- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a shortage of orthoptists.
Answer
At present there is noindication of a shortage of orthoptists in NHSScotland.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what stage it has reached in planning new prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
SPS has identified preferredsites for two new prisons at Low Moss and Addiewell and has submitted planningapplications for the proposed developments.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received on the need for an orthoptic school.
Answer
The Scottish Executive hasnot received any recent representations about the need for anorthoptic school.
The last representations made to the Scottish Executive about orthoptic services in Scotland were received in December2002.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the prison population is at its highest recorded level.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
No. The prison populationreached its highest recorded level of 6,744 on 18 September 2003. Its levelwas 6,391 on 2 January 2004. It is the highest recorded level at this time of the year.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, following the debate on 29 January 2003, what communication it has had with Her Majesty's Government on its plans for a Supreme Court in the United Kingdom.
Answer
The Executive has beenadvised that today Lord Falconer, Secretary of State for ConstitutionalAffairs, will make an oral statement to the House of Lords and that ChrisLeslie MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State will make a similar oral statementin the House of Commons setting out the Government’s proposals in regard to theSupreme Court for the United Kingdom. The Scottish Executive welcomes this opportunity toagain endorse support in principle for the proposed reforms which were debatedin this house on 29 January 2004.
Copies of the statement areavailable in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 30973).
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it issues in respect of the operation of court custody officers.
Answer
Officials in the JusticeDepartment are currently working with the police to produce operationalguidance on police custody and security officers. The Sheriffs Association andthe Scottish Courts Service will also be invited to comment on the terms of theguidance before it is issued.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received with regard to Greater Glasgow NHS Board's maternity services review.
Answer
The HealthDepartment has received a number of letters about NHS Greater Glasgow’s reviewof maternity services. These have been forwarded to the NHS board so that theviews expressed can be formally recorded and considered under the on-goingpublic consultation process.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how the changes in telephone directory enquiry services have affected Scottish businesses.
Answer
Telecomsregulation is reserved. It is currently undertaken by Oftel and, from laterthis month, by OFCOM. Oftel introduced the changes to directory enquiryservices and a preliminary report on their effect is available on theregulator’s website. It is too early to assess the impact of these changes onScottish businesses.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 10 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2078 by Ross Finnie on 9 September 2003, how it defines doorstep collection of household waste recycling.
Answer
“Doorstep collection” isanother term for kerbside collection. Annex B of the National Waste Plan describeskerbside segregated collection as “any regular collection of recyclable orcompostable materials from premises”. It excludes collection services deliveredon demand.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 10 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question SW2-2078 by Ross Finnie on 9 September 2003, what information it has on how the national targets for recycling household waste as outlined in A Partnership for A Better Scotland compare to the target in the Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 that by 2010 every home must have a separated doorstep collection of at least two recyclable materials.
Answer
The Household WasteRecycling Act 2003 requires English waste collection authorities, from 31December 2010, to make arrangements for the collection of at least two types ofrecyclable waste together or individually separated from the rest of thehousehold waste unless they are satisfied that the cost of doing so would beunreasonably high or comparable alternative arrangements are available.
The act does not extend to Scotland.
A Partnership for aBetter Scotland includes a commitment to set targets for local authoritiesto recycle or compost 25% of waste by 2006 and 55% by 2020 through increasingthe use of doorstep collection and through provision of recycling facilities inevery community. This reflects the National Waste Plan (Bib. number. 26101),which was published in February 2003 and set out the best practicableenvironmental option for more sustainable management of municipal waste in Scotland.Implementation of the plan will provide widespread segregated kerbside wastecollections of recyclable materials across Scotland (to about 85% ofhouseholds by 2010 and over 90% by 2020).
