John Scott

6 Jul 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that allied health professionals should be subject to similar licensing requirements to tattooists and skin piercers.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The Civic Government(Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Skin Piercing and Tattooing) Order 2006 isessential to address public health risks, specifically that of transmission ofblood-borne viruses such as HIV and hepatitis B and C faced by potentialclients.</p><…

24 May 2006 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the announcement by the Minister for Communities on 14 March 2006 that the central heating programme and the Warm Deal scheme are to be extended until 2008, what additional resources have been committed in order to fund applications made between April 2006 and March 2008.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The 2004 spendingreview allocated £102,388,000for fuel poverty programmes over 2006-08. My recent announcement indicated howthat resource would be targeted.</p>

17 May 2006 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Transport Scotland regarding the proposed upgrading work to the A77 between Spitalhill and the Dutch House roundabout.

Answer · Tavish Scott: Discussionscontinue on the proposed upgrading work on the A77 between Spitalhill and theDutch House roundabout.</p><p>Transport Scotland hope to provide advice on thepreferred option shortly.</p>

27 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) 110-day rule and (b) 140-day rule have been extended in each year since 1999, broken down by sheriff court area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested as it applies to sheriff court cases is not held centrally.</p> <p>High Court figures cannot be broken down by sheriff court area.</p><p>The number of High Court custody time bar extensions per year was not routinely collected until …

25 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has carried out into awareness of the Loan Action Scotland scheme among small and medium-sized companies.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: No research has been carried out into awareness of this scheme.</p>

25 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost per tonne of carbon saved under the Loan Action Scotland scheme has been since the scheme was established.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The average lifetime cost per tonne of carbon for the scheme is estimated at £39. Lifetime is defined as the period of time over which the energy efficiency asset is in place before a further replacement is required.</p>

25 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of promoting and publicising the Loan Action Scotland scheme has been in each year since the scheme was established.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The primary means of promotion and marketing of the LAS scheme is through the Scottish Executive’s Business Adviser Network and the Business Environment Partnership. This is carried out as an integral part of their wider roles, to inform and assist business a…

25 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what carbon savings the Loan Action Scotland scheme has delivered in each year since the scheme was established.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Lifetime carbon savings (in tonnes)for each year of the scheme are detailed in the table below. Lifetime is definedas the period of time over which the energy efficiency asset is in place beforea further replacement is required.</p><table border=1 cellspacin…

25 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many loans have been approved under the Loan Action Scotland scheme in each year since the scheme was established.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Loan Action Scotland was launchedin October 1999. The number of loans approved in each year since then is given below.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td> <p>1999-2000 (part year)</p> </td> <td> <p align=right>7</p> </td> </tr> <t…

25 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the targets have been for loans approved under the Loan Action Scotland scheme in each year since the scheme was established.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The targets set for 2000-01 (the first full year of the scheme) and for each subsequent year are set out below:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td> <p>2000-01</p></td> <td> <p align=right>15</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <…

7 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how often the air ambulance service has been used to transport patients to the accident and emergency units at (a) Ayr and (b) Crosshouse hospital in each of the last five years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The number of air ambulance missions to Ayr Hospital and Crosshouse Hospital are recorded in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Year</p></td> <td> <p align=center>Ayr Hospital</p></td>…

7 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents resulting in (a) injury and (b) fatality there have been on all roads within the South Ayrshire local authority area in each of the last five years.

Answer · Tavish Scott: Data about injury road accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidents in which one or more people were injured: they do not cover damage only acc…

7 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents resulting in (a) injury and (b) fatality there have been on the A713 within the South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire local authority areas in each of the last five years.

Answer · Tavish Scott: Data about injury road accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidents in which one or more people were injured: they do not cover damage only acc…

7 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents resulting in (a) injury and (b) fatality there have been on the A70 within the South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire local authority areas in each of the last five years.

Answer · Tavish Scott: Data about injury road accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidents in which one or more people were injured: they do not cover damage only acc…

7 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents resulting in (a) injury and (b) fatality there have been on the A77 within the South Ayrshire local authority area in each of the last five years.

