- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 23 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring arrangements are in place for children who are privately fostered.
Answer
When a local authority is notified of a private fostering arrangement there are a number of duties which must be undertaken (a) prior to the placement, to determine whether it is appropriate for the child''s needs and (b), afterwards, to supervise the child''s welfare. These duties are set out in full in the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 and the Foster Children (Private Fostering) (Scotland) Regulations 1985.
Under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, the Care Commission has a duty to inspect how the local authority meet their obligations and responsibilities with regard to private fostering in their area.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 23 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what duties are placed on those engaged in private fostering to register with a local authority.
Answer
There is no requirement to register with a local authority. Both parents and proposed carers have a duty to notify private fostering arrangements to the local authority in which the child will be living at least two weeks before the child is placed. In an emergency, where this is not possible, the local authority should be notified of the placement within one week of the placement.
These duties and the information to be provided to the local authority are set out in The Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 and The Foster Children (Private Fostering) (Scotland) Regulations 1985.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 23 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-36019 by Michael Russell on 14 September 2010, whether consent is required from a local authority where parents opt to home-school their child from the outset.
Answer
Parents do not require consent from a local authority to home educate their children. As explained in the previous response, consent is only required from a local authority if parents or carers wish to withdraw their child from a local authority school in the area in which they reside.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 23 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether HM Inspectorate of Education has a specific role in monitoring home-schooled children.
Answer
HM Inspectorate of Education has no specific role in monitoring the education of individual children whether home educated or otherwise.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34556 by Shona Robison on 23 June 2010, whether it will define one cycle of treatment of IVF services.
Answer
This is one of a number of issues currently being considered by the National Infertility Group.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether further work has been undertaken on identifying a national tariff for IVF treatment.
Answer
This is one of a number of issues currently being considered by the National Infertility Group.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost is of one cycle of IVF treatment in each NHS board.
Answer
This information is currently being collected and will be analysed by the National Infertility Group at a future meeting.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the National Infertility Group will next meet.
Answer
The National Infertility Group met on 21 September 2010.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action the National Infertility Group will take on the interim report from the Infertility Network Scotland.
Answer
The National Infertility Group considered the interim report from Infertility Network Scotland at its last meeting. The group will deliver its first report to ministers by the end of 2010.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when (a) civil servants, (b) the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing or (c) the Minister for Public Health were notified that all three ambulance control rooms were out of operation on 21 July 2010.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service experienced disruption in their normal call handling operations on 21 July and there was a period of 50 minutes when all three Emergency Medical Dispatch Centres (EMDCs) were out of operation while a controlled close down and restart was carried out.
My officials were first notified of the problems being experienced in the call handling operations of the Scottish Ambulance Service at around 12:25 on 21 July 2010 and ministers offices were notified around 15 minutes later. We were then kept updated during the course of the day until normal operations were resumed.
