Parliamentary questions
Stewart Stevenson
2,358 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
22 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the five-year survival rate is for prostate cancer patients in each (a) NHS board area and (b) parliamentary constituency.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Five year relative survival (%)for prostate cancer by NHS board area of residence is attached in the followingtable (a).</p><p>For five year relative survival(%) for prostate cancer by parliamentary constituency I refer the member to the answer to question S2…
21 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19618 by Mr Andy Kerr on 4 November 2005, what the average waiting times in weeks were, and how many patients were waiting, for a first appointment in the (a) child dental health, (b) conservation, (c) oral medication, (d) oral surgery, (e) orthodont…
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Informationon waiting times and waiting lists for a first out-patient appointmentfollowing referral from a general medical or dental practitioner, is collectedat specialty level only and not at hospital department level.</p><p>Median waiting times for afirst …
16 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Environment and Rural Development will reply to Alex Salmond MP’s letter dated 2 February 2006 regarding Macduff Harbour Development.
Answer · Ross Finnie: There is no record of aletter from Alex Salmond dated 2 February 2006 regarding Macduff Harbour butmy reply to a letter of that date from the member on this subject was sent on 20 March 2006.</p>
28 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-social behaviour orders have been served in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Information on numbersof ASBOs granted in each local authority area in the period 1 December 1999 to 31 March 2005 is provided in the followingtables. Figures are presented in separate tables as the reporting period was changedfrom annual to financial year re…
28 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are on the sex offenders’ register and, of these, how many are on the register for life.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: At 1 February 2006, 3,068 registeredsex offenders were recorded by the Scottish Criminal Record Office as beingadministered by Scottish Police Forces. This information is now available onthe Scottish Criminal Record Office’s Publication Scheme found at:</p><p…
28 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children and young people under 18 have committed suicide in each year since 1990.
Answer · George Lyon: In presenting statistics on suicidesit is conventional to combine deaths classified as intentional self-harm (suicides)with those classified as events of undetermined intent. This is because the majorityof the latter are likely to have been suicides. However,…
20 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much foreign direct investment there has been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by sector, and what information it has on what percentage such investment was of the total foreign direct investment into the (a) United Kingdom and (b) European Union.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: 1.The sector by sector figuresfor inward investment projects into Scotland supported by Scottish Development International and itspredecessors are provided in the following tables. These should be set in the contextof a very steep decline in global flows of f…
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) longest and (b) shortest sentence has been for anyone convicted of (i) drug dealing, (ii) being in possession of drugs, (iii) drug trafficking, (iv) employing others to deal in drugs and (v) living off immoral earnings in each of the last five years.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the table. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are planned for publication in spring 2006.</p> <p>Persons Given a Custodial Sentence in Scottish Courts for Selected Offences<sup>1</sup>:</p><p>Minimum and Maximum…
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the conviction rate has been for those accused of (a) drug dealing, (b) being in possession of drugs, (c) drug trafficking, (iv) employing others to deal in drugs and (v) living off immoral earnings in each of the last five years.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the table. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are planned for publication in spring 2006.</p> <p>Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Offences<sup>1 </sup>as a Percentage of Total Perso…
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money it has ring fenced to tackle drug-related issues in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) department and (b) budget heading.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The following table details ring-fenced funding for drug-related activities broken down by department and budget heading since 2003.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top> <p>Department</p></td> <td valig…
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people referred to drug treatment programmes in each of the last five years actually entered such a programme.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received in the last five years in respect of the length of sentences for differing drug related offences.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Our records do not allow us todistinguish representations about sentencing for drug-related offences from otheroffences without examining each item of correspondence individually. An examinationof correspondence from 2005 identified only one such representat…
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what trials it has undertaken in the last five years in respect of different drug treatment programmes; what the findings of such trials were, and what action was taken as a result of these findings.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive has funded the following clinical trial of a drug treatment programme: <i>R</i><i>andomised Controlled Trial of Dihydrocodeine and Methadone in the Treatment of Opiate Dependence Syndrome</i> (2005). The trial was funded from 2000 to 20…
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money it has allocated to drug treatment programmes in each year since 1999.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The following table shows funding allocations to NHS boards for drug treatment and care services since 1999.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=86 valign=top> <p align=center>Year</p></td> <td width=94 vali…
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug addicts have re-entered drug treatment in each year since 1999.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The Scottish Drug Misuse Database(SDMD) records new clients coming into treatment for drug misuse. The followingtable shows the total number of new clients treated each year and the percentagewho had at least one previous entry in the SDMD in the previous fiv…
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what different drug treatment programmes there are; what alternative treatments it considered, and who provided the information upon which any choices were based.
