Parliamentary questions

Jim Hume

1,310 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

4 Nov 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been screened in each year since the launch of the Cardiac Assessment in Young Athletes programme in 2008.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Since the Cardiac Assessment in Young Athletes (CAYA) programme became fully operational in 2009, 885 young people between 15 and 25 who are engaged in competitive sports have undergone the cardiovascular assessment offered by the programme.

4 Nov 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is per patient of operating an (a) electrocardiogram and (b) echocardiogram machine.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In 2008-09, there were 320,672 attendances across Scotland for Electrocardiography with an estimated cost of £38 per attendance. We do not hold centrally the cost of operating an echocardiogram machine.

4 Nov 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) electrocardiogram and (b) echocardiogram machines are in operation in the NHS, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is included in the following table: <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td valign=top > NHS Board </td> <td valign=top > Number Of Electrocardiogram <p align=center …

4 Nov 2010 · Written Question

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information requested is not available. During 2008-09 and 2009-10, the Government made available £200,000 to support the Cardiac Assessment in Young Athletes (CAYA) prog…

4 Nov 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under the age of 36 have died of a condition recognised as sudden cardiac death in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally. Most sudden deaths in people under 35 are likely to be due to an inherited cardiac condition, but without a post-mortem examination it is not always possible to be certain of the cause of death. <…

28 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the capacity is of HMP (a) Dumfries and (b) Kilmarnock and what the average daily prison population is in each in the current year and has been in each year since 2006-07.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: The following tables provide a breakdown of each prison''s design capacity and average daily population for each complete financial year …

21 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-11646 by John Swinney on 7 October 2010, whether it will provide a breakdown of all organisations and representatives from the business community with which it has corresponded since April 2010.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37016 on 26 October 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps…

21 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-11646 by John Swinney on 7 October 2010, whether it will provide a breakdown of meetings that have taken place since April 2010 between it and organisations and representatives from the business community, including the dates of the meetings, the org…

Answer · John Swinney: Numerous meetings have taken place between various Ministers and officials since April 2010. These include meetings with representative bodies, such as the Scottish Chamber of Commerce whom I met on 28 June, as well as meetings at which a range of individuals…

15 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure the continuation of telehealth services in the Scottish Borders following the removal of pump-priming funds from the Joint Improvement Team in March 2011.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government''s Joint Improvement Team is supporting the development of Telecare services across all 32 health and social care partnerships in Scotland to enhance the delivery of care services to people in their own homes and community settings. It…

15 Oct 2010 · Written Question

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the number of general practitioners (GPs) as at 30 November of each year is published by NHS National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) and is available on the ISD website under Number (head count) of GPs in post by design…

15 Oct 2010 · Written Question

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the number of general practitioners (GPs) that have gained Completed Certificate of Training (CCT) in each of the last four years is as detailed in the following table: <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td width=97 …

14 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it plans to introduce in 2010-11 to ensure universal free year-round access to swimming for children.

Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36942 on 10 November 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found athttp://www.scottish.parliament.uk/AppsBusiness/…

14 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what support, other than the funding provided by sportscotland to Scottish Swimming, it has offered to local authorities not offering free year-round access to swimming for children to ensure that they do.

Answer · Shona Robison: We want to ensure that Scotland''s children are given the opportunity to learn to swim and to enjoy swimming as a lifelong activity. This is why I recently announced funding of £800,000 to be invested over the coming year for a top-up swimming programme. This…

14 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities provide free year-round access to swimming for children.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government does not hold comprehensive information on local authority provision of free year-round access to swimming for children. However I understand that whilst sportscotland do not systematically gather this data they have supplied general i…

13 Oct 2010 · Written Question

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The information requested is not held centrally.

8 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is of (a) establishing and (b) annually running Children’s Hearings Scotland, as proposed in the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill.

Answer · Adam Ingram: The information requested can be found in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill, pages 73 to 86 inclusive at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/41-ChildrensHearingsb41s3-introd-en.pdf.

8 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill (a) was prior to and (b) is since its introduction, broken down by how those costs were accrued.

Answer · Adam Ingram: The estimated cost of the Bill on introduction is set out in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill, pages 73 to 86 inclusive at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/41-ChildrensHearing/b41s3-introd-en.pdf. A revised Financial Memor…

7 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with organisations and representatives from the business community following the business rates revaluation that came into effect in April 2010.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-11646 on 7 October 2010 which is available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

7 Oct 2010 · General Question

Answer · John Swinney: Throughout the revaluation process ministers and officials have taken a number of actions to communicate with the business community. This includes meeting, corresponding and listening to representations from a number of individual ratepayers and business org…

30 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the clinical nurse specialists for cleft lip and palate care in NHS (a) Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) Lothian have been withdrawn from 20% of their specialist hours to cover general duties at the children’s wards of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in (i) Glasgow and (ii) …

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Clinical nurse specialists for cleft lip and palate care in NHS Lothian and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have not been withdrawn to cover general nursing duties. Over the last six months the two clinical nurse specialists for cleft lip and palat…

30 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hours of specialist cleft lip and palate care is provided to babies and young children on a weekly basis by clinical nurse specialists in NHS (a) Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) Lothian, also expressed as a percentage of their working week.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, three clinical nurse specialists provide 51 hours of specialist cleft lip and palate care per week. This represents 100% of their working week. In NHS Lothian, two clinical nurse specialists provide 56.25 hours o…