Parliamentary questions
Stewart Stevenson
2,358 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
27 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have waited more than (a) three, (b) six, (c) nine, (d) 12, (e) 15, (f) 18 and (g) 24 months for (i) heart operations, (ii) cancer treatment and (iii) hip replacements in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The majority of patients who require in-patient and day case treatment, are treated quickly. Nearly 55% of patients treated in NHSScotland hospitals receive immediate treatment and never join a waiting list. Of those who do wait 41% are admitted within one mo…
27 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils have been found to be in possession of (a) a weapon or (b) drugs on school premises in each of the last five years.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested is not held centrally. The Scottish Executive has encouraged local authorities to ensue that they monitor data on incidents in schools in order to meet their responsibilities towards the safety and well-being of staff and pupils.</p>
27 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authority houses have been sold to sitting tenants since 1979.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The numbers of local authority dwellings sold to sitting tenants since 1979 are accessible on-line through the data library in the publications and data section of the Scottish Executive housing statistics branch website at <a href="http://www,scotland.gov.uk…
27 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will spend on indoor (a) bought and (b) hired plants in 2005-06.
Answer · Tom McCabe: During the financial year2005-06 the Scottish Executive will spend £17,174 on replacing and maintainingindoor plants. The Executive does not have hired plants on the Estate.</p>
27 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on external media relations in each year since 1999.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executivecontracted PR agencies direct from the 1 August 2004.(News release of 12 August 2004 refers, obtainable from the Scottish Executivewebsite). Prior to this date, PR related work was sub contracted via thecreative advertising agencies on t…
27 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to reply to my letter of 19 June 2005 regarding staff shortages in Aberdeenshire.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I replied to your letter of 19 June 2005 about staffing in primary schools in the Aberdeenshire area on 19 August 2005.</p>
27 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what computerisation or IT failures have occurred in public sector projects in each year since 1999; what the contracted cost of each project was, and what estimate it has made of the direct and indirect costs of failure or breakdown in each case.
26 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33267 by Mr Andy Kerr on 23 January 2003 and in light of the review by the Financial Reporting Advisory Board referred to therein, whether it now agrees with Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd (KPSL) that the prison was sold to the public sector and, if …
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive’s view of the accounting treatment has not changed and is reported in the Scottish Prison Service’s (SPS) annual accounts for 2004-05 published in July (laid in the Scottish Parliament (SE/2005/137) and available at <a href="http://www.…
21 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people (a) requested and (b) received an appointment to see a GP within 48 hours in the last period for which figures are available.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isnot available centrally.</p><p>The Scottish Executivepublished a commitment in the Partnership Agreement that from April 2004 anyonecontacting their GP practice would have guaranteed access to a GP, nurse orother healthcare profess…
21 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures can be taken against (a) NHS organisations and (b) independent sector health providers which use recruitment agencies that are not included on the list of agencies compliant with the code of practice on international recruitment.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The Scottish Executive has consulted with NHSScotland on adoption and implementation of a Scottish Code of Practice. A partnership approach has been taken through the Human Resources Forum and agreement in principle was secured. Further consultation with huma…
21 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many letters to it remain unanswered after more than a month, broken down into those which are (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four months and (e) over six months old.
