- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 10 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports from public local inquiries are outstanding by more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months and (d) one year.
Answer
None.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 9 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received a copy of the report of the Dog Identification Working Group and, if so, what action it plans to take in the light of the report and what consultations it intends to hold prior to taking any such action.
Answer
I have received a copy of the Dog Identification Working Group's report and am currently considering the implications for Scotland. Any proposals for change will be subject to public consultation.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 9 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what input it has had into the report of the Dog Identification Working Group set up by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Answer
None. The issues covered by the Dog Identification Working Group are devolved to the Scottish Parliament but we had observer status on the Group.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 5 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its announcement on 19 September 2000 of free central heating for pensioners and families, how many private pensioner homes will have central heating installed over the next five years.
Answer
We estimate that 40,000 pensioners who are owner-occupiers or private renters will have central heating systems installed.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescales are for all preparatory survey works prior to the commencement of the M77 extension.
Answer
A ground investigation survey will be undertaken before the end of this year and an archaeological survey is programmed for next spring.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that no delays occur to the extension of the M77 as a result of the Glasgow southern orbital inquiry.
Answer
The Executive is ensuring that the powers for the extension of the M77 will allow it to be taken forward separately should the two councils be unable to obtain approval to construct the Glasgow Southern Orbital.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orthoptists are employed by each health board and how many this represents per 100,000 population.
Answer
The latest available information is shown in the table below.Orthoptists employed in the NHS in Scotland by Health BoardHeadcount and Whole Time Equivalent: at 30 September 1999
p| | Number | Number per 100,000 population 1 |
Scotland | 95 | 1.9 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 9 | 2.4 |
Borders | 3 | 2.8 |
Argyll & Clyde | 7 | 1.6 |
Fife | 5 | 1.4 |
Greater Glasgow | 23 | 2.5 |
Highland | 4 | 1.9 |
Lanarkshire | 10 | 1.8 |
Grampian | 8 | 1.5 |
Orkney | - | - |
Lothian | 7 | 0.9 |
Tayside | 9 | 2.3 |
Forth Valley | 5 | 1.8 |
Western Isles | - | - |
Dumfries & Galloway | 5 | 3.4 |
Shetland | - | - |
Source: National Manpower Statistics from payroll
Registrar General for Scotland
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Notes:
1. Rate calculated using 1998 population figures. Population data are mid-year estimates at 30 June.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners escaped whilst in transit (a) between court and prison and (b) between prisons in each of the last three years broken down by (i) police force area and (ii) local authority area.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
Only one prisoner has escaped from Scottish Prison Service custody while in transit between court and prison in the last three years, this took place earlier this year. The incident took place in Strathclyde police force area, and in East Renfrewshire local authority area. There have been no escapes of prisoners in transit between prisons during the last three years.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by John Home Robertson on 31 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to authorise a seal cull on the west coast of Scotland.
Answer
There are no plans to authorise such a cull in Scottish waters. Powers to take appropriate action against seals to protect fisheries vel are already available under the Conservation of Seals Act 1970.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 22 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to compensate patients who have suffered adverse effects of corticosteroids.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no plans to compensate patients who have suffered adverse effects of corticosteroids. The position is that where people have been harmed by clinical treatment they have the right to establish whether there was negligence or defect in the manufacture of a product (either a medicine or medical device). Where negligence or a defective product can be shown to have caused harm, compensation may be paid. In the absence of negligence or a defective product there is no legal liability. Questions of compensation are resolved under the civil law.
