Questions · John Park · GB Politics

3 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been issued with statutory improvement notices under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 in relation to farm livestock in each year since 2006 and which agencies issued these notices

Answer · Richard Lochhead: Animal health are unable to identify the number of statutory improvement notices issued under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 from Regulation 10 notices issued under the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000. Therefore, the c…

3 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it regards the powers available to inspectors in the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 as sufficient to inspect, investigate and instigate a prosecution where a farmer is suspected of having failed to ensure the welfare of animals

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 empowers inspectors to enter and inspect any premises, with the exception of domestic premises, without a warrant if they have reason to believe that animal welfare offences have been committed. A…

3 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has determined and recorded whether farmers who lost animals during severe weather in 2010 had implemented the advice and support that were available to them.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: No assessment has been undertaken to check whether livestock keepers who lost stock during the severe weather in 2010 implemented advice and support available to them.

3 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has identified farmers who lost animals during severe weather in 2010 and how many animals were lost in each case

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The Scottish Government has not identified individual farmers who lost animals during the severe weather in 2010 nor how many animals were lost.

3 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures, not available in March 2010, it will introduce to prevent heavy losses of livestock during severe weather conditions

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The Scottish Government does not intend to introduce any new measures to prevent heavy losses of livestock during severe weather conditions. The responsibility for farm animal welfare rests with livestock keepers who have a duty to protect them from …

3 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what direct and specific assistance it made available to prevent animals suffering during severe weather in 2010

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The Scottish Government established a severe weather grant to provide livestock keepers with financial assistance towards the costs of providing alternative accommodation for livestock in the interests of animal welfare. 76 applicants received a total of just…

3 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it regards the losses of livestock due to severe weather experienced on some farms during March 2010 as an animal welfare problem

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The death of livestock due to severe weather is of concern. Both for the animals that died and because those that survived may have been exposed to extreme cold or lack of feed and water because of disruption to supplies.

19 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people appointed to a position in the NHS by the NHS Appointments Commission have declared a party political interest in each of the last two years

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS appointments in Scotland are made by Scottish ministers. During 2008 and 2009 Scottish ministers approved 53 appointments (28 in 2008, and 25 in 2009). Successful candidates, on taking up post, are asked to declare any party political interests. Ten of th…

19 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what average number of (a) emergency and (b) non-emergency calls was handled by the Scottish Ambulance Service in (i) Fife, (ii) Lothian and (iii) Forth Valley in each of the last two years and what the figures for the last 12 months are expressed per 1,000 of population

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.

19 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in what categories of occupation in the NHS staff are permitted to hold a second job outside the NHS

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS employees have to observe the highest possible standards in both their professional and personal lives. All NHSScotland boards have in place a Code of Corporate Governance/Standards of Business Conduct or a similar document that specifies requir…

19 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of emergency calls from (a) Dalgety Bay, (b) Cowdenbeath, (c) Lochgelly, (d) Inverkeithing, (e) North Queensferry, (f) Cardenden, (g) Crossgates, (h) Kelty and (i) Ballingry received a response from the Scottish Ambulance Service within the target time in each of the last …

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.

19 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish Ambulance Service ambulance hours were lost as a result of delays in admitting a patient to an accident and emergency department in each NHS board area in each of the last two years

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.

19 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what proportion of patients aged 75 and over were readmitted as emergencies within 28 days of discharge in each quarter of the last two years in each NHS board area

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following tables show the 28-day hospital emergency readmission numbers and rates for patients aged 75 and over in each quarter of the last two years, broken down by NHS board of residence. Table 1: Number of hospital emergency readmissions withi…

19 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what average time was taken by Scottish Ambulance Service ambulances to admit emergency patients to hospital accident and emergency departments in each quarter of the last two years, broken down by NHS board

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.

19 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients requiring ambulances to return from Edinburgh hospitals to Fife were provided with them by the (a) East Central and (b) South East Division of the Scottish Ambulance Service in the last year for which information is available

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.

1 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures, not available in March 2010, it will introduce to prevent heavy losses of livestock during severe weather conditions.

Answer · Alex Neil: Of the 15,066 referrals to stage four in 2009-10, 1,825 households did not complete an eligibility survey. Of these: Six hundred and ninety-six referrals were cancelled because the managing agent was unable to contact the customer. Referrals wer…