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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-06352

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review the provision of orthoptic education as a result of the projected closure of the current degree course at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Question reference: S1W-06347

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of Meares-Irlen Syndrome have been diagnosed in each health board area.

Question reference: S1W-06356

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 10 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified specialist teachers of visually impaired pupils are employed in mainstream education in each local authority.

Question reference: S1W-06354

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 10 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the medical conditions which are classed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority as constituting "learning difficulties".

Question reference: S1W-04011

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to consult on any proposals to amend the National Health Service Appeals System and, if so, when such consultation is expected to take place.

Question reference: S1W-04010

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to respond to the criticisms of the National Health Service Appeals System made in the Annual Report of the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals.

I am aware of the concerns expressed by the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals in its annual report for 1998-99 about the National Health Service Discipline Committee system for family health service practitioners. As the report acknowledges, an initial consultation exercise on a new system had already been carried out and the matters the committee raises will be addressed when detailed proposals are drawn up.

Question reference: S1W-04012

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any consultation on proposals to amend the National Health Service Appeals System will include the Health and Community Care Committee and the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals.

Question reference: S1W-05746

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 13 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Records of Needs are currently in place in each local authority.

The information requested is given in the table below.

Number of pupils with a Record of Needs, by Education Authority
Local Authority	Primary	Secondary	Special	Total	%age of School Roll
Scotland	3,869	4,589	6,934	15,392	1.95%
Aberdeen City	169	150	476	795	2.61%
Aberdeenshire	168	191	292	651	1.76%
Angus	118	159		277	1.66%
Argyll & Bute	51	64	45	160	1.16%
Clackmannanshire	25	71	86	182	2.10%
Dumfries & Galloway	239	215	30	484	2.14%
Dundee City	191	206	188	585	2.62%
East Ayrshire	109	145	169	423	2.18%
East Dunbartonshire	28	28	96	152	0.78%
East Lothian	73	48		121	0.90%
East Renfrewshire	67	107	43	217	1.35%
Edinburgh, City of	225	145	687	1,057	1.75%
Eilean Siar	63	45		108	2.44%
Falkirk	98	125	311	534	2.52%
Fife	165	211	216	592	1.10%
Glasgow City	242	226	1,895	2,363	2.75%
Highland	309	404	156	869	2.56%
Inverclyde	128	140	138	406	2.89%
Midlothian	40	15	131	186	1.44%
Moray	133	150	13	296	2.06%
North Ayrshire	107	185	197	489	2.23%
North Lanarkshire	195	217	493	905	1.70%
Orkney Islands	12	23	8	43	1.34%
Perth & Kinross	143	123	118	384	1.83%
Renfrewshire	169	291	354	814	2.93%
Scottish Borders	126	129	5	260	1.67%
Shetland Islands	52	26		78	1.99%
South Ayrshire	104	176	85	365	2.05%
South Lanarkshire	179	353	432	964	1.97%
Stirling	33	136	68	237	1.80%
West Dunbartonshire	28	20	92	140	0.88%
West Lothian	80	65	110	255	1.01%

Source: Data collected by the School Census in September 1998.

Note: The above figures show the Education Authorities that are educating the pupils. Some EAs pay others to educate pupils on their behalf - which limits how much comparison is possible between Eas.

Question reference: S1W-05747

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 13 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Records of Needs per 100,000 population are in place in each local authority.

The information requested is given in the table below.

Records of Needs Data collected by the School Census in September 1998
Population data is 1998 Mid-year population estimates for Scotland, supplied by GRO(S)
Number of pupils with a Record of Needs, by Education Authority
Local Authority	Records of Needs	LA Population	Rate per 100,000
Scotland	15,392	5,120,000	300.63
Aberdeen City	795	213,070	373.12
Aberdeenshire	651	226,260	287.72
Angus	277	110,070	251.66
Argyll & Bute	160	89,980	177.82
Clackmannanshire	182	48,560	374.79
Dumfries & Galloway	484	147,300	328.58
Dundee City	585	146,690	398.80
East Ayrshire	423	121,300	348.72
East Dunbartonshire	152	109,570	138.72
East Lothian	121	89,570	135.09
East Renfrewshire	217	87,980	246.65
Edinburgh, City of	1,057	450,180	234.79
Eilean Siar	108	27,940	386.54
Falkirk	534	144,110	370.55
Fife	592	348,900	169.68
Glasgow City	2,363	619,680	381.33
Highland	869	208,300	417.19
Inverclyde	406	85,400	475.41
Midlothian	186	80,860	230.03
Moray	296	85,870	344.71
North Ayrshire	489	139,660	350.14
North Lanarkshire	905	326,720	277.00
Orkney Islands	43	19,550	219.95
Perth & Kinross	384	133,040	288.63
Renfrewshire	814	177,830	457.74
Scottish Borders	260	106,300	244.59
Shetland Islands	78	22,910	340.46
South Ayrshire	365	114,440	318.94
South Lanarkshire	964	306,860	314.15
Stirling	237	83,130	285.10
West Dunbartonshire	140	94,880	147.55
West Lothian	255	153,090	166.57
A point to note is that the figures show the LAs that are educating the pupils. Some LAs pay others to educate pupils on their behalf which limits how much comparison is possible between Las.

Question reference: S1W-05745

Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 13 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost is of opening a Record of Needs.