- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to local authorities regarding the use of classroom assistants.
Answer
The Scottish Office issued detailed guidance to all Directors of Education in April 1999 about the implementation of the Classroom Assistants initiative. The guidance, which is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 13145), covers issues such as job design, management and supervision, recruitment, screening and training.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what evaluation has been carried out in order to determine whether Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (SPT) has been meeting its statutory duties and what effect the current funding arrangements have had on SPT's ability to do so.
Answer
No such evaluation has been carried out.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place with officials of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority in the last year and what was discussed at any such meetings.
Answer
The Scottish Executive meet representatives of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority and Executive regularly to discuss a range of issues affecting public transport in their area.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the National Discharge Protocol for Mentally Disordered Offenders will be published.
Answer
The Protocol was issued as a draft for consultation in August, with responses requested by 18 October. These require to be considered carefully, and it is not clear when a final version will be available.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what statistics regarding the numbers of people diagnosed with a mental illness it uses when formulating policy and apportioning budgets in respect of mental illness.
Answer
The allocation of resources between NHS boards in Scotland takes into account the age and sex structure of the population and the influence of deprivation on the need for healthcare. This information is based on statistical evidence about the use made of services by different population groups. Statistics on admissions to hospital by people diagnosed with a mental illness show, for example, that people living in deprived areas make significantly greater use of mental illness services that people living in more affluent areas. The methods of analysis and the data used are explained in the reports on Fair Shares for All that were produced by the Arbuthnott Committee on resource allocation. It is then for NHS boards and local authorities to determine how best to use the resources made available to them to best meet the needs of local populations, including the needs of people with mental illness.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified psychiatric nurses are currently employed on the NHS 24 helpline.
Answer
NHS 24 is in the process of recruiting staff at present. The only criterion is that the nurses should be Registered General Nurses. If individuals hold a psychiatric qualification this would be "additional" rather than a core requirement.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17592 by Susan Deacon on 6 September 2001, when it will publish the review by the Chief Medical Officer on the mapping of the relationship between the various bodies with an interest in clinical quality.
Answer
The Chief Medical Officer held a series of four regional workshops to inform his review of the relationship between the various organisations with an interest in clinical effectiveness. The discussion document
Integrating Scotland's Clinical Effectiveness Organisations issued to inform this process was published on the Clinical Resource and Audit Group's website at
www.show.scot.nhs.uk/crag/. A formal consultation document will be issued shortly.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-18697 by Sarah Boyack on 30 October 2001, whether the bid for the work on the A1 Haddington to Dunbar Expressway has been accepted and whether the final contracts have been agreed.
Answer
No, the five contractors selected to tender for the work are due to return their bids on 19 December 2001. The award of contract is expected in the first quarter of 2002.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-18698 and S1W-19839 by Sarah Boyack on 30 October and 23 November 2001, what objections were received to the draft orders for the construction of the A1 Expressway between Haddington and Dunbar.
Answer
A summary of the objections received to the draft orders was contained in the Scottish ministers' decision letter of 13 June 2001, copies of which have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the specifications will be for the construction of access roads for emergency vehicles to the proposed A1 Haddington to Dunbar Expressway.
Answer
Access roads will be provided in both east and westbound directions from Traprain road. They will be designed by the successful tenderer and be of appropriate construction, gated, secured and for emergency vehicle use only.
