- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it made to the UK Government to seek a full public consultation in Scotland on the matter of the creation of in vitro human cloned embryos or human admixed embryos for research from cells originating in an adult with incapacity and without his or her express consent, prior to the passage of the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill through Westminster.
Answer
As the content of the Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill is reserved, the issue of consultation is for the UK Government.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what bye-laws have been put in place by each local authority to prevent begging in public places.
Answer
There are no byelaws in place to prevent begging in public places in any local authority area in Scotland.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it gives to local authorities to prevent begging in public places.
Answer
Local authorities already have powers under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004, such as antisocial behaviour orders, to prevent aggressive begging. They can also submit proposals for begging related byelaws to the Scottish Government for consideration.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to develop a national strategy to prevent begging in public places.
Answer
Aggressive begging can already be dealt with under the criminal law, through the common law offence of breach of the peace, and statutory measures under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004. We have no plans to develop a national strategy on begging.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers in respect of bye-laws to prevent begging in public places have been given to or removed from local authorities.
Answer
Local authorities can submit proposals for byelaws to prevent begging in public places to the Scottish Government for consideration. No detailed submissions have been received by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 6 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake of school meals by primary pupils has been in each year since the introduction of the Hungry for Success: A Whole School Approach to School Meals in Scotland initiative, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is published in table 13 of
School Meals in Scotland 2007, which is available on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/04134749/0.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 6 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake of school meals by secondary pupils has been in each year since the introduction of the Hungry for Success: A Whole School Approach to School Meals in Scotland initiative, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is published in table 19 of
School Meals in Scotland 2007, which is available on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/04134749/0.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients undergoing diabetic retinopathy screening are waiting for formal reporting for (a) level 1, (b) level 2 and (c) level 3 grading in each NHS board.
Answer
On 8 April 2008 the total numbers of examinations awaiting reporting from grading for each NHS board was as follows:
| NHS Board | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| Borders | 19 | 33 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 40 | 0 | 2 |
| Forth Valley | 62 | 0 | 36 |
| Grampian | 764 | 2 | 6 |
| Greater Glasgow | 510 | 23 | 272 |
| Argyll and Clyde* | 172 | 0 | 0 |
| Highland | 385 | 7 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire | 150 | 0 | 9 |
| Lothian | 1495 | 408 | 0 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tayside | 277 | 102 | 11 |
| Western Isles | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Source: Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Collaborative
Note: *All IT systems which use the community health index number, such as the diabetic retinopathy screening programme, are still organised on the basis of 15 NHS boards. Work is in hand to update to remove the NHS Argyll and Clyde cipher and replace it with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde or NHS Highland as appropriate.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how long the diabetic retinopathy screening targets are for (a) level 1, (b) level 2, (c) level 3 and (d) slit lamp grading in each NHS board.
Answer
The NHS QIS clinical standard for reporting is A minimum of 80% of people screened are sent the result in writing within four weeks (20 working days) of the photograph being taken.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients undergoing diabetic retinopathy screening are waiting for slit lamp examination in each NHS board.
Answer
On 7 April 2008 the total numbers of people who are due to be examined by slit lamp over the next 12 months and do not currently have an appointment was as follows (by NHS board of residence):
| Ayrshire and Arran | 1,580 |
| Borders | 207 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 71 |
| Fife | 718 |
| Forth Valley | 1,712 |
| Grampian | 1,298 |
| Greater Glasgow | 1,293 |
| Argyll and Clyde* | 956 |
| Highland | 492 |
| Lanarkshire | 834 |
| Lothian | 2,655 |
| Orkney | 4 |
| Shetland | 1 |
| Tayside | 402 |
| Western Isles | 6 |
Source: Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Collaborative.
Note: *All IT systems which use the community health index number, such as the diabetic retinopathy screening programme, are still organised on the basis of 15 NHS boards. Work is in hand to update to remove the NHS Argyll and Clyde cipher and replace it with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde or NHS Highland as appropriate.
