Former Member of the Scottish Parliament

Paul Martin

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At a glance Paul Martin was a Member of the Scottish Parliament.

Votes cast789
Attendance27%
Voted For334
Voted Against380

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 2,903 Holyrood divisions on record; Paul Martin did not vote in 29.

Voting recordlatest 15 shown

The most recent divisions Paul Martin voted in. For, Against and Abstain are as recorded.

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Questions317 tabled

Paul Martin has tabled 317 questions in the Scottish Parliament.

To ask the Scottish Government how many registered sex offenders there are in Scotland and what resources are being all… 2 Mar 2016 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many registered sex offenders there are in Scotland and what resources are being allocated to monitor them.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what matters were discussed. 22 Feb 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what matters were discussed.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients aged over 75 in each of the last five years were recorded as sustainin… 9 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients aged over 75 in each of the last five years were recorded as sustaining an injury during their stay after being admitted to Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison · 4 Mar 2016

This information is not held centrally. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have provided full year details for the number of recorded incidents involving those over the age of 75 who have sustained an injury during a stay in Lightburn Hospital over the last three years. It should be noted that these details may be incomplete as the age of the individual is not always recorded.
Lightburn slips, trips and falls in over 75s (where age has been filled out)

2013
2014
2015
Total
Slips, Trips and Falls
116
179
106
401
Lightburn patients aged over 75 sustaining an injury (where age has been filled out)

2013
2014
2015
Total
Injuries
50
64
42
156

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients aged over 75 in each of the last five years were subsequently diagnose… 9 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients aged over 75 in each of the last five years were subsequently diagnosed with MRSA after being admitted to Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison · 4 Mar 2016

Statistical information on MRSA in Scotland is published by Health Protection Scotland in its quarterly epidemiological commentaries at: http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/pubs/Index.aspx. The commentaries contain quarterly epidemiological data by NHS board and nationally for Scotland. Data for individual hospitals is not published; however, since 2007 there has been a 79% fall in cases of MRSA in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths there have been at Lightburn Hospital in each of the last 10 years. 9 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths there have been at Lightburn Hospital in each of the last 10 years.

Answer · Shona Robison · 4 Mar 2016

The following table shows the number of deaths that occurred at Lightburn Hospital in the past 10 years.
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
89
70
53
52
40
35
21
17
10
14
Source: Information Services Division Scotland, SMR01
Date extracted: February 2016.

To ask the Scottish Government what the estate revenue costs are for Lightburn Hospital. 9 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the estate revenue costs are for Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison · 4 Mar 2016

The estate revenue costs for 2014-15 for Lightburn Hospital are:
Lightburn Hospital: 2014-15
Estate Revenue Costs
Pay
Supplies
Total

£
£
£
Laundry
21,345
2,095
23,440
Waste Disposal

31,852
31,852
Property Maintenance
4,995
118,566
123,561
Cleaning
220,958
7,405
228,363
Energy and Utilities

156,180
156,180
Rent

4,066
4,066
Rates

5,173
5,173
Furniture and Other Equipment

57,984
57,984
Totals
247,298
383,321
630,619
This table is an extract from the NHS National Services Scotland Information Services Division website within their “Costs/File Listings” section.

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been transferred from Lightburn Hospital to receive emergency treat… 9 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been transferred from Lightburn Hospital to receive emergency treatment at an acute hospital in each of the last five years.

Answer · Shona Robison · 4 Mar 2016

The following table shows the number of patients who have been transferred from Lightburn Hospital to another hospital in each of the last five years. Information is not available centrally about whether the transfer was for emergency treatment.
Financial year
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Number of patients
50
64
76
94
71
Source: Information Services Division Scotland, SMR01
Date extracted: February 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been treated at Lightburn Hospital in each year since 1999, and wha… 9 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been treated at Lightburn Hospital in each year since 1999, and what information it has for earlier years.

Answer · Shona Robison · 4 Mar 2016

The following table shows the number of patients that had a hospital admission at Lightburn Hospital at least once during the year, treated as an inpatient or daycase, for each year from 1997-98 to 2014-15.
Financial Year
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
Number of patients
606
679
812
787
877
814
749
710
702

Financial Year
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Number of patients
714
595
535
547
467
415
433
489
481
Source: Information Services Division Scotland, SMR01
Notes these statistics are derived from data collected on discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric hospitals (SMR01) in Scotland. Only patients treated as inpatients or day cases are included. The figures show the number of individual patients that were admitted at least once during the year. These figures exclude people who did not attend appointments.

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Motions lodged106 lodged
Seat & career4 seats held

Source: this MSP's profile on parliament.scot.

Allowances£4,295 · 2016

2016 (latest published)

Rent£1,736
Lease Obligations£900
Utilities£556
Signage Removal£312
Factoring Office£275
Office Phone and Broadband£238
Factoring Charges£160
Hall Hire£51
Office/Window Cleaning£36
Fire Safety£30

Source: Scottish Parliament (published ~1 year in arrears)

Source: this MSP's official Scottish Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.