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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S1W-22924

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 5 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22287 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether it will place the policy guidance it gave to the Scottish Further Education Funding Council regarding increasing the percentage of academic college staff with a recognised teaching qualification in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre, detailing the reasons behind its position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-22928

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 5 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22289 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether it will provide a full explanation of why it is the responsibility of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council alone to collect statistics relating to further education colleges and why the Executive does not collect such statistics.

Question reference: S1W-22931

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 5 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22289 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, why it looks to the Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFECF) to take appropriate action in regard to the employment of staff with physical disabilities and what action it has taken to ensure that the SFEFC has acted on this matter.

The Scottish Further Education Funding Council was established to exercise a wide range of functions on behalf of the Scottish ministers. Although statutory responsibility for employment matters rests with the individual colleges I have asked the council to support the sector and ensure that it is addressing the need to promote equal opportunities and the development of good staff management strategies and practices.Scottish Executive officials are in regular dialogue with the council regarding the implementation of all policy guidance.

Question reference: S1W-22952

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid by Lanarkshire NHS Board to (a) Stobhill Hospital, (b) North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust or (c) Greater Glasgow NHS Board for treatment of residents of the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency.

Question reference: S1W-22929

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 5 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22289 by Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether it will provide a full explanation of why it has no plans to collate centrally information on college teaching staff with a physical disability.

Question reference: S1W-22856

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has provided for the establishment of lip-reading classes in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency area to assist those with hearing difficulties in each of the last three years and what the reasons are for its position on the provision of such classes in this area.

Scottish Executive support for lip-reading skills is focussed on the training of tutors in lip-reading, rather than the support of classes in particular areas of the country. Grants are made under section 9 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. In 2000-01 a grant of £20,000 was made to the Scottish Course to Train Tutors in Lip Reading. Grant for 2001-02 has been set at £30,000 and for 2002-03 it has been set at £35,000. These funds will contribute towards the training of up to 15 tutors each year.

Question reference: S1W-22854

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 21 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether a person requiring two digital hearing aids will have both aids provided at the same time and free of charge by the NHS and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-22855

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has provided in total for the creation of lip-reading classes to assist those with hearing difficulties in each of the last three years and what the reasons are for its position on the provision of such classes.

Scottish Executive support for lip-reading skills is focussed on the training of tutors in lip-reading. Grants are made under section 9 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. In 2000-01 a pump-priming grant of £20,000 was made to the Scottish Course to Train Tutors in Lip Reading. Grant for 2001-02 has been set at £30,000 and for 2002-03 it has been set at £35,000. These funds will contribute towards the training of up to 15 tutors each year.

Question reference: S1W-22852

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 21 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many persons within the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency area have been assessed as requiring a digital hearing aid and how many persons were provided with such a hearing aid in each of the last three years, broken down by how many were supplied free of charge by the NHS and how many were provided by the NHS at a monetary cost to the patient.

Question reference: S1W-22859

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many lip-reading tutors were employed in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency area to assist those with hearing difficulties in each of the last three years and what the reasons are for the position on the employment of such tutors in this area.