- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25669 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, how many enquiries have been received by Enquire in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05.
Answer
Enquire received (a) 2,516 enquiries in 2002-03; (b) 3,064 enquiries in 2003-04, and (c) 2,291 enquiries between April 2004 and January 2005 (figures for February to March 2005 are not yet available).
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates that the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 will come into force.
Answer
It is anticipated that the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 will be commenced in late 2005.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30484 by Mr Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002, how many guardianships have been (a) applied for and (b) awarded under vulnerable adults' procedures in each year since 2002-03, broken down by local authority.
Answer
Figures provided by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), indicate that the number of guardianship orders (a) applied for and (b) awarded under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 for each year since 2002-03, broken down by local authority are as follows:
2002-03
| | Guardianships Applied For | | | Guardianships Granted | | |
| | Welfare | Financial | Combined | Welfare | Financial | Combined |
| Aberdeen City | 19 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| Aberdeenshire | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Angus | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| City of Edinburgh | 20 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Clackmannanshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Dundee City | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| East Lothian | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eilean Siar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Falkirk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Fife | 17 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Glasgow City | 25 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| Highland | 36 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| Inverclyde | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Midlothian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 12 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 19 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| Renfrewshire | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Scottish Borders | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Shetland Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| South Lanarkshire | 10 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Stirling | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| West Lothian | 30 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 286 | 114 | 72 | 208 | 50 | 28 |
2003-04
| | Guardianships Applied For | | | Guardianships Granted | | |
| | Welfare | Financial | Combined | Welfare | Financial | Combined |
| Aberdeen City | 19 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| Aberdeenshire | 11 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 5 |
| Angus | 13 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| Argyll and Bute | 14 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 |
| City of Edinburgh | 19 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 13 |
| Clackmannanshire | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 12 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| Dundee City | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| East Ayrshire | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| East Lothian | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| East Renfrewshire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Eilean Siar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Falkirk | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Fife | 27 | 23 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 11 |
| Glasgow City | 14 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 |
| Highland | 26 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 9 |
| Inverclyde | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Midlothian | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Moray | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire | 10 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 5 |
| North Lanarkshire | 13 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| Orkney Islands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 16 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| Renfrewshire | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Scottish Borders | 17 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
| Shetland Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| South Lanarkshire | 13 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 5 |
| Stirling | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 32 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 3 |
| Grand Total | 296 | 224 | 150 | 277 | 217 | 120 |
1 April 2004 to 31 December 2004
| | Guardianships Applied For | | | Guardianships Granted | | |
| | Welfare | Financial | Combined | Welfare | Financial | Combined |
| Aberdeen City | 20 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 6 |
| Aberdeenshire | 13 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 9 |
| Angus | 10 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Argyll and Bute | 17 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| City of Edinburgh | 18 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 |
| Clackmannanshire | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 20 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| Dundee City | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| East Ayrshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| East Lothian | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| East Renfrewshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eilean Siar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Falkirk | 14 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Fife | 25 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 12 |
| Glasgow City | 26 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Highland | 20 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 6 |
| Inverclyde | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Midlothian | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Moray | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| North Ayrshire | 14 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 5 |
| North Lanarkshire | 17 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 8 |
| Orkney Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 13 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| Renfrewshire | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Scottish Borders | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Shetland Islands | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| South Ayrshire | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| South Lanarkshire | 13 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 31 |
| Stirling | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 13 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 298 | 201 | 164 | 266 | 157 | 153 |
Note: The totals in the local authority breakdown tables will not necessarily reflect the total number of orders applied for and granted. This is because there may be orders in respect of adults who have property in Scotland but who reside elsewhere which are not attributed to a local authority area.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform has received from Scottish Borders Council regarding additional funding to improve the road network.
Answer
Finance ministershave not received any direct representations from Scottish Borders Council regardingthe funding of the road network but the Executive has increased provision for RoadsMaintenance by £60 million in the local government finance settlements for both2006-07 and 2007-08.
