Stewart Stevenson

19 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many company directors have been (a) imprisoned and (b) fined over the last 10 years for approving accounts which do not comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 1985 and what the maximum (i) prison sentence and (ii) fine is which may be imposed for this offence.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive has no function in relation to this area of company law, which is reserved to the UK government.</p>

19 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of undergraduates entering (a) Edinburgh, (b) St Andrews and (c) Glasgow university came from (i) fee-paying private schools and (ii) state schools in each year since 1980.

Answer · Allan Wilson: The data available onentrants to higher education institutions from state schools are publishedannually as a performance indicator by the Higher Education Statistics Agency(formerly published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England). Theperformanc…

19 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) men and (b) women became teachers in the maintained school sector in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each year since 1970.

Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is not held centrally.</p>

19 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spent on the purchase of alcoholic drink in each year since 1999.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>

18 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last discussed at (a) ministerial level and (b) official level the import of illegal drugs into Scotland with representatives of (i) the Dutch Government, (ii) the UK Government, (iii) the Irish Government, (iv) the United States Government, (v) the European Union, (vi) the United…

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Scottish Executive engages in a number of ways with the UK Government to tackle the traffickingof illegal drugs including representation on the Home Office led Drug Strategy DeliveryGroup which last met on 5 July 2005. Its remit involves working with fore…

18 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of people arrested have (a) been referred for treatment for one or more addictions, (b) been allocated a place for addiction treatment within prison, (c) been allocated a place for addiction treatment outwith prison and (d) completed an addictions course in each of the las…

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested isnot available.</p>

18 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners are drug users upon entry to prison and are considered to remain so at the point of release.

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 does not collectthis information routinely. However, a specific reception testing study duringMay 2003 indicated that around t…

18 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of drug users currently within prison are expected to resume drug taking after release.

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 does not have such information. But we know that about three quarters of men and over 80% women entering prison have an addi…

18 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the share of the estimated cost of crimes by drug users was of crimes committed by the most offending 10% of offenders in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested isnot available.</p>

18 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost of the crimes of (a) shoplifting, (b) domestic burglary, (c) non-domestic burglary, (d) theft from motor vehicle, (e) robbery, (f) fraud, (g) theft of motor vehicle, (h) stranger & acquaintance violence, (i) muggings, (j) murder, (k) culpable homicide and (l) death…

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested isnot available.</p>

18 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) reported crimes, (b) convictions, (c) imprisonments have taken place when motivated by drug use in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested isnot available. The statistics available centrally on crimes recorded by thepolice do not distinguish the circumstances of the crime, such as themotivation of the offender. The statistics available centrally on convictionsand custod…

18 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of cases of (a) shoplifting, (b) domestic burglary, (c) non-domestic burglary, (d) theft from motor vehicle, (e) robbery, (f) fraud, (g) theft of motor vehicle, (h) stranger and acquaintance violence, (i) mugging, (j) murder, (k) culpable homicide and (l) deaths caused by …

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information on whether accusedpersons in homicide cases recorded by the police were under the influence ofdrugs has been collected since 2000. The available statistics are given in thetable. Similar data for other types of crime are not collected centrally.</…

15 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has evaluated on whether there is a relationship between the number of hours spent watching television and children's academic achievement.

Answer · Peter Peacock: Researchers in SEED areaware of published research findings that examine the relationship between timespent watching television and children’s academic achievement. The Departmenthas not, however, assessed the body of research in this field.</p>

15 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which five management consultancies received the highest value of contracts awarded by it in each of the last five years and what the total value was of the contracts awarded to each.

Answer · Tom McCabe: Listed are the payments made over the past three years where the word consultancy appears in the account code. Information pre SEAS is not available.</p><p>02/03</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=653> <tr> <td> <p>Vendor Name</p> </td> …

15 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many deaths (a) heroin, (b) ecstasy, (c) amphetamines, (d) other illicit substances, (e) alcohol and (f) tobacco were recorded as causes in each year since 1997.

