- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional funding has been given to police forces in the current financial year to ensure that there are adequate numbers of community police officers.
Answer
Funding is allocated to forces in total and is not earmarked for specific purposes. It is for chief constables to allocate resources according to priorities and demands in their force area.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives it plans to take to increase the number of community police officers.
Answer
Funding for the police service in Scotland is at record levels. Police officer numbers in Scotland have also reached record levels in the current year. But the deployment of police officers to particular tasks, like community policing, is an operational matter for chief constables and divisional commanders who will take account of local needs and circumstances.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to police forces regarding the provision of sufficient numbers of community police officers.
Answer
None. The deployment of police officers to particular tasks is an operational matter for chief constables and divisional commanders in light of local needs and circumstances.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community police officers there currently are in each police force area.
Answer
Figures are not held centrally on the numbers of community police officers. In any case, forces will vary deployment of their officers to meet local needs and circumstances.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on community policing in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to discontinue the issuing of analogue hearing aids and issue digital hearing aids instead.
Answer
Both analogue and digital hearing aids are available to NHSScotland through Scottish Healthcare Supplies, part of the Common Services Agency. The Executive has no plans to change this arrangement. The question as to whether individual patients should receive analogue or digital aids is a matter for the clinical judgement of the clinician involved, taking due account of the Good Practice Guidance for Adult Hearing Aid Fitting and Services issued by the Executive on 2 March this year.I would also refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-19821 on 12 December 2001.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it issues to health boards on the provision of digital hearing aids.
Answer
The Scottish Executive issued
Good Practice Guidance for Adult Hearing Aid Fitting and Services (HDL (2001) 19) on 2 March 2001. This is available on Scottish Health on the Web which can be found at
www.show.scot.nhs.uk
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve the availability of digital hearing aids.
Answer
There are now 11 types of digital hearing aid included within the wide range of hearing aids available through central contracts arranged by Scottish Healthcare Supplies for NHSScotland. This compares to only one type available in June 1999.I would also refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-19821 on 12 December 2001.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been supplied with digital hearing aids since May 1999, broken down by health board area.
Answer
The following numbers of digital hearing aids, listed by NHS Board area, were drawn off the central Scottish Healthcare supplies contract by NHS Trusts in Scotland since the contract began in June 1999, up to the end of September 2001.
| Argyle and Clyde | 9 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 42 |
| Borders | 2 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 12 |
| Fife | 4 |
| Forth Valley | 3 |
| Grampian | 6 |
| Greater Glasgow | 168 |
| Highland | 47 |
| Lanarkshire | 140 |
| Lothian | 232 |
| Orkney | Nil |
| Shetland | Nil |
| Tayside | 45 |
| Western Isles | Nil |
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish the findings of the Review of Audiology Services Working Group.
Answer
The findings of the Review of Audiology Services Working Group are expected to be published in the autumn of 2002.
