Parliamentary questions
Stewart Maxwell
854 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
13 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people visited Scotland from (a) Australia, (b) Belgium, (c) Canada, (d) Denmark, (e) Finland, (f) France, (g) Germany, (h) the Republic of Ireland, (i) Italy, (j) Japan, (k) the Netherlands, (l) New Zealand, (m) Norway, (n) Spain, (o) Sweden and (p) the United States of America …
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: The number of visitors to Scotland fromAustralia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United States of America in 2004 and 2005 is shownin the …
1 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider making the recently purchased second-level domains “scotland.eu” or “alba.eu” available to the Scottish public in the form of a number of third-level domains (e.g. www.thirdleveldomains.scotland.eu or www.thirdleveldomains.alba.eu) or whether it intends to use “sc…
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Executive intends to use the scotland.eu Second Level Domain (SLD) as a single site redirect to www.scotlandistheplace.com, which is the main online vehicle for the international promotion of Scotland and Scottish identity. The SLD alba.eu is also used a…
8 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support the campaign for a Scottish internet domain and the aims of the dotSCO organisation.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Executive believes the currentarrangements allow Scottish identity to be appropriately represented on the Internetin a world, European, and UK context.</p>
8 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why Scotland does not have a top-level internet domain name.
Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-25732 on 30 May 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search">…
8 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that “sco” and “scot” are appropriate abbreviations for Scotland, especially for use on the internet.
Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-25732 on 30 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search">…
8 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its reasons are for not registering “.sco.eu” or “.scot.eu” with the European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid).
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Internet AssignedNumbers Authority (IANA) is the international organisation responsible forclassifying Top Level Domains. The Top Level Domains for countries are all currentlytwo letters long e.g. .es (Spain), .fr (France), .jp (Japan).</p><p>Scotland is …
8 May 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which domain names have been registered with the European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid) on its behalf; when it intends to use them; what their intended uses are, and how much it cost to register these domains.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The UK Cabinet Officereserved the Second Level Domain (SLD) scotland.eu during the sunrise period onbehalf of the Executive.</p><p>After the sunrise period a PhaseII period when public bodies could make applications began. The Executive’s International Projec…
25 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards provide strength and balance exercise training for people aged 80 or over who are deemed to be at high risk of falls.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
25 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of people aged 50 or over presenting at accident and emergency departments having had a fall resulting in injury go on to receive a falls prevention intervention to reduce the risk of further falls.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested isnot held centrally. </p>
25 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of people aged 50 or over suffering a hip fracture receive an assessment in respect of the prevention of falls and the risk of osteoporosis in order to prevent a further fracture.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: These figures are not heldcentrally.</p><p>A six month audit by the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit of rehabilitation services in 11 hospitals, whichstarted in April 2006, will include data on whether or not falls assessmentsand osteoporosis assessments are carri…
25 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16445 by Peter Peacock on 18 May 2005, how many children left school with no qualifications in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Peter Peacock: A table providing the latestavailable information covering 1999-2000 to 2004-05 is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39261). The data refers to schoolleavers who have not achieved a full course award at Standard Grade level …
25 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9274 by Euan Robson on 26 July 2004, what percentage of children left primary school having failed to attain level D or above of the 5 to 14 attainment levels in (a) arithmetic, (b) reading and (c) writing in each of the last five years, broken down …
Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested for 2000-01 and 2001-02 can befound in tables 9, 10 and 11 of the Statistical Publication Notice <i>5-14Attainment in Publicly Funded</i> <i>Schools 2001-02 (by June 2002)</i>published by the Scottish Executive on 4 December 2002. Th…
25 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent per child on (a) primary education and (b) secondary education in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is published in <i>Expenditure On School Education InScotland</i>, <i>2006</i> which is available on the Executive’s website thoughthe following link:</p><p><ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00470">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/…
10 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all hospital respiratory departments offer pulmonary rehabilitation and, if not, which do not, broken down into NHS board area.
