Stewart Stevenson

20 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many deaths malnutrition was recorded as a cause in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) age and (b) NHS board.

Answer · George Lyon: The information requested is given in the following table which covers all deaths where malnutrition was recorded on the death certificate. Malnutrition was selected as the underlying cause of death for some 15% of these cases.</p> <p>Deaths in Scotland Where…

20 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19656 by Mr Andy Kerr on 20 October 2005, whether it will provide figures for the country of qualification in each year since 1999, broken down by country.

Answer · Andy Kerr: In answer to the question S2W-19656 Mr Stevenson was advised that figures of nurses and midwives recruited to NHSScotland are not held centrally. This information was requested from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) who advised that they are unable to p…

20 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were living in poverty in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area in each of the last 30 years.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not available.</p> <p>The official source of low income data for Scotland is the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) dataset available from 1994-95. This is derived from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). The sample size of the…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) fined in connection with an offence directly relating to the illegal use of petrol or diesel in a motor vehicle in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.

Answer · Colin Boyd: Information is not available at the level of detail requested.</p> <p>The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database records details of the charges against each accused in terms of the specific common law or statutory offence that i…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on testing wave and tidal technology projects in each of the last five years.

Answer · Allan Wilson: The Scottish Executive is contributingover £3 million of funding to the establishment of the European Marine Energy Centre(EMEC) in Orkney. This consists of £2.125 million paid between 2002 and 2004 towardsthe cost of the wave device testing facilities and £1…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) press releases and (b) consultation documents it has issued in each year since 1999.

Answer · Tom McCabe: Individual news releases and consultation documents are listed on the Scottish Executive website at - <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/</a> and</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Consultation…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on transport provided for children travelling to and from school in each of the last five years, broken down by school.

Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults there were on hospital staff on hospital premises in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The information asked for is not collected centrally in the form requested. There is data available on violence and aggression related incidents available on the Scottish Health Statistics website under workforce statistics, <a href="http://www.isdscotland.or…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hip replacement operations were carried out in each of the last five years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The following table shows the number of total hip replacement operations carried out in each of the last five years in NHSScotland. Data is presented for both the total number of operations and the number of principal operations.</p> <p>Number of Total Hip Re…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were fined for offences directly relating to the improper use of (a) disabled vehicle stickers and (b) disabled parking spaces in each of the last five years.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered (a) day nurseries, (b) childminders, (c) playgroups and (d) out-of-school clubs there were in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Robert Brown: Information about (a) day nurseries, (c) playgroups and (d) out-of-school clubs is available broken down by local authority for 2003-05 inclusive, and nationally for 2001 and 2002. Information about registered childminders is available for years 2003-04 inclu…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average funding was per pupil in special schools in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Robert Brown: Local authority reported expenditure on special education is published in <i>Expenditure on School Education in Scotland, 2005</i>, table 4.1, which is available at:</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00389-20.asp">http://www.scotland.…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) rape, (ii) assault with intent to rape and (iii) indecent assault took place in each of the last five years.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.</p> <p>The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a pers…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were stopped for not wearing their seat belts in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area, and what type of fine was imposed upon each individual.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.</p> <p>The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be …

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners released with electronic tags have reoffended.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: To date, two prisoners havebeen released from prison with electronic monitoring imposed as a condition oftheir licence by the Parole Board. I understand that neither re-offended whilstsubject to the restriction although one offender failed to comply with thel…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences of tuberculosis there were in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The total number of cases and the population incidence of TB in Scotland have remained relatively stable over recent years (less than 400 cases each year and an incidence less than eight per 100,000). We are now targeting BCG vaccination programmes to those p…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many neurologists were practising in the NHS in each of the last five years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The table shows thenumber of Consultant Neurologists and Specialist Registrars working in neurology,employed by NHSScotland at 30 September in each of the last five years. Figuresare presented as headcount and whole-time equivalent (WTE). WTE adjusts headcoun…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been (a) refused NHS treatment because of residential status and (b) declined such treatment because they were told that there would be a charge under the regulations relating to overseas visitors.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989, as amended, lay down the grounds under which an overseas visitor will be eligible for NHS care. Any visitor who does not meet one of these grounds must be charged. Since i…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people worked in the (a) public and (b) private sector in each local authority area in each of the last six years, broken down by industry.

Answer · Allan Wilson: The preferred source for public sector employment estimates is the recently published public sector employment statistics series, which is based on the agreed National Accounts definition of the public sector. These estimates are constructed from administrati…

19 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) graduates and (b) junior posts there were in (i) medicine, (ii) nursing, (iii) midwifery and (iv) physiotherapy in each year since 1999.

Answer · Allan Wilson: The number of graduates from Scottish Higher Educations Institutions and Colleges in medicine, nursing, midwifery and physiotherapy are contained in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Subjec…

18 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17475 by Mr Andy Kerr on 28 July 2005, what the average call back time for NHS 24 has been in each month since May 2005.

Answer · Andy Kerr: At all times, clinically urgent calls are dealt with immediately by NHS 24 nurse advisers. During peak times, less clinically urgent calls are prioritised and the service endeavours to achieve call back by a nurse adviser within specified target times – 60 mi…

12 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the A90 Hatton Bends realignment project will now commence, in light of the passing of the start date of September 2005 indicated in the letter from the previous Minister for Transport to Alex Salmond MP on 24 June 2005, and whether this delay has occurred due to a further repeat of …

Answer · Tavish Scott: Tenders for the A90 Hatton Bendsimprovement scheme were received on 29 July 2005 and, following evaluation, thecontract was awarded on 11 October 2005. Construction is expected to commence inNovember 2005.</p>

10 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Justice will respond to my letter of 29 August 2005 regarding police attendance at incidents of drug overdosing.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: A response to your letterwas issued on 10 October 2005.</p>

10 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are classified as drug addicts.

Answer · Hugh Henry: There is no central registerof problem drug misusers in Scotland.</p>

10 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many therapeutic communities there are.

Answer · Hugh Henry: We do not collect anyinformation on drug services using this definition, which is not commonly usedin Scotland.</p>

7 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fines have been issued since 1999 to people caught in possession of cannabis and, of these, how many have been paid in full.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available statistics are given in the following table.</p><p>The figures provided on the total number of persons fined for illegal possession of drugs are derived from the Scottish Executive Justice Department’s court proceedings database. This database d…

7 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug traffickers have been (a) caught and (b) convicted since 1999.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available statistics on persons convicted for drug trafficking offences were given in the answer to question S2W-19594 on 26 October 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for wh…

7 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the current value of the drugs trade.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Scottish Executive does not hold the information necessary to enable a reliable estimate to be reached.</p>

7 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the most common assets recovered from drug dealers have been since 1999, showing the monetary value and broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency.

Answer · Colin Boyd: Criminal Confiscation</p><p>Since April 1999, there have been 248 Confiscation Orders made in criminal cases where an accused person has been convicted of drugs offences.</p><p>A Confiscation Order is an order for payment of a sum of money by the accused.</p>…

7 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what quantities of drugs have been recovered since 1999, broken drown by drug type.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available statistics on numbers of drug seizures and quantities of drugs seized in Scotland can be found on the Drug Misuse Information Scotland website maintained by the Information Services Division of NHS in Scotland via the following link:</p> <p><a h…