Former Member of the Scottish Parliament

Mr Keith Raffan

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At a glance Mr Keith Raffan was a Member of the Scottish Parliament.

Questions121 tabled

Mr Keith Raffan has tabled 121 questions in the Scottish Parliament.

To ask the Scottish Executive why it requires waiting list and waiting time information for drug treatment services to … 30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive why it requires waiting list and waiting time information for drug treatment services to be maintained on a monthly basis and whether it has estimated the administrative cost of this requirement.

Answer · Hugh Henry · 28 Jul 2004

Service providers and localDrug Action Teams must have accurate and up to date information on waitingtimes in their areas so that problems can be identified and addressed asquickly as possible. Local waiting times can be affected by a wide range offactors and circumstances, and can vary rapidly.Local service providers willprovide waiting times information on a monthly basis to their Drug ActionTeams, and the Executive will receive quarterly returns from the Drug ActionTeams. The administrative and financial impacts of the new Waiting TimesFramework were considered during its development, but the burdens were notthought to be significant, since the majority of the data items were alreadybeing recorded by agencies.

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has given on the content of the enhanced general medical services contra… 30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has given on the content of the enhanced general medical services contract for drugs.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm · 28 Jul 2004

A model specification forthe delivery of a national enhanced service for patients suffering from drug misuse was agreed on a UK-wide basis as part of the UK negotiations on the new General Medical Services (GMS) contract. The model specification is contained in the publication, New GMS Contract 2003, Supplementary Documents. NHS boards will use the specification to provide services forpatients suffering from drug misuse.

To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have a general medical services enhanced service contract for drugs. 30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have a general medical services enhanced service contract for drugs.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm · 28 Jul 2004

Not all NHS boards have yetcompleted negotiations for their enhanced services. Boards which have indicatedthat they have in place enhanced services for drug users are Borders, Fife,Grampian, Lanarkshire and Lothian. Details of other boards providing anenhanced service for drug misuse will not be known until later in the year.

To ask the Scottish Executive what market analysis has been undertaken of potential opportunities for Scottish business… 1 Oct 2003 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what market analysis has been undertaken of potential opportunities for Scottish business in the 10 accession states to the EU, particularly the three Baltic states and Poland, and what trade missions to those countries are planned over the next 12 months.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald · 9 Oct 2003

ScottishEnterprise published a context paper in August 2003 entitled Opportunities and Challengesof EU enlargement, which is available at <ahref="http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/euenlargement">www.scottish-enterprise.com/euenlargement</a><aname="_Hlt52958281"></a><a name="_Hlt52957569"></a>. A wide range of information is also available from anumber of other sources including the Euro Info Centres, Scottish Development International(SDI) and the Business Gateway International TradeThe Scottish Exhibition and Mission programme,produced by SDI, provides information on all the exhibitions and missions organisedby the export support network throughout Scotland. It can be accessed at <a href="http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/">www.scottish-enterprise.com</a>. At present information is available on events up to theend of March 2004 which include the outward missions listed below to accession states.<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> Date </td> <td> Location </td> <td> Sector </td> <td> Organiser </td> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td> 2-6 November 03 </td> <td> Poland </td> <td> New Technologies/ Service and Consumer </td> <td> Business Gateway International Trade Ayrshire, Forth Valley, Lothian and Renfrewshire </td> </tr> <tr> <td> February 2004 </td> <td> Slovenia </td> <td> Multi </td> <td> Business Gateway International Trade Lanarkshire, Glasgow Exports Ltd </td> </tr> <tr> <td> February/March 2004 </td> <td> Poland </td> <td> Environment </td> <td> Business Gateway International Trade Lothian </td> </tr></table>

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will implement the recommendations in the report of the Nicholson Committee i… 28 Aug 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will implement the recommendations in the report of the Nicholson Committee in full.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson · 24 Sep 2003

When I announced publicationof the report on 19 August, I explained that it would be issued forconsultation to interested parties until 19 December. The Executive willconsider taking forward implementation of the recommendations in thelight of the comments received.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost of abolishing prescription charges would be to the NHS. 22 May 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost of abolishing prescription charges would be to the NHS.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm · 9 Jun 2003

The table lists the total revenue raised from prescription charges between 1999-2003 and provides an indication of what abolition would cost.<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH=287><TR><TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33>Year</TD><TD WIDTH="74%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33>Total Value of Charges Collected*(£ million)</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="TOP">1999-2000</TD><TD WIDTH="74%" VALIGN="TOP">42.9</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="TOP">2000-01</TD><TD WIDTH="74%" VALIGN="TOP">43.1</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="TOP">2001-02</TD><TD WIDTH="74%" VALIGN="TOP">45.8</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="TOP">2002-03</TD><TD WIDTH="74%" VALIGN="TOP">46.3</TD></TR></TABLE>Note:*Includes income from prescription pre-payment certificates.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is of reopening the railway stations at Blackford, Greenloaning, … 21 May 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is of reopening the railway stations at Blackford, Greenloaning, Wormit, Newburgh and Methil and what the annual cost would be of keeping the stations open.

Answer · Nicol Stephen · 6 Jun 2003

I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-00348 on 6 June 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa</A>.

To ask the Scottish Executive what estimated annual subsidy would be required for the railway service to St Andrews and… 21 May 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what estimated annual subsidy would be required for the railway service to St Andrews and Leven if the lines were to be reopened.

Answer · Nicol Stephen · 6 Jun 2003

I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-00348. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa</A>.

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Motions lodged11 lodged

8 Dec 2004	Iraq	0 sig.
16 Sep 2004	Shameless Behaviour of Liberal Democrats on Perth and Kinross Council	1 sig.
15 Jun 2004	Urgent Need to Tackle Hepatitis C, Public Health Crisis	35 sig.
4 Jun 2003	Independent Public Inquiry into Iraq Intelligence Dossier	5 sig.
7 May 2003	Cairngorms National Park	13 sig.
3 Dec 2002	Cairngorms National Park	22 sig.

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Seat & career2 seats held

Mid Scotland and Fife (region) Regional MSP · Resigned 1 May 2003 – 7 Jan 2005
Mid Scotland and Fife (region) Regional MSP · Dissolution 6 May 1999 – 31 Mar 2003

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