- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21335 by Ms Margaret Curran on 28 January 2002, whether members of Social Inclusion Partnership boards are liable to register interests or conflicts of interest in the same manner as those who serve on non-departmental public bodies or as elected members of local authorities.
Answer
Under the terms and conditions of Social Inclusion Partnership funding, local authorities as grant recipients are required to keep a register of interests, available on request for inspection by Communities Scotland.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21335 by Ms Margaret Curran on 28 January 2002, which members of each Social Inclusion Partnership board have interests that would be declarable if serving as members of a local authority.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19947 by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001, whether it is satisfied that Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust ensures that high quality primary care services continue to be available for the people of Lanarkshire.
Answer
Arrangements are in place across Scotland to enable the Health Department to monitor NHS performance and quality of service, and to support independent verification of service quality. On the basis of these arrangements, I am satisfied that in general terms Lanarkshire Primary Care Trust ensures that high quality primary care services continue to be made available to the people of Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2001
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether education advisers working for local authorities received an increase in pay consistent with the increase awarded to teachers earlier this year.
Answer
No, not all. The pay and conditions of service for education advisers is currently under review by the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) Psychologists and Advisers working group. They expect to make recommendations to the full SNCT on 28 February 2002.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 1 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20065 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 December 2001, what legal opinion it or the Scottish Prison Service has obtained on the compliance of the Visitor Identity System with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The Visitor Identity Systems have been introduced to prevent prisoners escaping and to prevent prohibited visitors from entering prison. Legal advisers have been consulted on the system and, in the light of legal advice received the Scottish Prison Service, is satisfied that it can be justified in terms of the European Convention on Human Rights as a necessary and proportionate measure designed to prevent disorder or crime.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 1 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20062 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 December 2001, whether the electronically scanned image of a visitor's right index finger and/or the digital image of a visitor's face is forwarded to the police national database, kept on record within HM Prisons Barlinnie or Edinburgh or elsewhere, or destroyed immediately the visitor has left the establishment.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Neither the scanned image of a finger nor the digital image of a visitor's face is forwarded to the police national database. This information is retained within the prisons only to speed up access at subsequent visits by the same person.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 1 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-20062 and S1W-20064 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 December 2001, under what legislation the Scottish Prison Service is allowed to take digital images of visitors as part of the Visitor Identity System in place at HM Prisons Barlinnie and Edinburgh.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The Visitor Identity Systems have been introduced to prevent prisoners escaping and to prevent prohibited visitors from entering prison. In terms of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 and the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 the Scottish ministers have a duty to ensure that prisoners are only released in accordance with the provisions of these acts. In terms of rule 78 of the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994 (as amended) the Governor is responsible for the supervision of the whole prison and the control of prisoners confined therein. The Visitor Identity System is being carried out in pursuance of these duties.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 31 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received in regard to student debt.
Answer
The issue of student debt has been the subject of correspondence with ministers and officials on a number of occasions since the introduction of student loans in 1990.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 30 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any waiting lists have been closed, including any which have been subsequently re-opened, in any hospital in the Lanarkshire Health Board area in 2001.
Answer
Lanarkshire Primary Care Trust was one of several NHS Trusts which revealed restrictions to outpatient lists in a very small number of highly-specialist areas. Where a GP considers that referral to the Clinical and Counselling Psychology Service in Lanarkshire is the most appropriate for that individual, that patient should be added to the waiting list. It is unacceptable to refuse to accept a referral and to close waiting lists.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 January 2002
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Answered by Wendy Alexander on 29 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has commissioned, or plans to commission, into the effects on students' academic performance of also being in employment and whether it will detail the results of any such analysis and research.
Answer
A wide range of factors, including financial ones, will affect an individual’s academic performance. We do not have any current plans to commission, research into the effects of being in employment on students' academic performance. As the member will be aware there are a new set of financial support arrangements being introduced.
