Parliamentary questions
Adam Ingram
1,244 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
15 Sep 1999 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reduce the level of dependency on the private car for those resident in rural areas in the South of Scotland, and if so, to detail these plans.
Answer · Alasdair Morrison: The Scottish Executive is pursuing a variety of initiatives to promote more sustainable and integrated transport in the rural areas. On 15 September, I announced grants to three community transport projects in the South of Scotland totalling nearly £92,000. …
16 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been admitted to (a) Crosshouse Hospital and (b) Ayr Hospital in each year since 1995 (counting patients only once if they have had multiple appointments).
Answer · Susan Deacon: The information available on the number of patients admitted to Crosshouse and Ayr Hospital by year of admission, April 1994-March 1998 is provided in the table.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Numbers of patients<SUP>1</SUP> admitted to Crosshouse Hospital and Ayr Ho…
13 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the population that has been served by (a) Ayr Hospital, and (b) Crosshouse Hospital separately for (i) accident and emergency services; (ii) in patient services, and (iii) out patient services, in each year since 1995.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The number of in-patient and day case discharges and new out-patient referrals according to the Health Board area of residence is shown in table 1: NHS in Scotland - New Out-Patient Clinical Referrals and In-Patient and Day Case Discharges for the A…
13 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were re-admitted to Ayr Hospital or Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock suffering from a similar complaint to their first admission in: (a) 1994; (b) 1995; (c) 1996; (d) 1997, and (e) 1998.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The information available is provided in the table.<B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Proportion of patients<SUP>1</SUP> re-admitted to Crosshouse Hospital or Ayr Hospital within 28 days of discharge of first admission and to the same specialty, April 1994 …
13 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what were the numbers of cancellations of planned admissions for in patient and day patient treatment due to: (a) unavailability of intensive care or high dependency beds; (b) unavailability of consultants, and (c) patients having a medical condition which prevents treatment being underta…
Answer · Susan Deacon: The information available on the trend in all cancellations of admissions by hospitals within the Ayrshire and Arran Health Board area, where the patient's medical condition is not the reason for cancellation is listed in column 1 of the table. Information on…
13 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people admitted to accident and emergency at Ayr Hospital and Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock: (a) had been admitted to either of these two hospitals at any point in the previous year, and (b) had been admitted with a complaint related to that for which they had previously receiv…
Answer · Susan Deacon: Information at this level of detail is not collected centrally by the Scottish Executive.
23 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made or does it intend to make to Her Majesty's Government to ensure that there will be a continuing presence in the form of an office and staff to deal directly with complaints from Post Office users in Scotland.
Answer · Henry McLeish: The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government over a range of matters, including those relating to the Post Office.
23 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the number of people who were admitted for emergency fracture surgery in the last year to Ayr Hospital and Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock.
Answer · Susan Deacon: In the year ending 31 December 1998, 672 patients were admitted for emergency fracture surgery to Ayr Hospital and 1032 patients were admitted for the same treatment to Crosshouse Hospital. (Source: ISD, Scotland Form SMR01).
23 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the catchment area of, and population served by Ayr Hospital and Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock.
Answer · Susan Deacon: Ayr Hospital and Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock provide acute hospital services for the population of Ayrshire and Arran Health Board totalling 376,500 (General Register Office for Scotland, Quarterly Return 3<SUP>rd</SUP> Quarter 1998), as well as some pati…
22 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made to ensure that students applications for loans will be dealt with by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland timeously.
Answer · Henry McLeish: Eligible students entering higher education in academic year 1999/2000, and those who entered in 1998/99, are able to apply for means-tested help with their tuition fees and for a partly means-tested maintenance loan. The need to apply the means test to both…
22 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures were agreed by East Ayrshire Council with the Accounts Commission, following their investigation into the financial management of the council in 1998, to ensure that housing benefit claims are processed within the statutory timescale and that no future penalties will be incu…
Answer · Jack McConnell: East Ayrshire Council and their external auditor agreed that the council would prepare an action plan to deal with the backlog of benefit cases and quantify the size of any backlog for 1998-99. The external auditor will assess the council's actions as part of…
22 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to protect council tax payers in East Ayrshire from additional costs incurred by the council as a result of housing benefit claims not being processed within the six week timescale required.
Answer · Jack McConnell: None. This is a matter entirely for the council concerned. (The statutory timescale for review of housing benefit claims is sixty weeks.)
20 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to adhere to the expenditure plans for motorways and trunk roads improvement in the period 1999 to 2002 as outlined in 'Serving Scotland's Needs' (March 1999).
Answer · Jack McConnell: The expenditure plans set out in 'Serving Scotland's Needs' are the current estimates of spending for Scotland's programmes, including motorways and trunk roads. As I said during the debate on Financial Issues on 24 June, I intend to make a statement in the…
16 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to announce if a buyer has been found for the Volvo Truck and Bus manufacturing plant in Irvine and, if so, whether it intends to name the buyer by 2 July 1999.
Answer · Henry McLeish: <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=4>The Scottish Office and Locate in Scotland are making every effort to assist Volvo to find a buyer with a view to ensuring a continuing manufacturing presence on the Irvine site. The Scottish Executive is equally committed…