Parliamentary questions
Stewart Stevenson
2,358 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
24 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been released under the electronic monitoring scheme since May 2002; what the categories of offences were for which such prisoners had been sentenced; how many such prisoners were electronically tagged in each category, and what the average length of sentence recei…
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The measures in the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 enabling the Parole Board to impose electronic monitoring as a condition of a release licence came into force on 1 January 2004. To date, one young offender who was sentenced to three years imprisonment…
23 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent NHS dentists there have been per capita in each year since 1997 and how many offered NHS treatment in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: Information is collected centrally on whole-time equivalent NHS dentists per capita working in hospital, community and public health services since 1997. However, information on the whole-time equivalent status of dentists working in the General Dental Servic…
23 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pedestrian casualties occurring on a footway resulted from a collision with a (a) motor vehicle and (b) pedal cycle in each year since 1997.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The information which is available is given in the following table . This was produced from data about injury road accidents which were reported to the police and then provided to the Scottish Executive using the "Stats 19" statistical returns. The pedestrian…
23 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of (a) fatal, (b) serious and (c) slight casualties among riders of motorcycles in (i) urban and (ii) rural areas occurred (1) at signal-controlled junctions, (2) at other junctions and (3) while overtaking in the last period for which figures are available.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The information requested is given in the following tables. They were produced from data about injury road accidents which were reported to the police and then provided to the Scottish Executive using the "Stats 19" statistical returns. It should be noted tha…
23 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) fatal, (b) serious and (c) slight casualties among cyclists took place on (i) urban and (ii) rural roads in each year since 1997.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Police Forces' "Stats 19"statistical returns provide the Scottish Executive with statistical informationabout road accidents, in which one or more people have been injured, which havebeen reported to the police. </p><p>The numbers of pedal cyclistca…
23 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many males were convicted of drink-driving offences in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the table.</p> <p>Males with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Drink Driving<sup>1</sup>, by Police Force Area, 1997-2003</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Police Force …
16 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 for procuring a child to beg in each year since 1997.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: No convictions under section 4 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 were recorded for the period 1997-2003.</p>
16 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4792 by Mr Andy Kerr on 17 May 2004, how many pensioner households live on an annual income of (a) less than '10,000, (b) '10,001 to '15,000, (c) '15,001 to '20,000 and (d) above '20,000 expressed also as a percentage of the total number of such hous…
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The following table presents the results from the 2003-04 Households Below Average Income data on the proportion and number of pensioner families with annual net income in each income band.</p> <p>Table: Annual Net Household Income<sup>1</sup> for All Pension…
16 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average (a) annual income, (b) secured debt and (c) unsecured debt per person was in each year since 1997.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: (a) The following table presents estimates of the median total individual income, based on a three year rolling average, from 1996-97 - 1998-99 to 2000-01 - 2002-03.</p> <p>Table: Median Total Individual Income, Scotland, Averages for Three Rolling Years, 199…
15 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33414 by Mr Jim Wallace on 5 February 2003, how many, and what percentage of, persons convicted of drug offences were convicted for (a) supplying and trafficking and (b) possession of (i) cannabis, (ii) cocaine, (iii) ecstasy, (iv) heroin, (v) amphet…
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables.</p> <p>The figures provided on the total number of persons with a charge proved for drug offences are derived from the Scottish Executive Justice Departments court proceedings database. This database…
14 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been for the offence of driving while using a hand-held mobile phone.
Answer · Colin Boyd: Prosecutions for driving using a hand-held mobile telephone are taken under regulation 110 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 which came into force on 1 December 2003.</p> <p>Since that date, 625 reported charges under regulation 110…
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate students declared themselves bankrupt in 2004.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The Accountant in Bankruptcy (AIB) collects information on sequestrations in Scotland. The AIB have informed me that information on the number of undergraduate and postgraduate students declaring themselves bankrupt is not collected.</p>
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the three-month vacancy rate was for (a) consultant psychiatrists, (b) psychiatric nurses and (c) all medical and dental staff in the NHS in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Three-month vacancy rates arenot held for consultant psychiatrists. Instead a total vacancy rate and one forover six months is collected via the annual census. At September 2004, the oversix months vacancy rate for consultants within all psychiatric specialti…
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of midwifery students left their course before completion in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The most recent data showingthe percentage of pre-registration midwifery students, who leave their course eachyear, is detailed in the table below.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Year</p> </td> <td> <p>Midwife…
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of NHS boards are experiencing staffing shortages in midwifery.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The Scottish Executive is committed to building workforce capacity within NHSScotland.</p><p>Under the banner of <i>Facingthe Future</i>,<i> </i>a number of recruitment and retention initiatives have beenlaunched to specifically build capacity across the nurs…
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultant episodes were completed in 2004.
