- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are in place to measure the compliance of pharmaceutical products approved for osteoporosis treatment with Scottish Medicines Consortium decisions.
Answer
NHSScotland is expected to take account of advice from the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) advice and ensure that recommended drugs or treatments are made available to meet clinical need.
Any evidence that suggests that NHSScotland was not taking account of the advice would be followed up proactively by the Scottish Executive Health Department.
Where the SMC considers a new medicine to be unique, NHS boards are required to make it available to patients where clinically indicated. Further information can be found at:
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/mels/hdl2003_60.pdf.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what improvements are being made in dealing with violent crime in communities in Ayrshire.
Answer
The Police, Community Safety Partnerships and other agencies in Ayrshire are working hard together to reduce violent crime. Antisocial behaviour teams are actively dealing with youth disorder and alcohol issues. Police campus officers have also been deployed to several Ayrshire schools.
Strathclyde Police’s Violence Reduction Unit is working closely with agencies across Ayrshire to develop local anti-violence responses and share best practice.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been given to NHS boards regarding the provision of full and part-time chaplains to meet the spiritual needs of in-patients.
Answer
Health Department Letter 76 (Bib. number 37740), issued to the NHS in October 2002, provides guidance on matters relating to the provision of spiritual care in the NHS. The Scottish Executive Health Department will shortly consult with the NHS and faith communities about whether the guidance requires updating.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18916 by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 September 2005, what measures it plans to improve funding for the community and voluntary sectors.
Answer
In partnership with the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), the Scottish Executive has produced and published a detailed action plan to implement the principles identified in the Strategic Funding Review Joint Statement, published in May 2005.
Further information about the review can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/viu.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 5 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19065 by Tavish Scott on 20 September 2005, when its officials last met Strathclyde Passenger Transport and whether the proposal to construct a dynamic loop on the Glasgow to Kilmarnock railway line was discussed.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with Strathclyde Passenger Transport on a number of issues. Officials met late June 2005 to discuss the dynamic loop on the Glasgow to Kilmarnock line. There remains outstanding issues to take forward following that meeting.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-11857 by Cathy Jamieson on 12 November 2004, whether the new arrangements for addiction services were introduced in July 2005 across the public and private sector prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-18816 on 4 October 2005. 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/wa.search.
The new arrangements for Enhanced Addictions Casework were introduced on 1 August 2005 in all public sector prisons. Discussions between HM Prison Kilmarnock and the Scottish Prison Service to ensure equity of service for all prisoners in all prisons across Scotland are on-going.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-11858 by Cathy Jamieson on 2 December 2004, whether funding for enhanced drug transitional services has been allocated equitably across public and private sector prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
It will be. Funding will cover prisons in both private and public sectors and will reflect the needs of the various population groups in each, whether public or private.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been made available to each local authority to provide Disclosure Scotland checks for employees.
Answer
Ministers have not made specific funding available to local authorities to cover the cost of the criminal record checks carried out by Disclosure Scotland. Part V of the Police Act 1997 provides that a fee should be paid for each application that is made. It is for each local authority to decide whether or not it pays for the check or passes the cost on to job applicants.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has monitored the costs borne by employees who require to undergo a Disclosure Scotland check for employment.
Answer
The current cost of a disclosure check in Scotland is £13.60. Some employers bear this cost on behalf of employees but whether or not they do so is for them to decide. The Executive does not collect information on actual costs borne by employees.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to remove the requirement for Disclosure Scotland checks to be undertaken each time an employee moves within an organisation.
Answer
We are working towards the implementation of a new vetting and barring scheme for those who work with children and vulnerable adults in response to the recommendations in the Bichard Report. The proposed scheme will include continuous updating of an individual’s status as new information comes to light. This should remove the need for further full disclosure checks when an employee moves within an organisation.
