- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 3 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent in 1999-2000, and how much will be spent in 2000-01, on academic research into sport and sport-related issues in Scotland by Scottish universities.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
The Research Councils and their operations are reserved.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 3 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent in 1999-2000, and how much will be spent in 2000-01, on academic research into tourism and tourism-related issues in Scotland by Scottish universities.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
The Research Councils and their operations are reserved.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 3 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent in 1999-2000, and how much will be spent in 2000-01, on promoting golf tourism by the Scottish Executive, the Scottish Tourist Board and area tourist boards.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not itself spend money on the promotion of golf tourism. Spend by the Scottish Tourist Board (STB) and the Area Tourist Boards is as follows:
| | 1999-2000 (£) | 2000-01 (£ estimate) |
STB | 100,000 | 500,000 |
Aberdeen & Grampian | 12,520 | 7,000 |
Angus & Dundee | 76,840 | 10,000 |
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs | 5,000 | 7,000 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 17,071 | Not Available |
Dumfries & Galloway | 10,454 | 10,500 |
Edinburgh & Lothians | 15,300 | 18,000 |
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley | - | 2,000 |
Highlands of Scotland | 3,800 | 1,500 |
Kingdom of Fife | 14,000 | 40,000 |
Orkney | - | - |
Perthshire | 11,000 | 19,500 |
Scottish Borders | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Shetland | 200 | - |
Western Isles | 1,000 | 5,000 |
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish any responses received to its request in paragraph 5.27 of Aiming for Excellence for views "on the case for allowing local authorities to enter into arrangements with private fostering agencies, and whether such agencies should be subject to inspection and registration by the new body", and whether it will respond to any views received.
Answer
Responses to the White Paper Aiming for Excellence are available in the Scottish Executive library and SPICe. Responses received on this issue were taken into account in developing the policy set out in the position paper The Way Forward for Care published on 5 July 2000. This states that the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care will regulate private fostering agencies in the same way it will regulate services provided by local authorities and voluntary agencies.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 27 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7005 by Susan Deacon on 22 June 2000, how many (a) paediatrics, (b) child and adolescent psychiatry, (c) paediatric surgery and (d) community child health consultants are currently employed in each health board area, and what the recommended staffing level is for each of these specialities in each health board area and for Scotland as a whole.
Answer
A detailed breakdown of the whole time equivalent of consultants in post for the selected specialties by health board area is shown in the attached table. The table should be read in conjunction with the notes below.
Assessment of staffing requirements is a matter for individual NHS boards and Trusts. It is for them to determine, based on their Health Improvement Programmes (HIPs) and Trust Implementation Plans (TIPs), the number and type of staff required to deliver an appropriate level of service to meet local patient needs and to organise staff resources accordingly.
Consultants in post in selected specialties by health board. Whole time equivalent (WTE) at 30 September 1999.
| | (a) Paediatrics | (b) Child & adolescent psychiatry | (c) Paediatric surgery | (d) Community child health | Totals |
Scotland | 92.3 | 43.9 | 11.6 | 30.3 | 178.1 |
Argyll and Clyde | 6.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 11.7 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
Borders | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 5.3 |
Fife | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
Forth Valley | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
Grampian | 10.9 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 21.9 |
Greater Glasgow | 21.6 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 46.1 |
Highland | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 6.7 |
Lanarkshire | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
Lothian | 18.9 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 35.6 |
Orkney | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Shetland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Tayside | 10.8 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
Western Isles | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Source: Medical and Dental Manpower Census, ISD Scotland.
Notes:
1. The data is based on the census at 30 September 1999 and is the latest available.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 20 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities are receiving additional funding to enable cover to be provided in public libraries and schools while librarians and teachers receive ICT training under the New Opportunities Fund.
Answer
Local authorities are integrating the New Opportunities Fund training into their ongoing staff development programmes, and in some cases innovative approaches to delivery are helping to reduce the need for cover.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many mothers breastfed their babies in (a) 1997; (b) 1998 and (c) 1999, and what the target is for 2000.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to the long-term aim set in 1994 of 50% of women breastfeeding their babies at six weeks, by 2005.
No breastfeeding target has been set for 2000. However, information on previous years' breastfeeding rates in Scotland is available on the Internet within the dedicated website "Breastfeeding in Scotland", which includes information on research, statistics, good practice and other resources and can be accessed at http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/breastfeed/.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is given to health authorities on the appropriate number of women and babies to be in the care of any one midwife.
Answer
Currently our policy in Scotland for the care of women who are pregnant or who are in labour is not focused on ratios of women to midwives but on creating a climate which encourages the full involvement of the woman in the planning of her care and in exercising choice; on providing scope for midwives to practise to the full range of their professional skills and competence, and on enhancing the contribution midwives make through extending their skills.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is being spent on the campaign to increase the numbers of mothers who breastfeed and how it intends to evaluate the success or otherwise of the campaign.
Answer
The Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS) was actively involved in promoting Breastfeeding Awareness Week, which ran from 14-20 May 2000. For this financial year HEBS has allocated £30,000 to produce materials for Breastfeeding Awareness Week and also to develop a new five-year strategy for breastfeeding.
Success can only be measured when breastfeeding rates increase both at birth and at six weeks or longer. Breastfeeding rates have been improving in Scotland over the past decade or so, but there is still a long way to go if we are to achieve our target of having 50% of women breastfeeding their babies at six weeks, by 2005. To help in achieving this target, the Scottish Executive supports and funds the Scottish Breastfeeding Group and the National Breastfeeding Adviser.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people started midwifery training in (a) 1997; (b) 1998 and (c) 1999 and what promotion of midwifery training takes place in order to attract trainees.
Answer
Commencements to midwifery programmes for the years 1997-98 to 1999-2000 are shown in the table below.
| Year | 3-Year Programme | 18-Month Programme | Total |
| 1997-98 | 171 | 90 | 261 |
| 1998-99 | 183 | 68 | 251 |
| 1999-2000 | 191 | 73 | 264 |
Promotion of midwifery courses is undertaken by the higher education institutions who run the courses. In addition, the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting in Scotland Careers Information Service publishes a careers information booklet for those interested in a career in midwifery. This information also appears on the World Wide Web.
