Parliamentary questions
Stewart Stevenson
2,358 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
23 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average number of (a) nurses and (b) doctors was per 100 hospital beds in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested hasbeen placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 40809).</p>
23 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) average wage was of (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part-time male and (iv) part-time female employees and (b) average household income was of working age households in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: (a) The preferred source forearnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carriedout by the Office for National Statistics. The latest earnings ASHE estimates availableare for April 2006.</p><p>I have placed tables from ASHEco…
23 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what total expenditure was on gene research in respect of mental health projects in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Chief Scientist Office (CSO)within the Scottish Executive Health Department has responsibility for encouragingand supporting research into health and health care needs in Scotland.During the period 2003-04 through to 2005-06, the CSO expenditure on resear…
19 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Environment and Rural Development will reply to the letter dated 14 September 2006 from the MP for Banff and Buchan in respect of water charges and Peterhead businesses.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: I replied to your letter of 14 September 2006 onthese issues on 23 October. The Minister for Environment and Rural Development repliedto the MP for Banff and Buchan’s letter of 23 August on the same issues on26 September.</p>
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of family information sessions held by or for the Scottish Prison Service in the last 12 months for which the information is available took place during (a) an evening or (b) a weekend.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-29083 on 31 October 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on …
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many family information sessions have been held by or for the Scottish Prison Service in the last 12 months for which the information is available and what proportion of these included specific information about addictions.
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>There have been 216 family informationsessions held. Seventy-five of these sessions included specific information aboutaddictions. Th…
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Royal Mail blue transfer pouches, used for inter-prison records transfer, have been lost in transit in the last 12 months for which the information is available.
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>There have been no reported casesof the SPS blue transfer pouches being lost on inter-prison transfer.</p>
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Royal Mail blue transfer pouches were used for inter-prison records transfer in the last 12 months for which the information is available.
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 information requested isnot available.</p><p>Records are transferred betweenprisons within blue, sealed Scottish Prison Service transfe…
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many case management files relating to individuals’ addictions are currently open in each 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 number open is given in thefollowing table:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td valign=top> <p>Aberdeen</p> </t…
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the General Practice Administration System for Scotland (GPASS) is available to the contractor under Contract No. 00487 for the provision of enhanced addiction casework services to the Scottish Prison Service.
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 General Practice AdministrationSystem for Scotland (GPASS) is not yet implemented across the Scottish Prison Service.SPS has no plans t…
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals were made to the Throughcare Addiction Service by (a) the Scottish Prison Service or (b) prisoners themselves in the last 12 months for which the information is available.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>All the 1,280 referrals to theThroughcare Addiction Service (TAS) were made by the Enhanced Addiction CaseworkService.</p>
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive for how many prisoners (a) who were considered to have literacy and/or numeracy difficulties or (b) for whom English was considered to be a second language national harm reduction awareness sessions were delivered in a suitable format and style in the last 12 months for which the informat…
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 information is not available.The specific needs of individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds or for thosefor whom English may be a s…
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average and median times are after reception by the Scottish Prison Service before eligible prisoners, other than those who refuse to do so, attend national harm reduction awareness sessions in each 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>Five days and, more than threeand less than seven days.</p>
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of eligible prisoners who refuse to attend national harm reduction awareness sessions in each prison also refuse to sign a disclaimer.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>This information requested isnot available.</p>
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of eligible prisoners who initially refuse to attend national harm reduction awareness sessions in each prison subsequently ask to attend.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>This information is not available.</p>
16 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of eligible prisoners currently fail to attend national harm reduction awareness sessions in each 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>47% of prisoners on admissionwho are eligible did not attend a National Harm Reduction Awareness Session.</p><p>In the first year of the En…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people per 100,000 have been on NHS waiting lists in each year since 1997.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on the number ofpeople on NHS waiting lists per 100,000 population is shown in the following table.The rate has been calculated using the number of people on a waiting list on 31March of each year from 1997 to 2006 and dividing this by the Scottis…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the mean length of stay was for patients admitted to hospital in each year since 1990, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on the mean lengthof a continuous in-patient stay in hospital is presented in the following table.</p><p>Table 1: Mean Length of Stay<sup>1,2,3</sup>(Days) by NHS Board of Treatment, Calendar Years 1990 to 2005</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 ce…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many premature births there have been in each year since 1979, also expressed as a proportion of all births.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested hasbeen given in table form by NHS Information Services, and can be found in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 40752).</p>
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial help is available to those who wish to travel a long distance to visit relatives in hospitals and what steps it is taking to publicise this financial help among patients.
Answer · Andy Kerr: There are currently two patients’travelling expenses schemes. A non-means tested Highlands and Islands Scheme forpatients resident or working in the former Highlands and Islands DevelopmentBoard area and a means tested scheme covering the rest of the country.…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what projections it has made of the number of people who will have dementia in (a) 2010, (b) 2020, (c) 2030, (d) 2040 and (e) 2050.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The number of people with dementiain Scotland is set to rise as a result of the increase in the olderpopulation. There are a range of forecasts to draw on and consider. NHS Health Scotland’s <i>NeedsAssessment Report Dementia and Older People</i>, published i…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the termination costs were (a) before and (b) after the refinancing of PFI/PPP hospitals.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The only health related PFI projectin Scotland to be refinanced is at Hairmyres Hospital in Lanarkshire.</p><p>The difference in terminationcosts cannot be expressed in absolute terms as the actual sum paid would be determinedby the date of termination.</p><p…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much income generated by private finance consortiums through selling equity stakes has been passed on to public authorities to build PFI/PPP hospitals.
Answer · Andy Kerr: This information is not held.</p>
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the owners of all PFI/PPP hospitals.
Answer · Andy Kerr: A database of all PFI projectsgiving details of the commissioning Health Board and the Private Sector Partnerscan be found at <a href="http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/pfcu/">www.show.scot.nhs.uk/pfcu/</a>.</p>
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what average hourly rate has been paid by it to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-27188 on 1 August 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/wa.…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total amount spent has been on PFI/PPP projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The only operational PPP projectwhich has been stopped in the last 12 months is Inverness Airport. Thisproject was bought out in January 2006 at a cost to the Scottish Executive of £27million. In addition, as part of the termination compensation package, a ta…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by each of its (a) departments, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in respect of hotel and other privately-provided accommodation (i) in Scotland, (ii) in the United Kingdom and (iii) abroad for (1) ministers, (2) staff and (3) other persons in each yea…
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information we hold centrallycannot be broken down to provide all the information requested (other than at disproportionatecost). The following table provides details of the expenditure on motor mileageand subsistence for the departments and agencies that…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many deaths (a) clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA was recorded as a contributory factor in each year since 2002, broken down by hospital and expressed also as a proportion of all deaths.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isgiven in the following tables.</p><p>Deaths where Clostridium Difficile<sup>1</sup> was Mentioned onthe Death Certificate Scotland, 2002-05, by Hospital (Year)</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td wid…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many death certificates in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005 mentioned clostridium difficile and, of these, how many listed clostridium difficile as the underlying cause of death.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isgiven in the following table.</p><p>Deaths where <i>Clostridiumdifficile</i><sup>1</sup> was Mentioned on the Death Certificate Scotland,2003-05 (Year)</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=355 v…
10 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the mortality rate amongst (a) men and (b) women has been in each year since 1980, broken down by (i) socio-economic group and (ii) local area.
Answer · George Lyon: The following tables give mortalityrates by local authority since 1981 (comparable information is not available for1980). There is no readily available information on mortality rates by socio-economicgroup. However, a major research project on this complex to…