- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions have taken place with NHS Greater Glasgow and other interested parties anent the composition of the new NHS board, which will incorporate the catchment area currently administered by NHS Argyll and Clyde and how many appointments will be made to the new board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answersto questions S2W-24002 and S2W-24003 on 15 March 2006.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all current board members of NHS Greater Glasgow showing (a) occupation, (b) place of employment, (c) period of tenure of office and (d) remuneration and how many members were appointed to represent the interests of (i) patients, (ii) local communities within the board’s catchment area and (iii) medical and ancillary staff.
Answer
Information on NHS board membershipis provided on the Scottish Public Bodies Directory at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/directory.Board membership comprises threediscrete categories; The Chair and Non-Executive members; Stakeholder members (LocalAuthority Councillors, Chair of the Area Partnership Forum and Chair of the AreaClinical Forum), and Executive members (Chief Executive and Director of Financeetc).
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how appointments to the new NHS board which will replace NHS Greater Glasgow and part of NHS Argyll and Clyde will be made; who will be in charge of the selection and training of these appointees; how many people will be chosen to represent (a) community interests, (b) the interests of patients and (c) the interests of staff on the board and what the length of their tenure will be.
Answer
The appointments processwill comply with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments inScotland (OCPAS) – Code of Practice. The selection panel will be chaired by aDirector from the Scottish Executive Health Department, with the Chair of the NHSGreater Glasgow and Clyde Board and an OCPAS Assessor as panel members. It ishowever, appropriate to note that the panel makes recommendations, but it isthe Minister for Health and Community Care who makes the appointment(s).Induction and training is a matter for individual boards.
The appointment round hasbeen planned with a view to the recruitment of three additional non-executivemembers on the new NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Board to represent theinterests of the public, patients and stakeholders in the former NHS Argyll andClyde area. Additionally work is in hand to ensure that a Councillor fromInverclyde Council and Renfrewshire Council is represented on the new NHS GreaterGlasgow and Clyde Board.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been proceeded against in the courts for offences in relation to the Terrorism Act 2000 and, of these, how many have been convicted and what the range of punishments imposed by the courts has been.
Answer
The available information isgiven in the following table. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 areplanned for publication in spring 2006.
Persons Proceeded Against inScottish Courts for Offences Under the Terrorism Act 20001, 2000-03
| | Number |
| Total proceeded against | 31 |
| Total with charge proved of which given: | 27 |
| Custodial sentence | 10 |
| Monetary penalty | 12 |
| Other sentence | 5 |
Note: 1. Where main offence.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 9 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce a concessionary travel scheme for young people.
Answer
We are currently developing detailed proposals to implement the Partnership Agreement Commitment to introduce a national scheme of concessionary travel for young people. I will make an announcement once the proposals are finalised.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 8 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information has been given by Eaga Partnership Ltd anent the number of private sector pensioners’ homes in the PA14 postcode area which have had central heating systems installed in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05 and how many such homes will have installations carried out in (d) 2005-06 and (e) 2006-07.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
Communities Scotland has contacted Eaga Partnership which has indicated that it has not provided information on the number of private sector pensioners’ homes in the PA14 postcode area. The information relating to numbers is provided by main postcode area only.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many foreign women have sought refuge in Scotland in the last five years in order to avoid being forced into prostitution.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S2W-23374 answered on 8 March 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been convicted in Scottish courts in each of the last five years for offences relating to the trafficking of women from countries in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America for the purpose of forced prostitution.
Answer
The information requested is not available from the statistics held centrally.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged 65 and over have received intensive home care in (a) West Renfrewshire and (b) Inverclyde in each year since 1999, expressed also as a percentage of all older people in these areas.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally for the whole year. However, the number and percentage of older people in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde local authority areas receiving intensive home care in the week ending 31 March each year since 1999 is:
| | Year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Renfrewshire | Number | 310 | 426 | 471 | 442 | 486 | 433 | 440 |
| Percentage | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Inverclyde | Number | 110 | 106 | 133 | 163 | 180 | 277 | 320 |
| Percentage | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 2.3% |
Notes:
1. Older people means people aged 65 or over.
2. Intensive home care means 10 or more hours per week.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether estimates have been made of the number of women brought into Scotland in each of the last five years who have been compelled to work as prostitutes.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. As indicated in the joint Home Office/Scottish Executive consultation
Tackling Human Trafficking: Consultation on Proposals for a UK Action Plan accurate information on trafficking is difficult to obtain, owing to the covert nature of the activity. The consultation seeks views from stakeholders on how the extent of trafficking into and within the UK can be measured.
Police forces in Scotland are currently participating in Operation Pentameter, a UK-wide multi-agency campaign to combat trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Operation Pentameter will report in the summer and should provide intelligence on the extent of trafficking activity in Scotland.
