Parliamentary questions
Brian Adam
1,580 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
28 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are in place to ensure that both male and female prison officers are available to search prisoners at visiting times.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>The Scottish Prison Service maintainstheir operational capability to search prisoners at visiting times through theirrostering of operation…
28 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the next review of prison procedures to reduce access to illicit drugs is due.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>The Scottish Prison Service continuallyreviews its strategy to tackle the trafficking of controlled drugs into prisonsin Scotland. We work …
28 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what liaison procedures are in place to co-ordinate work between prison officers, addiction nurses and drug workers in prisons.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>An Integrated Case Managementsystem, multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences and community integration plansallow the liaison and co-o…
28 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how staffing numbers in the Scottish Prison Service have changed in the last five years, broken down by prison.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>The information in thefollowing table is shown per financial year.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <t…
28 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners are currently on heroin substitutes, broken down by heroin substitute and prison.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>The most common medicine prescribedin the clinical management of drug dependency is methadone. The following tablesets out the number of pr…
27 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has examined on the level of alcohol-related (a) crime and (b) antisocial behaviour.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Research on the linksbetween alcohol, crime and disorder was reviewed by the Scottish Executive to helpinform the Nicholson Committee’s Review of Liquor Licensing Law in Scotland.<i></i>The results of this review were published in <i>Liquor Licensing and Publ…
22 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals were estimated to have had (a) gambling, (b) alcohol or (c) drug addictions in each year since 1999, broken down by (i) local authority area, (ii) parliamentary constituency and (iii) NHS board area.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Estimates by local authority,parliamentary constituency and NHS board are not available on gambling or alcoholaddiction.</p><p>Scottish Executive social researchsuggests that an estimated 0.6% to 0.8% of the adult population in Britain are problemgamblers. Th…
22 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered drug addicts there are in each (a) local authority area, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) NHS board area, also showing the percentage of the total number of such addicts these numbers represent in each category.
Answer · Hugh Henry: I refer the member to the answersto questions S2W-18148 on 18 August 2005 and S2W-19769 answered on 24 October 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:</p><p>…
22 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related (a) crimes and (b) antisocial behaviour incidents there were in each of the last 10 financial years, broken down by police force area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information on whether or notparticular crimes or incidents are “alcohol-related” is not held centrally.</p>
22 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has evaluated on the level of alcohol-related crime and antisocial behaviour.
15 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding it has given Sportscotland to support the provision of a 50-metre swimming pool for Aberdeen.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: <b>sport</b>scotland is currently considering proposals fromAberdeen City Council for a 50-metre swimming pool. The Executive has currentlycommitted £28.8 million to the National and Regional SportsFacilities Strategy of which £5 millionhas been earmarked for…
15 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) local authority, (b) NHS board and (c) Executive-funded alcohol rehabilitation places were unfilled in each year since 1999.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28411 on 29 September 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…
15 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) local authority, (b) NHS board and (c) Executive-funded alcohol rehabilitation places there were in each year since 1999.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Since 2002-03 each Alcohol and Drug Action Team has been tasked with producing annual Corporate Action Plans which contain information on the numbers of alcohol rehabilitation places available at local level across Scotland. These plans are available on the I…
15 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will spend on alcohol rehabilitation services in each of the next three years.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The levels of funding availablein 2006-07 for the provision of alcohol prevention and treatment services will carryforward into 2007-08. Any decisions thereafter on the level of funding allocationswill form part of the next spending review.</p><p>I refer the …
15 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on alcohol rehabilitation services in each year since 1999.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: NHS boards pay for the deliveryof rehabilitation services from their general allocations but this spend is notidentified separately. In addition, each of Scotland’s 22 alcohol and drugaction teams has received allocations for the provision of alcohol treatmen…
15 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time was for a place on (a) drug and (b) alcohol rehabilitation programmes in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board and local authority area.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Information on waiting timesfor alcohol services is not requested centrally.</p><p>Average waiting times are notregarded as a particularly effective measure of the availability and efficiencyof drug services. Information from the Waiting Times Information Fra…
14 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it offers about average occupancy rates of intensive therapy unity (ITU) beds and whether it will consider reviewing this matter.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28360 on 27 September 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…
14 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many intensive therapy unity (ITU) beds there are per head of population, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Table 1 shows information onthe average available staffed beds in intensive care units per 1,000 populationby NHS board for the year ending 31 March 2006.</p><p>It should be noted that theserates are not strictly comparable. They do not take account of cross …
14 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers the current provision of intensive therapy unit (ITU) beds across Scotland to be adequate.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28360 on 27 September 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…
14 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers the current provision of intensive therapy unit (ITU) beds at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary to be adequate.
Answer · Andy Kerr: This is a matter for NHS Grampian.</p>
14 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers the provision of intensive therapy unit (ITU) services to be a matter for individual NHS boards or for the health service at national level.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The provision of adult intensivetherapy unit services is a matter for individual health boards. Each board mustensure that an appropriate number of ITU beds is available; however, if all theITU beds become full, there are arrangements in place for neighbourin…
14 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many days all intensive therapy unit (ITU) beds have been occupied in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The specific information requestedis not held centrally. It is not possible to identify specific days that intensivetherapy beds are occupied from aggregated data returns.</p>
14 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average occupancy rates of intensive therapy unit (ITU) beds have been in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Table 1 shows information onthe average occupancy rates of intensive care units by NHS board for the years ending31 March 2004-2006.</p><p>Table 1, NHS Scotland –Average Occupancy Rate in Intensive Care Units; Years Ending 31 March 2004 to2006</p><table borde…
14 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fully funded intensive therapy unit (ITU) beds there are, broken down by NHS board and location.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Centrally held information onintensive therapy unit (ITU) beds does not specifically identify beds that are fullyfunded.</p><p>However, table 1 shows informationon the average available staffed beds in intensive care units by NHS board for theyears ending 31 …
12 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has sought a derogation from EC Regulation 853/2004 for Scottish minced beef.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This is a matter for the FoodStandards Agency. The agency will shortly be discussing, with a stakeholder workinggroup, whether stakeholders wish the UK to make an application to the Commissionfor a “national measure”. The measure would only need to cover minc…
11 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many co-ordinated support plans have been adopted in each local authority since the introduction of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.
Answer · Robert Brown: This information is notcurrently held centrally but will be collated during the 2006 pupil census,which is due to be published in February 2007.</p>
11 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any representations about different approaches to implementing the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.
Answer · Robert Brown: It is for individual localauthorities to interpret the legislation and discharge their duties in linewith the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland)Act 2004 (the Act). The Scottish Executive has been made aware that localauthorities do vary in…
11 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to monitor the outcomes of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.
Answer · Robert Brown: Her Majesty’s Inspectorateof Education (HMIE) have been commissioned to monitor and evaluate theimplementation of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland)Act, commencing in 2005. A report of their findings will be published in autumn2007.</p>
6 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Medicines Consortium has considered the use of Elaprase and, if so, what the outcome was.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Medicines Consortium(SMC) has not considered the use of Elaprase. The SMC assessment process will notbegin until a medicine receives a marketing authorisation.</p><p>When available, the SMC advicewill be posted on their website <a href="http://ww…
6 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any applications have been made to license Elaprase for use in Scotland.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Licensing of medicines is reservedand is the responsibility of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency(MHRA). Before a medicine can be placed on the UK market it must have a marketingauthorisation either from the MHRA or the European Medicines…