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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-20810

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what direct access general practitioners currently have to bone densitometry machines in each health board area.

Question reference: S1W-20809

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many bone densitometry machines there currently are and whether it will give a breakdown of (a) the machine type, (b) the scanning type (whole or part body), (c) whether they are used for clinical or research purposes and (d) the location of each machine and, in the case of mobile services, the health board area which each machine serves and how their use is divided.

Question reference: S1W-20812

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give comparative details of any guidelines issued by health boards on eligibility for a bone densitometry scan, broken down by health board area and machine type.

Question reference: S1W-20811

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost of a scan by a bone densitometry machine currently is, broken down by machine type and health board area.

Question reference: S1W-20523

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to protect wild plants and their habitats.

A variety of action to protect wild plants and their habitats is on-going through Biodiversity Species and Habitats Action Plans. Special protection is provided for species and habitats of particular concern by the EU Habitats Directive and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.The Executive's policy statement The Nature of Scotland proposes additional measures for the effective deterrence, detection and punishment of wildlife crime. Plants will be given protection from reckless, as well as from intentional, damage and the courts will have the option of imposing custodial sentences for some offences.

Question reference: S1W-20291

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to promote better management and treatment of osteoporosis.

It is for NHS Boards to determine the services which are required to meet the needs of their local population within available resources. Guidance to help boards devise their strategies for osteoporosis was issued by the Health Department in 1997 in the form of a Scottish Needs Assessment Programme report. This gave the conclusions of a group of experts drawn from within the NHS on suitable measures for the prevention, detection and management of osteoporosis.

Question reference: S1W-19988

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) NHS dentists and (b) NHS dental practices there currently are in (i) Scotland and (ii) each parliamentary constituency.

Number of NHS dentists and NHS dental practices in each parliamentary constituency; by regionAt 30 September 2001

Central Scotland region		Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
Code	Parliamentary constituency	Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
04	Airdrie & Shotts	24	10
14	Coatbridge & Chryston	27	11
15	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	22	6
24	East Kilbride	32	14
33	Falkirk East	20	7
34	Falkirk West	30	12
48	Hamilton North & Bellshill	47	13
49	Hamilton South	18	7
51	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	30	14
57	Motherwell & Wishaw	29	11

Glasgow region		Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
Code	Parliamentary constituency	Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
36	Glasgow Anniesland	19	9
37	Glasgow Baillieston	11	8
38	Glasgow Cathcart	25	11
39	Glasgow Govan	49	22
40	Glasgow Kelvin	73	26
41	Glasgow Maryhill	32	16
42	Glasgow Pollock	24	9
43	Glasgow Rutherglen	27	13
44	Glasgow Shettleston	32	15
45	Glasgow Springburn	34	16

Highlands and Islands region		Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
Code	Parliamentary constituency	Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
06	Argyll & Bute	21	9
09	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	13	10
50	Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber	49	24
56	Moray	25	8
61	Orkney Islands	7	3
65	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	21	11
67	Shetland Islands	8	4
73	Western Isles	11	6

Lothian region		Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
Code	Parliamentary constituency	Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
27	Edinburgh Central	52	25
28	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	34	11
29	Edinburgh North & Leith	65	25
30	Edinburgh Pentlands	22	11
31	Edinburgh South	48	22
32	Edinburgh West	48	14
53	Linlithgow	38	13
54	Livingston	42	13
55	Midlothian	21	11

Mid-Scotland and Fife region		Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
Code	Parliamentary constituency	Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
11	Central Fife	27	12
22	Dunfermline East	31	8
23	Dunfermline West	33	12
52	Kirkcaldy	31	10
58	North East Fife	27	11
59	North Tayside	29	13
60	Ochil	25	12
64	Perth	40	17
68	Stirling	32	13

North-East Scotland region		Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
Code	Parliamentary constituency	Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
01	Aberdeen Central	60	22
02	Aberdeen North	12	7
03	Aberdeen South	13	4
05	Angus	33	12
08	Banff & Buchan	25	8
20	Dundee East	28	14
21	Dundee West	48	21
46	Gordon	24	9
71	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	23	8

South Scotland region		Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
Code	Parliamentary constituency	Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
07	Ayr	45	20
10	Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley	13	8
13	Clydesdale	31	13
17	Cunninghame South	21	8
19	Dumfries	27	14
25	East Lothian	27	15
35	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	14	12
66	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	24	11
70	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	17	7

West Scotland region		Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
Code	Parliamentary constituency	Number of NHS dentists	Number of NHS dental practices
12	Clydebank & Milngavie	29	10
16	Cunninghame North	28	13
18	Dumbarton	35	11
26	Eastwood	46	20
47	Greenock & Inverclyde	21	9
62	Paisley North	37	11
63	Paisley South	44	16
69	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	34	15
72	West Renfrewshire	24	12

Source: Information and Statistical Division (ISD).Notes:1. General dental practitioners (GDPs) enter into a contract with their local Primary Care NHS Trust (PCT) or Island NHS Board (IHB). 2. A GDP may have:

more than one contract with a PCT/IHB if he/she has more than one practice;
a contract with more than one PCT/IHB if he/she practises in more than one PCT/IHB area.

3. As a result, the sum of the number of dentists working in each PCT/IHB area (and, therefore, most parliamentary constituencies) exceeds the total number of dentists practising in Scotland. 4. All NHS general dental practitioners (principals, assistants, vocational dental practitioners and salaried dentists) working in NHS practices are included; NHS dentists not working in NHS practices (community dentists, hospital dentists and emergency dentists) are excluded.5. Because information is not collected on the working hours of dentists, the data represent the number of dentists in post, not the whole-time equivalent.

Question reference: S1W-18524

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 26 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to respond to the report, Citi'ens of a Multilingual World, produced by the Action Group for Languages.

Question reference: S1W-17883

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 August 2001
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that schools will be able to take full advantage of an advanced digital infrastructure.

Question reference: S1W-15685

Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 8 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review its slaughter policy in relation to rare breeds, animal sanctuaries, pets and other animals which show no signs of the foot-and-mouth virus following repeated testing and which are not destined for export.

From the start, provision has been made for some recognised rare animal breeds where bio-security can be adequately maintained. For all other cases the Executive has recently reviewed its policy on the contiguous cull of cattle and the 3km sheep cull. Infected premises and sheep and pigs on contiguous premises will continue to be culled. Any other disease control measures applied will be determined on a case-by-case basis.