- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of injuries caused by fireworks to (a) domestic pets and (b) other animals were reported (i) prior to 5 November, (ii) on 5 November and (iii) after 5 November in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 21 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any research has been conducted into the costs involved in using isolation wards as a measure to prevent the spread of hospital-acquired infection and, if so, what these costs are.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research to improve both the health of the people of Scotland and the services provided by the NHS. CSO is not funding any research on the costs of isolation wards. It is, however, funding a number of research projects on drug resistant organisms. Details of these projects are available from the National Research Register, a copy of which is in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 17404).
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to establish a facility to deal with the removal of CFCs from domestic refrigerators and free'ers before they are dismantled or disposed of.
Answer
The Executive has no plans to establish such facilities.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 21 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive which hospitals currently make use of isolation wards as a measure to prevent the spread of hospital-acquired infection; if none do, what plans it has to introduce such wards and, if such wards do exist, what plans it has to increase their number, and what criteria are applied in deciding whether to establish such wards.
Answer
These are operational issues for the NHS but hospitals are expected to follow the guidance contained in the Scottish Infection Manual (1998). This makes clear that trusts require to provide suitable accommodation for the clinical care of patients with hospital-acquired infection. The nature and extent of isolation facilities required in a hospital should be assessed as part of a formal risk assessment required by Health and Safety at Work legislation.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has issued to local authorities on the introduction of EC Regulation 2037/2000 which requires the removal of CFCs prior to the dismantling or disposal of domestic refrigerators and free'ers.
Answer
The Executive wrote to local authorities, the waste management industry and others with an interest on 14 September 2001 informing them of the new requirements and advising them of the consequent implications for the collection and disposal of used refrigerators.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial or other assistance will be available to assist commercial industries and local authorities to establish a facility to deal with the removal of CFCs from domestic refrigerators and free'ers before they are dismantled or disposed of.
Answer
The Executive does not propose to offer any specific assistance for this purpose. The United Kingdom does not currently have the facilities to remove ozone-depleting substances from insulation foams, from which it follows that there is a gap in the market which industry may be able to exploit. It is up to individual companies to identify and take advantage of a business opportunity which presents itself in this way. Issues of funding for local authorities are currently being considered.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding will be made available to local authorities for the storage of domestic refrigerators and free'ers following the introduction of EC Regulation 2037/2000 which requires the removal of CFCs from these appliances before they are dismantled or disposed of.
Answer
The Executive recognises that local authorities are faced with the new cost of storing discarded domestic refrigeration equipment until such time as the United Kingdom acquires the technology to remove ozone-depleting substances from insulation foam in an environmentally-secure manner. The funding issues are currently under consideration.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many prosecutions there were of persons alleged to have damaged property with fireworks in each of the last five years and (b) how many such prosecutions resulted in a conviction in each year.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many prosecutions there were against persons alleged to have injured others with fireworks in each of the last five years and (b) how many such prosecutions resulted in a conviction in each year.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many prosecutions there were against suppliers of fireworks in respect of sales to underage children in each of the last five years and (b) how many such prosecutions resulted in a conviction in each year.
Answer
The information requested is not separately identifiable from other crimes relating to the keeping and supply of explosives in the data held centrally.
