- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether complementary and alternative therapies could make a significant impact on the health of those from poorer backgrounds.
Answer
The possible benefits of complementary and alternative therapies would apply to people from all backgrounds.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact complementary and alternative therapies can have on raising the self-esteem of individuals and contributing to a sense of community spirit.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30583 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.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has given any consideration to implementing a scheme to introduce complementary and alternative therapies to those from poorer backgrounds.
Answer
The Executive has not received proposals for any such scheme.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive with how many current projects concerning complementary and alternative therapies it has an involvement.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO), within the Scottish Executive Health Department has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research into health and health care needs in Scotland. The CSO is currently directly funding four research projects and one research training fellowship concerning complementary and alternative therapies. The CSO is always happy to receive further applications for research projects concerning complementary and alternative therapies, which would need to be of a sufficiently high standard and would be subject to the usual committee and peer review.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total budgetary allocation for complementary and alternative therapies in health care provision is, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
There is no specific financial allocation for such therapies. It is for each NHS board or trust to make their own assessment of need and provide appropriate resources.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 7 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21646 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 23 January 2002, whether it has received the advice of the Scottish Rehabilitation Technology Providers Forum Orthotic Sub-Group on whether support tights should be available on prescription from general practitioners.
Answer
The Scottish Rehabilitation Technology Providers Forum (SCOTRET) has provided advice indicating this should be explored.Information is now being gathered to allow consideration to be given to whether it would be appropriate to apply for support tights to be included in the Scottish Drug Tariff.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to take to increase awareness of, and encourage applications from suitably qualified people for, the post of Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency.
Answer
The UK position relating to EU Agencies, including staffing, is reserved and a matter for the UK Government. The Scottish Executive is in close contact with the UK Government on a variety of subjects including the European Maritime Safety Agency. It would be for the Department for Transport to consider proposing any candidate from the UK for the post of Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with the Glasgow bid to be the preferred location for the new European Maritime Safety Agency and what support it has been able to provide.
Answer
The UK position in relation to the siting of EU Agencies is reserved and a matter for the UK Government.The Scottish Executive has been in regular contact with the UK Government about the location of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), and we have agreed to support location of EMSA in Glasgow. A brochure summarising the case for Glasgow, jointly produced by the Scottish Executive and the UK Government, has been circulated to the EU Institutions and Member States. The final decision on location is for all Member States and has not yet been made.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24669 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 April 2002, how the rule of ownership of boundary divisions on an ad medium filum basis can be ascribed to fences that stand on and mark the boundary where, after specifying the type of fence, the title deeds of the adjacent parties state that the dividing fence is the (a) common and (b) mutual property of the parties to be maintained at equally shared cost by them.
Answer
It is not appropriate for ministers to seek to interpret the law, as this is a matter for the courts. I am meeting the member on 2 October to discuss issues relating to boundary walls.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 2 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it is offering to the 750 people made redundant following the closure of the Sanmina-SCI plant in Irvine.
Answer
I very much regret the announcement by Sanmina SCI, of its intention to close its Irvine plant. Our immediate priority is to provide support and assistance for those facing redundancy. I have instructed the local PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) team to ensure a rapid response to help those affected into new jobs or training opportunities. Support will be provided by the range of public agencies involved in the PACE team in terms of retraining, upskilling and guidance on employment opportunities.I met with representatives of Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire (SEA) and local MSPs on 1 August to outline the action to be taken, and am provided with regular updates on PACE activity by SEA. I am confident that Sanmina SCI will work closely with the PACE team to best ensure that the needs of its employees are identified, and addressed, at the earliest possible date.
