- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 9 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15979 by Allan Wilson on 21 April 2005 on the introduction of the Gas Work Notification Scheme, what the content was of each of the representations made to it.
Answer
I have arranged for a copy of each of the representations to be placed in the Parliaments Reference Centre (Bib. number 36394).
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 9 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15979 by Allan Wilson on 21 April 2005 on the introduction of the Gas Work Notification Scheme, which organisations made representations to it and when.
Answer
Mr J V S McIver of John Fulton (Plumbers) Ltd wrote to the First Minister on 18 February 2005.
John Home Robertson MSP wrote on behalf of Ms Catherine Thacker of Bathroom World (Lothian) on 21 February 2005.
Nora Radcliffe MSP wrote on behalf of Gordon A Campbell, Managing Director of Camwater Ltd on 16 February 2005.
Mike Weir MP wrote to Nigel Griffiths MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry on behalf of J M Guild of Forfar and other plumbing companies and individual plumbers on 18 March 2005. This correspondence was transferred from Mr Griffith’s office to us for response, presumably because the company that Mr Weir was writing on behalf of was Scottish based. We did not respond to this case but transferred it to the Health and Safety Executive for response.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 9 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15979 by Allan Wilson on 21 April 2005 on the introduction of the Gas Work Notification Scheme, what its response will be to those who made representations to it on the scheme.
Answer
We have already responded to the letters from Mr McIver, John Home Robertson MSP and Nora Radcliffe MSP and copies have been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 36395).
We made no response to the letter from Mike Weir. It was transferred to the Health and Safety Executive for answer.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 21 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received, or made to the UK Government, regarding the impact of the introduction of the Gas Work Notification Scheme on the housing market and what studies the Executive has undertaken to determine the economic impact that the scheme will have on gas installation services and businesses in Scotland.
Answer
The Gas Work Notification Scheme is being introduced by CORGI (the Council for Registered Gas Installers) as a part of the registration scheme they operate. Subject to limited exceptions, under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, employers and self-employed persons must be in membership of CORGI if they carry out gas installation work.
The Executive has received four representations on this issue. Representations have also been received by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and some UK ministers. The Executive has not made any formal representation to the UK Government nor has it undertaken any studies to determine the economic impact. My officials have been in contact with HSE officials to discuss how to reply to representations. We have recently been advised that APHC (the Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors) is taking action preparatory to a judicial review involving CORGI.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2596 by Cathy Jamieson on 26 September 2003, what action it takes to ensure that prisons are always sufficiently staffed in accordance with management assessments.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS Workforce Planning and Monitoring Group consisting of both management and trade union representatives meets regularly to consider staffing levels across establishments and any action required.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time prison officers there were at HM Prison Castle Huntly in each of the last five years and what the turnover of prison officers was in each year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
| As at 31 March |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| (A) | (B) | (A) | (B) | (A) | (B) | (A) | (B) | (A) | (B) |
| 36 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Turnover | 6.5% | Turnover | 0% | Turnover | 0% | Turnover | 0% | Turnover | 6% |
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) recommended and (b) actual maximum number of inmates has been at HM Prison Castle Huntly in each month since 1999.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Not all information requested is available. There is no recommended numberof prisoners. The following table gives the maximum population for Castle Huntlyin the past five years:
| Year | Average Daily Population | Maximum Population |
| 1999-2000 | 117 | 142 |
| 2000-01 | 135 | 150 |
| 2001-02 | 136 | 152 |
| 2002-03 | 146 | 160 |
| 2003-04 | 153 | 160” |
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the range and nature has been of services supplied to the private health care sector by the NHS due to patients on waiting lists being transferred to the private sector in each of the last five years; what the resultant costs have been to the NHS, and whether any such costs are recoverable.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions patients on NHS waiting lists have been transferred to private health care in each NHS board area in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that data in respect of the (a) collation of actual and (b) projection of future costs of free personal care for the elderly is accurate and up-to-date.
Answer
In respect of (a), the collection of actual data, the Executive collects up-to-date information on free personal care expenditure through an annual data collection from local authorities. The accuracy of this data is ensured through validation procedures and comparison to recipient figures collected quarterly. These figures are published annually in a National Statistics release; and the latest of these is
Free Personal/ Nursing Care Scotland 2004, which is available on the web via the link
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00368-00.asp.
As for (b), the projection of future costs, a strategy for evaluating the implementation of free personal care is currently being developed, and this will incorporate analysis of actual and projected costs.