Answer · Johann Lamont: Planning Advice Notes (PANs)contain advice and do not generally place obligations on local authorities. PAN65 sets out good practice on the role of the planning system in protectingexisting open space and ensuring provision associated with new development, an…
10 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all hospital respiratory departments offer pulmonary rehabilitation and, if not, which do not, broken down into NHS board area.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
10 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the number and percentage of children in each deprivation category who have attended for formal pre-school health checks in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The number of children canbe found in the table <i>Number of Children that had a Pre-school Review byyear, NHS Board and Deprivation Category</i>,<i> </i>a copy of which has beenplaced in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39496). </p><p …
10 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the titles and dates of all reports produced by the Sterile Services Provision Review Group.
Answer · Andy Kerr: To date two reports havebeen produced and issued by the Sterile Services Provision Review Group. Theseare:</p><p><i>NHSScotland: </i><i>Sterile Services Provision Review Group</i><i>:</i><i> 1stReport</i> – published in August 2001,and</p><p><i>NHSScotland: <…
4 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23334 by Mr Andy Kerr on 6 March 2006, whether it will list the types of hospital acquired infections which will be included in Health Protection Scotland's national survey.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The national prevalence surveyof Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) includes all types of HAIs. The listincludes infections in bone and joint, bloodstream, central nervous system, cardiovascular,ear, nose and throat, gastrointestinal, respiratory, reprod…
4 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23334 by Mr Andy Kerr on 6 March 2006 and given that the annual report of the Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections surveillance programme stated that uptake of the programme among acute care divisions had been “challenging”, whether Health Pr…
Answer · Andy Kerr: It is compulsory for all acutecare divisions to participate in the national Healthcare Associated Infections prevalencesurvey in Scotland.</p><p>A letter from the Chief NursingOfficer in Scotland went to all Chief Executives in NHS boards in April 2005outlini…
4 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The exact number of people newlydiagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Scotland is notavailable centrally.</p><p>However, national estimates of the numbers of people consulting for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder since1999 are given in…
4 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder have been discharged from hospital in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board and deprivation quintile.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The number of patients with chronicobstructive pulmonary disease, discharged from hospital in each of the last fiveyears, broken down by NHS board and deprivation quintile is in a table lodged inthe Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39444).<…
4 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of tuberculosis there have been identified in educational establishments each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isnot held centrally by local authority but is available by NHS board as shown inthe following table:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=132 valign=top> <p> </p> </td> <td width=57 v…
4 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19912 by Mr Andy Kerr on 16 November 2005, how many incidences of tuberculosis there were in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested isshown in the following table:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p align=center> </p> </td> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p align=center>2004*</p> </td> <td width=168…
4 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals for speech and language therapy there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on the total numberof referrals for speech and language therapy is not held centrally.</p><p>Some information on the numberof cases that speech and language therapists are involved in is available. New andtotal patient attendances in 2004-05, cove…
4 Apr 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many speech and language therapists there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on speech and languagetherapists in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at <ahref="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a>.</p><p>Section F gives details of…
3 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4176 by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2003, what the average number of cots available in neonatal units has been in each year since 2001-02, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Table 1: Average available staffed cots in neonatal units;</p> <p>By Health Board Area: Years Ending 31 March 2002-04</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=170 valign=top> <p>NHS Board</p></td> <td width=66 vali…
2 Mar 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-10320 by Peter Peacock on 17 September 2004, whether any agencies hold the information on literacy in Scotland and, if so, which agencies.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested isnot held by any government agencies.</p>
23 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive for which infectious diseases diagnostic tests are not carried out in Scotland; how many samples were sent out of the country in each of the last five years in respect of each such disease, and what the cost of sampling each type of disease was in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The table gives an outline of tests supplied to Scotland by the Health Protection Agency in England in the last three years. That is as far back as the information is available. For ease of comparison some organism tests have been grouped together e.g. Parvov…
21 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16922 by Mr Andy Kerr on 7 June 2005, what progress is being made with the catheter-associated urinary tract infection surveillance programme and when the first report from this programme will be published.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Health Protection Scotland (HPS)published a report from the Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)surveillance programme in June 2005. This is available on the HPS website:</p><p><ahref="http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/scieh/infectious/hai/SSHAIP/pd…
16 Feb 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has implemented the decision of the Parliament in relation to motion S1M-3375, as agreed on 12 September 2002.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I can confirm that, in 2004, NHS Greater Glasgow undertook a review of the assumptions underpinning the board’s decision to move to two accident and emergency. The board considered a report of that review in February 2005 and agreed that the assumptions remai…