Parliamentary questions
Siobhan McMahon
301 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
10 Jun 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) full- and (b) part-time bank nurses have been employed by NHS Lanarkshire in each year since 2007.
Answer · Alex Neil: The information requested on how many (a) full time and (b) part time bank nurses have been employed by NHS Lanarkshire in each year since 2007 is not centrally held. Information that is held centrally on bank nurses can be found on the ISD website by follow…
10 Jun 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to establish a lipid clinic in the NHS Lanarkshire area.
Answer · Michael Matheson: We want people with lipid disorders to get diagnosed and access to treatment as swiftly as possible in order to minimise the risk of complications. NHS Lanarkshire has reported that lipid disorders such as familial hypercholesterolemia are part of their Coro…
23 May 2013 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to install automatic electronic defibrillators in secondary schools.
22 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what organisations have received funding from (a) the Malawi Development Fund and (b) the Malawi Development Programme in each year since 2007.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The following organisations have received funding through the Scottish Government International Development Fund as part of the Malawi Development Programme. This is shown by each funding round since 2005. MALAWI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (2013-16) NHS Lothian …
20 May 2013 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met North Lanarkshire Council and what issues were discussed.
9 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-02044 by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2013, whether there is an up-to-date database of religiously aggravated offences.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The information provided in response to S4O-02044 on convictions under the Act was derived from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s live operational case management system, which is specifically designed to receive criminal reports from the polic…
9 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the activities of the Football Co-ordination Unit Scotland are limited to (a) football stadia or (b) locations in close proximity to football stadia.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The remit of the Football Co-ordination Unit for Scotland is to promote and coordinate a consistent and effective approach to the policing of football across Scotland to tackle football related violence and disorder. Its responsibilities include supporting po…
9 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-02044 by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2013, what percentage of convictions was for (a) religiously aggravated offending and (b) violent crime carried out at football grounds in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The information provided in response to S4O-02044 on convictions under the Act was derived from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s (COPFS’s) live operational case management system, which is specifically designed to receive criminal reports from…
9 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) domestic cleaning staff and (b) outside cleaning contractors have been employed by NHS Lanarkshire in each year since 2007.
Answer · Alex Neil: Information on how many (a) domestic cleaning staff and (b) outside cleaning contractors have been employed by NHS Lanarkshire in each year since 2007 is not held centrally. However, information showing the headcount and whole time equivalent of domestic sta…
9 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time nurses have been employed by NHS Lanarkshire in each year since 2007.
Answer · Alex Neil: The information requested on how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time nurses have been employed by NHS Lanarkshire in each year since 2007 is available in the following tables. Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) of nurses employed by NHS Lanarkshire in each year si…
9 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are used by managers when cleaning audits are carried out in hospital wards in NHS Lanarkshire.
Answer · Alex Neil: The criteria used by managers is set out in the NHSScotland National Cleaning Services Specification(NCSS) published on Health Facilities Scotland website which sets out the requirements for the frequency and method of cleaning by domestic and estates staff.
9 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the frequency is for cleaning audits in hospital wards in NHS Lanarkshire.
Answer · Alex Neil: The NHSScotland National Cleaning Services Specification (NCSS) published on Health Facilities Scotland website sets out the requirements for the frequency and method of cleaning by domestic and estates staff in NHSScotland.
2 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-02044 by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2013, whether the conviction under section 6 was for the use of language deemed (a) sectarian or (b) otherwise offensive.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: A conviction for the offence of “threatening communications”, under section 6 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, may be for the communication of material which threatens serious violence or threatening m…
2 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S40-02044 by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2013, how many of the people convicted could not have been charged under legislation in place prior to the commencement of the Offensive Behaviour and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: This information is not, and never has been, held centrally for this or other legislation. Under Scots law, the choice of the appropriate charges to bring forward in each case is a matter for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, in accordance with …
2 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-02044 by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2013, how many of the people charged were subsequently tried and what the conviction rate was.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The latest available statistics on convictions under the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 remain those reported in response to S4O-02044. However, the Government will publish this month the first annual statis…
2 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-02044 by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2013, how many of the convictions were for the use of language deemed (a) sectarian or (b) otherwise offensive.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: A conviction for “offensive behaviour at regulated football matches”, under section 1 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, may be for threatening, hateful or other offensive behaviour which may incite publ…
2 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-02044 by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2013, how many of the convictions were for (a) violent and (b) non-violent offences.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: A conviction for “offensive behaviour at regulated football matches”, under section 1 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, may be for threatening behaviour as well as hateful or other offensive behaviour w…
2 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-02044 by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2013, how many of the people convicted plead guilty prior to trial.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Of the 55 convictions under the Offensive Behaviour and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, as at 31 December 2012, 44 arose from a plea of guilty. The available information does not record whether the guilty pleas were tendered prior to or during…
