Parliamentary questions
Stewart Stevenson
2,358 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
2 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it has allocated to the Scottish Community and Householder Renewable Initiative (a) in each year to date and (b) for each year to 2009.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The allocation of funding tothe Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI) since its inceptionby financial year is as follows:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top> <p align=center>Financial Y…
20 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much compensation has been paid to teachers as a result of assaults in the classroom in each year since 1999, shown in table form.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested isnot held centrally. This is a matter for local authorities as the employers of teachingstaff.</p>
20 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scots have applied to English universities for courses which are not funded in Scotland in each year since 2000.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The Scottish Executive doesnot hold information on the number of students who apply for a course at anEnglish university when the same, or a similar course, is not available at aScottish institution. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is respons…
20 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has provided for postgraduate courses in total and how much of this has been for courses in occupational therapy in each year since 2000.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Information on funding forparticular courses is not held centrally.</p><p>The Scottish Funding Councilallocates funding to broad subject categories and not to particular subjects.</p>
13 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers have been suspended, resigned or taken early retirement in each year since 1999, broken down by reason cited.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Information on the number ofteachers who have been suspended is not held centrally. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-12214 on 25 November 2004, which details the numbers of teachersleaving employment relevant to your request from the Scottish …
13 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teacher applicants there were in each year since 1999 and how many were successful.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The following table shows theinformation available on applications and intakes to Batchelor of Education (BEd)and Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td rowspan=3 valign=top> …
13 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police stations had disabled access in each year since 1999 and what percentage this represented of the total number of stations in each force area, shown in table form.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is not held centrally and is a matter for individual chief constables.</p>
13 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive for what average length of time prisoners have been locked in their cell (a) during the week and (b) at weekends in each year since 1999.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>It is not possible to providethis data on a historical basis as the prisoner population has fluctuated over timeand prisons have had the fl…
13 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests or prosecutions have been made in each year since 1999 as a result of the involvement of police or prison dogs.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is not held centrally and is a matter for individual Chief Constables and the Crown Office.</p>
13 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dogs worked in the prison estate in each year since 1999, broken down by the specific duties that they undertook, and at what cost.
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 SPS only employs dogs fordrug detection and prevention. In the financial years specified, the breakdown forpublic sector prisons …
30 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fully trained staff there are within the drug treatment sector; how many more trained staff are needed in the sector; how many places are available to those seeking training, and how much funding is allocated for the training of these professionals.
Answer · Hugh Henry: There is no definition ofwhat constitutes “fully trained staff within the drug treatment sector”. However,there is a single set of occupational standards, Drug and Alcohol NationalOccupational Standards (DANOS), which underpin all substance misuse trainingdel…
30 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dentists have undertaken training in dealing with special needs patients in each year since 1999.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: No specific information isheld centrally on dental training provision for patients with special needs. Treating special needs patientsis a complex issue and there are some courses which currently cover aspects ofthis clinical area. However, followingagreement…
30 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many attacks there have been on ambulance personnel in each year since 1999 and how many prosecutions have resulted from those attacks.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Attacks on NHS staff who aretrying to help people is not acceptable in any circumstances. This is why we havespent over £700,000 on projects aimed at reducing violence and aggression over thelast few years.</p><p>The centrally collected data available on viol…
30 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the towns and cities where a dental vocational training scheme has been operational in each year since 1999.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Dental Vocational Training Schemes are currently run fromsix centres across Scotland. Under the DentalAction Plan, we will expand outreach teaching for dental and clinical professionalsproviding vocational training places for the increased number of dental st…
30 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many house repossessions there have been since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
24 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the total housing stock in Scotland was affordable housing in each year since 1996, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The following tables give theavailable information on local authority and housing association stock as a percentageof the total housing stock for Scotland and by local authority area in each year since 1996.Information is not available by local authority area…
