Parliamentary questions

Adam Ingram

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

3 May 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects that a framework will be in operation to enable agencies and professionals to share information about individual children and to assess their needs in a consistent way, as identified by the Children and Young People Delivery Group as one of its five priorities.

Answer · Peter Peacock: The Scottish Executive isdeveloping legislation on information sharing in relation to child protection.In addition, practice change is being supported through the Getting it Rightfor Every Child agenda and the development, through a pathfinder project in High…

3 May 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it is currently considering for the Changing Children’s Services Fund.

Answer · Robert Brown: Funding allocations for2006-07 and 2007-08 were issued to local authorities in November 2005. Jointproposals for uptake of these allocations to improve the integration, qualityand availability of children’s services were invited from local partnershipsincludi…

3 May 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how it measures the performance of the Children and Young People Delivery Group.

Answer · Robert Brown: The Children and Young PeopleDelivery Group agrees a programme of work each year against which progress ismonitored and reported annually to the Cabinet.

3 May 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions the Children and Young People Delivery Group has met since 2001, showing the dates of each meeting.

Answer · Robert Brown: Following Cabinet agreementof its remit on 25 June 2003, the Children and Young People Delivery Group(CYPDG) has met on eight separate occasions: 24 September 2003, 25 February2004, 15 June 2004, 15 September 2004, 26 April 2005, 25 October 2005, 8 March2006 …

25 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the per capita ratio of educational and child psychologists was to children in each local authority area in each year since 2000.

Answer · Peter Peacock: The number of educational psychologistswas not collected centrally between 2000 and 2002. The following table gives thedata for 1999 and 2003 to 2005, together with the rate per 10,000 pupils in localauthority schools.<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpad…

25 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many educational and child psychologists were recruited by local authorities in each year since 2000.

Answer · Robert Brown: This information is not heldcentrally.Figures for full-time equivalenteducational psychology posts, and vacant posts, as at 18 February 2005 and broken downby education authority area, were provided in the answer to question S2W-17903 on17 August 2005.…

25 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the recruitment of educational and child psychologists.

Answer · Robert Brown: The recruitment of educationalpsychologists is a matter for local authorities. The Executive, however, ensuresa steady and adequate supply of new practitioners by funding the training of educationalpsychologists. At any one time, 48 trainees are engaged on th…

25 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with a known drug-misuse problem also had a diagnosed mental health problem, expressed both in real terms and as a percentage of the total population, in each year since 2000.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The information available isshown in the following tables 1 to 3.Table 1 shows the number of newclients attending treatment services each year from 2001-02 to 2004-05, who reportedthat at least one of the significant issues that led them to present to …

25 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners had an existing diagnosed mental health problem on entering prison in each year since 2000.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:The Health Care team assesseach prisoner’s mental health problems on reception into prison, withappropriate support thereafter. Information o…

25 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were diagnosed as having a mental health problem after entering prison in each year since 2000.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested isnot available. Computerised health records will become available within the SPSlater this year, and will o…

25 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been given treatment for depression, other than being prescribed with anti-depressants, in each year since 1999.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested isnot available.

25 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been prescribed with anti-depressants in each year since 1999.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested isnot available.

25 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many inmates of prisons have been diagnosed with depression in each year since 1999.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested isnot available.

19 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend nursery provision for the under-fives to children of asylum seekers and refugees.

Answer · Robert Brown: I refer the member to thequestion S2W-25275 answered on 17 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the parliament's website the search facility forwhich can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.sear…

19 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has calculated the financial, social and other benefits to the Scottish economy of allowing asylum seekers to take up paid employment whilst their applications for refugee status are being considered.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Asylum and Immigration policy,including the right to work for asylum seekers, is the responsibility of theHome Office. The Scottish Executive has not made any calculations around thispolicy.

19 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many asylum seekers are undertaking voluntary work whilst their applications for refugee status are being considered, broken down by local authority area, and what the equivalent figures were for each year since 2000.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive doesnot have the information to provide an answer to this question.

19 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) refugees living in Scotland are receiving treatment for mental health problems, broken down by NHS board area, and what the equivalent figures were for each year since 2000.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The data requested is notheld centrally.Refugees and asylum seekershave unhindered access to mental health services and support in their locality.An Asylum Seekers/Refugees Health Network has been set up by the the National ResourceCentre for Ethnic Mi…

19 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what childcare support provision exists for asylum seeker and refugee families who require access to treatment for mental health problems.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The care agencies in eacharea will consider how best to meet the child care needs in all cases where theparents require to access mental health or other care.The agencies are required tocomply with all relevant safeguards and standards.

19 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under the age of five who come from asylum seeker or refugee families it estimates are not benefitting from pre-school care or nursery provision, broken down by local authority area, and what the equivalent figures were for each year since 2000.

Answer · Robert Brown: The information requested isnot held centrally.

19 Apr 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive why there is no free pre-school care or nursery provision for children under five from families of asylum seekers or refugees.

Answer · Robert Brown: Localauthorities have a legal duty to provide a free, part-time, pre-schooleducation place for three and four-year-old children.Freepre-school education is provided regardless of a child’s status, citizenship orethnic background, provided the child is …