Adam Ingram

2 Apr 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue to engage local authorities on work relating to the trunk road schemes announced by the Minister for Transport and the Environment on 27 March 2001 and, if so, what work will be allocated in each local authority area.

Answer · Sarah Boyack: Where local authorities are currently engaged on trunk road minor improvement schemes outwith the new term maintenance contracts they will continue to work on these schemes for the time being. A review is currently under way to determine which schemes will re…

29 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3176 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 22 March 2001, on what evidence the statement that "the policy is resulting in a fall in unemployment in East Ayrshire at three times the rate in the rest of Scotland" (Official Report, col. 870) is based.

Answer · Wendy Alexander: The claimant count unemployment rate for Scotland in February 2001 was 4.5%, showing a fall of 0.6% from the previous year. In East Ayrshire, the rate was 5.9%, showing a fall of 2.1% from the previous year.

23 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3176 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 22 March 2001, how much funding the action areas for jobs scheme will receive in each of the next three years in East Ayrshire and how many jobs it estimates will be created.

Answer · Wendy Alexander: As indicated in the answer to S1W-14487 Action Teams for Jobs is a Department for Education and Employment initiative. Further to the Chancellor's budget announcement on extensions to existing Action Teams I can confirm that the East Ayrshire Team will be ext…

23 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3176 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 22 March 2001, whether it will provide details of the action areas for jobs scheme.

Answer · Wendy Alexander: As indicated in the answer to S1O-3176 Action Teams for Jobs is a Department for Education and Employment initiative which provides additional, flexible assistance to jobless people in discrete areas of high unemployment. <P>The Action Team in East Ayrshire h…

21 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the resources distributed to date to each local authority from the change fund for the care of people with learning disabilities and when these funds were released.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-14328.

21 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued to local authorities with regard to the utilisation and distribution of change funding for the care of people with learning disabilities and when any such guidance was issued.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-14328.

21 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures and policies are in place in the criminal justice system in relation to dealing with offenders with mental disorders.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The Scottish Executive's general policy on care, support services and accommodation for mentally disordered offenders remains as set out in NHS Management Executive Letter (1999) 5, published by the Scottish Office in January 1999. Since then, we have provide…

21 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost will be of a mental health tribunal hearing as proposed by the Millan Report.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: It is not possible to provide an estimate at this stage of the average cost of a mental health tribunal hearing, as proposed by the Millan Report. The Scottish Executive is currently considering the recommendations of the Millan Committee, including those whi…

21 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost is of a mental health hearing in a sheriff court.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The information requested is not held centrally. However, the typical cost of a Sheriff Court hearing based on judicial and staff costs, but excluding accommodation and other overheads is approximately £50 per 30 minutes. This also excludes any costs to the p…

21 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its plans are for the distribution to local authorities of change funding for the care of people with learning disabilities in each of the next three years.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: In response to the recommendations of the review of services for people with learning disabilities, local authorities were notified in December 2000 that additional funds of £36million over 3 years would be awarded as part of the Grant Aided Expenditure alloc…

15 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12338 by Nicol Stephen on 6 March 2001, whether Circular 4/96, Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs - Assessment and Recording, will be updated to take account of both the growing numbers of children being diagnosed with special e…

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Circular 4/96 provides advice to education authorities on the assessment and recording arrangements in Scotland for children and young people with learning needs across the full range of special educational needs.<P>The National SEN Advisory Forum is conducti…

15 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12335 by Susan Deacon on 6 February 2001, whether it will provide details of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network in terms of its origin, staffing and remit and give a complete list of all research projects it has carried out since 1997 to…

Answer · Susan Deacon: The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was formed in 1993 by the Academy of Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland. SIGN develops and disseminates multidisciplinary, evidence-based clinical guidelines for the NHS in Scotland. The guidelines,…

9 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what policy proposals it intends to bring forward with regard to the care, treatment and support of mentally disordered offenders.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-14063.

9 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10801 by Susan Deacon on 9 January 2001, whether it will publish in full the review relating to the care proposals for mentally disordered offenders carried out by the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health Service and, if so when.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change</I>, confirmed our publication plans for the national review. The promised audit document was published on 12 February and at the same time all health and social care agenc…

6 Mar 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder are currently being prescribed Ritalin, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) health board area.

Answer · Susan Deacon: This information is not held centrally.

