- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which diseases require to be registered on the disease register.
Answer
There are no disease registers in Scotland, described as such. NHSScotland and the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health maintain a number of databases which record the incidence and prevalence of a range of diseases and other conditions. This surveillance information can be vital for maintaining and improving safety of patient care as well as allowing rapid investigation of outbreaks of serious infection or clusters of unusual illness. Surveillance information also underpins research, policy development, and service planning. As such, it is an important element of the Scottish Executive's plans to continue to improve treatment and care in Scotland.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local health care co-ordinators should have a direct role in commissioning hospital services.
Answer
No, if this means creating unnecessary bureaucracy for Local Health Care Co-operatives to hold funds for commissioning secondary care. Local primary care teams already have a leading role in driving forward the development of care and the redesign of services around the needs of patients. In order to support and empower primary care teams to lead change across the local health system it is important that consideration is given to the future role of Local Health Care Co-operatives. It is for this reason that a major part of the review of The strategic development of management and decision-making in NHSScotland will focus on the developing role of Local Health Care Co-operatives in the planning and delivery of patient care.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25928 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002, what expenses have been paid to witnesses inconvenienced by an adjournment of trial in (a) the High Court of Justiciary, (b) the sheriff court in each sheriff court district and (c) each district court in each of the last five years for which information is available.
Answer
This information is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25923 and S1W-25919 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002, what specific steps the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is taking to address timeliness of reporting with (a) the police and (b) other agencies.
Answer
We are at the early stages of discussion of service level agreements or protocols with the police, which will build upon less formal discussions which have taken place over many years. Timeliness of reporting is discussed where appropriate with other reporting agencies as part of the normal liaison process.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the British Standards Institute (BSI), (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the BSI and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.
Answer
This information is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Benefits Agency, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the agency and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.
Answer
This information is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25928 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002, what estimate it has made of wasted expenditure in respect of staff time in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service owing to adjournment of trials on the date of trial in each of the last five years for which information is available.
Answer
This information is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26058 by Mr Jim Wallace on 5 June 2002, why the question was referred to the Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service for answer, given that it related to the factual basis of the answer to question S1W-25236 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002.
Answer
Question S1W-26058 related to an internal Scottish Prison Service (SPS) management matter, namely who within SPS had prepared the report referred to. Question S1W-25236 asked when the Executive had received that report from SPS and was therefore answered by me.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by HM Customs and Excise, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of HM Customs and Excise and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.
Answer
This information is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the HSE and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.
Answer
This information is not available.
