Parliamentary questions

Adam Ingram

1,244 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

11 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive why VisitScotland will send copies of The Essential Guide to Scotland 2007 only to addresses in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

Answer · Patricia Ferguson: VisitScotland publishesa number of Scotland guides, each targeted at specific key marketsboth at home and abroad. The Essential Guide to Scotland is tailored to potentialvisitors from the UK and Republic of Ireland, and so is targeted at this market. O…

14 Dec 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reconsider any decision to decline meetings between ministers and representatives of the British Psychological Society and its partner organisations to discuss plans for statutory regulation of the profession.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I have been fully briefed bythe society on its views on statutory regulation of the profession. I am also awareof the thrust of the Society’s recent discussion with Mr Andy Burnham in his capacityas Minister for Delivery and Quality at the Department of Healt…

14 Dec 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what organisations were involved in consultations on drafting the Foster report on the regulation of non-medical healthcare professions.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The group which took forwardthe review of the regulation of the non-medical health care professions, led byAndrew Foster at the Department of Health (DH) in England, includedrepresentatives from DH and the other UK health departments, including Paul Martin, C…

14 Dec 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations it had with Department of Health officials on drafting the Foster report on the regulation of non-medical healthcare professions.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Mr Paul Martin, Chief NursingOfficer and Interim Director of Workforce, was a member of the Foster Group and,in that capacity, commented on the draft report before it was finalised.

14 Dec 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations have taken place in Scotland on the regulation of non-medical healthcare professions, as proposed in the Foster report.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Four stakeholder events wereheld across Scotland - regional events in Aberdeen, Glasgow and theBorders, and a national event in Edinburgh. These events discussed the consultation paper issuedby the Department of Health (DH) in England on the recommendations f…

30 Nov 2006 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many legally qualified members of staff in the Parliament’s Directorate of Legal Services were formerly employed by the Scottish Executive.

Answer · George Reid: I refer to my answer toquestion S2W-30291.

30 Nov 2006 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many legally qualified staff are employed in the Parliament’s Directorate of Legal Services and how many of those staff are on secondment from (a) the Scottish Executive and (b) other organisations.

Answer · George Reid: There are 13 legallyqualified staff in the Parliament’s Directorate of Legal Services. As with all other Parliamentarystaff, staff in the Directorate of Legal Services are responsible through theClerk/Chief Executive to the SPCB.The legally qualified s…

30 Nov 2006 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether, in the absence of access for individual MSPs to advice provided to the Presiding Officer by the Parliament’s Directorate of Legal Services in relation to matters of legislative competence, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body considers that sufficient prov…

Answer · George Reid: The Presiding Officer’sstatement on legislative competence is required under the Scotland Act. TheSPCB makes provision for the Presiding Officer to have appropriate advice andassistance in discharging this legislative duty. Although the Parliament’sStanding O…

30 Nov 2006 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what formal and informal channels exist for the sharing of legal information and advice between the Office of the Solicitor to the Scottish Executive and the Parliament’s Directorate of Legal Services.

Answer · George Reid: The member is referred to myanswers to the related questions S2W-30290, S2W-30291 and S2W-30292.As members of the GLSS,staff in the Parliament’s Directorate of Legal Services (DLS) and in the Officeof the Solicitor to the Scottish Executive (OSSE) have…

20 Nov 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many mortgage repossessions there have been in each local authority area in each year since 1999.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested isnot held centrally.

2 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-27811 by Nicol Stephen on 12 September 2006, what the explanation is for the difference between the number of students declaring a mental health difficulty in higher education institutions and the number of such students in further education institut…

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The figures I provided inresponse to your question S2W-27811 on 12 September 2006, indicate that in highereducation institutes one in 350 students reported a mental health difficulty in2004-05, whereas in colleges the ratio was one in 90 vocational students.<…

22 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made regarding the rights of carers of people with a mental illness and whether these rights are being upheld.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28596 on 4 October 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…

22 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what statutory rights carers of mentally ill people have.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Social Work (Scotland) Act1968, as amended by the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act2002, gives carers who provide, or intend to provide, care on a regular and substantialbasis the right to an assessment of their support needs as a carer. Such an as…

22 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the monitoring arrangements put in place in relation to the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 identify the number of carer assessments that have been carried out in each NHS board area and, if so, what scal…

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Under the Scottish Executive’sJoint Performance Information and Assessment Framework, local partnerships now setannual targets for completed carers’ assessments and monitor progress against them.This is being done through Local Improvement Targets (LITs) whic…

22 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what timescales are associated with assessments for carers under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Under the Social Work (Scotland) Act1968, as amended by the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act2002, there are no prescribed deadlines within which carer assessments must be conducted.

22 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what rights carers have to an assessment under the provisions of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28597 on 4 October 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…

12 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what treatment is available within the NHS for plagiocephaly, broken down by NHS board area.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The current treatment for plagiocephalywithin the NHS, in each NHS board area, includes supervised “tummy time” while thechild is awake, and reinforcing the “back to sleep” message, positioning the child’shead on different sides each night when asleep.…

12 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what trends are evident in the incidence of plagiocephaly in Scotland and what causes underlie these trends.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The following table details,for those ten NHS board areas available,the number and recorded rates of plagiocephaly for children born between 1995-2004.This information does show a rise in recorded cases of plagiocephaly, and this trendcould be due to the prac…

1 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made to revise, National Planning Policy Guideline: NPPG 6 - Renewable Energy Developments, to bring it in line with the Executive's policy on micro-renewables.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Draft Scottish Planning Policy6: Renewable Energy was published on 10 July. In support of the Executive’spolicy on micro-renewables, the draft specifically seeks views on the introductionof a target for a percentage of on site generation from micro-ren…