Parliamentary questions
Aileen Campbell
130 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
7 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals or households are liable for community charge arrears, showing the total amount of such arrears, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area in the South of Scotland parliamentary region.
Answer · John Swinney: Information relating to the numberof individuals or households still liable for community charge is not held centrally.Information relating to the total amount of community charge outstanding for eachlocal authority area partly or wholly in the South of Scotl…
20 Dec 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many areas of social housing are designated as pressured areas, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) location.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Pressured area designations arecurrently in place in eight local authority areas, The designations span a rangeof letting areas, larger housing management areas and villages as set out in thefollowing table.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <t…
20 Dec 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authority houses have been built by each local authority in each year since 1999.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The information requested ispublished on the Scottish Government website at <ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NewBuildLA">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NewBuil…
20 Dec 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has spent on the (a) maintenance and (b) construction of social housing in each year since 1999.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The figures for local authorityrevenue expenditure on repairs and maintenance of housing stock are shown as follows.Information collected from local authorities on their capital expenditure does notseparately identify expenditure on the construction of social…
18 Dec 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring is being carried out to ensure the effectiveness of support for children with additional needs who are being bullied.
Answer · Maureen Watt: Under the Education (AdditionalSupport for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004, education authorities must keep underconsideration the additional support needs identified and the adequacy of supportprovided to meet those needs.</p>
18 Dec 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children are receiving additional support under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 as a result of bullying.
Answer · Maureen Watt: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
6 Dec 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many men have breast cancer.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requestedcan be found at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=cancer_breast_inc.xls">http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=cancer_breast_inc.xls</a>.</p>
6 Dec 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women have breast cancer.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requestedcan be found at:</p><p>http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=cancer_breast_inc.xls.</p>
17 Oct 2007 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to improve the health of the people of Scotland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Governmenthas policies and programmes in place to tackle Scotland’s biggest health challenges – including alcohol, smoking and healthy weightmanagement. Action includes anticipatory care approaches to prevent ill health,such as the Keep Well prog…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of fire-raising have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer themember to the question S3W-3914 answered on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at: <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of possession of illegal substances have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of crimes against public justice have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of vandalism have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of theft by opening a lockfast place have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of shoplifting have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of theft of a motor vehicle have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of fraud have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of housebreaking have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of theft have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of serious assault have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of assault have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of possession of offensive weapons have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3914 on 11 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of breach of the peace have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The available informationon the number and percentage of persons found guilty of a range of crimes and offenceswho received a custodial sentence is given in the following table.</p><p>Persons Receivinga Custodial Sentence from Scottish Courts for Selected Cri…
3 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of individuals found guilty of possession of offensive weapons have served custodial sentences for the offences that they committed in each of the last five years.
18 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of patients’ wristbands were (a) typed and (b) handwritten in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board and parliamentary constituency.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
18 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of patients were given the wrong treatment because of incorrect information provided on wristbands in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board and parliamentary constituency.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
11 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines there are for the supply of medication to patients by post.
Answer · Shona Robison: Guidance for pharmacistssupplying medication to patients by post is contained in the Code of Ethics forPharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians and supporting guidance produced by theRoyal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. This can be found at <ahref="http…
11 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive under what conditions patients are supplied with their medication by post.
Answer · Shona Robison: It is not a requirementunder the terms of the NHS Pharmaceutical Services (Scotland)Regulations for pharmacists to supply patients with their medicines by post. However,patients may be supplied with their medication by post when the dispensing pharmacy(commun…
11 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been supplied their medication by post, broken down by NHS board and parliamentary constituency, in each of the last five years.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is notcollected centrally.</p>
2 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the new mortgages taken out in Scotland in each of the last five years were buy-to-let mortgages.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The requested information isnot held centrally.</p>