Mike Rumbles

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of students have qualified for maintenance grants since such grants were reintroduced.

Answer · Iain Gray: Bursaries were introduced in academic year 2001-02 for both young and mature students entering higher education for the first time or returning to higher education after a gap of a year or more. Thirty-nine thousand, eight hundred and nine students applied to…

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities currently have policies in place to promote the use of fair trade products.

Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested is not held centrally.

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what average gross fee income of full-time equivalent salaried general dental practitioners has been recorded by the Dental Practice Division of the Common Services Agency from its dental list information in each of the last three years.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: This information is not available because of the way information on salaried dentists is supplied to the Common Services Agency. We are working with the agency to improve the accuracy of the data received on salaried dentists but the agency will continue to b…

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time equivalent salaried general dental practitioners there are in each NHS board area.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: The number of full-time equivalent salaried general dental practitioners currently in post in each NHS board area is not held centrally. This information can be obtained from the relevant Island NHS boards and Primary Care NHS Trusts. The number of salaried d…

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has spent on repairing vandalised school buildings in each of the last three years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: This information is not held centrally.

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has spent on maintaining bus shelters in each of the last three years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: This information is not held centrally.

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has spent on telephone calls in each of the last three years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: This information is not held centrally.

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much in subsidies each local authority has made to bus operators in each of the last three years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The information is contained in the table.<P>Bus Transport Subsidies<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH=531><TR><TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#ffffff">&nbsp;</TD><TD WIDTH="23%" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><P>Provisional Outturn <P>1999…

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many electoral wards in each local authority area are not represented by a community council.

Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is not held centrally.

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many community councils there are in each local authority area.

Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is not held centrally.

5 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much grant aid each local authority has made to community councils in each of the last three years.

Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is not held centrally.

2 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive where each dental practice that received a grant from the Scottish Dental Access Initiative in the Grampian NHS Board area is located.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: The Scottish Executive does not give out information, which could identify a particular dental practitioner in receipt of a grant under the Scottish Dental Access Initiative, without consent, as this is commercially sensitive information. However, I am aware …

2 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much in total has been issued to dentists in the Grampian NHS Board area from the Scottish Dental Access Initiative since the initiative's inception.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: To date, £94,500 has been offered to practitioners in Grampian, under the Scottish Dental Access Initiative.

2 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists in the Grampian NHS Board area have (a) applied for and (b) received grants under the Scottish Dental Access Initiative since the initiative's inception.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: In the Grampian NHS Board area (a) the owners of nine dental practices have applied for grants under the Scottish Dental Access Initiative, of whom (b) five have been offered grants since the initiative's inception.

2 Aug 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what proportion of farmers received subsidies of (i) #1 to #1,000, (ii) #1,001 to #10,000, (iii) #10,001 to #50,000, (iv) #50,001 to #250,000 and (v) over #250,000 in the last year for which figures are available.

Answer · Ross Finnie: The number and proportion of farm businesses in receipt of subsidy payments under the main Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes in the stated bands for scheme year 2000 are as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=415><TR><TD WIDTH="41%"…

5 Jun 2002 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities provide a textphone service.

Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested is not held centrally.

5 Jun 2002 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve the standard of children's dental hygiene.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: The <I>Action Plan for Dental Services in Scotland</I> was launched in August 2000, with the aim of improving dental health of children and increasing access to dental services.<P>A number of measures have been implemented nationally which target oral health …

5 Jun 2002 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met VisitScotland and what issues were discussed.

Answer · Mike Watson: The Executive keeps in close touch with VisitScotland management by means of regular meetings, at which a wide range of matters are discussed.

20 May 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill will be introduced.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill will be introduced to Parliament tomorrow (6 June). The bill will mark the second stage in the Property Law Reform Programme commenced by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000. It will reform and clarify …

13 May 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19667 by Sarah Boyack on 16 November 2001, when it expects the discussion paper on the review of the European Blue Badge Scheme of parking concessions for disabled people to be published.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The discussion paper was published on 14 December 2001 and responses had to be submitted to the Disabled Persons' Transport Advisory Committee Secretariat by 15 March 2002.

10 May 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #10 million released to NHS boards for community care as announced on 22 February 2001 was allocated (a) to audiology services and (b) specifically for digital hearing aids.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: The £10 million was primarily intended to reduce pressure on hospital beds and allow people to be discharged from hospital, directly into the community, and support them in maintaining their independence. No specific sum was designated for audiology services …

1 May 2002 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of hospital wards is mixed.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-24761 on 2 May 2002, S1W-24762 on 29 April 2002 and S1W-24763 on 29 April 2002.

24 Apr 2002 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in encouraging dentists to join practices in rural areas.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: I refer the member to the answer given to question SIO-05086.

18 Apr 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for (a) urgent and (b) non-urgent cases between being referred by a general practitioner to an opthamology clinic and the first consultation at the clinic, broken down by NHS board area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Information in the specific form requested is not available.<P>The median waiting times for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant in ophthalmology, following referral by a General Medical Practitioner, by NHS board of residence, in the year ended …

15 Apr 2002 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Executive is taking to ensure that no jobs are lost following the collapse of the proposed SPL-TV.

Answer · Jack McConnell: The commercial contracts for TV coverage of Scottish football are a matter for the football clubs and the football bodies. We hope that an early resolution will be reached which is in the best interests of Scottish football and its supporters.

27 Mar 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) analogue and (b) digital hearing aids were provided by NHS Grampian in each of the last three years.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: The information requested is not held centrally. Central contract figures are available from Scottish Healthcare Supplies for the period January 2001 to December 2001. These indicate that the following hearing aids were drawn off the contracts by NHS Grampian…

26 Mar 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is between being referred by a General Practitioner to an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) clinic and the first consultation at the clinic, broken down by NHS board area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The median waiting times for a first out-patient appointment with a Consultant in ENT following referral by a General Medical Practitioner or General Dental Practitioner, by NHS Board of Residence in the year ended 30 September 2001, are given in the followin…

26 Mar 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Performance Audit Group and Scott Wilson Scotland Limited include herbicide use as a factor to be assessed in their monitoring of the contractors maintaining trunk roads.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Yes. Both the Performance Audit Group and Scott Wilson Scotland monitor the use of herbicides by the trunk road Operating Companies and Autolink Concessionaires (M6) in accordance with contract requirements.

25 Mar 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce a voucher scheme for the purchase of a wheelchair similar to the scheme operated in England.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: The Executive has no plans to introduce a wheelchair voucher scheme similar to the scheme operated in England.<P>Initial evaluation of the English scheme indicated that relatively few wheelchair users benefited from it and it was both expensive and time consu…

25 Mar 2002 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Presiding Officer what percentage of the Parliament's (a) waste paper and (b) waste plastic was sent for recycling in each year since May 1999-2000

Answer · David Steel: The Parliament recycles approximately eight tonnes of waste paper per month. However, it is not possible to express this figure as a percentage as we do not have an equivalent measure of the waste paper that is not recycled.<P>It is estimated that 90% of plas…