- 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 what recent discussions have taken place with appropriate interested parties anent appointments to the new NHS board, which will replace the extant NHS Greater Glasgow board; who will represent (a) hospitals and other NHS facilities which are presently the responsibility of NHS Argyll and Clyde, (b) patients and communities outwith Glasgow and (c) medical and other staff employed in those geographical areas which will come within the responsibility of the new NHS board.
Answer
Negotiations are on-going toensure that the health care interests of patients, the public and stakeholdersare catered for when responsibility transfers from the NHS Argyll and Clydearea to the new NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Board.
- 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 plans are in place to ensure that the new NHS board, which will replace the extant NHS Greater Glasgow board, will fairly reflect the wider geographical area for which the board will have formal responsibility.
Answer
There are no plans toreplace Greater Glasgow NHS Board. On 1 April, health services in the Argyll andBute local authority area will become the responsibility of NHS Highland, whileservices in the local authority areas of Inverclyde, Renfrew, and those partsof East Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire not already within NHS GreaterGlasgow, will become the responsibility of NHS Greater Glasgow.
NHS Greater Glasgow hasrecently consulted on changing its name to reflect its extended boundaries andI understand that from 1 April, NHS Greater Glasgow will be commonly known asNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
The NHS Argyll and ClydeDissolution and Integration Project Board and NHS Argyll and Clyde Dissolutionand Integration Project Team comprising representatives from NHS Argyll andClyde, NHS Highland and NHS Greater Glasgow has been established to manage andimplement the transitional and transfer arrangements necessitated as a resultof dissolution.
- 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 a date has been set for the dissolution of NHS Argyll and Clyde and the establishment of an NHS board for the Greater Glasgow area and those catchment areas that are within the sphere of NHS Argyll and Clyde.
Answer
A date has been set. ScottishStatutory Instrument 2006 No. 32 – The National Health Service (Constitution ofHealth Boards) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2006 formally dissolves NHS Argylland Clyde from 1 April, 2006. A further instrument, Scottish Statutory Instrument2006 No. 33 – The National Health Service (Variation of the Areas of Greater Glasgowand Highland Health Boards) (Scotland) Order 2006 lays out the formal steps necessaryto transfer the responsibilities, staff, assets and other resources of NHS Argylland Clyde Health Board to NHS Greater Glasgow and NHS Highland.
The effect of these Orders isthat from 1 April 2006, health services in the Argyll and Bute local authority areawill become the responsibility of NHS Highland, while services in the local authorityareas of Inverclyde, Renfrew, and those parts of East Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshirenot already within NHS Greater Glasgow, will become the responsibility of NHS GreaterGlasgow.
NHS Greater Glasgow has recentlyconsulted on changing its name to reflect its extended boundaries and I understandthat from the 1 April, NHS Greater Glasgow will be commonly known as NHS GreaterGlasgow and Clyde.
- 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: 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 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: 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 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.
