Parliamentary questions
Alison McInnes
1,004 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
8 Nov 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) latest results are and (b) trend is for the Obesity Route Map Headline Indicator 14 in relation to the proportion of adults engaging in active travel to work.
Answer · Shona Robison: Proportion of adults walking or cycling to work, 1999-2010. Year % 1999 15.4 2000 15.4 2001 14.8 2002 14.7 2003 14.4 2004 14.5 2005 14.4 2006 15.9 2007 13.5 2008 14.8 2009 14.7 2010 15.7 Sources: 1999 data - Household Transport in …
8 Nov 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to help promote the concept of breaking up sedentary time as outlined in Start Active, Stay Active.
Answer · Shona Robison: We are working closely with NHS Health Scotland who are undertaking focus groups with health professionals and the general public to develop key messages for physical activity that relate to different life stages and people’s daily lives. These messages will …
8 Nov 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) latest results are and (b) trend is for the Obesity Route Map Headline Indicator 15 in relation to the proportion of children engaging in active travel to school.
Answer · Shona Robison: Proportion of children walking or cycling to school, 1999-2010. Year % 1999 54.6 2000 54.5 2001 52.4 2002 56.2 2003 53.6 2004 52.1 2005 53.1 2006 52.0 2007 53.6 2008 50.3 2009 51.0 2010 51.1 Sources: 1999 data - Household Transpor…
2 Nov 2011 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it anticipates the Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland having once a single national police force is established.
2 Nov 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made a formal request to the UK Government to devolve powers in relation to road safety of school transport to the Scottish Parliament, as discussed at the Public Petitions Committee on 26 October 2010 (Official Report, c. 2954).
Answer · Keith Brown: Yes. I wrote to Mike Penning, Under-Secretary of State for Transport on 3 March 2011 accepting his offer of devolved powers on school transport safety requirements subject to the detail being agreed in discussions between the legal and policy teams of the UK …
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of Community Payback Orders issued since 1 February 2011 has started within seven days of sentencing, also broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: That information is not yet held by the Scottish Government. Information in relation to the number of Community Payback Orders issued in the whole of the 2011-12 financial year, including details of when any unpaid work requirements were started, will be coll…
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prison sentences of three months or less have been issued since 1 February 2011.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information relating to February and March 2011 will be available following publication of Criminal proceedings in Scotland 2010-11 in December 2011. Information for the 2011-12 financial year will be published in late 2012. These publications will be availa…
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths there were in cases where pressure ulcers or sores were (a) listed as a contributory cause or (b) mentioned anywhere on the death certificate in 2010, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information is not available in the requested format. For the purpose of producing statistics on causes of death, deaths registered in Scotland are classified using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tent…
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of prisoners has served (a) one or (b) more previous terms.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The conviction history of offenders receiving a custodial sentence is published in Table 14 of Criminal proceedings in Scotland 2009-10 (available on-line at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/01/20092640/0). This shows that 22% of individuals getti…
26 Oct 2011 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve road safety among young drivers.
21 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask The Scottish Executive how many orthopaedics-related outpatient appointments were there in the winters of (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the number of new orthopaedic attendances at a consultant-led outpatient clinic for the months of November to February 2009-10 and 2010-11 by NHS board of treatment is provided in the following table. NHS Board of Treatment Nov 2009 Dec 2009…
21 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged (a) under five, (b) five to 18 and (c) over 18 had teeth extracted in an (i) NHS general and (ii) hospital dental service setting in 2010-11.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The information you requested in provided in the following tables. Table 1 shows the number of patients who had teeth extracted in the NHS General Dental Service (GDS) setting in 2010-11. Patient age 0 - 4 years 5 -18 years Over 18 620 54,349 257,109 …
21 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths there were in 2010 where obesity was mentioned on the death certificate.
Answer · Shona Robison: There were 198 deaths registered in Scotland in 2010 for which the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code for Obesity (E66) was recorded for either the underlying cause of death or for on…
21 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teeth were extracted in an NHS general dental service setting in 2010-11.
Answer · Michael Matheson: In 2010-11 there were 531,055 teeth extracted in the NHS General Dental Services in Scotland Source: MIDAS (Management Information and Dental Accounting System).
21 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital admissions were as a result of deliberate self-harm by people aged (a) under 16 and (b) 16 and over in 2010-11.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table shows information on the number of acute hospital stays in Scotland which were associated with a diagnosis of intentional self-harm in the financial year ending 31 March 2011. The data does not include patients treated solely within Accid…
5 Oct 2011 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to tackle overcrowding on peak train services between Inverurie, Dyce and Aberdeen.
