- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 1 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive who has the responsibility for inspecting the State Hospital, Carstairs.
Answer
The State Hospitals Boardfor Scotland is a Special Health Board and as such is subjected to the samelevels of inspection as other NHS boards. It is inspected by NHS QualityImprovement Scotland and by the Mental Welfare Commission. Its performance ismonitored by the Scottish Executive Health Department and it is included in theannual review process in the same way as other NHS boards.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder are held in each prison and, of these, how many are aged (i) under 16, (ii) 16 to 18, (iii) 19 to 25, (iv) 26 to 40 and (v) 41 and over.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The information requested isnot available. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) undertakes health assessmentsof all prisoners on first admission into custody, which includes a mentalhealth screen. SPS relies heavily on the provision of information direct fromthe prisoner in terms of past health history or diagnoses. A specificassessment in respect of autistic spectrum disorder is not routinely undertaken.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-24269 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 April 2006, what steps have been taken to reconcile these different views, given that the different views relate to two identifications.
Answer
One disagreement concernsidentification of a fingerprint in a case which has been concluded and I referthe member to the question S2W-23156 answered on 10 March 2006. The other isthe subject of current civil proceedings.
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- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Deputy First Minister will reply to my letters of 26 January 2006 and 16 March 2006 regarding the Business Academy.
Answer
A reply to your letter of 26January was sent out on 25 May.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 30 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether individual social workers must declare and register if they have any links to adoption agencies operating in Scotland.
Answer
All social workers are requiredto register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), the regulatory bodyfor the social service sector. When applying to register they are required to providefull details of their employment history. They are not required to declare any specificinterests to the SSSC as part of the registration process.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences of a child being taken into care have been linked to a parent of that child fabricating or inducing illness in the child, a process commonly referred to as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, in each year since 1990.
Answer
Under the terms of the Children(Scotland) Act 1995, responsibility for the monitoring of children taken into careis a matter for local authorities. Children may be taken into care on a voluntarybasis and the Scottish Executive does not hold this data. Where it is consideredthat compulsion may be required local authorities may make a referral to the PrincipalReporter. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is not and has never been a ground for referral,as listed in section 52 of the act.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 24 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23974 by Colin Boyd QC on 10 April 2006, whether any material evidence relating to the murder of Marion Ross in Kilmarnock in January 1997 has been misplaced or lost.
Answer
I am not aware of anymaterial evidence relating to the murder of Marion Ross having been misplacedor lost, other than the material referred to in the answer to parliamentaryquestion S2W-23974.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to establish independent advocacy services for patients with autistic spectrum disorder within mental hospitals and how such services are structured to enable advocates to gain access to patients suffering from the disorder to enable those patients to make use of the new tribunals set up under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003places a duty on health boards and local authorities to ensure the provision ofappropriate independent advocacy service for all people with mental disorder includingthose with autistic spectrum disorder. The Scottish Executive is monitoring theprovision of advocacy services for all client group through the current mental healthdelivery indicators.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder reside in (a) the State Hospital, Carstairs, and (b) mental hospitals in each NHS board area and, of these, how many are aged (i) under 16, (ii) 16 to 18, (iii) 19 to 25, (iv) 26 to 40 and (v) 41 and over.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2006
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-23895 and S2W-23896 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006, whether “reliable information is readily available only from 1999” indicates that the Scottish Prison Service holds figures for the period prior to 1999 but that these are not as readily available as the figures for the period from 1999 and, if so, whether it will now provide the (a) staffing levels at the headquarters of the Scottish Prison Service and (b) number of prison officers employed, broken down by year between 1990 and 1999.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The only detailed records readilyavailable to us are from 2000 onwards, and previous questions (S2W-23895 and S2W-23896)were answered on that basis.
The only other readily availablesource of information prior to this date are the SPS Annual Reports and Accountsfor 1990 onwards, which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 39624, 39625, 39626, 39627,39628, 39629, 39630, 34446).
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