- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 22 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it proposes to continue to take account of the charitable sector in its consultation on water and sewerage charges beyond 2010.
Answer
The Scottish Executive expectsto consult in the autumn on its principles of charging for the regulatory period2010-14.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase prescription and other National Health Service charges.
Answer
We shall lay before the Parliamentregulations (SSI2007/139) to increase prescription and other National Health Servicecharges from 1 April 2007. There will be a cash increase in the prescription chargeof 20 pence from £6.65 to £6.85 for each appliance or quantity of a drug dispensed.
The cost of a prescription pre-paymentcertificate will rise to £35.85 for a four month certificate and £98.70 for an annualcertificate. These offer savings for people who need more than five items prescribedin four months or 14 items in one year.
Prescription charges are expectedto raise some £46 million for NHS Scotland in 2006-07.
Charges for elastic stockingsand tights, fabric supports and wigs supplied through the hospital service willbe increased similarly.
This year we will continue thepractice of the previous seven years, that increases in the prescription chargeand other NHS charges should be at or below the current rate of inflation.
NHS charges for England, Wales and Northern Ireland are a matter for those administrations.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 15 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how its relocation policy can aid regeneration of town centres.
Answer
The Scottish Executive relocationpolicy is one of a number of policies that can contribute to supporting the developmentof town centres.
We continue to consider opportunitiesfor relocation to contribute to town-centre regeneration wherever possible: goodexamples to date include the location of the Care Commission in the Waterfront areaof Dundee, the relocation of the Accountant in Bankruptcy in Kilwinning and the establishmentof Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd in Port Glasgow.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 25 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will be in a position to announce whether it will support and provide finance for the dynamic loop on the Kilmarnock to Glasgow rail line.
Answer
Subject to finalising the contractwith Network Rail and finding resources within current budget allocations, we willbuild a dynamic loop on the Kilmarnock to Glasgow rail line to allow a half hourlyservice on that route. We anticipate the work will be completed in 2009.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 30 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will have completed its assessment of the proposal to construct a dynamic loop on the railway line between Kilmarnock and Glasgow to increase the frequency of rail services.
Answer
We expect the feasibility workto be completed by the end of the year and will make a decision following that.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make a decision about the roll out of youth courts.
Answer
The final evaluations of thepilot youth courts in Hamilton and Airdrie are published today,
Evaluationof the Airdrie Sheriff Youth Court Pilot, Evaluation of the Airdrie and Hamilton Youth Court Pilots which canbe accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/Recent.I am pleased to note that thepilots are judged to be a success with particular strengths in fast-tracking ofyoung people through the court and in the wider range of services and resourcesavailable to address the behaviour of these young people. I have therefore decidedto fund the existing youth courts for a further three years.
On the strength of the successof the pilots in Hamilton and Airdrie, I have also decided to provide additionalresources with a view to extending the benefits of the youth courts to two othersheriffdoms. Initial studies suggest that Kilmarnock, Paisley and Dundee could benefit from having a youth court and we will beworking with the Sheriff Principal and local parties to assess the feasibility ofestablishing youth courts at these locations.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28779 by Lewis Macdonald on 24 October 2006, why it was not informed of the decision to grant Mark Biggley unescorted leave prior to it being taken.
Answer
The question of why the Executivewas not so informed is one of those addressed as part of the Critical Incident Review,which is currently being considered by ministers.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28876 by Lewis Macdonald on 30 October 2006, whether the reference to three restricted patient absconds from Ailsa Hospital in 2006 relates to three patients absconding or three instances of the same patient absconding.
Answer
Two restricted patients absconded.One restricted patient absconded twice and the other on one occasion.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS Ayrshire and Arran Critical Incident Review will examine the circumstances of a non-restricted patient who went missing in the company of Mark Biggley when he absconded from Ailsa Hospital.
Answer
The Critical Incident Reportfocused on the restricted patient. NHS Ayrshire and Arran are reviewingseparately the circumstances surrounding the non-restricted patient.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Critical Incident Review following Mark Biggley’s abscondment from Ailsa Hospital in May 2006 and, if so, whether it will publish it.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-29722 on 22 November 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliaments website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
