Parliamentary questions
Stewart Maxwell
854 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
24 Oct 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many students paid back their graduate endowment on graduating or added it to their student loan debt in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2004-05, (d) 2005-06 and (e) 2006-07.
Answer · Michael Russell: The following table shows the number of graduate endowment customers who have repaid or added the amount of their graduate endowment to their student loan debt, from 2003 to 2007. The Student Loans Company (SLC) do not hold any data for 2001-02 or 2002-03. L…
24 Oct 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the average student debt has been of university students in their final year of study whose parental income was less than £17,000, in each year since 2001-02.
Answer · Michael Russell: The Student Loans Company does not hold information on student loan debt broken down by parental income. The Student Loans Company’s publication Income Contingent Repayments by Repayment Cohort and Tax Year 2000-01 to 2010-11 shows that average debt was £5,98…
4 Oct 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of (a) scarlet fever, (b) mumps and (c) whooping cough there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Michael Matheson: Scarlet Fever Surveillance of Scarlet Fever in Scotland In Scotland, surveillance of cases of scarlet fever is based on clinical notifications. Clinical notifications are based on the clinical diagnosis of scarlet fever by a GP or other doctor and do not re…
4 Oct 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of eligible (i) men and (ii) women have taken part in the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme in each year, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The number and percentage of eligible men and women taking part in the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme is provided in the following tables. The Scottish Bowel Screening Programme commenced a phased roll out in June 2007, with all NHS Boards participating …
12 Sep 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers to small businesses wishing to export.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government through its trade and investment arm, Scottish Development International (SDI), is committed to supporting and working with any Scottish business that wants to trade internationally. In doing so it provides a range of products and serv…
3 Sep 2012 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to improve the regulatory landscape for businesses.
25 Jul 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage the recycling of food waste in schools.
Answer · Alasdair Allan: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-08886 on 21 August 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybu…
25 Jul 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the amount of food waste produced by schools.
Answer · Alasdair Allan: The Scottish Government is acting on a number of fronts to tackle food waste in schools in line with our Zero Waste Plan approach of managing resources to support a low-carbon economy in which organisations, including schools, and businesses make efficient us…
25 Jul 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much food waste is produced by schools annually.
Answer · Alasdair Allan: This information is not held centrally but may be collected by local education authorities.
28 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with asthma there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table shows the total number of individuals on General Practice asthma registers for each year from 2006-07 to 2010-11. These data are based on annual registers of practice patients with a diagnosis of asthma, which exclude those who have had no…
28 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths there have been in each of the last five years in which the main cause of death was asthma, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Michael Matheson: This information is publicly available on the National Records of Scotland website. The codes for deaths where asthma was the underlying cause are J45-J46. 2007: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/stats/07t6-4.xls 2008: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/fil…
28 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many days of hospitalisation have been associated with asthma in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The number of hospital bed days where the main diagnosis was recorded as asthma, in the last 5 years that information is available, by NHS Board of residence, is shown in the following table. 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 1 All Scottish Resi…
28 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of treating asthma has been to the NHS in each of the last five years.
Answer · Michael Matheson: It is the responsibility of NHS boards to plan, fund and deliver services to meet the needs of their local populations and the totality of a person’s healthcare needs rather than on an individual condition basis. Accurate estimates for the overall cost of tre…
27 Jun 2012 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scotland-domiciled students have been accepted by Scotland's universities for 2012-13.
26 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-08030 by Michael Russell on 26 June 2012, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) primary and (ii) secondary school pupils have been removed from school for more than two weeks by their parent or guardian in each of the last five academic years,…
Answer · Michael Russell: The information we collect from local authorities on pupil attendance and absence does not include information on who removed the pupil from school. Many of the reasons for a pupil absence relate to matters outside the parent’s or pupil’s control, such as sic…
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in each NHS board area were diagnosed with wet macular degeneration in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of people in Scotland diagnosed with wet macular degeneration is not available centrally.
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with anaphylaxis in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The total number of people in Scotland diagnosed with anaphylaxis is not available centrally.
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hip fractures there have been in each of the last five years broken down by (a) by gender and (b) NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is given in the following tables: Table 1 - Number of Hip Fracture Hospital stays by Gender: 2006-07 to 2010-11 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11P Male 1,900 1,979 2,107 2,139 2,132 Female 5,348 5,414 5,255 5…
19 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have established a fracture liaison service.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Up and About or Falling Short?, a report of the findings of a mapping of services in Community Health and Care Partnerships (CHCPs) for falls prevention and management and fracture prevention in older people in Scotland, was published on the Scottish Governme…
18 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what systems are in place to ensure that pupils removed from school in one area have their school records transferred to their new education authority when they move.
Answer · Alasdair Allan: The national electronic school to school (S2) transfer system enables the secure transfer of a standard set of pupil details between publicly funded schools across all 32 local authority areas in Scotland. The system highlights instances of pupils who have le…
18 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) primary and (ii) secondary school pupils have been removed from school for more than two weeks in each of the last five academic years, broken down by (A) local authority and (B) reason for absence.
Answer · Michael Russell: The available information on primary and secondary school pupils who were temporarily excluded for more than 2 weeks in each of the last five academic years is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 54074). This information is…
18 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) primary and (ii) secondary school pupils have been excluded from school in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Michael Russell: The requested information is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 54074).
18 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) primary and (ii) secondary school pupils have had unauthorised absences in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Michael Russell: The requested information is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 54074).
18 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which projects have received funding and how much money each has received from the Scottish Veterans Fund in each of the last five years.
Answer · Keith Brown: Organisations that have received Scottish Government grant funding from the Scottish Veterans Fund since its introduction in 2007-08 are as follows:- Financial Year Organisation Project Award 2008 - 09 Veterans Scotland Funding for Veterans Awareness D…
18 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money it has given to Veterans Scotland in each year since 2007.
Answer · Keith Brown: Veterans Scotland has been provided with a range of grant, fee and other payments from the Scottish Government since 2007. These total £141,900.
18 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the action plans that are in place for specific diseases.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: All of our disease specific Action Plans can be found on the publications page of the Scottish Government website which can be accessed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/Recent. Currently we have the following live action plans which are disease …
18 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many campus-based police officers there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Historical data on the number of campus-based police officers in Scotland is not available. Deployment of officers to schools is a decision for police forces in discussion with local authorities. The following table shows current numbers of campus based offic…
18 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its recent exercise to recruit volunteers to the Children's Hearings System attracted the requisite number of responses from male candidates.
Answer · Aileen Campbell: Yes. The 2011-12 Children's Hearings recruitment campaign was the most successful to date, delivering a greater number of responses overall, including a 30% increase in male respondents, realising improved cost efficiencies for a sixth year in a row and repre…
14 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been paid out in legal aid in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Scottish Legal Aid Board prepares an annual report each year, which provides details about expenditure on the legal aid fund. This is laid before the Scottish Parliament along with the board's statement of accounts. The net figures for legal aid expenditu…
14 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many balloon kyphoplasty operations were carried out in each NHS board area in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of balloon kyphoplasty operations carried out by the NHS in Scotland in the financial year ending 31 March 2011 is shown in the following table. Number of Balloon Kyphoplasty Operations Carried Out by NHS Boards in Scotland. Financial Year Ending …