- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current position is regarding the screening of the close family members of patients diagnosed with bowel cancer.
Answer
The Scottish Executive published Health Department Letter (HDL) (2001) 24: Cancer Genetics Services in Scotland: Guidance to Support the Implementation of Genetic Services for Breast, Ovarian and Colorectal Cancer Predisposition to identify individuals with a high lifetime risk of inheriting cancer and arrange that they, and other family members where appropriate, are screened for risk of developing cancer. This guidance remains current.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with Transport Scotland in relation to increasing the frequency of passenger rail services between Kilmarnock and Carlisle.
Answer
Transport Scotland is part of the Scottish Government, and internal discussions about timetable developments take place in the normal course of its business.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all rail stations between Kilmarnock and Glasgow will benefit from a half-hourly rail service after the completion of work on the dynamic loop
Answer
Transport Scotland is committed to delivering a half-hourly service between Kilmarnock and Glasgow by December 2009.
No final decisions have yet been made about the timetable. Transport Scotland is looking at various options.
Any final decision will be based on balancing the needs of all passengers with the best value for public money.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with Network Rail in relation to increasing the frequency of passenger rail services between Kilmarnock and Carlisle.
Answer
Transport Scotland meets regularly with Network Rail in normal, planned business meetings to discuss timetable developments. These discussions have included options to increase the frequency of passenger rail services between Glasgow and Kilmarnock.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable will be for all rail services between Kilmarnock and Glasgow after completion of the dynamic loop.
Answer
Transport Scotland is committed to delivering a half-hourly service between Kilmarnock and Glasgow by December 2009.
No final decisions have yet been made about the timetable. Transport Scotland is looking at various options.
Any final decision will be based on balancing the needs of all passengers with the best value for public money.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11341 by Fergus Ewing on 8 April 2008, what progress has been made on preparing legislation to reverse the House of Lords judgment of 17 October 2007 to ensure that people with pleural plaques can continue to raise an action for damages.
Answer
The Scottish Government has introduced a Bill to the Scottish Parliament to overrule the House of Lords Judgment in
Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd. The Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Bill is being published today, 24 June 2008, and, along with accompanying documents, is available at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/bills/billsInProgress/index.htm.
I am very pleased to be able to provide this confirmation that the Scottish Government has fulfilled its promise to bring forward legislation to ensure that the House of Lords Judgment does not have effect in Scotland.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11341 by Fergus Ewing on 8 April 2008, when it now expects to introduce legislation to reverse the House of Lords judgment of 17 October 2007 to ensure that people with pleural plaques can continue to raise an action for damages.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14051 on 24 June 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was paid to jurors as “other unusual expenses” under the Jurors’ Allowance scheme in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.
Answer
Details on payments to jurors for “other unusual expenses” under the Jurors’ Allowance Scheme are not held centrally by the Scottish Court Service.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 19 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to set up a fund to compensate victims of historical abuse.
Answer
None. However, the Scottish Government will be consulting later this year on the possibility of a truth and reconciliation forum in Scotland for victims of historic abuse. The consultation will seek views on whether financial redress should be a feature of such an approach.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the population of (a) East Ayrshire and (b) South Ayrshire is registered with an NHS dentist, broken down by age group.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following table.
Percentage of People Registered with an NHS Dentist; by Age Group in East Ayrshire1 and South Ayrshire1 at 31 December 2007
| | Age Group | |
| 0-2 | 3-5 | 6-12 | 13-17 | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75+ | Total |
| East Ayrshire | 41.2 | 61.9 | 70.4 | 66.5 | 46.2 | 39.4 | 38.9 | 36.0 | 31.2 | 31.5 | 27.5 | 41.8 |
| South Ayrshire | 56.7 | 99.2 | 104.5 | 99.1 | 88.6 | 93.2 | 90.2 | 86.1 | 78.2 | 69.7 | 53.2 | 83.3 |
Source: ISD Scotland.
Note: 1. Registrations are based on the postcode of the practice as opposed to the postcode of the patient. The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of registrations by the resident population for the particular area/age group etc. This has led to percentages greater than 100.
