- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 23 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it has that literature promoting homosexuality would be purchased and distributed to children by (a) local authorities and (b) individual schools in the event of the repeal of section 2A of the Local Government Act 1986.
Answer
The Executive has no such evidence. We are not aware of any instances of a Scottish local authority or school distributing literature promoting homosexuality to children: nor do we know of any local authority or school which has any intention to distribute such literature. The existing safeguards have a good track record in protecting children from potentially inappropriate behaviour and the additional measures we are taking will further strengthen them.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 21 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents since 1990; of these fatalities and serious injuries, how many were to pedestrians, and what action it is taking to reduce these fatalities and injuries.
Answer
Information about the numbers of people killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents since 1990 is published in Table 2 of
Road Accidents Scotland 1998, copies of which are held in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
The table below shows the total number of people killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents since 1990, and the number of pedestrians.
A GB strategy to reduce the number of road accident casualties in the period to 2010 was published on 1 March. Copies are held in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Road traffic accident casualties: fatal and serious injuries
Year | Fatal | Serious |
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| | Pedestrians | All | Pedestrians | All |
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1990 | 198 | 546 | 2028 | 6252 |
1991 | 173 | 491 | 1759 | 5638 |
1992 | 161 | 463 | 1583 | 5176 |
1993 | 127 | 399 | 1323 | 4454 |
1994 | 111 | 363 | 1536 | 5207 |
1995 | 121 | 409 | 1466 | 4930 |
1996 | 106 | 357 | 1173 | 4041 |
1997 | 87 | 377 | 1124 | 4047 |
1998 | 96 | 385 | 1059 | 4066 |
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2000
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish police officers have been seconded to the United Nations International Police in Kosovo; how long the tours of duty of any such secondees will last, and whether the salary and associated costs of any secondees are being recouped from Her Majesty's Government.
Answer
There are presently no Scottish police officers on secondment to the United Nations International Police in Kosovo. One officer from Northern Constabulary was seconded to the Kosovo Police Training Group for a period of six months in 1999. Secondees normally undertake a six month tour of duty but there is provision for this to be extended. Salary and associated costs are reimbursed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with the Foreign Office and the Home Office concerning the deployment of Scottish police officers with the United Nations International Police in Kosovo.
Answer
None. Scottish police officers may volunteer to serve with the United Nations International Police in Kosovo under arrangements which involve both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Home Office. Such service is contingent on the approval of the officer's chief constable. Scottish Ministers give formal approval under the provisions of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisons employ a race relations liaison officer.
Answer
As part of the current Scottish Prison Service race relations policy, every prison in Scotland has an Ethnic Minorities Liaison Officer who deals with race relations issues.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 17 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its employees are (a) men and (b) women aged 50 years or more and what proportion of the total workforce such workers represent.
Answer
There were 1,820 men and 817 women aged 50 years or more employed by the Scottish Executive at 1 March 2000. Employees aged 50 years or more represented 18.2% of the total workforce.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 16 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the percentage of Scottish Executive employees who have a disability.
Answer
2.7% of staff employed by the Scottish Executive including its Agencies and Associated Departments, excluding the Scottish Prison Service, have self-declared a disability in terms of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 7 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average number of patients per general practitioner is in (a) urban areas; (b) rural areas and (c) island communities.
Answer
The information requested is as shown in the table.Average number of patients per general practitioner in Scotland by type of area: as at 1 October 1998 (the most recent date for which complete data is available)(Patients per GP
1)
| | Headcount | WTE2 |
Urban Areas3 | 1,500 | 1,579 |
Rural Areas4 | 1,134 | 1,201 |
Island Communities5 | 911 | 957 |
Source: General Medical Practitioner Database, ISD Scotland.
Notes:
1. Vacant posts for GP principals and the patients attached to these posts have been included in the calculations.
2. Whole Time Equivalent.
3. Data for "Urban Areas" are based upon practices in which one third or fewer of all patients on the practice list as at 1 October 1998 were classified as rural patients on whom calculations for Scottish Rural Practice Fund Payments are based. Island health boards are excluded.
4. Data for "Rural areas" are based upon practices in which more than one third of all patients on the practice list as at 1 October 1998 were classified as rural patients on whom calculations for Scottish Rural Practice Fund Payments are based. Island health boards are excluded.
5. Comprises Island health boards (Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles).
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 7 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many millennium volunteer projects have been approved in (a) Renfrewshire and (b) Scotland.
Answer
No applications have been received from projects in Renfrewshire. To date 42 projects have been approved in Scotland.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the range of penalties which may be imposed for causing death by dangerous driving.
Answer
Under the Road Traffic Act 1988 as amended, the offence of causing death by dangerous driving carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment. Since the law on dangerous driving is reserved under the Scotland Act 1998, this is a matter for the UK Government.