Answer · Margaret Curran: The information requested will not be available until 31 August due to the need for collation of the relevant statistics. I will write to the member with the information after that date.</p>
20 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of 48-hour access targets for general practitioners on availability of pre-booked routine appointments and how many patients it estimates do not have the opportunity to book advance appointments within 48 hours.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isnot available centrally.</p><p>The Scottish Executivepublished a commitment in the Partnership Agreement that from April 2004 anyonecontacting their GP practice would have guaranteed access to a GP, nurse orother healthcare profess…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many imaging and radiodiagnostics examinations and tests were carried out in the NHS (a) in total, (b) in imaging departments and (c) in other departments in each year since 1997, broken down into (i) CT, (ii) MRI, (iii) obstetric ultrasound, (iv) non-obstetric ultrasound, (v) radiois…
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isnot available centrally.</p><p>Work is currently underwayto improve the information collected about radiology services. A radiologyinformation development group has been established and will be involved inproject managing the intro…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS training places for (a) diagnostic and (b) therapeutic radiographers there were in each year since 1997.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on the number of diagnostic and therapeutic training places is available for years 2001 to 2004.This information was not collected by all universities for years 1997 to 2000and information for 2005 is not yet available as the intake has not beenfi…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) headcount and (b) whole-time equivalent NHS vacancies there were for (i) diagnostic and (ii) therapeutic radiographers in each year since 1997 in total and broken down into positions vacant for (1) less than three, (2) three to six, (3) six to nine, (4) nine to 12, (5) 12 to …
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on vacant postsin NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website underWorkforce Statistics, at <b><a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a></b>. SectionF gives details of allied health pr…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many elective admissions there were for (a) MRI scans and (b) CT scans in each year since 1997.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Patients are not normallyadmitted to hospital for MRI or CT scans. As the procedures only take a shortperiod of time and are non-invasive, they are usually undertaken at outpatientclinics.</p><p>Patients who have beenadmitted to hospital for surgical or medic…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) Scottish residents were referred for treatment in English hospitals and (b) English residents were referred for treatment in Scottish hospitals in each year since 1999.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Comparable data forreferrals for treatment in each direction is not held centrally.</p>
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, patients with suspected cancer saw an NHS consultant within two weeks of referral in each of the last seven years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isnot available centrally. </p><p>The relevant cancer waitingtimes target that has been set in Scotland covers the whole patient pathway from urgentreferral to treatment. The target is that by the end of 2005 the maximum waitfrom urg…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the murder rate per 1,000 of the population was in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the table.</p><p>Victims of Homicide<sup>1,2</sup>per 1,000 Population, by Police Force Area, 1999-2003</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Police Force Area</p> </td> <td> <p a…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, people (a) admitted to and (b) discharged from hospital were malnourished in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by age.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Centrally held information can provide details for those patients where malnourishment is explicitly identified on their hospital records. These figures may represent an undercount of the true number of cases because even though a patient may be malnourished …
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations were cancelled on (a) the day of and (b) the day after admission, and how many of the patients involved were not readmitted within a month in each quarter of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The specific information requested is not available centrally.</p> <p>Limited information is available on the number of in-patient/day case episodes where operations/procedures were not carried out following admission. Table 1 shows information on the number …
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the publications that it issued since 1 April 2004, giving the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) purpose of each publication.
Answer · Tom McCabe: A list of Scottish Executivepublications and their costs since 1999 is given in <i>Scottish Executive Listof Publications/Costs </i><i>1 April 2004</i><i> – </i><i>30 June 2005</i>, a copy of which has beenplaced in the Parliament’s reference centre under (Bi…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spent on organising or sponsoring conferences in each year since 1997.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive doesnot keep a central record of expenditure on conferences or similar events.</p>
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which secondary schools have (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1997.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The secondary schools openedand closed in each year since 1997 are set out in the following tables. Bothlocal authority and independent schools are included, as well as schools thathave merged to form new schools or have moved site. The information has beende…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list primary schools have (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1997.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The primary schools openedand closed in each year since 1997 are set out in the following tables. Bothlocal authority and independent schools are included, as well as schools thathave merged to form new schools or have moved site. The information has beenderi…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list police stations have (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1997.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information on which police stations have opened and closed in each year since 1997 is not held centrally.</p> <p>I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-9973 answered on 9 September 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are avai…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list fire stations have (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1997.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The information requested is set out in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=529> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Year</p></td> <td> <p>Closed</p></td> <td> <p>Opened</p></td> </tr> </thead> <tr> …
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many companies were (a) found guilty and (b) fined for not disclosing to the public that a director has (i) resigned and (ii) been appointed within two weeks of that resignation under section 288 of the Companies Act 1985 in each year since 1987.
Answer · Hugh Henry: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-17966 on 16 August 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many company directors have been found guilty of failing to keep adequate accounting records in each year since 1987 and what penalties were imposed.
Answer · Hugh Henry: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-17966 on 16 August 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
19 Jul 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many company directors were found guilty of approving accounts which did not comply with the Companies Act 1985 in each year since 1987.
Answer · Hugh Henry: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-17966 on 16 August 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…