- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the figures on vacancies in local authority social work services in Statistical Bulletin SWK/S/2002/24, what the figures are for vacancies and percentage vacancies specifically for social workers working with children and families in each local authority area.
Answer
This information is available in the recently published Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Social Work Services for Scotland at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/socialwork/swsi/annualreports.asp.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is in each local authority area from application to installation of central heating through the EAGA Partnership (Scotland) for those who meet the priority criteria.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30388 on 22 October 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is in each local authority area from application to installation of central heating through the EAGA Partnership (Scotland) for those who do not meet the priority criteria.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30388 on 22 October 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many contractors in each local authority area are involved in installation of central heating through the EAGA Partnership (Scotland).
Answer
The areas assigned to the companies that work for Eaga Partnership do not follow local authority boundaries.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in each local authority area have applied for central heating through the EAGA Partnership (Scotland).
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30388 on 22 October 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration is being given to the establishment of a Scottish neuro-oncology network that can allow and encourage patients to have access to national and international clinical trials in the treatment of malignant brain tumours and what is being done to facilitate such a development.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30879 today. 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/search_wa.The Scottish Executive's strategy for all cancers is to ensure patients have access to the best care possible through tumour specific multidisciplinary managed clinical networks involving clinicians drawn from among relevant disciplines.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27534 by Lewis Macdonald on 8 August 2002, whether the original Invergarry-Kyle of Lochalsh Trunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order 1992 specified the maximum tolls chargeable for vehicles using the crossing.
Answer
The Invergarry-Kyle of Lochalsh A87 Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order 1992 contained, in Schedule 1, a table of base tolls, and specified how those base tolls would be used to calculate the maximum tolls chargeable during each calendar year. The provisions of the 1992 order were updated by the 1997 and 1999 variation orders.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration is being given to allowing patients living in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen access to trials in experimental treatment and randomised controlled trials in the treatment of malignant brain tumours.
Answer
An additional £1 million has been made available to support the planned Scottish Cancer Research Network (SCRN) which is expected to at least double patient entry into clinical trials. The network is expected to be fully established by April 2003.Participation in clinical trials is subject to patient eligibility against preset research criteria and patient choice.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average number of offences committed by persons released on bail after release was in each of the last four years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is confident that there is no link between membership of the Speculative Society and the handling of Skye Bridge cases that have been heard in the Supreme Court.
Answer
Yes. I do not consider that there is any connection whatsoever between membership of this debating society and the decisions made by judges in the Supreme Courts.
