- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason children involved with the criminal justice system as victims or witnesses are not allocated safeguarders as they would under the children’s hearing system.
Answer
The option to appoint a safeguarder is only available for children who are referred to a Children''s Hearing. Where children are called as witnesses in court proceedings a number of measures can be used in the court to provide for their support and protection. All child witnesses are also entitled to the measures provided for in the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004. As child victims and child prosecution witnesses they will also be referred to the Victim Information and Advice service of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what patient transport costs were incurred directly by NHS (a) Highland, (b) Grampian, (c) Western Isles, (d) Orkney and (e) Shetland in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Scottish Government do not hold centrally the amount each NHS board spends on patient transport costs.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs were incurred by NHS (a) Highland, (b) Grampian, (c) Western Isles, (d) Orkney and (e) Shetland for the use of taxis for patient transport in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive in what way the circumstances that impact on the quota settlement for the fishing industry have changed since December 2008.
Answer
Total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas are set on the basis of scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The 2009 quotas were set on the basis of stock assessment advice received from ICES in 2008 and we expect no further advice from ICES until June 2009. That advice will be used as the basis to determine TACs and quotas for 2010.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what sanctions are available to deal with local authorities in breach of the Parental Involvement in Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher Appointments (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/132).
Answer
Local authority appointment procedures for senior posts must comply with the legislation contained in the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 (the Act) and related regulations. Section 15 of the Act allows for parental representation to HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) on matters of interest or concern. HMIE must take account of any representations received and may use it to inform future education authority and school inspections.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Super Puma search and rescue helicopter operating from Shetland has been called out and what each response time was.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no functions in relation to search and rescue helicopters. This is a matter for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an Agency of the UK Department for Transport.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the criteria are for the Victims Advice and Information service to contact family members in the case of a domestic abuse situation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-22707 on 29 April 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to have an orthoptist pre-school screening programme in every NHS board area.
Answer
A date has not been specified. The NHS boards who have not yet introduced an orthoptist pre-school screening programme are working towards doing so, or towards introducing a programme supervised by an orthoptist or an optometrist.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS board areas have an orthoptist pre-school screening programme in place.
Answer
A pre-school screening programme is in place in NHS Ayrshire and Arran; NHS Borders; NHS Dumfries and Galloway; NHS Fife; in two areas in NHS Forth Valley; in all areas in NHS Grampian by end of May 2009; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; in two areas in NHS Highland; NHS Lanarkshire; in one area in NHS Lothian, and in two areas of NHS Tayside.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the recommendations from the Health for All Children 4: Guidance on Implementation in Scotland report have been implemented in all NHS board areas.
Answer
We are aware of variations in the implementation of certain aspects of Health for all Children across NHS board areas. However, the Scottish Government is currently working with NHS boards through the Hall 4 Implementation Network to address the variation. We hope to issue further advice on aspects of Hall 4 to boards in late 2009.
