Parliamentary questions
Tricia Marwick
552 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
21 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged 60 and over are registered with an NHS dentist in each NHS board area.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is provided in the following table.</p> <p>Number of People Aged 60 and Over Registered with an NHS Dentist, 31 March 2005</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p align=center>NHS Board Area</…
21 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children aged 16 and under are registered with an NHS dentist in each NHS board area.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is provided in the following table.</p> <p>Number of Children Aged 16 and Under Registered with an NHS Dentist, 31 March 2005</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p align=center>NHS Board Are…
21 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged 60 and over live in each NHS board area.
Answer · George Lyon: The Registrar General’s 2004 mid-year population estimates show the number of people aged 60 and over by NHS board area to be:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=245> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>NHS Board Area</p></td> <td> <p a…
21 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children aged 16 and under live in each NHS board area.
Answer · George Lyon: The Registrar General’s 2004 mid-year population estimates show the number of people aged 16 and under by NHS board area to be:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=245> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>NHS Board Area</p></td> <td> <p>…
8 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) will be in breach of its registration conditions with Communities Scotland if the interim management agreements expire and no new management agreements are entered into and what action is available to Communities Scotland if GHA is in breach of th…
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p> <p>Communities Scotland, as regulator, is actively working with Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) to establish how the recent developments on t…
8 Nov 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what Glasgow Housing Association’s conditions of registration with Communities Scotland are in relation to local management arrangements, local housing organisations, interim management agreements and the development of a full management agreement and what action is available to Communiti…
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p> <p>Communities Scotland, as regulator, is responsible for determining the specific conditions to be attached to the registration of any registe…
27 Oct 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have deregistered from dental practices in each of the last two years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested isprovided in the table, which shows all NHS patients whose registration statusindicates “withdrawn”.</p><p class=MsoHeader>Number of NHS Patients WhoseRegistration Status Shows “Withdrawn”<sup>1</sup>; by NHS Board; Year EndingMarch…
17 Oct 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the report by the Social Work Inspection Agency and Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary into the management of Colyn Evans has been delivered to ministers and, if so, when it will be published.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The outcome of the Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) work has not yet been submitted to ministers. The Social Work Inspection Agency and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland are in di…
30 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average price paid for a home by a first-time buyer was in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Information on purchases by first time buyers is available from the Survey of Mortgage Lenders. The information requested is given for Scotland as a whole but not for each local authority area within Scotland (due to the nature of the sample used). The data c…
30 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to ensure the release of land for new homes under the Homestake scheme.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: A range of measures to help release land for affordable housing, including that for the Homestake scheme, is set out in the Executive’s housing policy statement <i>Homes for Scotland’s People</i> published in March this year. A copy is available in the Scotti…
30 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its annual target will be for newly built homes under the Homestake scheme.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p> <p>In 2005-06, it is expected that around 400 new homes will be approved under the Homestake shared equity scheme.</p><p>By 2007-08, we plan th…
30 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what locations have been confirmed for building new homes under the Homestake scheme.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>New homes in the following locationsare planned under the Homestake shared equity scheme:</p><p>Aberdeen </p><p>Auchenback, East Renfrewshire<…
30 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what registered social landlords have been confirmed as participating in the Homestake scheme.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p> <p>The following registered social landlords are either participating, or are planning to participate, in the Homestake shared equity scheme:</…
30 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what money has been allocated to fund the Homestake open market scheme in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p> <p>An initial budget of £3 million has been allocated to the Homestake open market purchase scheme in Edinburgh and the Lothians.</p>
30 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funds have been allocated for building new homes under the Homestake scheme.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p> <p>In 2005-06, we expect to commit up to £12 million under the Homestake shared equity scheme to build new homes. By 2007-08, we expect to comm…
11 May 2005 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take to tackle health care-associated infections in the NHS.
Answer · Andy Kerr: We recently announced a new campaign to protect patients from hospital infections and ensuring clean wards. This will be a thorough, relentless and systematic campaign, which is one of the most comprehensive in Europe, and is backed by £15 million investment …
8 Feb 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born with drug dependency, broken down by NHS board, in each of the last 10 years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The number of babies discharged from Neonatal Units with a diagnosis involving drug misuse is shown in the table below. Data for years prior to 1997-98 are not available as different diagnostic codes were used to provide analysis of numbers of discharges reco…
8 Feb 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to highlight to young women over 12 the dangers of drinking and the risk of foetal alcohol syndrome.