It is the responsibilityof local authorities to set their own local priorities but, having made the casefor increased resources, we look to local authorities to play their part in ensuringthat local roads are properly maintained.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17332 by Malcolm Chisholm on 30 August 2001, how many salaried GPs there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The following table shows the number of salaried GPs in General Medical Services (GMS) practices at April in each of the years 1999-2004, and also salaried GPs in Personal Medical Services (PMS) practices in April 2003 and 2004.
Salaried GPs at April
| NHS Board | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| GMS 1 | GMS 1 | GMS 1 | GMS 1 | GMS 1 | PMS 2 | Total | GMS 1 | PMS 2 | Total |
| Scotland | 17 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 124 | 158 | 32 | 145 | 177 |
| Argyll and Clyde | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | - | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| Borders | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dumfries and Galloway | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fife | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Forth Valley | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Grampian | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 40 | 40 | - | 38 | 38 |
| Greater Glasgow | - | - | 8 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Highland | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | - | 17 | 17 |
| Lanarkshire | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | 5 | 5 |
| Lothian | 1 | - | - | - | - | 27 | 27 | - | 28 | 28 |
| Orkney | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 5 |
| Shetland | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 14 | 14 |
| Tayside | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | 8 | 8 |
Source: ISD Scotland.
Notes:
1. Comprises Salaried GPs inGeneral Medical Services (GMS) practices, employed under paragraph 52 of the Statementof Fees and Allowances (SFA). Data source: ISD(M)37 forms, ISD Scotland.
2. Comprises Salaried GPs inPersonal Medical Services (PMS) practices, including all principal and non principalGPs. Data source: ISD PMS Census carried out on behalf of Scottish Executive.
The new GMS Contract was implementedfrom 1 April 2004 which changed the definitions that applied to the GeneralMedical Service.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what evaluation it has made of (a) any savings to the civil legal aid budget and (b) other costs such as shrieval time as a result of the provision of mediation services.
Answer
No formal or systematic evaluationhas been made of any savings to the civil legal aid or other justice budgets asa result of the provision of mediation services. Previous attempts to do so in familycases have been unsuccessful due to the difficulties in ensuring valid comparisonsbetween cases where mediation has taken place and others where it has not. Mediationmay reduce costs in some cases where it is successful, but may increase the costof cases where not successful. The take up of mediation in non-family cases is verylow and unlikely to have had any measurable impact on the legal aid budget. Researchis being developed with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of mediation inScotland.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what data collection procedures it has in place to track the number of assaults on vulnerable adults.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 16 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30485 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 29 October 2002, whether it now has information on how many vulnerable adults are currently awaiting referral to a social worker, broken down by local authority.
Answer
There is no statutory or operational requirement for the Executive to collect such information, and we have no plans to seek it from local authorities.
However, in light of the findings of the SWSI and Mental Welfare Commission investigations into the care and treatment of individuals with learning disabilities by Scottish Borders Council and NHS Borders, and more generally about the need to improve protections for vulnerable adults, the Executive is pursuing a range of policy initiatives which, collectively, will lead to improved care practice and data sharing for vulnerable adults.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the introduction of a tenancy deposit scheme to provide protection to tenants from landlords where there is a dispute, giving both parties access to redress to ensure that tenants of private landlords are able to retrieve deposits without recourse to court action.
Answer
There are various possible models for tenancy deposit schemes and we are examining their merits before considering the form of such a scheme in Scotland.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14474 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 March 2005, what representations it has received regarding policing events attended by the royal family; from whom such representations were received, and what its response was.
Answer
Representations were received in September and October 2002 from a member of the public about parking restrictions imposed at a Hospital during a visit in September 2002 by a member of the Royal Family. The response given at that time noted that the restrictions had been put in place by the local police for the day of the visit, that the individual concerned had taken the matter up with the chiefconstable of that force, and that he had received a reply from the force.
In addition to question S2W-14474, answered on 1 March 2005. I have answered parliamentary questions in connection with the Royal Family from the following members during Session 2 of the Parliament:
S2W-9199 on 13 July 2004;
S2W-9200 on 13 July 2004;
S2W-10023 on 14 September 2004;
S2W-10025 on 14 September 2004;
S2W-10026 on 16 September 2004, and
S2W-11447 on 10 November 2004.
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