Stewart Maxwell

29 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital discharges with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the number of hospital episodes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis is published by ISD Scotland at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Hospital-Care/Publications/2012-03-27/Diagnosis_HB_Mar12.xls.

29 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has paid in private water supply grants in each of the last five years.

Answer · Alex Neil: Local authorities are entitled to seek reimbursement of expenditure reasonably incurred in making grants under section 47 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 and in connection with their administration of the private water supplies grant scheme on be…

24 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what online resources are available for learners of Gaelic.

Answer · Alasdair Allan: The Scottish Government is committed to supporting those that want to learn Gaelic and is keen to ensure there are excellent resources readily available to them. There are many examples of online resources available to support Gaelic language learning. This …

24 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much traffic there has been on the VisitScotland website in each of the last five years, broken down by country.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: VisitScotland does not hold website visitor statistics broken down by country prior to 2010. The number of visits to VisitScotland’s consumer website, www.visitscotland.com, for 2010-11, 2011-12 and year-to-date (YTD) for 2012, broken down by country of origi…

24 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase translation services on the VisitScotland website.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The international versions of the main VisitScotland website, www.visitscotland.com, are currently available in French, German, Dutch, Flemish, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. As part of the ongoing VisitScotland website project, in November 2012 the main Visi…

22 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children meet the physical activity guidelines, broken down by gender.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is published in table 6.4 of the Scottish Health Survey 2010 report which is available via the following link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/09/27084018/0.

22 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults meet the physical activity guidelines, broken down by gender.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is published in table 6.1 of the Scottish Health Survey 2010 report which is available via the following link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/09/27084018/0.

22 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many school-age children consume five or more portions of fruit and vegetables daily, broken down by (a) gender and (b) Carstairs deprivation category.

Answer · Michael Matheson: (a) The following table provides figures broken down by gender. These figures are published and are available in table 5.2 of the Scottish Health Survey 2010 annual report. Table 1 Child (age 5-15) fruit and vegetable consumption, by sex, 2010 Consuming 5…

22 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under five consume five or more portions of fruit and vegetables daily, broken down by (a) gender and (b) Carstairs deprivation category.

Answer · Michael Matheson: (a) The following table provides figures broken down by gender. These figures are published and are available in table 5.2 of the Scottish Health Survey 2010 annual report. The sample sizes for the two to four age group are relatively small and therefore the…

22 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults consume five or more portions of fruit and vegetables daily, broken down by (a) gender and (b) Carstairs deprivation category.

Answer · Michael Matheson: (a) The following table provides figures broken down by gender. These figures are published and are available in table 5.1 of the Scottish Health Survey 2010 annual report. Table 1 Adult Fruit And Vegetable Consumption, by Sex, 2010 % Consuming 5 Portion…

22 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many school-age children have been classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.

Answer · Shona Robison: The following table provides figures for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 from the Scottish Health Survey. The survey did not run continuously until 2008 and therefore figures are not available for each of the last five years. Table 1 Prevalence of Overweight a…

22 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under five have been classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.

Answer · Shona Robison: The following table provides figures for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 from the Scottish Health Survey. The survey did not run continuously until 2008 and therefore figures are not available for each of the last five years. The annual sample sizes for the tw…

22 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults have been classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.

Answer · Shona Robison: The following table provides figures for the years 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2010 from the Scottish Health Survey. The survey did not run continuously until 2008 and therefore figures are not available for each of the last five years. These figures are published …

21 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average national grid transmission charge is in each local authority area.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: Electricity generators are charged for using the transmission network according to the charging zone in which they are located. These zones are defined solely by the physical and operational characteristics of the network, rather than by local authority area.…

18 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of recorded religious hate crimes in 2011-12 expressed as the number of incidents per 1,000 members of each religious affiliation.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Scottish Government will publish, before the end of 2012, the results of further analysis into the nature of section 74 incidents reported by the police to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in 2011-12. This will include analysis of the religi…

16 May 2012 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve the support offered to the victims of crime.

15 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fires in each fire brigade area in each of the last five years have been caused by (a) cigarettes or (b) other materials for smoking.

Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Data provided below are the total number of primary fires that Scotland’s Fire and Rescue Services attended in the last five years where the source of ignition was recorded as smoking materials. Smoking materials include cigarettes, cigars, tobacco etc. Fire…

15 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fires have been dealt with in each fire brigade area in each of the last five years.

Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Data provided below shows the total number of fires that Scotland’s Fire and Rescue Services attended in the last five years: 2006-07 to 2010-11. Fire and Rescue Services 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11p Central 2,258 2,081 1,772 1,844 1,8…

15 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital discharges there have been with a diagnosis of asthma in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table below provides the number of hospital episodes where the main diagnosis was recorded as asthma, for the last five available financial years. Figures are shown by board of patient residence. Number of Hospital Episodes where Main Diagnosis…

14 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital discharges there have been with a diagnosis of leptospirosis in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Michael Matheson: The following table shows information provided by NHS Information Services Division (ISD), on the number of acute hospital episodes where a diagnosis of Leptospirosis has been recorded by NHS board of Treatment, for the last five years. Number of acute hospi…

14 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many diagnoses of tuberculosis there have been in prisons in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.

Answer · Michael Matheson: The following data is collected by the Enhanced Surveillance of Mycobacterium Infections (ESMI). For the purposes of data collection, prisons are categorised under “Corrective Facilities”, therefore the data provided may also include other corrective establis…

14 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of tuberculosis have been identified in educational establishments in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board area and (b) local authority.

Answer · Michael Matheson: This information is not held centrally.

14 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the rate of tuberculosis has been per 100,000 population in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) sex and (c) age.

Answer · Michael Matheson: The following table shows the rate of tuberculosis per 100,000 population in the last five years by NHS health board. Data for 2011 is currently in the process of being reconciled and is therefore not included. Data for years 2006-10 is provided. NHS Board…

14 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many diagnoses of tuberculosis there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) sex and (c) age.

Answer · Michael Matheson: The following table shows the number of cases of tuberculosis reported in the last five years by NHS Health Board. Data for 2011 is currently in the process of being reconciled and is therefore not included. Data for years 2006-2010 is provided. NHS Board …

10 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve preterm birth rates.

Answer · Michael Matheson: The Refreshed Framework for Maternity Care was launched last year and aims to ensure that maternity services maximise their contribution to ensuring the best possible outcomes for mother and baby. Care should be individualised to a woman’s needs and women wit…

10 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many preterm births per 100 births there have been in each of the last five years, also broken down by local authority.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Table 1: Number of preterm births per 100 births by local council authority, year ending 31 March, 2006-2010.   2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Scotland 8.2 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.5 Aberdeen City 8.6 9.4 9.2 9.0 7.4 Aberdeenshire 8.8 8.3 7.8 8.6 8.2 …

10 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the findings in the World Health Organization report, Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth.

Answer · Michael Matheson: The Scottish Government welcomes this report on the numbers of preterm babies born across the world, which points out prevention strategies and care for premature babies which will improve survival and outcomes. Scottish data was not specifically reported on…

10 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what projects in the West Scotland region have received funding from the Short Breaks Fund.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: A list of the projects which have received funding from the Short Breaks Fund is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 53987).

10 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding the Short Breaks Fund has provided to the West Scotland region, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Michael Matheson: Funding from the Short Breaks Fund to the West Scotland region, broken down by local authority, is provided in the following table: Local Authority Total   £000 Argyll and Bute 198,523 East Ayrshire 48,145 East Dunbartonshire 166,701 East Renfrewsh…

10 May 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) assistance and (b) financial support it has made available to disabled children and their families since May 2007.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: Figures are available only on a financial year basis. Since the start of the financial year 2007-08, over £57.7 million of financial support was provided or committed to support disabled children and their families. There is also a wide range of policy work …