Answer · Hugh Henry: During the stakeholder consultationto develop the National Waiting Times Information Framework, a series of definitionswas agreed for different treatment types, shown below. Clients may experience morethan one type of intervention at a time and combinations o…
13 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessments it has made of current drug treatment programmes.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive has commissioned a range of research to assess current drug treatment programmes. All relevant research reports published over the last five years are listed. Copies of these reports can be found on the Drug Misuse Information Scotland …
6 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Justice will reply to my letter of 19 December 2005 on the review of British Transport Police.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: A reply was sent on 6 February 2006.</p>
6 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many kidnappings there have been since 1999, broken down by police force area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: There is no crime of “kidnapping”in Scotland. The availableinformation is given in the following table.</p><p>Number of Crimes ofAbduction and Plagium* Recorded by Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2004-05</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead…
6 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has allocated to the special constable initiative.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: In 2004-05 £300,000 was provided for a pilot reward scheme for Special Constables in Tayside and Grampian. Following an evaluation of the pilot, the scheme will be rolled out across Scotland from 2006-07 and an additional £1 million per annum has been allocat…
6 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many special constables there have been in each police force since 1999, provided in table form, and how many of these special constables later joined the police on a full-time basis.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is shown in the following table.</p> <p>Number of Special Constables at 31 December</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=173 valign=top> <p>Force</p></td> <td width=54 valign=top> <p …
6 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs have been relocated since 1999, broken down by (a) place relocated to and (b) cost of relocation.
Answer · George Lyon: The numbers of public sector posts located or relocated under the relocation policy, and the known costs to date are set out in the relocation website, at: </p> <p><ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Relocation">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Top…
6 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times special advisers have travelled (a) in the UK and (b) abroad since 1999 and how many of these visits took place without a minister being present, broken down by place of visit and cost.
Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to answerto question S2W-18239 on 26 August 2005 and the corrected answer to question S2W-13347 on 13 June 2005. For theperiod between 1 April and 31 December 2005 Scottish Executive special advisers made 80 journeyswithin the UK and 11 jo…
6 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests for drug-related offences have been made in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police force area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: No data on arrests is collected by the Scottish Executive, however the following tables show the available information on the number of drug crimes recorded.</p> <p>Number of Drug Crimes Recorded by Police Force Area, 1995-96 to 2004-05</p><table border=1 cel…
6 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentistry students worked with an NHS dentist for their compulsory year’s training in each year between 1997 and 2005.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The number of dentists who undertooktheir vocational training year with an NHS dentist in Scotland in therequested years is provided in the following table.</p><p>Numberof vocational dental practitioners(VDPs) who worked with an NHS dentist for their compulso…
1 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its (a) salary bill was and (b) administration costs were in 2004-05 in (i) each region and (ii) Edinburgh, broken down by department and agency.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive’s administration costs (covering salaries and administration expenditure) are detailed in the Administration outturn statement shown on page 30 of the <i>Scottish Executive’s Consolidated Resource Accounts for year ending </i><i>31 Mar…
1 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it paid in rent in 2004-05 for properties in (a) total, (b) each region of Scotland, (c) Edinburgh and (d) Glasgow, broken down by department and agency.
Answer · Tom McCabe: In 2004-05, the total paid in<b> </b>rent by the Scottish Executive was £12,148,993.46. This figure includes any VAT levied on rental payment as under Government Accounting rules, any VAT levied on rent is irrecoverable. This figure is broken down by departme…
1 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it paid in non-domestic rates to each local authority in 2004-05 in respect of its core functions, broken down by department and agency.
Answer · Tom McCabe: In 2004-05 the amount of non-domestic rates paid by the Scottish Executive to each local authority in respect of its core functions, broken down by Department and agency is as set out below. Where no local authority area is mentioned no payments were made to …
1 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which of its core departmental functions are carried out in (a) each region and (b) Edinburgh and what the (i) administration costs, (ii) staff numbers and (iii) total salary bill associated with each function has been in each of these areas in the last year.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive’s Consolidated Resource Accounts for year ending 31 March 2005 published by the Scottish Executive in 2005, a copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38261) sets out by core departmental ai…
1 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have waited for prosthetic (a) fitting and (b) replacement operations in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) length of wait and (ii) NHS board area.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information is not held centrally but some or all may be available from individual NHS boards.</p> <p>The Rehabilitation Technology Information Service (ReTIS) collates and analyses data from NHS rehabilitation services in Scotland, including the prost…