- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current average waiting times are for podiatry and chiropody services for (a) high-risk patients and (b) non high-risk patients, broken down by health board.
Answer
The treatment of patients by a podiatrist or chiropodist is generally undertaken in a primary care setting by the Community Chiropody Service (CCS), or at sessions at NHSScotland hospitals, clinics or other health service facilities staffed by Professions Allied to Medicine (PAM). Information on waiting times for services provided by the CCS or by PAM is not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17713 by Mr Jim Wallace on 19 September 2001, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) charged under section 50A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 in each year since the Act came into force.
Answer
Information on the numbers of people arrested and charged by the police is not held centrally. The number of offences under section 50A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, recorded by the police, was four in 1998, 386 in 1999 and 917 in 2000. The available information on persons with a main charge proved in court for this offence was given in reply to question S1W-17713 on 19 September 2001.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of the Scottish Prison Service and what issues were discussed.
Answer
The last key meeting was on 24 October when Iain Gray and I met with members of the Prisons Board at a reception at Edinburgh Castle which recognised exceptional work across a range of areas carried out by Scottish Prison Service (SPS) staff. SPS officials have regular meetings with officials from other parts of the Executive.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was made available to each prison for "home leave" in each year since 1997 and how much money was actually spent.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The table shows the expenditure on "home leave" in each financial year since 1997-98.The original budget details for these years are not readily available and could not be assembled except at disproportionate cost.
| Establishment | 1997-98 Actual £ | 1998-99 Actual £ | 1999-2000 Actual £ | 2000-01 Actual £ |
| Barlinnie | 356 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Cornton Vale | 963 | 946 | 702 | 831 |
| Dumfries | Nil | 6 | Nil | Nil |
| Dungavel | 4,281 | 163 | 215 | 32 |
| Longriggend | 15 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Penninghame | 22,18528,219 | 28,219 | 27,457 | Nil |
| Shotts | 54 | 66 | 72 | Nil |
| Aberdeen | 182 | 111 | 76 | 39 |
| Castle Huntly | 11,521 | 13,156 | 20,722 | 47,507 |
| Edinburgh | 1,379 | 11,703 | 11,566 | 9,244 |
| Friarton | 148 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Glenochil | 58 | 48 | 6 | 63 |
| Inverness | 4,0194,256 | 4,256 | 2,737 | 2,645 |
| Noranside | 16,224 | 16,633 | 22,488 | 33,070 |
| Perth | 5,593 | 1,381 | 1,152 | 371 |
| Peterhead | 136 | 6 | 6 | Nil |
| Polmont | 1,340 | 1,357 | 2,035 | 1,784 |
TOTAL | 68,454 | 78,051 | 89,234 | 95,586 |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints by inmates have been received regarding levels of drug misuse in prisons in each year since 1997, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:This information is not collected in the form requested. However, details of prisoners' complaints by prison and by the most common subjects raised through the formal complaints procedure are published annually in the SPS Annual Report.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Justice last met the Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service and what issues were discussed.
Answer
I periodically meet with the Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to discuss matters affecting the Service. My last such meeting was on Monday 30 April 2001.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients currently held in the State Hospital, Carstairs are on the transferral list for local services and how long each has been waiting for transfer.
Answer
There are at present 18 patients receiving care and treatment within the State Hospital who have waited more than three months since clinical agreement was reached that they no longer needed to be in the hospital.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 30 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Crown Office Quality and Practice Review of Road Traffic Deaths will be published.
Answer
A summary of the findings and recommendations will be published before the end of April.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list for each of the hospitals in the Tayside Health Board area for each of the past five years how many (a) beds were in use, (b) staff were based in the hospital pharmacy and (c) laboratory services staff were based at the hospital.
Answer
The information is not available centrally in the form requested. Information about staffed beds is available at hospital level. Information about staff numbers is available only at board and Trust level.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the final report of the Tayside Task Force.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-11574 on 5 March 2001.