Answer · Tavish Scott: The information requested is provided in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Year</p></td> <td> <p align=center>Fatal</p></td> <td> <p align=center>Serious</p></td> <td> <p …

7 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports of (a) murder, (b) culpable homicide, (c) assault to severe injury, (d) assault and (e) offences involving the possession of a bladed weapon have been referred to the Procurator Fiscal at Ayr in each of the last five years.

Answer · Colin Boyd: The information requested is set out in the following table . Information is not available for periods prior to April 2002¹.</p> <p>Number of Charges Reported to the Procurator Fiscal at Ayr^2,3</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpaddin…

20 May 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what provisions have been made to minimise disruption to road, rail and air traffic in the vicinity of Prestwick Airport resulting from the arrival and departure of foreign heads of government during the G8 summit.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Strathclyde Police, in the planning of their security arrangements for the arrival and departure of foreign heads of government, are aiming to cause the minimum disruption possible. The police have been working closely with the Scottish Executive and other pa…

18 May 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making with the creation of a co-operative development agency.

Answer · Jim Wallace: We have now agreed the framework of the new Co-operative Development Agency (CDA). The CDA will have an overarching enterprise focus to help in the promotion, creation and development of dynamic and sustainable co-operatives, and more generally to help maximi…

22 Feb 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with upgrading work on the Whitletts roundabout on the A77 and what the anticipated completion date is.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: South Ayrshire Council, acting on behalf of the Scottish Executive, is progressing the detailed design of the revised junction layout and signalisation at Whitletts Roundabout on the A77 trunk road.</p> <p>Subject to the availability of funding and the satisf…

25 Nov 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures have been taken under schedule 1, paragraph 5(2)(n) of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 to introduce building regulations dealing specifically with the fitting of domestic water pipes and any potential risk resulting from high concentrations of lead.

Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Dr Paul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency, to answer. His response is as follows:</p><p>New guidance on provisions for sanitary facilities has been introduced through the new technical handbooks which support the…

17 Dec 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is in each NHS board area for access to a DEXA scan.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested isnot available centrally.</p>

10 Dec 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what regulations and guidance govern the promotion by Scottish Enterprise of individual broadband telecommunications service providers to businesses at a national and local level.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The Scottish Executive’s Broadband Strategy for Scotland, implemented by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands andIslands Enterprise, is both supplier and technology neutral. These enterpriseagencies operate within State aid and <i>de minimis</i> aid regulations …

2 Dec 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether adequate supplies of the influen'a vaccine are available for all patients who require the vaccination.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Based on liaison with NHS boardsand vaccine manufacturers, the Executive is confident that there is, at present,no mismatch between demand for and supplies of influenza vaccine, and thatfurther stocks are readily available, if required.</p>

1 Dec 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are on waiting lists for receipt of direct payments, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Tom McCabe: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>

1 Dec 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what national guidance exists with regard to how individuals are assessed for eligibility for direct payments.

Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-4545 on 11 December 2003. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/web…

1 Dec 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are currently in receipt of direct payments, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The latest figures, for 31 March 2003 are given in the table:</p><p>Direct Payments by Local Authority, 31 March 2003</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Direct Payments by Local Authority</p> </td> <td> <p align=ce…

1 Dec 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance local authorities have been given with regard to how they are expected to meet direct payments from their current budget.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executiveissued Direct Payments Policy and Practice Guidance to local authorities andother professionals in June, under sections 12B and 12C of the Social Work (Scotland)Act 1968.</p>

1 Dec 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources have been provided to local authorities to allow them to implement the direct payments scheme in the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The Community Care andHealth (Scotland) Act 2002 requires local authorities to offer eligible people directpayments to purchase their own services as an alternative to providing theseservices for them. Their cost is therefore expected to be met from withinexi…

10 Sep 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public service employees are currently serving as volunteer reservists in Iraq.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on public serviceemployees is not held centrally. It is known, however, that one member of the Scottish Executive core staff is currently serving as a volunteer reservist. The location of the posting is not known.</p>

9 Sep 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to double the level of resources available for the treatment of alcohol abuse, as referred to in A Partnership for a Better Scotland.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The Partnership Agreement commitsthe Executive to review the scale of alcohol problems and the cost of its consequences.Decisions on the level of future resources for alcohol problems support and treatmentservices will be made on completion of this review and…