- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many biomedical scientists are employed by each NHS board in (a) clinical chemistry, (b) haematology, (c) microbiology and (d) pathology.
Answer
The latest available figuresfor the number of biomedical scientists employed by each NHS board areavailable from Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotlandvia the following web link
www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/WFF01_HB.xls.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the completion rates for the modern apprenticeship programme were in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05 and what they are likely to be for 2005-06, broken down by gender and framework.
Answer
The overall modernapprenticeship (MA) completion rate in Scotland for 2003-04 was 48%. In 2004-05the completion rate was 55%. The current completion rate is 60%.
Details about completion ratesbroken down by gender and framework is an operational matter for Scottish Enterpriseand Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern apprenticeships there have been in each year since the programme’s inception, broken down by gender and framework
Answer
The number of modernapprentices (MAs) broken down by framework and gender each year since their inceptionis an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands andIslands Enterprise. The information is not held centrally.
However, Scottish Enterprisehave published MA figures for males and females in the top 12 frameworks since 1998-99,as well as the gender split for each framework by age groups 16 to 24 and over 25sfor the year ending 31 March 2005.
These are available on the ScottishEnterprise website
www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedotcom_home/training-providers-top/training-providers/performance-and-reports.htm?siblingtoggle=1.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to implement the recommendations of Jobs for the boys and girls: promoting a smart successful and equal Scotland, published by the Equal Opportunities Commission in February 2005.
Answer
Officials were involved in theEqual Opportunities Commissions (EOC) External Advisory Group as part of their researchinto occupation segregation. I have met with the EOC since the launch of their investigativereport into occupational segregation in modern apprenticeships (MAs), Jobs for theboys and the girls.
I recognisethat there are a complex set of factors which influence career choice and the Executivehave agreed to set up a cross departmental working group on occupational segregation.Officials are currently liaising with the EOC Scotland over the remit, membershipand duration of the group.
We have also, through the ModernApprenticeship Implementation Group (MAIG), encouraged changes to the role of thegroup, the way it operates and also the process that MA frameworks are approved.The process is now more robust and through Sector Skills Agreements we can encourageemployers to become more proactive in tackling occupational segregation and sharebest practice.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 14 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions brought under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 have been as a result of acts perpetrated against nurses or midwives.
Answer
The Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 came into force in May 2005 and since then procurators fiscal have commenced prosecutions in respect of 90 charges under section 5(1) of the act which relates to the offence of assaulting or impeding health workers.
It is not possible to extract information from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s (COPFS) Case Management Database to determine how many reported charges in terms of the act relate specifically to nurses or midwives.
Note: This information has been extracted from the COPFS Management Database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. The database is charge-based. The figure quoted therefore relates to the number of charges rather than the number of individuals charged or the number of incidents that gave rise to such charges.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 2 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 are intended to help reduce the culverting and covering over of streams.
Answer
The 2005 regulations do not specificallyaim to reduce or increase any activity. Instead, the regulations adopt a risk-basedand proportionate approach to the regulation of all activities which impact on thewater environment.
In relation to the culvertingand covering over of streams, the regulations aim to ensure that the environmentalimpacts caused by these activities are given due consideration in the design, constructionand maintenance of the structure, and will ensure that best practice is adopted.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what strategies are in place to reduce the dependency of manufacturing industry and employment on (a) military services and (b) the arms industry.
Answer
There are no specific strategiesin place to reduce the dependency of manufacturing industry and employment on militaryservices and the arms industry. The Executive’senterprise strategy, A Smart, Successful Scotland, highlights areas for economic growth in the medium to long-term.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what geographic concentrations of dependency on (a) military services and (b) the arms industry there are in respect of manufacturing industry and employment.
Answer
The are no figures currentlyavailable to show geographic concentrations of dependency on military services orthe arms industry in respect of manufacturing industry and employment.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of manufacturing industry and employment is dependent on (a) military services and (b) the arms industry.
Answer
There are no published figuresavailable using standard industrial classification to show the proportion of manufacturingindustry and employment dependant on “military services” or “the arms industry”in Scotland. However, estimates relating to MOD expenditure in theUKbroken down by standard industrial classification, and dependent employment areavailable at the national level in tables 1.8a and 1.9 of UK Defence Statistics2005 which can be found by accessing the attached web link
http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/ukds/2005/ukds.html.The latest published figures relate to 2003-04.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 22 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in reviewing the consistency of wording between the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2004 and the Marriage (Scotland) Act 2002 in respect of the age of witnesses at both ceremonies.
Answer
While there is a differencein the wording of the relevant provisions relating to the age of witnesses, theeffect is the same. Registrars will always ensure that witnesses to civilpartnerships and marriages are 16 or over.