29 Apr 2013 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lanarkshire and what issues were discussed.
Answer · Alex Neil: Scottish Ministers and Government officials regularly meet with representatives of all NHS boards, including NHS Lanarkshire, to discuss matters of interest to local people.
22 Apr 2013 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Government what emphasis it places on its work on equality.
15 Apr 2013 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been under the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Between 1 March and 31 December 2012, proceedings in relation to 64 charges had been concluded under section 1 of the Offensive Behaviour and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012. Fifty four charges were convicted (84%). During the same time period,…
8 Apr 2013 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what educational programmes there are to help schools tackle sectarianism.
26 Mar 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcomes have been of the national managed clinical networks in the last five years.
Answer · Alex Neil: Information about the work of individual National Managed Clinical Networks is available on the NHS National Services Division website: http://www.nsd.scot.nhs.uk/services/nmcn/index.html
26 Mar 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the number of young people leaving care has increased since August 2010, broken down by those (a) with and (b) without a Pathway Plan and those (i) with and (ii) without a Pathway Coordinator.
Answer · Aileen Campbell: The overall number of children people ceasing to be looked after has increased by 5% between 2009-2010 and 2011-2012: 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Total children ceasing to be looked after 4,504 4,611 4,768 Total beyond minimum school leaving age (so eli…
26 Mar 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it can establish a national process for defining and measuring outcomes for young people.
Answer · Aileen Campbell: The National Performance Framework (NPF) and the Single Outcome Agreements (SOAs) are the two processes where outcomes for young people are defined and measured. The Scottish Government has defined, under The National Performance Framework http://www.scotlan…
26 Mar 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to change the focus on educational attainment in measuring outcomes for looked-after children.
Answer · Aileen Campbell: The Scottish Government is committed to achieving positive outcomes for our looked after children. In 2011 we published Educational Outcomes for Scotland’s Looked After Children 2009-10 which, for the first time linked data for looked after children provided …
26 Mar 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to maximise the available resources to improve the outcomes for vulnerable young children and what steps it has taken to improve the system of data collection for measuring their (a) educational and (b) social outcomes.
Answer · Aileen Campbell: The Getting it Right for Every Child programme aims to improve outcomes for all children and young people. It does this by providing a common framework, practice model and language to deliver a co-ordinated approach which is appropriate, proportionate and tim…
28 Feb 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in the programme for developing national cancer quality performance indicators for specific cancer types.
Answer · Alex Neil: Under the auspices of the Scottish Cancer Taskforce, National Cancer Quality Performance Indicators (QPIs) are being developed to drive continuous quality improvement in cancer care across NHSScotland. An ambitious programme of work has been agreed, which wil…
28 Feb 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to develop and publish updated referral guidelines for GPs on skin cancer as part of the Detect Cancer Early Initiative.
Answer · Alex Neil: The Detect Cancer Early Programme aims to increase the proportion of cancers detected at the early stage of disease. Although directed at lung, breast and colorectal cancers in the first instance, early diagnosis and high quality treatment and care for all pa…
28 Feb 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase public awareness of the dangers of exposure to ultraviolet light and help reduce the incidence of skin cancer.
Answer · Alex Neil: The Scottish Government recognises the dangers of over-exposure to ultraviolet light. In October 2012, we launched the R UV Ugly? Campaign in partnership with Cancer Research UK, to raise public awareness of the dangers of overexposure to ultraviolet light t…