Answer · George Lyon: The number of drug-related deaths where heroin, ecstasy, or amphetamines were known to be involved is given in the following table. As individual deaths may involve a number of drugs, it is not possible to say how many deaths were caused by each specific drug…

14 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average bed occupancy rate was of each acute hospital in each of the last five years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The following table details percentage bed occupancy for acute specialties in Scottish hospitals. Hospitals with 25 or more average available staffed beds in acute specialties have been included in the table. While the occupancy of the large hospitals providi…

14 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time was between (a) a child and (b) an adult being referred for (i) speech and (ii) occupational therapy and receiving treatment in each of the last five years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isnot available centrally.</p>

14 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) junior and (b) senior house officers employed in each of the last five years did not receive their degree in medicine from a UK higher education institution.

Answer · Andy Kerr: NHSScotland Workforce Statistics</p><p>SeniorHouse Officers and House Officers who received their medical degree out with UK<b>.</b></p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p align=center>Headcount at 30 September</p> </td> …

14 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the call capacity of NHS 24 has been in each year since it was established and what the planned call capacity is in each year until 2010.

Answer · Andy Kerr: In 2003, the NHS 24Blueprint figure was reviewed and the projected call volume set at 2 million asa planning assumption.</p><p>Based on experience anddata, NHS 24 revised its Resource Planning Model in February of this year andadjusted the planned call capaci…

14 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many established full-time equivalent educational psychologist posts there are in (a) each local education authority and (b) Scotland and how many such posts are vacant.

Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested is provided in the following table. The permanent column covers permanent established posts for the complement of the Psychology Service. The project-based column covers non-permanent posts funded from temporary funding streams.</p> …

14 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time was between the referral of a child to an educational psychologist and the child’s appointment in (a) each local education authority area and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.

Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>

14 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how and when the scripts and protocols used by NHS 24 have been peer-reviewed prior to use in Scotland and what continuing or periodic reviews take place.

Answer · Andy Kerr: NHS 24’s Clinical DecisionSupport Software algorithms were originally developed by an external supplier, “ClinicalSolutions”. In advance of launching NHS24, the algorithms were further developed and extensively peer reviewed by arange of clinicians working wi…

14 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it has given to VisitScotland in each year since it was created.

Answer · Patricia Ferguson: The resources that have beenmade available to VisitScotland in each year since its creation during 2000-01are shown in the table below:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Year</p> </td> <td> <p align=center>£(‘000…

13 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in respect of persons living in social housing properties who are known to have a mental health problem.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive does not collect the information requested. Collation of meaningful datawould be very difficult given patients’ rights to confidentiality and the difficultyof applying a consistent and widely agreed definition of a mental health problem…

13 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have had to sell their homes to pay for their long-term elderly care in each year since 1997.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>

13 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost of a (a) National Health Service prescription and (b) private prescription was in each year since 1979.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The following table showsthe National Health Service Prescription charges levied from patients since1979 and the average net ingredient cost of a prescription item since 1979.</p><p>Information on the averagecost of private prescriptions is not held centrally…

13 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which drugs have been removed from the NHS prescription blacklist in each year since 1997.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The drugs which have been removed from the blacklist are listed in Statutory Instruments 1997 No.1473, 2001 No. 119, 2002 No.438 and 2003 No.11.</p>

13 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which drugs are blacklisted from NHS prescriptions; why each drug was blacklisted, and when each drug was blacklisted.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Over 3,300 products are blacklistedand these are now set out in Schedule 1 to the Directions as to the Drugs,Medicines or Other Substances which may, or may not, be Ordered for Patients inthe Provision of Primary Medical Services under a General Medical Servi…

13 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the drop-out rates for modern apprenticeships were in each year from 1994 to 2004.

Answer · Allan Wilson: 1. The drop-out rate for modernapprentices (MAs) is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands andIslands Enterprise. This information is not held centrally. </p><p>2. However, the Executive didcommission research in 2003 which looked at MA c…

13 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time was that a homeless household in temporary accommodation had to wait before being made an offer of a permanent home in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Accounts Commissioncollected information for 2002-03 on the total number of households placed intemporary accommodation during the year by local authorities carrying out theirduties under the homelessness legislation, and the average length of stay. Thisi…