Parliamentary questions

Christina McKelvie

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

22 Oct 2012 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency have received support from its direct interventions, such as the small business bonus scheme.

1 Oct 2012 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what powers the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has to ensure full compliance with laws on emissions by waste incineration plants and what enforcement actions are available to it.

20 Jul 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether there are plans to roll out Project Search across the country.

Answer · Angela Constance: Project Search is currently being developed in nine sites across eight local authority areas in Scotland. It is for partners in local authority areas to decide if they wish to adopt the Project Search model.

20 Jul 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote the Youth Jobs Fund in South Lanarkshire and similar local wage subsidy programmes to unemployed young people.

Answer · Angela Constance: The Scottish Government is supportive of all local authority schemes which assist young people in Scotland. This year South Lanarkshire will benefit from additional Opportunities for All funding. This £1.457 million investment will provide further youth empl…

6 Jun 2012 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to educate children and young people about the dangers of sectarianism.

11 Apr 2012 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the UK Government’s proposed changes to child tax credit will have on the ability of families in Scotland to access childcare.

21 Mar 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact of the increase in VAT to 20% will be for the NHS in 2011-12, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33760 on 21 May 2010. 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/parliamentarybus…

14 Mar 2012 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with its child poverty strategy.

30 Jan 2012 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to address unemployment among young people.

25 Jan 2012 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider changing the law so that sentences for crimes committed by an offender released on licence are served consecutively rather than concurrently.

18 Jan 2012 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the Scottish Retail Consortium.

13 Jan 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what review has been carried out of the impact of the Family Law (Scotland Act) 2006.

Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 is very wide-ranging and we would not plan to review it as a whole. We are aware of a study of legal practitioners' perspective of the cohabitation provisions in the 2006 Act: http://www.crfr.ac.uk/researchprojects/rp_cohab…

13 Jan 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it gives to kinship carers and what progress there has been since 2007.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: We have done more than any previous administration to support kinship carers, including legislating to recognise kinship care for the first time. We supported this with comprehensive guidance and delivered training with our partners. We also backed this with …

13 Jan 2012 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it takes to support victims of crime, other than providing direct funding to Victim Support Scotland.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: In addition to funding for Victim Support Scotland, the Scottish Government supports victims of crime in a range of ways including: funding for other support organisations dealing with murder, suicide and human trafficking (over £900, 000 per annum). In addit…

21 Dec 2011 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made regarding the devolution of reserved tribunals to Scotland.

14 Dec 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest estimated population of the Scottish diaspora is and what the Scottish Government is doing to engage with members of the diaspora and encourage them to visit Scotland in the run up to the second Homecoming in 2014.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The last estimate of the size of the Scottish diaspora, conducted in 2003, was that there were 50 million people claiming Scottish descent, worldwide. The Scottish Government engages with the Scottish diaspora through a range of activities which includes Sco…

26 Oct 2011 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take to promote environmental sustainability in the construction of new social rented housing.

26 Oct 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider amending the Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004 to place tighter restrictions on the (a) number and (b) type of retail outlet able to qualify for a licence to sell fireworks outside the regulated periods.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The Scottish Government has no functions in relation to the sale of fireworks.

26 Oct 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider amending the Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004 to limit the periods during which fireworks can be sold, purchased and discharged.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The Scottish Government has no functions in relation to the sale of fireworks. The Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004 restrict when fireworks can be set off and have had a significant impact, demonstrated by a marked reduction in incidents reported to the…

19 Oct 2011 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will build on the work of the Activity Agreements pilots.

6 Oct 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the savings would be to the NHS of a 25% reduction in senior management posts, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The savings from the national target will contribute to more than £100 million a year in non-clinical efficiency savings across NHSScotland, which will be spent on frontline services. In the last year alone, NHSScotland reduced the number of senior managers b…

11 Aug 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of all capital spending over £5 million by NHS Lanarkshire since 2007.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Until March 2011, projects over NHS Lanarkshire’s £5m delegated limited for new projects were reviewed by the Scottish Government Capital Investment Group. Since 2007 the following projects have been completed: Coatbridge Dental Teaching and Community Healt…

29 Jun 2011 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice and guidance it provides to local authorities regarding self-directed support for users of social care services.

2 Feb 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the purchasers of prescription pre-payment certificates have saved in (a) each year since the phased reduction in the cost of pre-payment certificates began and (b) total, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: Prescription pre-payment certificates (PPC) have been available as both 12-month certificates and four-month certificates. The following table shows savings per PPC, since we started reducing prices from 1 April 2008. As indicated in the table, a patient who …

2 Feb 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prescription pre-payment certificates have been issued in each year since 2005, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information is set out in the following table. <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=654 > <tr > <td width=573 nowrap colspan=7 valign=top > Prescription Pre-Payment Certificate Sales to Patients by NHS Board </td>…

26 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have received care or treatment at (a) Edinburgh, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Dundee and (d) Glasgow neurosurgery unit in each year since May 2007

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: It is not possible to specifically identify neurosurgery units from centrally held information. Table 1 shows the number of patients treated as either an inpatient or day case in the specialty of neurosurgery at Grampian, Greater Glasgow and Cly…

26 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have received care or treatment at the (a) Vale of Leven and (b) Inverclyde maternity unit in each year since May 2007

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of patients who have received care or treatment at the (a) Vale of Leven and (b) Inverclyde maternity unit in each year since May 2007 is answered in the following table: Table 1: Number of patients Recorded as Having Received Care or …

26 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have received care or treatment at (a) Aberdeen and (b) Edinburgh children’s cancer unit in each year since May 2007

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: It is not possible to specifically identify children''s cancer units from centrally held information. The following table shows the number of patients aged under 16 who had a neoplasm diagnosis and were treated as either an inpatient or day case…

26 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have received care or treatment at (a) Monklands and (b) Ayr accident and emergency unit in each year since May 2007

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of attendances (new and unplanned returns) from July 2007 to September 2010 for a) Monklands and b) Ayr accident and emergency department are provided in the following table. A patient may have more than one attendance during the period. The number…

12 Jan 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new council houses were (a) built and (b) planned by each local authority in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07, (e) 2007-08, (f) 2008-09 and (g) 2009-10.

Answer · Alex Neil: The number of new council houses started and completed in each financial year since 1996-97 is published by local authority area on the Housing Statistics for Scotland pages of the Scottish Government''s website at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Top…