27 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the guidance in place across health bodies, local authority education and social work departments and any other relevant bodies to ensure a cohesive approach to those diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: No specific guidance has been issued on provision for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. General guidance on Special Educational Needs (SEN) is contained in the Scottish Executive Manual of Good Practice for all staff and professionals in…

21 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether its documents will continue to bear the text "designed and produced for the Scottish Executive by Tactica Solutions" or whether this text will be altered as a result of the recent merger between Tactica Solutions and Astron.

Answer · Angus MacKay: Tactica Solutions Ltd. and Astron recently merged to form Astron Document Services Limited. The text on Scottish Executive publications on which work started after 12 February 2001 will reflect the change of name.

21 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the recent merger between Tactica Solutions and Astron will give rise to any changes to its current contract with Tactica Solutions and whether it will detail any such anticipated changes.

Answer · Angus MacKay: The recent merger of Tactica Solutions and Astron does not change the contractual arrangements for the provision of the service to the Scottish Executive for design, print and publication requirements.

15 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been in hospital awaiting a community care place in each health board area, broken down for each month since the establishment of the National Data Recording for Delayed Discharge, and how many of these have been mental health patients.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information as specified is not available centrally. Information on patients ready for discharge is currently available only for the national census carried out on 30 September 2000. Full details of the September 2000 census are available on website: <P><…

15 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre the visit reports of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Group for each health board.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The outcome reports from the visits of the Mental Health and Well Being Support Group have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre. Future reports will also be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre. The reports and wider information on the work…

15 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is monitoring the mental health frameworks in place in each health board area and the extent to which managers have regard to the framework in their area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Framework for Mental Health Services in Scotland sets a template by which the visiting Mental Health and Well Being Support Group assess and advise both locally and to the Scottish Executive on local agency progress. Senior managers of the health boards, …

15 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial resources it has allocated to each health board to provide for care support packages for the long-term care of patients released from the Royal Scottish National Hospital at Larbert.

Answer · Susan Deacon: In addition to the normal financial allocations made to the NHS and local authorities, the Executive has allocated £16.735 million to Forth Valley Health Board to help the health board and its planning partners meet non-recurrent costs associated with the rep…

15 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it has issued to health boards on the reception of patients released from long-term care at the Royal Scottish National Hospital at Larbert.

Answer · Susan Deacon: Existing guidance on assessment and care management of people needing social care applies to former patients of the Royal Scottish National Hospital, Larbert. More generally, <I>The same as you?</I>, our review of learning disability services, aims to change …

15 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many patients have been released from long-term care at the Royal Scottish National Hospital, Larbert; (b) what the average cost was of care packages to support such patients; (c) what the initial and final destinations were of patients released into the community, and (d) what t…

Answer · Susan Deacon: This information is not held centrally.

15 Feb 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what system is in place to monitor the release of long-term care patients from the Royal Scottish National Hospital, Larbert.

Answer · Susan Deacon: A Project Board, comprising senior managers from Forth Valley Health Board, Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust and Falkirk Council, is co-ordinating arrangements to discharge patients from the Royal Scottish National Hospital, Larbert as part of the reprovis…

30 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail, for each Executive agency and non-departmental public body, whether or not they have a contract with or employ the services of Tactica Solutions; what the length is of any such contracts, and how much has been paid to Tactica Solutions to date and what services we…

Answer · Angus MacKay: The detailed information requested is not held centrally.

30 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it estimates it will have spent on employing Tactica Solutions from July 1999 until May 2003.

Answer · Angus MacKay: The current contact with Tactica Solutions expires in August 2001 with options to extend for one year plus one further year. At this point, no decision has been made as to whether to exercise the first year option and it is not possible to estimate expenditur…

30 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a contract with Stationery Office Holdings and, if so, how long the contract is for; what services are provided to it by them, and what criteria were used to select Stationary Office Holdings.

Answer · Angus MacKay: The Scottish Executive does not have a contract with Stationery Office Holdings.

30 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a contract with Security Printing and Systems and, if so, how long the contract is for; what services are provided to it by them, and what criteria were used to select Security Printing and Systems.

Answer · Angus MacKay: The Scottish Executive does not have a contract with Security Printing and Systems.

30 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a contract with Banner Business Supplies and, if so, how long the contract is for; what services are provided to it by them, and what criteria were used to select Banner Business Supplies.

Answer · Angus MacKay: The Scottish Executive has a contract with Banner Business Supplies which commenced on 1 August 1999 for a period of three years plus an option of two one year extensions, subject to performance.<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>Banner Business Supplies provides o…