Parliamentary questions

Carolyn Leckie

686 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

3 Feb 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost is per prisoner, per annum, for detention at HM Prison Cornton Vale.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:It is not possible to provide a total cost per prisoner, per annum, at individual public prisons as there are a number of significant…

3 Feb 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what regulations are in place and resources are allocated to ensure healthy nutrition for women at HM Prison Cornton Vale.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:The Scottish Prison Serviceaims to provide a healthy nutritious diet for all prisoners within theresources available. Menus have been assesse…

3 Feb 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what safeguards are in place to protect vulnerable women at HM Prison Cornton Vale.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:SPS aims to provide appropriate care for all vulnerable prisoners, principally through the professionalism of the SPS front-line staf…

3 Feb 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the minimum standards are for cell equipment, furnishings and fittings for prisoners at HM Prison Cornton Vale.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Prisoners living accommodation, facilities and equipment at Cornton Vale meets SPS standards for space, lighting and heating. All roo…

3 Feb 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place for 24-hour access by prisoners to toilet facilities at HM Prison Cornton Vale.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:All prisoners in Cornton Vale have 24-hour access to toilet facilities. In some places prisoners have their own keys, in others there is a …

24 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-13100, S2W-13102 and S2W-13103 by Mr Andy Kerr on 19 January 2005, how it will ensure that the terms of the proposed contracts with the independent health care sector, including numbers of patients and procedures and contract duration, are negotiat…

Answer · Andy Kerr: As I said in my previous answers, contracts will be competitively tendered. Staff negotiating the contracts within NHS boards will have access to information about NHS costs both in Scotland and south of the Border, and about comparable pricesin the independe…

19 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made to ensure that the assistance offered by government and public organisations is deployed to areas affected by the tsunami in the shortest time possible and what measures it will take to ensure that all pledges are fulfilled.

Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-13625, answered on 2 February 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parl…

19 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken to organise and support assistance from public services to the areas affected by the tsunami.

Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-13625, on 2 February 2005. 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/webapp/…

19 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it has allocated to public services, including the NHS, to enable them to offer practical assistance in terms of expertise, personnel, equipment and goods to the areas affected by the tsunami.

19 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional money has been allocated to non-governmental organisations to support their work following the tsunami.

Answer · Patricia Ferguson: The Scottish Executive has not allocated funds to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to support their work following the tsunami but has taken other actions to respond swiftly and appropriately.We met NGOs in the days after the disaster to ask how w…

21 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures will be used to implement its policy of returning patients who miss appointments to the end of the relevant waiting list and what safeguards will be put in place to avoid exclusion of disadvantaged groups of people and any inequalities in health care.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I announced in Fair to All,Personal to Each, published on 15 December 2004, that a new system for recording NHS waiting times will be introduced bythe end of 2007. The new approach will be fairer, more open to scrutiny, and moreunderstandable than the …

17 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what tariffs will apply to each procedure, investigation and treatment undertaken by private contractors with contracts with the NHS.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The NHS in Scotland does not operate a tariff-based financial system. Under the proposed contracts with the independent health care sector set out in Fair to All, Personal to Each, published on 15 December 2004, we will ensure that terms are negotiated…

17 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether private contractors will have priority for patient investigations and treatments in order to meet any guaranteed patient number and income requirements, including in circumstances where local hospitals are able to carry out such procedures.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-13100, answered on 19 January 2005. 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.scot…

17 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether patients who refuse treatment with a private contractor of NHS services will be moved to the end of the relevant waiting list.

Answer · Andy Kerr: An offer of treatment arranged by the NHS under contract with an independent health care sector is an offer of treatment from the NHS. As we announced in Fair to All, Personal to Each, published on 15 December 2004, from the end of 2007 patients who re…

17 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether contracts with the private sector providing services to the NHS will involve guaranteed numbers of patients and procedures and what length of contracts will be entered into.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Under the proposed contracts with the independent health care sector set out in Fair to All, Personal to Each, published on 15 December 2004, we will ensure that terms - including numbers of patients and procedures and contract duration - are negotiate…

1 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to ensure the implementation and monitoring of the recommendations of Why Mothers Die 2000-2002 and, given that some of these recommendations have been made in previous reports and not universally implemented, what steps it will take to prevent the need for the sam…

Answer · Rhona Brankin: The findings and recommendations of the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD), Why Mothers Die 2000-2002, are relevant to all health care professionals responsible for the planning and provision of care to pregnant and recently delivered wom…

1 Dec 2004 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to prevent companies found to be causing environmental pollution from avoiding Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) enforcement notices by making multiple appeals while continuing to pollute the environment.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: An appeal against an enforcement notice issued by SEPA does not automatically suspend the operation of the notice as different arrangements apply according to the type of notice issued. It is for SEPA to decide, in accordance with the relevant legislation, wh…

26 Nov 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Social Work Statistics Branch Audit of Services for People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder which found that over 3,400 children have been identified as having autistic spectrum disorder and given that the condition was previously significantly less prevalent and is now mo…

Answer · Rhona Brankin: Information from this baseline study indicated that over 3,400 children and young people were identified as having been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder. The figures provided produce a prevalence rate of 35 children per 10,000, which is less than the…

25 Nov 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, before contracting out health provision to the private sector, it will seek to debate the issue in the Parliament.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-12589, answered on 10 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliamen…

25 Nov 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive under what legislation it plans to contract out health provision to the private sector.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Arrangements for health provision, including contracting with the private sector, may be made by the Executive, health boards and special health boards under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 under functions given to them in that act or in order…

25 Nov 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what aspects of health provision it plans to contract out to the private sector; how many contracts will be awarded, and what the timetable is for (a) award and (b) implementation of such contracts.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I will set out our proposals to the Parliament in due course.