Parliamentary questions

Margaret Mitchell

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

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cross-border referrals have been received by NHS boards that provide a tinnitus service in each of the last 12 months.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not available centrally. Scottish Morbidity Records data for outpatients is only recorded at speciality level such as ENT.</p>

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how long it takes to see a specialist at a tinnitus clinic following referral by an ENT specialist, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not available centrally. New Ways waiting times data currently only provides information at speciality level such as ENT.</p> <p >Referrals to tinnitus clinics by ENT specialist will be covered by the Scottish Governments challen…

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how long it takes to see an ENT specialist following referral by a GP, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: The current maximum waiting time standard from 31 March 2010 for a first outpatient consultation following a GP referral, including in the speciality of ENT, is 12 weeks. This standard has effectively been delivered by NHSScotland since 31 March 2009, a year …

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what counselling is available for people with tinnitus.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information is not held centrally.</p>

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many audiologists involved in tinnitus services have attended training at the Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre in London or the National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing in Nottingham.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information is not held centrally.</p>

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what training and continued development is available for audiologists involved in tinnitus services.

Answer · Shona Robison: Queen Margaret University runs an annual Continuing Professional Development programme which is free and accessible to all NHS Audiology employees and covers all aspects of Audiology.</p>

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many audiologists specialise in tinnitus.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information is not held centrally</p>

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many audiologists are practising in each NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not held centrally. However, information showing NHS staff employed by specialty and NHS board, including audiological medicine, is published annually as part of the workforce census at 30 September each year. This data for 2009 i…

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many audiology departments provide a tinnitus service and how many have dedicated administrative and clerical support for that service.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information is not held centrally on administrative support for healthcare services as this is a matter for local determination.</p>

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many tinnitus patients have their quality of life severely affected by the condition.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many tinnitus patients experience (a) moderate and (b) severe tinnitus.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information is not held centrally.</p>

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the year-on-year increase in tinnitus patients has been in the last five years.

Answer · Shona Robison: The exact number of patients who have been diagnosed with tinnitus in Scotland is not available centrally. However, national estimates can be given based on the number of patients consulting a GP or practice-employed nurse for tinnitus symptoms, based on info…

20 Apr 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have tinnitus, broken down by age group.

9 Mar 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to facilitate discussions between interested bodies regarding night-time coal trains in the Larbert area.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The subject of night time coal trains is currently under discussion at the Public Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government will provide whatever assistance is required to facilitate these discussions.</p>

9 Mar 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has facilitated between interested bodies regarding night-time coal trains in the Larbert area since 11 June 2009 and what the outcome was.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: Transport Scotland and Clackmannanshire Council have had ongoing discussions since 11 June with respect to noise and vibration mitigation. Transport Scotland along with Network Rail facilitated a meeting on 7 October 2009 with the Chief Executive of Clackmann…

25 Feb 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board contributed to the Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme (CNORIS) in each of the last five years.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Details are as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=192 valign=top > <p align=center >NHS Board</p> </td> <td width=84 valign=top > <p align=center >2004-05</p> <p align=center >£</p> …

25 Feb 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many clinical negligence claims are being processed and on what date these claims were lodged in each NHS board area.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of clinical negligence claims being processed, by NHS board, is given in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=240 valign=top > <p align=center >NHS Board</p> </td> <td wid…

25 Feb 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30597 by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 January 2010, what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken for negligence claims to be processed and concluded is in each NHS board area.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table details the average and longest time for clinical negligence claims to be settled in each NHS board area in the five financial years ending on 31 March 2009.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td widt…

25 Feb 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30597 by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 January 2010, whether it will provide a breakdown into specific disciplines of the sums paid in negligence claims in each NHS board area.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Detailed information on breakdown by discipline is not available prior to the 2006-07 financial year. The following tables detail the five disciplines in each of the three financial years ending in 2008-09 which have attracted the largest medical negligence p…

18 Jan 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost has been to the Scottish Ambulance Service of incidents of alcohol abuse in each of the last five years, broken by NHS board area.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not centrally held.</p>

16 Dec 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive on what occasions a ministerial vehicle has been used to transport someone other than a minister or Scottish Government employee unaccompanied by a minister or Scottish Government employee since May 2007 and what the purpose was of each journey.

Answer · John Swinney: The detailed information requested is currently being collated and I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and a copy will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 50090).</p>

19 Oct 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases were sent to (a) district and (b) Justice of the Peace courts in each year since 2004, broken down by sheriffdom.

Answer · Frank Mulholland: The information held by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) does not distinguish between cases prosecuted in the District and Justice of the Peace courts and is available only by COPFS Area rather than by sheriffdom.</p> <p >The following …

1 Oct 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fixed penalty notices were served in each year since 2004, broken down by (a) sheriffdom and (b) offence committed.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The available information held centrally on fixed penalty notices for antisocial behaviour and stationary vehicle fixed penalty notices issued by the police are given in the following tables. The data has been supplied by police forces and cannot be aggregate…

23 Sep 2009 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is on the transportation of abnormal loads.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson : <i > This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:</i></p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor1001-01.htm">http://www.scot…

18 Aug 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the cost savings achieved by eProcurement Scotland in each year since 2002.

Answer · John Swinney: The following table shows the estimated savings achieved by eProcurement Scotland (ePS) each year since 2002. The transaction cost (costs of processing purchase orders and invoices) savings figures are conservative estimates based on work undertaken with ePS …

18 Aug 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on the administration of eProcurement Scotland in each year since its establishment in 2002.

Answer · John Swinney: The following table provides details of the total cost (including staff costs and payments to the contracted service provider) of the eProcurement Scotland service since it was established in 2002.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead>…

4 Jun 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional stock has been allocated to rail services between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock since the commencement of the ScotRail franchise agreement in 2004.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: Two additional class 156 diesel trains, each compromising two carriages, will be allocated to Glasgow to Kilmarnock services from December 2009.</p>

4 Jun 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive on what routes the three class 158 units displaced by the leasing of loco-hauled stock on the Fife circle line, as indicated on page 29 of the ScotRail franchise extension amendment agreement of 2 April 2008, are being used.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24591 on 15 June 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at </p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.…

4 Jun 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive on what routes the eight leased class 158 units mentioned on page 29 of the ScotRail franchise extension amendment agreement of 2 April 2008 are being used.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: Eight class 158 units, along with the three units released by the use of a loco hauled service in Fife, have been operating since December 2008. These 11 units have provided new services and delivered additional seating capacity on various routes across Scotl…

4 Jun 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason rail services between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock via Dunlop and Kilmaurs are scheduled to run on an hourly basis given that the timetable on page 31 of the ScotRail franchise extension amendment agreement of 2 April 2008 shows a half-hourly service on this route.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: Priced Option 4 Operation of Kilmarnock half hourly service and recast of G&SW timetable being Ayr-Girvan and Stranraer “ Glasgow services includes an indicative timetable developed for resourcing purposes to allow an understanding of the franchise operat…