Parliamentary questions
Tricia Marwick
552 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
14 Mar 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any Executive Bill has been drafted in whole or in part by an outside agency.
Answer · Tom McCabe: No.
8 Mar 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to initiate an inquiry into the pay and conditions of nursery nurses.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: I refer the member to the answer I gave to question S1O-3109 on 15 March 2001.
5 Mar 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will be used to determine whether a home in the socially rented sector is eligible for free central heating installation.
Answer · Jackie Baillie: The house must lack any form of central heating system and not be scheduled for demolition within the next three years.
5 Mar 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many housing association houses have (a) electric, (b) gas, (c) solid fuel central heating and (d) no central heating.
Answer · Jackie Baillie: The information requested at (a), (b) and (c) is not held centrally. We estimate that 16,000 housing association tenants lack central heating systems. Scottish Homes has written to housing associations asking for further information on this point and other in…
5 Mar 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authority houses have (a) electric, (b) gas, (c) solid fuel central heating and (d) no central heating, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Jackie Baillie: The information requested at (a), (b) and (c) is not held centrally. We estimate that about 85,000 local authority tenants lack central heating systems. The Scottish Executive Development Department has written to local authorities asking for further informat…
5 Mar 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association houses have central heating systems which are more than 15 years old.
Answer · Jackie Baillie: The information is not held centrally.
2 Mar 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment was made of the likely changes to water charge levels for Band D households in Fife as a result of the proposed restructuring of the water authorities.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: The Scottish Executive's initial assessment is that the efficiencies gained through merging the activities of the three water authorities should offset the increases that will fall on customers in the East of Scotland Water area from averaging charges across …
19 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will define the term "mixed sex ward".
Answer · Susan Deacon: Guidance on the definition of the term "mixed sex ward" is contained in the 1999 report of a Working Group of NHS staff and patient representatives. Following further consultation with the Mental Welfare Commission, SHAS and user groups further amplification …
19 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many health boards have eliminated mixed sex wards.
Answer · Susan Deacon: A review of progress towards the elimination of mixed sex wards by April 2002 is currently being conducted. Additional funding of £4.8 million has been allocated to the NHS in Scotland to assist them in achieving this objective.
19 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of patients in Scottish hospitals in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000 were accommodated in mixed sex wards.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The information is not available in the form requested. However, the results of a survey carried out in 1999 for the Working Group of NHS staff and patient representatives considering Mixed Sex Accommodation has been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centr…
13 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many primary teaching vacancies have been unfilled for (a) over one month and (b) over three months in each local authority in each of the last three years.
Answer · Jack McConnell: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13073 on 19 February 2001.<P>The Supply of Teachers report is now also on the Scottish Executive website www.scotland.gov.uk.
8 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail, for each month since the scheme's inception, (a) the total number of car parking spaces provided and (b) the average daily number of car parking spaces occupied at the Ferrytoll park and ride facility in Fife.
Answer · Sarah Boyack: The information requested is not held centrally as the Ferrytoll park and ride facility is the responsibility of Fife Council.
5 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursing vacancies have remained unfilled for more than one month in each health board area in each of the last three years.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The information is not held centrally in the detail requested.
5 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made towards achieving the target of ending mixed sex hospital wards.
5 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many allegations of sexual assault in hospitals have been recorded in each of the past five years.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The information requested is not collected centrally.
5 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unfilled secondary school physics teaching posts there currently are in each local authority area and how many of these have been unfilled for more than three months in each case.
Answer · Jack McConnell: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13073.
5 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unfilled secondary school biology teaching posts there currently are in each local authority area and how many have been unfilled for more than three months in each case.
Answer · Jack McConnell: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13073.
5 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unfilled secondary school technical studies teaching posts there currently are in each local authority area and how many of these have been unfilled for more than three months in each case.
Answer · Jack McConnell: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13073.
5 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unfilled secondary school maths teaching posts there currently are in each local authority area and how many of these have been unfilled for more than three months in each case.
Answer · Jack McConnell: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13073.
5 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unfilled secondary school English teaching posts there currently are in each local authority area and how many of these have been unfilled for more than three months in each case.
Answer · Jack McConnell: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13073.
5 Feb 2001 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unfilled secondary school chemistry teaching posts there currently are in each local authority area and how many of these have been unfilled for more than three months in each case.
Answer · Jack McConnell: I have recently sent a report on the supply of teachers to the Convener of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee detailing the background to the current position on the collection of information relevant to teacher supply and outlining planned improvemen…
11 Dec 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which health boards only prescribe Zyban as part of a smoking cessation programme which includes attendance at a smoking cessation clinic.
Answer · Susan Deacon: This information is not available centrally. Health boards determine their prescribing policy on medicines, taking into account local needs and advice from their Drugs and Therapeutics Committees.
11 Dec 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many smoking cessation clinics have been set up and whether it will list them by health board area.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The Scottish Executive does not hold comprehensive information in relation to health boards' smoking cessation services. As indicated in <I>Our National Health</I>, <I>a</I> <I>plan for action, a plan for change</I>, we will be reviewing the availability of s…
4 Dec 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the status is of the revised report from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute on the economic impacts of banning hunting with dogs.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-11733.
4 Dec 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to seek a refund of the money paid to the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute for the original report on the economic impacts of banning hunting with dogs in the light of the revision of the report's findings.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: It would not be appropriate to seek a refund of any of the money paid to the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute for their report into the economic impact of a ban on hunting with dogs in Scotland. The conclusions contained in their original report were base…
4 Dec 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) officials and (b) ministers had any type of contact with the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute about plans to revise its report and statistics on the economic impacts of banning hunting with dogs.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I refer Ms Marwick to the answer I gave today to question S1W-11733.
4 Dec 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it commissioned a revised report on the economic impacts of banning of hunting with dogs from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and whether any public money has been paid to the institute for additional research or a revised report.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-11733.
4 Dec 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute a revised report and statistics on the economic impacts of banning hunting with dogs.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute has revised that section of its report on the economic impact of a ban on hunting with dogs in Scotland relating to the possible job losses amongst employees of mounted hunts, subscribers and followers. The institute d…
24 Nov 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice will reply to my letter of 1 September 2000 and reminder letters of 6 October and 10 November 2000.
Answer · Colin Boyd: The letter relates to a highly complex allegation of crime, which has been considered at length. A letter will be sent by 15 December.
24 Nov 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Lord Advocate will reply to my letter of 7 July 2000.
Answer · Colin Boyd: The letter relates to a highly complex allegation of crime, which has been considered at length. A letter will be sent by 15 December.