29 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Independent Review of Police Officers’ and Staff Remuneration and Conditions in England and Wales will have an impact on pay and conditions in Scotland and, if so, what discussions the Scottish Government has had with the UK Government on this matter.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The remit of Tom Winsor’s Independent Review of Police Officers’ and Staff Remuneration and Conditions in England and Wales does not extend to Scotland. The review’s recommendations represent a package which - as I made clear to Mr Winsor during our meeting o…
28 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the BBC report on 24 September 2011 that the Scottish Government is seeking backing for the establishment of an internet domain for Scotland, (a) what action it has taken and (b) how much it has spent to support the Dot Scot Registry.
Answer · Alex Neil: (a) The Scottish Government set up the Scottish Internet Domain Working Group (SIDWG) in August 2008 in response to a petition asking if it would support the creation of a generic Top Level Domain (gTLD). The SIDWG proposed the setting up of an independent, …
22 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its proposals to create a single national police force and a single national fire and rescue service, what consideration it has given to the conclusions of the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee’s report, The failure of the FiReControl project.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: At the request of Fergus Ewing, the former Minister for Community Safety, Stephen Hunter, Chief Officer of Tayside Fire and Rescue chaired a stakeholder working group to review the development and implementation of the FiReControl project to ensure that relev…
14 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will carry out a cancer patient experience survey similar to that undertaken by the Department of Health in 2010.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There are currently no plans to carry out a national cancer patient experience survey in Scotland similar to the one undertaken by the Department of Health. Currently two national surveys the Better Together GP and Inpatient Patient Experience Surveys are car…
13 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence was for (a) men and (b) women with lung cancer in (i) each NHS board area, (ii) each cancer network, and (iii) Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Data on the incidence rate for male and female lung cancer patients at Scotland and Health Board level since 1985 is publicly available on the Information Services Division (ISD) website: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Cancer-Statistics/Lung…
13 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence was for lung cancer in people aged (a) 49 and under, (b) 50 to 59, (c) 60 to 69, (d) 70 to 79 and (e) 80 and over in (i) each NHS board area, (ii) each cancer network and (iii) Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Data on the incidence rates for lung cancer patients, broken down by age group at Scotland and health board level since 1985, is publicly available on the Information Services Division (ISD) website: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Cancer-Sta…
13 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of hospital stay was for lung cancer patients in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) elective and (b) emergency admissions in (i) Scotland, (ii) each cancer network and (iii) each NHS board area, and what the overall cost was.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following tables show information on the average length of stay (in days) for lung cancer hospital episodes in each of the last 10 financial years. The data are presented for elective and emergency inpatient admissions at Scotland level, by Regional Cance…
13 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the bed occupancy rate was for lung cancer patients as a percentage of all cancers, also broken down by (a) cancer network and (b) NHS board area in each of the last five years.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following tables show information on the number of bed days for lung cancer hospital episodes as a percentage of bed days for all cancer hospital episodes for the last five financial years. The data are presented by regional cancer network, by NHS board o…
8 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were diagnosed with hepatitis C in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The number of people diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2009 and 2010 broken down by NHS board is provided in the following table. Year of Diagnosis NHS Board 2009 2010 Ayshire and Arran 146 180 Borders 18 16 Dumfries andGalloway 55 57 Fife 52 47…
8 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to increase the uptake of hepatitis C testing, in light of estimates that 50-60% of people chronically infected remain undiagnosed.
Answer · Michael Matheson: Scottish Government have invested £28.7m through the Hepatitis C Action Plan Phase II specifically to improve the capacity and quality of hepatitis C testing, treatment, care and support services across Scotland. This has resulted in a 33% increase in the ann…
8 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have died from hepatitis C-related causes in each of the last five years.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The hepatitis C virus is a major cause of liver disease. People living in Scotland with chronic (long-term) hepatitis C are at increased risk of serious liver disease and cancer. Data is available for the number of people infected with hepatitis C who have di…
6 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been for speeding on the trunk road network in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) police force area and (b) speed camera location.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The information requested is not held centrally. The information held on the Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database is not held in way that allows speeding on trunk roads to be separately identified.
6 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is addressing each of the recommendations of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland’s report, Not Properly Authorised.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The report makes eight recommendations, three of which were addressed to Scottish ministers and the remainder addressed to NHS boards. Those which are specifically for Scottish ministers are addressed in the answers to questions S4W-02534 and S4W-02535 on 15 …
6 Sep 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the recommendation by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland in its report, Not Properly Authorised, that the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 should be amended to specify the length of time for which consent to treatment is valid.
Answer · Michael Matheson: Our manifesto stated our commitment to bringing forward new mental health legislation following the consultation on the McManus Review. We will consider this recommendation as part of that work.