24 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the mean waiting times were for an (a) out-patient and (b) in-patient appointment in (i) each year since 1999 and (ii) the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isgiven in the following table.</p><p class=nhsrecipient>Thedistribution of waiting times for new out-patient appointments and in-patient/daycase discharges is highly positively skewed. The arithmetic mean is an inappropriatestatisti…
24 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) consultant oncologists, (b) diagnostic radiographers and (c) MRI scanners there were per 100,000 people in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on the headcountnumber of clinical and medical consultant oncologists is provided in an Excel workbookentitled <i>Consultant Oncologists per 100,000 Population by NHS Board 1999-2005</i>,a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament I…
24 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) incidence of and (b) survival rates for (i) ovarian, (ii) lung, (iii) bladder, (iv) breast, (v) bowel, (vi) prostate, (vii) throat, (viii) mouth, (ix) stomach and (x) testicular cancer were in each parliamentary constituency in each year since 1999.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Data on newly diagnosed cancersin Scotland are recorded on the Scottish Cancer Registry. The incidencedata for all 10 sites are presented in a spreadsheet for each year (1999-2002) byScottish parliamentary constituency a copy of which has been placed in the S…
23 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there were for under-age drinking in each year since 1990, broken down by police force.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following table.</p><p>Persons Proceeded Againstfor Under-Age Drinking<sup>1,2</sup>, by Police Force Area, 1990-91 to 2004-05</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=68 valign=top> …
23 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drivers have been prosecuted for offences contrary to sections (a) 3 and (b) 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1998 in each of the last eight years, broken down by police force.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 areplanned for publication on 27 April 2006.</p><p>RoadTraffic Act 1988 Section 3 Offences Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts, 1996-2003</p><table border…
23 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for evading a train fare in each of the last eight years.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following table. Cases of evading train fares may also beprosecuted as charges of common law fraud, but these cannot in general bedistinguished separately from other convictions for fraud in the data heldcentrally. The…
22 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients waited longer than (a) six and (b) 12 months for (i) psychotherapy and (ii) cognitive behavioural therapy in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested isnot available. Waiting times data is collected centrally only for first out-patientappointments at a consultant-led outpatient clinics, following referral by a GeneralMedical or Dental Practitioner, and for hospital in-patient and …
22 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many arm's length bodies have been (a) established and (b) dissolved since 1999 and what the total costs of establishment or dissolution were in each case.
Answer · Tom McCabe: Detailed information on arm’slength bodies classified as non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) is containedon the public bodies and appointments pages of the Scottish Executive website at<a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/government/publicbodies/">http://ww…
22 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for a hip replacement was in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The majority of patients whorequire in-patient and day case treatment, including hip joint replacementsurgery, are treated quickly. Over 53% of patients treated in NHSScotlandhospitals receive immediate treatment and never join a waiting list. Of thosewho wai…
22 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses were employed by each NHS board in each year since 1999 on (a) permanent and (b) temporary contracts.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Centrally held informationon nurses in post does not explicitly identify those on a permanent or temporarycontract.</p><p>Information on nurses in NHSScotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under WorkforceStatistics, at <a href="http:/…
22 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many libraries there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: Details of the number oflibraries in each local authority area are not held centrally by the ScottishExecutive. Information on library provision across Scotland maybe obtained from the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) at BuildingC, Brandon Gate…
22 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the mortality rate was for (a) chronic lung disease, (b) all forms of cancer and (c) coronary heart disease in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The mortality rate for (a) chroniclung disease, (b) all forms of cancer and (c) coronary heart disease in each yearsince 1999, broken down by NHS board for those aged under 75 and for all ages isprovided in tables a copy of which have been placed in the Scott…
22 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) hospital-based orthodontic consultants and (b) orthodontic specialists there were in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Information on NHS Scotlandhospital-based orthodontic consultants is published on the Scottish HealthStatistics website under Workforce Statistics, at <ahref="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a>. SectionB gives details of m…
22 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of (a) hospital-acquired infection and (b) MRSA have been recorded in hospitals in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) hospital and (ii) age of patient.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Reporting of data is notmandatory for all healthcare associated infections (HAIs). The nationalmandatory surveillance system operated by Health Protection Scotland (HPS)produces quarterly reports about the incidence of blood borne MRSA and rates ofselected su…