- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give an assurance that any changes to the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies will not pre-determine the nature of any changes to local government boundaries in Scotland.
Answer
It will be for the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland to determine the nature of any changes to local authority boundaries, including the impact of any changes to the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies, when they are next reviewed.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give an assurance that any changes to the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies made by Her Majesty's Government will not lead to a reorganisation of local government boundaries in Scotland.
Answer
The Executive has made it clear in the consultation paper on Renewing Local Democracy: The Next Steps published on 27 March that there are no plans to review local authority boundaries or to reduce the number of councils in the foreseeable future.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 27 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps can be taken to ensure that Scottish Water is able to place contracts with local companies that traditionally worked with the former water authorities.
Answer
The selection of contractors for the delivery of the capital programme is a decision for Scottish Water in light of its obligations to provide services to customers as effectively and efficiently as possible.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 20 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to tackle fly-tipping in rural areas.
Answer
The Executive has no such powers. Responsibility for dealing with fly-tipped material, irrespective of the type of land or area, rests with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the local authority in whose area the fly-tipping has taken place.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 5 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many falls among elderly and infirm residents of (a) local authority and (b) independent residential and nursing homes have been recorded in each local authority area since 1995.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22961.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 5 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many falls among elderly and infirm patients in NHS hospitals have been recorded in each NHS board area in each year since 1995.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22961.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 5 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the incidence of falls among the elderly and infirm patients or residents in (a) NHS hospitals and (b) (i) local authority and (ii) independent nursing homes and what action it is taking to reduce the incidence of such falls.
Answer
The number of falls and other accidents experienced by NHS patients and residents in registered care homes is not collected centrally. However, care standards for all residents and patients in all registered care settings are monitored and prevention of accidents and falls promoted.The report of the Expert Group on the Healthcare of Older People (published January 2002) contains a section on falls and fracture prevention. It recommends, amongst other things, that all older people should be asked annually if they have fallen in the past year and that NHS boards should ensure the availability of falls assessment services which provide interventions of proven effectiveness, tailored to community or care home settings. We will expect NHS boards to act on these recommendations.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many staff and (b) what percentage of staff employed by each local authority are graded A1 or A2.
Answer
The information requested is given in Table 9 of the
Joint Staffing Watch Survey: December 2000, published jointly by the Scottish Executive and COSLA in November 2001, copies of which are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 17232), and on the Scottish Executive internet site:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/localgov/jsws-00.asp.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it offers to agricultural machinery rings.
Answer
The Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society receives grant support from the Executive to carry out specific services. These include promoting the benefits of machinery ring membership as well as offering strategic, business and developmental advice to individual rings. Support has also been available from the enterprise network, local authorities, Rural Challenge Fund and European Structural Funds.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 31 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to monitor the financial impact of the implementation of the aggregates tax on local authorities.
Answer
We have no specific plans to monitor the financial impact of the aggregates tax on local authorities. It is for authorities to manage their budgets and purchasing decisions.
