Parliamentary questions
Stewart Maxwell
854 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
14 Nov 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions an infant has been transferred due to the unavailability of a free intensive care cot in the appropriate NHS board area in each year since 1996-97, broken down by board.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
14 Nov 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average occupancy rate of intensive care cots has been in each NHS board area in each year since 1996-97.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The specific informationrequested is not held centrally.</p><p>Dataare collected centrally on beds and activity for neonatal units. A neonatalunit is a facility which provides neonatal special care and/or neonatalintensive care for sick babies. It is not poss…
14 Nov 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many live, single, premature babies have been born in each NHS board area in each year since 1996-97, broken down by (a) social class and (b) home address postcode.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The table shows the numberof live, singleton, premature (<37 weeks gestation) babies born in hospitalby NHS board of residence¹ and deprivation quintile² for years ended 31 March 1997 to2002.</p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpaddin…
14 Nov 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many live, single, full-term babies with a low birth weight of under 2.5 kg have been born in each NHS board area in each year since 1996-97, broken down by (a) social class and (b) home address postcode.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The table shows the numberof live, singleton, low birth weight (<2500g), full-term babies born inhospital NHS board of residence¹ and deprivation quintile² for years ended 31March 1997 to 2002.</p><p class=MsoBodyText2> </p><table class=MsoNormalTable…
14 Nov 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been of keeping an unoccupied place in a neonatal intensive care unit available in each NHS board area in each year since 1996-97.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The specific information requestedis not held centrally.</p><p>A neonatal unit is a facilitywhich provides neonatal special care and/or neonatal intensive care for sickbabies. It is not possible to separate the information into care types i.e.intensive and sp…
14 Nov 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many neonatal intensive care cots there have been in each NHS board area in each year since 1996-97.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The specific information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Data is collected centrally on beds and activity for neonatal units. A neonatal unit is a facility which provides neonatal special care and/or neonatal intensive care for sick babies. It is not p…
1 Oct 2003 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many newborn babies are nursed, on average, in intensive care neonatal units each year, how long the average length of stay is in such units and how much it costs per day to treat a baby in such units.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Thefollowing table shows the number of babies discharged from neonatal units in Scotland, theaverage length of stay and the average cost per day to treat a baby in such a unit.</p><p>Discharges<sup>1</sup>,Average Length of Stay<sup>2</sup> and Expenditure<su…
10 Sep 2003 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to reverse the decline in the number of secondary school pupils taking maths and science-based subjects.
Answer · Peter Peacock: It is for education authoritiesand schools to decide on the course options they provide. There areopportunities within the five to 14 curriculum for all pupils to take maths andscience-based subjects. The availability of national qualifications in mathsand sc…
8 Jul 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the assessment made by the Chief Medical Officer for England in his annual report for 2002 on the health risks associated with passive smoking.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive agrees with the health risk assessment of passive smoking made by the Chief Medical Officer for England, which is drawn from the Report of the UK Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health published in 1998.
8 Jul 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact passive smoking has on children.
Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-627 on 16 March 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/we…
8 Jul 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take on any health risks associated with passive smoking in the light of the comments made by the Chief Medical Officer for England in his annual report for 2002.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive in conjunction with Health Scotland are developing a public health awareness campaign on the risks associated with passive smoking. The Executive will also undertake a detailed evaluation of the Scottish Voluntary Charter on Smoking in …
8 Jul 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact passive smoking has on the health of staff who work in premises where smoking is permitted.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The health risks associated with passive smoking have been identified by the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (SCOTH).<P>I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-627 on 16 March 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are …
8 Jul 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive it has any plans to ban smoking in public places.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive has not ruled out introducing legislation to restrict smoking in public places if the Scottish Voluntary Charter on Smoking in Public Places fails to deliver a substantial increase in smoke-free facilities. Action on Smoking and Health …
8 Jul 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8262 by Susan Deacon on 10 July 2000, what clear evidence it has that the Scottish Voluntary Charter on Smoking in Public Places is working.
Answer · Tom McCabe: An independent survey was undertaken by MVA in order to establish the baseline on which targets for the Scottish Voluntary Charter on Smoking in Public Places was set in 1999-2000. ASH (Scotland) and Health Scotland have commissioned MVA, on behalf of the Sco…