Answer · Andy Kerr: In-patient and day case activity<sup>1</sup> by specialty group for the year ending December 2004<sup>P</sup> is shown in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p align=center>Specialty Group</p><…
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on official ministerial (a) business cards, (b) headed paper and (c) compliment slips in each year since 1999.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive does not buy pre-printed headed paper. All letter heads have been set up as electronic templates, which are printed out locally by each business area using standard office paper. This policy has been in effect since devolution in 1999.<…
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time has been for (a) emergency and (b) routine dental treatment in each year since 1999.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested is currently being validated by the Information Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland. I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and will arrange for a copy of my reply to be placed in the Parli…
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of the early retirement scheme for civil servants was in each of its departments and agencies in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01, (e) 2001-02, (f) 2002-03 and (g) 2003-04 and what the estimated cost is for (h) 2004-05, (i) 2005-06, (j) 2006-07 and (k) 2…
Answer · Tom McCabe: </p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=605> <thead> <tr> <td> <p> </p> <p>Department</p></td> <td colspan="5"> <p align=center>Early Retirement Costs</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> …
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of dentists in each (a) NHS board and (b) parliamentary constituency have stopped taking NHS patients in each year since 1999.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: This information is not held centrally. NHS boards may hold this information.</p>
10 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of dentists in (a) Scotland and (b) each parliamentary constituency accept NHS patients.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: This information is not held centrally. NHS boards may hold this information.</p>
7 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many in-patients were waiting for (a) less than three months, (b) less than six months, (c) less than nine months, (d) less than 12 months and (e) more than 12 months for an NHS appointment, broken down by individual speciality and NHS board, in the most recent quarter for which figur…
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isbeing compiled by the Information Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland.I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and will arrangefor a copy of my reply to be placed in the Parliament’s Refere…
7 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many in-patients were waiting for (a) less than three months, (b) less than six months, (c) less than nine months, (d) less than 12 months and (e) more than 12 months for an NHS appointment in June 1999, broken down by individual speciality and NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isbeing compiled by the Information Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland.I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and will arrangefor a copy of my reply to be placed in the Parliament’s Refere…
7 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many out-patients were waiting for (a) less than nine weeks, (b) less than 13 weeks, (c) less than 26 weeks, (d) more than 26 weeks and (e) more than 52 weeks for an NHS appointment in June 1999, broken down by individual speciality and NHS board.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isbeing compiled by the Information Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland.I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and will arrangefor a copy of my reply to be placed in the Parliament’s Refere…
7 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9744 by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 August 2004, how many out-patients were waiting for (a) less than nine weeks, (b) less than 13 weeks, (c) less than 26 weeks, (d) more than 26 weeks and (e) more than 52 weeks for an NHS appointment, broken down by indi…
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requestedis being compiled by the Information Services Division of NHS National ServicesScotland. I will write to the member as soon as the information is available andwill arrange for a copy of my reply to be placed in the Parliament’s Refere…
7 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of career was for teachers retiring from the profession and what percentage of teachers retired in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Peter Peacock: From the Teacher Flow survey which is part of the annual teacher workforce planning exercise it is possible to estimate the average length of service of teachers retiring. This is based on the last registration date with the General Teaching Council for Scotl…
7 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths have occurred on motorways in (a) total and (b) each local authority area in each year since 1997.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The information requested is given in the following table. This was produced from data, about injury road accidents, which were collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the <i>Stats 19</i> statistical returns. Information for 2004 …
7 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) personal and (b) company bankruptcies there were in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The Accountant in Bankruptcy maintains the Register of Insolvencies in Scotland. Details of bankruptcies are held by sheriffdoms rather than local authority areas and are compiled by financial year. The following tables give the number of bankruptcies for the…
7 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary school teachers were on permanent contracts and (b) unfilled primary schoolteacher vacancies there were in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The estimated number full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers on permanent and temporary contracts in 1998 is given in the table below.</p> <p>Data for 2003 is published in Teachers in Scotland, 2003, which is available on the Executive’s website at <a href="http:…
4 Mar 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-10232 by Ross Finnie on 29 September 2004, on what date the comprehensive guidance for rural communities across Scotland on developing village halls will be published.
Answer · Ross Finnie: The work of producing the guidanceon developing village halls was put out to a competitive tender in October of lastyear. However, we did not receive a tender that met the required specification andare considering options as to the most appropriate way forwar…