spent on the implementation of homelessness strategies, in a way whichis consistent with the achievement of the recommendations of the …
17 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been made available to Dundee City Council specifically to deal with homeless people in each year since 1999.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The following table shows figuresfor funding made available to Dundee City Council since 1999-2000, to deal withissues of homelessness, broken down into the different funding lines.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td width=293 colspan=…
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women were treated with (a) prescribed medication and (b) cognitive behavioural therapy for post-natal depression in (i) Scotland, (ii) each NHS board and (iii) each local authority area in each of the last five years.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how long women needed to wait to receive treatment for post-natal depression in (a) Scotland, (b) each NHS board and (c) each local authority area in each of the last five years.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested isnot available centrally.</p>
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider researching the barriers to reporting adverse drug reactions, as suggested in the recent British Medical Association report, Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The regulation and safety ofmedicines are reserved and are the responsibility of the Medicines andHealthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA and the Commission onHuman Medicines run the UK’s spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting scheme,the Y…
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what literature or guidance it provides to patients to ensure that they know how to report an adverse drug reaction.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The regulation and safety ofmedicines are reserved and are the responsibility of the Medicines andHealthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA and the Commission onHuman Medicines run the UK’s spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting scheme,the Y…
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are offered for monitoring adverse drug reactions in children.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The regulation and safety ofmedicines are reserved and are the responsibility of the Medicines andHealthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA and the Commission onHuman Medicines run the UK’s spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting scheme,the Y…
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were admitted to hospital as a result adverse drug reactions in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Information requested isshown in the following table. The increase in the numbers of patients, over theperiod, with a diagnosis of adverse drug reactions may, in part, be explained byimprovements in the recording of secondary diagnoses in recent years. Da…
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people died as a result of adverse drug reactions in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · George Lyon: The information requested isgiven in the following table.</p><p>Deaths fromthe Adverse Effects of Drugs and Medicaments in Therapeutic Use<sup>1</sup>, byNHS Board Area of Residence</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap va…
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of reports of adverse drug reactions in Scotland made by (a) GPs, (b) hospital-based doctors, (c) nurses, (d) pharmacists and (e) patients.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The regulation and safety ofmedicines are reserved and are the responsibility of the Medicines andHealthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA and the Commission onHuman Medicines run the UK’s spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting scheme,the Y…
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are offered to (a) GPs, (b) nurses, (c) pharmacists and (d) hospital-based doctors in respect of reporting adverse drug reactions.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The regulation and safety ofmedicines are reserved and are the responsibility of the Medicines andHealthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA and the Commission onHuman Medicines run the UK’s spontaneous adverse drug reaction reportingscheme, the Y…
15 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of reports of adverse drug reactions received via the Yellow Card Scheme in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The regulation and safety ofmedicines are reserved and are the responsibility of the Medicines and Healthcareproducts Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA and the Commission on Human Medicinesrun the UK’s spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting scheme, the …
12 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that (a) local authorities receive full funding for free personal care, (b) all charges for assistance with food preparation are removed and (c) all pensioners who have been charged for the food preparation element of free personal care are fully refunded.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: We have provided substantialfunding to local authorities for the delivery of free personal care. For the 2006-07financial year, we have increased the provision by £9 million to £162 million.</p><p>Local authorities can onlybe expected to provide assistance wi…
11 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much waste was produced by the NHS in the last 10 years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Data on how much waste was producedby NHSScotland over the last 10 years by NHS board is not available. However,the annual <i>N</i><i>HSScotland Environment Report</i> has, since 1996-97, provided monitored data on volumesof clinical waste at a national level…
11 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether guidelines are in place for recycling within the NHS.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-25864 answered on 19 May 2006. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, thesearch facility for which can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament…