Parliamentary questions
Adam Ingram
1,244 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
8 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any applications for funding from ALBA Resource Recovery Ltd in respect of plans for a waste management scheme in Killoch, Ayrshire.
Answer · Ross Finnie: The Scottish Executive has not received any application for funding from Alba Resource Recovery Ltd for their plans for a waste management scheme in Killoch, Ayrshire.
8 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29686 by Malcolm Chisholm on 1 October 2002, how many (a) males and (b) females diagnosed with depression in the under-14 age group were aged (i) under five years and (ii) five years or older.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: From a sample of Scottish General Practices, estimates of the numbers seen by GPs in Scotland for depression are as follows. Also shown are confidence intervals that indicate the range within which the actual number is expected to lie.<P>Estimated Number of P…
8 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) applications for central heating have been (i) made and (ii) approved and (b) central heating systems have been installed under its central heating programme in (1) 2001 and (2) 2002 in the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area.
Answer · Hugh Henry: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30388 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
8 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) applications for central heating have been (i) made and (ii) approved and (b) central heating systems have been installed under its central heating programme in (1) 2001 and (2) 2002 in the East Ayrshire local authority area.
Answer · Hugh Henry: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30388 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
8 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) applications for central heating have been (i) made and (ii) approved and (b) central heating systems have been installed under its central heating programme in (1) 2001 and (2) 2002 in the South Ayrshire local authority area.
Answer · Hugh Henry: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30388 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
8 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what markets have been identified for recycled goods and how it plans to develop such markets.
Answer · Ross Finnie: The Scottish Executive provides funding to two recycling market groups, Recycling Market Development Scotland (Remade) and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Through the support of Remade and WRAP the Scottish Executive has helped identify marke…
8 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the #10 million allocated to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in the spending review 2002 will be used for.
Answer · Allan Wilson: The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has been allocated additional resources of £11.2 million over the next three years under Spending Review 2002. The new allocations will allow SEPA to extend the implementation of the National Waste Strategy to…
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what evaluation has been made of the effectiveness of the Mental Illness Specific Grant.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: An external evaluation of Mental Illness Specific Grant (MISG) was conducted in 1997 by the Nuffield Centre of the University of Glasgow. It reported favourably on the Grant's continuing value in providing mental health services which meet needs locally. <P>W…
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what evaluation it has made of any impact that not increasing Mental Illness Specific Grant in line with inflation has had on voluntary organisations that use this funding to provide services.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29835 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why it has not followed the Health and Community Care Committee's recommendation to increase Mental Illness Specific Grant in line with inflation.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: We last increased Mental Illness Specific Grant with effect from April 2001, when we increased it from £18 million a year to £19 million a year. We have just announced that we are increasing the grant by a further £1 million, to £20 million with effect from A…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the children's panel recruitment campaign cost in total, detailing the amount spent on (a) advertising, (b) literature and (c) staffing.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The cost to date to the Scottish Executive of the children's panel national recruitment campaign is £395,000. £385,000 is for development, artwork and advertising costs<B> </B>and £10,000 for publication of literature. There are no discrete costs for staffing…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have applied to serve on children's panels, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) local authority area, since the inception of its recruitment campaign.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The first four weeks of the campaign attracted 3,458 notes of interest. The details have been passed to the local authorities responsible for sifting and assessing applications arising out of these notes of interest. Children's Panel Advisory Committees will …
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications to participate on children's panels have been rejected since the inception of the recruitment campaign.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29706 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any additional funding has been made available to NHS boards for the prescribing of the new atypical anti-psychotic drugs for the treatment of schi'ophrenia.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Substantial additional resources are being made available to the NHS in Scotland over the years of the spending review as announced on 12 September 2002, with an average annual increase of 8.7% over the years 2003-04 to 2005-06 rising to £8.6 billion a year b…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in each NHS board area have been prescribed the new atypical anti-psychotic drugs for the treatment of schi'ophrenia.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not available. Available data relates to the number of prescribed items dispensed by either community pharmacists or dispensing doctors and are not patient specific.
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any link between the number of females aged between 25 and 44 diagnosed with depression and the incidence of post-natal depression and whether it has directly funded, or is aware of, any research project into this issue.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The 2002 review of latest evidence by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network determined that 10 to 15% of women in Scotland who give birth can suffer from post-natal depression. Depression as a separate condition can affect a large proportion of wome…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what data is available to determine the causes of depression, broken down by (a) age and (b) gender.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Accurate data on the cause of depression in each case is not collected routinely.<P>Addressing cause is important and our National Programme for the Improvement of Mental Health and Well-being and the available treatment services are designed to help prevent …
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are currently diagnosed with depression, broken down by (a) age and (b) gender.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The available figures for depression are based on those from a sample of GP practices for the year ending December 2001.<P>Estimated Number of Patients Seen for Depression, Year Ending 31 December 2001<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH=330><TR><T…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources and services are available in each NHS board area to treat those diagnosed with a mental illness who are at crisis point.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not readily available. Each NHS board is responsible for assessing the health care needs of its population and for putting in place arrangements to meet these needs. These arrangements may include sharing treatment and other facil…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26330 by Frank McAveety on 7 June 2002, how many rapid response teams providing care support facilities for patients discharged from hospital are currently in operation, how many are attached to psychiatric units and how they are staffed.
Answer · Frank McAveety: Feedback from the joint local action plans on delayed discharge shows that all but three partnership areas either have rapid response teams in place or are developing them. We will continue to chart the development and expansion of these teams.<P>Specific inf…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to compile an information pack for schools and pupils on child and adolescent suicide.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive has no such plans.
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific initiatives it will put in place apart from the National Framework for the Prevention of Suicide and Deliberate Self Harm to address any increase in the number of child and adolescent suicides.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The work of the National Programme for Improving the Mental Health and Wellbeing of the Scottish Population, established in October 2001 and overseen by a National Advisory Group which I chair, will bear on children and young people. It will also link into th…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why it did not award core funding to Facilitate (Scotland).
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Core funding can be awarded under section 16b of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and section 10 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. Facilitate (Scotland) have been given feedback as to why their applications under these two schemes have be…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why Facilitate (Scotland) was refused funding under section 16b of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29419. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa">…
20 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what voluntary organisations which offer the same services in Glasgow as those provided by Facilitate (Scotland) are funded through (a) section 10 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, (b) section 16b of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and (c) core funding.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The grant schemes under section 10 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and section 16b of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 support a number of voluntary organisations, which provide support for people with mental health problems in Scotland,…
19 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current average waiting time is from (a) referral by a GP and (b) referral by any other person for (i) children and (ii) adolescents to receive psychological treatment.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not held centrally.
19 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) children and (b) adolescents are currently waiting for a referral for psychological treatment.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not held centrally.
19 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what specialist care is available in the community for mothers diagnosed with (a) post-natal depression and (b) puerperal psychosis.
Answer · Mary Mulligan: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29577 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa
19 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is addressing post-natal depression and puerperal psychosis nationally.
Answer · Mary Mulligan: In terms of organisation and delivery of care, it is for all NHS boards and their care partners to consider what provision best suits the assessed needs of their area. Services that are in place range from Community Psychiatric Nursing Services, Psychiatric O…
19 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many psychiatric units have specialist units for mothers diagnosed with (a) post-natal depression and (b) puerperal psychosis in order to accommodate safely both mother and child.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: National information returns do not identify such specialist units.