- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in each of the last five years, subsequent to any appearance at the District Court in respect of non-payment of fiscal fines, have continued to fail to meet such obligations.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in each of the last five years accepted the offer of a fiscal fine under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and subsequently failed to make full payment of the fine.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 10 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the findings of the GM crop trials will be published.
Answer
The final crops of spring-sown GM varieties will be harvested in autumn 2002. Data from the three years of evaluations across the UK will be collated, analysed and published in 2003. The final autumn-sown varieties will be harvested in summer 2003 and these results will be published thereafter.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 10 January 2002
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Executive's plans are for children whose parents have decided that they will not receive the combined MMR vaccination.
Answer
The Executive accepts that expert medical advice, both here and internationally, confirms that MMR remains the safest and most effective way to protect children from these very serious, and potentially fatal diseases. We have no plans to change the current immunisation programme. That is wholly consistent with the conclusions of the Health and Community Care Committee's report on the MMR vaccine, which was published last March.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to design and implement a coastal 'one management plan to address rising sea levels and demographic changes around the Scottish coasts, as predicted in the recent research conducted by the Tyndall Centre for Research.
Answer
National Policy Planning Guidelines are in place on planning and flooding and coastal planning. A number of planning authorities have already considered the need to develop shoreline management plans which take account of the effects of rising sea levels on existing and future developments.The Scottish Coastal Forum is currently developing a strategy for the integrated management of Scotland's coast which will address the issue of rising sea levels.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to address the economic impact of climatic change in the Moray Firth area resulting in wetter winters, warmer summers and sea level rises, as predicted in the recent research conducted by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
Answer
Research into Potential Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change in Scotland was published by the Executive in October 2001. This research will assist local decision makers in consideration of policy responses to adapt to the anticipated impacts of climate change in their communities. In addition, a significant amount of research into the likely effects of climate change in Scotland has been published by the Executive to inform local decision making, the findings of which have been disseminated widely and are available on the Executive's climate change website at www.scotland.gov.uk/climatechange/. Guidance designed to help local authority chief executives respond to the challenge of climate change was issued in August.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase investment in the collection and correlation of climate data throughout Scotland.
Answer
As part of the Scottish Climate Change Programme, work is on-going to improve Scottish climate change data to understand better the contribution we are making in Scotland to emissions savings and the possible impacts of climate change. The Executive has commissioned and published a significant amount of research, the findings of which is disseminated widely and can be accessed on the Executive's climate change website at www.scotland.gov.uk/climatechange. Research requirements for 2002-03 are currently under review.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how the #500,000 funding for community pharmacies announced in its news release SE4085/2001 on 1 October 2001 will be distributed.
Answer
The information requested is given in the Annex to NHS Circular PCA(P)(2001)6 issued by the department on 27 September 2001, a copy of which is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 18190).
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive in which health board areas can people buy digital hearing aids at a reduced rate.
Answer
Digital hearing aids are available to NHSScotland through contracts centrally negotiated by Scottish Healthcare Supplies, an NHS body and division of the Common Service Agency. Aids sourced through these contracts are not available for sale to patients.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19911 by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001, what its future targets are for yearly reductions in hospital acquired infections in the NHS.
Answer
Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change makes clear that every NHS Trust is expected to have in place an infection control policy. In addition, the NHS will adhere to infection control standards established by the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (CSBS). The board will arrange regular reviews of performance against these standards, and the results will be published. It is the responsibility of NHS Boards and trusts to ensure that action is taken to address any deficiencies identified. Follow-up reviews of performance will be arranged by CSBS.
