Parliamentary questions
Ms Rosemary Byrne
600 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
16 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduate teacher training places are available for 2007-08 at each faculty of education.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The following tablehighlights the number of funded undergraduate teacher training places inacademic year 2007-08:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td nowrap valign=top> <p>Higher Education Institution</p> </td> <td nowrap valign=top>…
16 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many postgraduate teacher training places are available for 2007-08 at each faculty of education.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The following tablehighlights the number of funded postgraduate teacher training places inacademic year 2007-08:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap valign=top> <p>Higher Education Institution</p> </td> <td nowra…
2 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to harm reduction programmes in each year since 2003.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Scottish Executive providesfunding, through health boards, to alcohol and drug action teams (ADATs) to tackledrug misuse. It is up to ADATs to decide how to allocate resources according tolocal needs and priorities. Details of the services and initiatives…
2 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of the Know the Score anti-heroin campaign has been in 2006-07.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The total cost of theanti-heroin advertising campaign in 2006-07 to date has been £283,365 (includingVAT). The cost covers research, production and advertising fees. This figurealso includes £90,000 which is the total cost of creative work for all drugscampai…
2 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost was of its anti-cocaine campaign.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The total cost of theanti-cocaine advertising campaign in 2006-07 to date has been £403,207 (includingVAT). This campaign is part of the wider Know the Score information campaign ofwhich the total cost for 2006-07 to date has been £1.3 million. This figure in…
2 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to produce Know the Score: Anti-Heroin 2006/07 Campaign Evaluation.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The total cost of theevaluation of the Know the Score anti-heroin campaign in 2006-7 was £22,760 (includingVAT). All Know the Score campaigns are evaluated to measure impact and informfurther work.</p>
1 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to reduce Careers Scotland outreach services.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The Scottish Executive hasno plans to reduce Careers Scotland outreach services.</p>
1 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to centralise Careers Scotland services.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The Scottish Executive hasno plans to centralise Careers Scotland services.</p>
1 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to relocate Careers Scotland local offices.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The Scottish Executive hasno plans to relocate Careers Scotland local offices.</p>
1 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to reorganise Careers Scotland offices.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: The Scottish Executive hasno plans to reorganise Careers Scotland offices.</p>
23 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) initiative includes access to, and payment for, training in appropriate safety requirements or qualifications for specifically identified jobs.
Answer · Allan Wilson: PACE assistance for appropriatetraining, to help redundant workers access opportunities for continuing oralternative employment, is tailored to meet the specific needs of theindividuals concerned. This can include contributing to the cost of studytowards safe…
23 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what cost limits are placed on training offered under the PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) initiative.
Answer · Allan Wilson: PACE assistance for appropriatetraining, to help redundant workers access opportunities for continuing oralternative employment, is tailored to meet the specific needs of theindividuals concerned. As such no hard and fast cost limits are applied, withthe amou…
23 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what time limits are placed on training offered under the PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) initiative.
Answer · Allan Wilson: PACE assistance for appropriatetraining, to help redundant workers access opportunities for continuing oralternative employment, is tailored to meet the specific needs of theindividuals concerned. As such, no hard and fast time limits are applied, withthe tim…
23 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what training is available under the PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) initiative.
Answer · Allan Wilson: Under the PACE initiative, appropriatetraining to help redundant workers access opportunities for continuing oralternative employment is tailored to meet the specific needs of theindividuals concerned. Such training will be arranged with the support of theini…
23 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what training is funded under the PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) initiative.
Answer · Allan Wilson: PACE assistance for appropriatetraining, to help redundant workers access opportunities for continuing oralternative employment, is tailored to meet the specific needs of theindividuals concerned.</p>
15 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many needle exchange facilities provide free citric acid as part of their service.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information from the NationalNeedle Exchange Survey, including citric acid distribution, can be found at <ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/16110001/0">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/16110001/0</a>.</p>
15 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how often, on average, cocaine users inject each day.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is not availablecentrally.</p>
15 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how often, on average, heroin users inject each day.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is not collectedcentrally as frequency of injecting depends on the strength of drug available andseverity of addiction.</p>
15 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated number is of drug injectors.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The most recent estimates of the number of problematic drug misusers, including injecting drug misusers are for2003. They can be found in the publication <i>Estimating the National and LocalPrevalence of Problem Drug Misuse in Scotland</i> at:</p><p>www.drugm…
15 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many needles and syringes were distributed through needle exchange facilities in each of the last three years.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: We do not have thisinformation for each of the last three years.</p><p>Information from theNational Needle Exchange Survey, including on the number of needles andsyringes distributed between April 2004 and March 2005, can be found at:</p><p><ahref="http://www…
15 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been provided for needle exchange facilities in each of the last three financial years and the current financial year.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The Scottish Executiveallocates funding to NHS boards for blood-borne virus prevention work. Thesefunds are used in a number of ways, including the provision of needle exchangefacilities to prevent the spread of blood-borne viruses through the sharing ofdirty…
15 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many needle exchange facilities there are, also broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information from theNational Needle Exchange Survey, including on the number of needle exchangefacilities in Scotland, can be found at: </p><p><ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/16110001/0">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/…
13 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive the number of schools in which pupils do not have access to a hot school meal.
Answer · Tom McCabe: Information on people residentin Scotland who were born in Poland is available from the LabourForce Survey. However, this data will not capture all Polish people in Scotland, includingmigrant workers who have arrived in Scotland and may stay here for a short …
13 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many schools pupils do not have access to a hot school meal.
Answer · Hugh Henry: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
12 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has undertaken, or intends to undertake, into whether schools built under PPP contracts offer value for money.
Answer · Hugh Henry: All PPP projects, includingschools projects, must each demonstrate value for money against a conventionalprocurement approach when compared on a risk adjusted whole life basis.</p>
12 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what role Archictecture and Design Scotland has in schools built under PPP contracts.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Architecture and Design Scotland wasestablished as an advisory non-departmental public body in April 2005. Itsrole, set out in Scottish Planning Policy 20, is to provide independent adviceon new development through its design review and enabling functions. It…
12 Feb 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has undertaken, or intends to undertake, into the possible detrimental effects on children’s health and educational attainment of schools built under PPP contracts.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Education authorities have,and have access to, a wide range of experience and expertise in relation toschool buildings whether constructed under PPP or any other means ofprocurement. The significant ongoing investment in the school estate is nowproviding grea…
20 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance was provided to local authorities on allocating funding for Supporting People services.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: Substantial guidance was availableto local authorities on allocating funding for Supporting People services when theprogramme was introduced in April 2003. This guidance had been subject to extensiveconsultation over the previous three years. Paragraph 4 of <…
20 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding for Supporting People services has been provided to each local authority in each of the last three years.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: Supporting People grant allocationsfor this year and the previous two years are as follows:</p><p>SupportingPeople Allocations</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=149 valign=top> <p align=center>Council</p> </td> <t…
20 Dec 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding cuts have been made to the Supporting People programme in 2005-06.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: The need to begin improving efficienciesin the Supporting People programme, in the light of the Treasury-led review of theprogramme, led to grant allocation reducing from £422.5 million in 2004-05 to £407.5million in 2005-06, although additional unclaimed “pi…