- 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 how many incidents involving damage to property caused by fireworks have been reported in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held 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 how many incidents of injuries caused by fireworks to (a) domestic pets and (b) other animals were reported in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held 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 how many incidents of damage to property with fireworks occurred (a) prior to 5 November, (b) on 5 November and (c) after 5 November in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held 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 Malcolm Chisholm on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents involving injuries sustained from fireworks have occurred (a) prior to 5 November, (b) on 5 November and (c) after 5 November in each of the last five years.
Answer
The number of reported injuries prior to, on, and after 5 November, for the past five years is shown in the following table.
Date of Injury | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Before 5 Nov | 41 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 29 |
On 5 Nov | 25 | 21 | 34 | 38 | 31 |
After 5 Nov | 17 | 21 | 13 | 29 | 6 |
Total | 83 | 57 | 60 | 82 | 66 |
Source: Fireworks Injuries Survey. The annual fireworks injuries survey, carried out by ISD Scotland on behalf of the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), contains information on patients treated at A&E Departments or Burns/Plastic Surgery Units in Scotland during the period mid-October to early November, encompassing 5 November.
- 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 Malcolm Chisholm on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported incidents involving injuries sustained from fireworks in each of the last five years involved (a) minors and (b) adults as (i) the alleged perpetrators and (ii) the victims of the incidents.
Answer
The age profile of those suffering injuries caused by fireworks, for the last five years is shown in the following table.
Age Group (Yrs) | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
All Ages | 83 | 57 | 60 | 82 | 66 |
<13 | 24 | 23 | 31 | 27 | 28 |
13-15 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 16 |
16-20 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
21+ | 21 | 21 | 11 | 34 | 17 |
Source: Fireworks Injuries Survey. The annual fireworks injuries survey, carried out by ISD Scotland on behalf of the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), contains information on patients treated at accident and emergency departments or Burns/Plastic Surgery Units in Scotland during the period mid-October to early November, encompassing 5 November.It is not possible to provide information about perpetrators and/or victims of these incidents. The data do not allow further disaggregation.
- 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, 02 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 19 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce a ban on landfill of (a) sorted combustible waste and (b) organic waste.
Answer
We plan to make regulations that will include a ban on the landfill of flammable and highly flammable waste as part of the implementation of the EC Landfill Directive. The draft regulations will be issued for public consultation shortly. The Executive also intends to introduce a system of landfill permits that will limit the amount of biodegradable municipal waste that may be landfilled.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust annually to run the community thrombosis service in Angus, whereby paramedics deliver clot-busting drugs before patients are taken to hospital for emergency treatment.
Answer
This is a matter for NHS Tayside. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether heart attack patients in Angus who are not suitable for treatment with clot-busting drugs will be at greater risk of death or permanent disability following the proposed closure of the Coronary Care Unit at Stracathro Hospital.
Answer
Decisions about the future of the Coronary Care Unit at Stracathro Hospital are, in the first place, the responsibility of NHS Tayside. In making these decisions I expect NHS Tayside to be guided by the latest available evidence and by current good practice, including evidence on clinical risks associated with the treatment of heart attack patients.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what pilot projects have been, or are being, conducted whereby paramedics deliver clot-busting drugs before patients are taken to hospital for emergency treatment.
Answer
Medical research in the UK and overseas shows clearly that treatment with thrombolytic (clot-dissolving) drugs is an effective way of reducing or avoiding long-term damage from heart attack, and that effectiveness is greatest when the drugs are administered very quickly after a heart attack has occurred. Consequently there is considerable clinical interest in the potential role of ambulance paramedic staff in providing thrombolytic drugs before a patient is transferred to hospital.With support from the Remote and Rural Areas Resource Initiative, the Scottish Ambulance Service is undertaking a pilot project on pre-hospital thrombolysis in rural areas. The project is looking at joint working between the ambulance service and general practice and will provide research evidence on the effectiveness of pre-hospital thrombolysis. Pilot projects may have been undertaken elsewhere in the UK and overseas.
