- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 18 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the negative aspects of Sure Start Scotland, as referred to in Sure Start Scotland Mapping Exercise 2004 and supporting communications.
Answer
The Sure Start Scotland MappingExercise 2004, published on 22 December 2005, provideda detailed picture of the expansion of Sure Start Scotland servicessince 2001 and their impact on children and families. The complete findings of theresearchers are available on the Scottish Executive website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/21153916/39170.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 18 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding for Sure Start services has come from outside funding streams, such as through the Health Improvement Strategy, expressed as a percentage of the total funding for Sure Start.
Answer
Scottish Executive funding forSure Start Scotland currently stands at £56.9 million (2006-07). However,given the cross-cutting nature and objectives of activity funded through Sure Start– around 70% of which combines Sure Start resources with funding from a range ofother sources, such as the Changing Children’s Services Fund or the Health ImprovementFund – it is not possible to state the proportion of outside funding which supportsSure Start services.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 29 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce an integrated early years strategy.
Answer
The Executive consulted on adraft integrated early years strategy in 2003. In the intervening period, integratedchildren’s services planning and related developments have taken this agenda forwardat a more strategic level. As the Minister for Education and Young People indicatedin his evidence to the Education Committee on 1 February 2006,the Executive is continuing to develop its approach to early years services, butthere are no specific plans for publication of a strategy document at the currenttime.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 29 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive why the reference to an integrated early years strategy was removed from the final version of Sure Start Scotland Mapping Exercise 2004.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-24442 on 29 March 2006. As a separate strategy document hadnot been published and the strategic approach had instead been incorporated in otherpolicies, the reference was removed to avoid any confusion.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 27 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will endorse the nine-point plan by Professor Tom Devine to improve understanding amongst students of Scotland’s history and the nation’s place in the world.
Answer
The curriculum in Scotland is notbased on statutory prescription. It is for schools, in the light of the curriculumframework within which they operate, to determine how best to organise the syllabusfor all subjects, including history, in schools.
A key feature of the curriculumreview is that the curriculum should enable all young people to develop knowledgeand understanding of the world and Scotland’s place in it. The Executive welcomes Professor Devine’ssuggestions as a contribution to the debate on how the teaching of history can contributeto this end.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what incidence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was recorded by NHS Scotland in each year since 2000, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children aged between six and nine were prescribed Ritalin (methylphenidate hydrochloride) for the first time in each year since 2000, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The informationrequested is not available centrally. Data collected centrally relate toprescribed items dispensed by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors anddo not include items dispensed through hospitals or hospital-based services. Inaddition, the available data are not patient-specific and cannot be used as aproxy for the number of patients receiving treatment with any particular drug.
The website of InformationServices Division of NHS National Services Scotland provides an InformedComment on drugs used in mental health including drugs used for attention deficithyperactivity disorder. A link is attached.
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/info3.jsp?ContentID=3588&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show&.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaf and deafblind patients were treated by the NHS in each year since 1999 by each NHS board.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally. National hospitalactivity returns hold information on patient demographics, diagnosis and anyoperations performed. No specific note is held of existing disabilities such asdeafness and/or blindness.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was available to overcome communication and language barriers for deaf and deafblind people with mental health problems in each year since 1999.
Answer
While specific funding is notprovided for these areas, NHS boards must consider with their planning partnershow best to respond to the guidance issued in June 2005 on Disability DiscriminationCompliance: Access to Mainstream and Specialist Services for those with SensoryLoss and a Mental Health Problems (
www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/mels/HDL2005_27.pdf),and will be asked to complete a joint survey on progress in July 2006. It is foreach NHS board to meet the health care needs of its resident population from withinthe level of funding available, taking account of national and local priorities.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to provide out-patient and in-patient services for deaf and deafblind people with mental health problems.
Answer
We have no plans forseparate provision. Guidance published in 2005 offered approaches for improvedaccess to mainstream services by those with a sensory loss and a mental healthproblem. A copy of which has been place in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. number 38922). That guidance will inform the approaches adopted bythe partner agencies in each area to meet assessed and forecast local needs.
The guidance includes acommitment to follow up, this July, on progress made by the agencies. Theresults will be published.