Answer · Andy Kerr: NHS Health Scotland producesa teaching pack, <i>Drink Talking</i>, which is distributed to secondary schoolsand contains a video and teaching notes to facilitate discussion on the effectsof alcohol on the body. Although this does not specifically discuss the …
8 Feb 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to highlight to women who are pregnant the dangers of drinking and the risk of foetal alcohol syndrome.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The Scottish Executive ensures that information about foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is included in appropriate publications for expectant mothers. The NHS Health Scotland book <i>Ready, Steady, Baby </i>a guide to pregnancy, birth and early parenthood, given …
8 Feb 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born with foetal alcohol syndrome, broken down by NHS board, in each of the last 10 years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information from Scottish Morbidity Records indicated the following numbers of babies born with foetal alcohol syndrome over the past 10 years. Due to the small numbers involved in health board areas, information is provided at Scotland level only.</p><p>1995…
30 Nov 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting times are for the provision of wheelchairs, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I refer the member to question S2W-11654 answered on 8 November 2004 which asked a similar question about the children’s wheelchair service. The answer is available on the Parliament’s website, the search for which can be found at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.sc…
25 Oct 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how funding, allocated under the quality of life fund, was spent by each local authority in each of the last two years.
Answer · Tom McCabe: Local athorities were allocated funding under the Quality of Life to spend under two themes – <i>Improving Opportunities for Children and Young People</i> and <i>Improving the</i> <i>Local Environment</i>. Funding was allocated on a flexible basis where counc…
25 Oct 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated to local authorities under the quality of life fund in each of the last two years.
Answer · Tom McCabe: Under the Quality of Life fund £95 million was allocated to local authorities in 2002-03 and £50 million in 2003-04.</p>
25 Oct 2004 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) what protocol exists between the SPCB and the Scottish Executive for the use of Holyrood, including the chamber, committee rooms, the chamber conference room, the garden lobby and the public areas and, if so, whether any such protocol extends to the use of Holy…
Answer · George Reid: Arrangements for filminginside Holyrood were agreed by the Corporate Body on 19 August 2004 in SPCB (2004)Paper 107 entitled Media <i>Access at Holyrood</i>. The minutes of thismeeting and the full terms of the media access paper are available on the Parliam…
25 Oct 2004 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) on how many occasions the Scottish Executive or an Executive official spokesperson has held a media briefing in the committee rooms or the chamber conference room within Holyrood and whether permission for such meetings was sought from the SPCB.
Answer · George Reid: As at 1 November 2004, therehad been approximately 36 briefings by an Executive official spokesperson. Thisis based on a weekly pattern, when Parliament is sitting, of Executive mediabriefings being held in Holyrood twice daily on Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThur…
25 Oct 2004 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) on how many occasions the Scottish Executive has held a formal press conference in the chamber, committee rooms or the chamber conference room at Holyrood and whether permission for such meetings was sought from the SPCB.
Answer · George Reid: As at 1 November 2004,three formal press conferences had been held inside Parliament by the Executive.The Chamber Conference Room, Committee Room 6 and Room 1.07 Queensberry Housewere the locations used.</p>
25 Oct 2004 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) whether permission was sought by the Scottish Executive to film a video news release within Holyrood and whether the SPCB was involved in any decision on the matter.
Answer · George Reid: The Scottish Executive’s Promotion of Scotland Unit sought permission from the Parliament’s Media RelationsOffice to film approximately two minute’s worth of internal and external generalviews of the Holyrood building, for use in its overseas promotional vide…
25 Oct 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body agreed to grant permission to the Executive to film within Holyrood for the purpose of producing a video news release for the opening of the Scottish Parliament.
Answer · Tom McCabe: Permission was given by the Press Team at the Parliament for filming both within and outside the Scottish Parliament building. Film of the Parliament accounts for around one minute of the 11 and a half minute running time for the video news release.</p>
25 Oct 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether discussions took place with the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body before the decision was taken by the Executive to produce its video news release for the opening of the Scottish Parliament.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body was not involved: discussions were between the Scottish Executive and the Parliamentary Press Team.</p>
25 Oct 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the decision to produce a video news release for the opening of the Scottish Parliament was taken by the Cabinet and, if it was not a Cabinet decision, which minister was responsible for taking the decision.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The decision to produce the video news release was taken by the then Minister of Finance and Public Services and the First Minister.</p>