- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the evidence to the Audit Committee on 25 January 2005 by the Head of the Health Department and Chief Executive of the NHS in Scotland, what the impact on patient services will be of backdating the General Medical Services contract.
Answer
There are no elements of the new General Medical Service (GMS) contract which require to be backdated.
Specific parts of the new GMS contract, such as quality preparation and some Directed Enhanced Services were implemented from 1 April 2003. Full implementation took place from 1 April 2004. These arrangements were as agreed during UK negotiations between the NHS Confederation and the GeneralPractitioners Committee.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 January 2005
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Answered by John Scott on 26 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what action it is taking to reduce the number of spam emails received in the Parliament.
Answer
In January 2004 SPCB agreed to endorse the recommendation that an email filtering policy be adopted by the Scottish Parliament. As a result of this policy an average of approximately 300,000 spam emails per month are being successfully filtered. The majority of emails successfully filtered are targeted at member accounts and currently account for approximately 60% of all email received by the Parliament.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2004
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Answered by Tavish Scott on 19 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether there are any plans for separate Scottish guidelines on the safety of cemetery memorials.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no information about plans to issue separate Scottish guidelines on the safety of cemetery memorials.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2004
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Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 24 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when its response to the Review of Treasure Trove Arrangements in Scotland will be published.
Answer
I am pleased to announce thatthe Executive’s final response, The Reform of Treasure Trove Arrangements inScotland 2004, will be published on 27 December 2004. Copies will beavailable in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 34702).
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 2004
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Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 will apply if the admissions policies of public authority pension funds do not accept new employer bodies due to lack of a guarantor.
Answer
The question of a guarantor does not arise in respect of a transfer of local authority staff under The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 (the “TUPE” Regulations). A TUPE transfer can be to either a private contractor or to a non-departmental public body. In the former case, the contractor would be asked to provide a bond or indemnity to protect the fund in the event of the contractor becoming insolvent. In the latter case, funds would not usually seek a guarantor. A fund is only likely to seek a guarantor where they are approached by a body independently seeking admission.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 October 2004
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 2 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the allocation of funding for enhanced drug transition services will be equitable across public and private sector prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS seeks to provide a similar service to prisoners in all prisons.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2004
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact on (a) elderly people and (b) people on low incomes of the Health and Safety Executive and the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management’s code of practice on the management of memorials.
Answer
The guidance, issued by the Institute in 2000, with a contribution from the Health and Safety Executive on specific health and safety issues, covers all aspects of cemetery management. No formal assessment of the financial impact of the guidance has been made by the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34111 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 March 2003, when the review of the legislation governing burial and cremation will report.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S2W-11909 answered on 16 November 2004. 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.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 16 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management, and similar national organisations, regarding the safety of cemetery memorials.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not had any such discussions.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 16 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with funeral directors’ and monumental masons’ organisations regarding the safety of cemetery memorials.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not had any such discussions.
