- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it reviewed the local housing strategies for 2004 to 2009 produced by local authorities for evidence that equalities issues had been addressed and, if so, what information was obtained regarding the specific housing needs of Gypsies/Travellers.
Answer
Communities Scotland assessed all local housing strategies submitted in 2004 for evidence that the particular needs of key groups in the community were being addressed and sought a further update from local authorities on progress in assessing and meeting the needs of Gypsies/Travellers in 2006. There was a strong focus in local housing strategies on plans to research the needs of Gypsies/Travellers and establish good consultation arrangements. Specific housing needs identified included the development of new sites and upgrading of site facilities.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30167 by Alex Neil on 14 January 2010, what the timetable is for reviewing each local housing strategy to assess whether equalities issues have been addressed.
Answer
The submission of local housing strategies is expected to be staggered between the middle of 2010 and the end of 2012 depending on the local authority''s timescale for preparing their development plan. Each local housing strategy will be reviewed following submission.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many emergency ambulance incidents there were in NHS Tayside in the last year for which information is available.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service have advised that in 2008-09 there were 27,825 emergency ambulance incidents in NHS Tayside. This is made up of 10,872 category A calls (life threatening) and 16,953 category B calls (serious but not life threatening).
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost is of an accident and emergency ambulance incident.
Answer
The average cost of ambulance activity is published annually in the ISD Scotland Cost Book. This information can be found at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/costs-overview.jsp?pContentID=3726&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show&.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 4 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage of full-time first degree entrants from national statistics socioeconomic classification groups 4, 5, 6, and 7 combined has been at each higher education institution in each of the last three years for which information is available and what the respective benchmarks were.
Answer
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) annually publishes higher education performance indicators for all higher education institutions in the UK, including the percentage of entrants from low socioeconomic classification groups. The most recently published performance indicators relate to the academic year 2007-08.
HESA''s performance indicators on the participation of under-represented groups can be found at:
www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1434&Itemid=141.
Table T1a contains the percentage of full-time first degree entrants from national statistics socioeconomic classification groups 4, 5, 6 and 7 combined for each Scottish higher education institution alongside the respective benchmarks. Data for earlier years can also be found on HESA''s website.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 4 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage of full-time first degree entrants from (a) state schools or (b) colleges has been at each higher education institution in each of the last three years for which information is available and what the respective benchmarks were.
Answer
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) annually publishes higher education performance indicators for all higher education institutions in the UK, including the percentage of entrants from state schools or colleges combined. The most recently published performance indicators relate to the academic year 2007-08.
HESA''s groups performance indicators on the participation of under-represented groups can be found at:
www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1434&Itemid=141.
Table T1a contains the percentage of full-time first degree entrants from state schools or colleges combined for each Scottish higher education institution alongside the respective benchmarks. Data for earlier years can also be found on HESA''s website.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 4 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage of students not continuing full-time first degree courses beyond the first year has been at each higher education institution in each of the last three years for which information is available and what the respective benchmarks were
Answer
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) annually publishes higher education performance indicators for all higher education institutions in the UK, including the percentage of students not continuing following year of entry. The most recently published performance indicators relate to the academic year 2006-07.
HESA''s performance indicators on non-continuation rates can be found at:
www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1438&Itemid=141.
Table T3a contains the percentage of full-time first degree entrants not continuing following year of entry for each Scottish higher education institution alongside the respective benchmarks. Data for earlier years can also be found on HESA''s website.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated non-disabled healthy life expectancy is at (a) birth and (b) age 65 in each community health partnership area, also broken down by gender.
Answer
Estimates of disability-free life expectancy (non-disabled healthy life expectancy) are not available for community health partnership areas but estimates for the whole of Scotland are available in table, page 78 in Health Statistics Quarterly no. 40, winter 2008, published by the Office for National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/HSQ40-winter-2008.pdf.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated healthy life expectancy is at (a) birth and (b) age 65 in each community health partnership area, also broken down by gender.
Answer
The latest information on estimated healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth and age 65, for males and females, in each community health partnership (CHP) area is produced and published by Information Services Division Scotland on the Scottish Public Health Observatory website, in table 3
http://www.scotpho.org.uk/home/Populationdynamics/hle/hle_data/hle_chps.asp.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated non-disabled life expectancy is at (a) birth and (b) age 65 in each local authority area, also broken down by gender.
Answer
Estimates of non-disabled life expectancy (disability-free life expectancy) are not available for local authority areas within Scotland, but estimates at birth and at age 65 for the country as a whole are available from table 1, page 78 in
Health Statistics Quarterly no. 40, winter 2008 from the Office for National Statistics:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/HSQ40-winter-2008.pdf.
