- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 14 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there were for degrees in (a) mechanical engineering, (b) civil engineering, (c) electrical engineering and (d) chemical engineering at higher education institutions in each of the last five years.
Answer
The number of applications to specific engineering degree courses in Scottish higher education institutions (HEIs) for the last five years has been:
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| (a) Mechanical Engineering | 3,499 | 3,642 | 3,262 | 2,957 | 2,988 |
| (b) Civil Engineering | 2,831 | 2,485 | 2,381 | 2,338 | 2,305 |
| (c) Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 1,331 | 1,069 | 1,122 | 1,132 | 1,205 |
Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.Figures on chemical engineering will not be provided by UCAS for publication due to data protection reasons. UCAS will not report data at subject level if there are less than six institutions receiving applications or accepting applicants in a region. This is to maintain institutional confidentiality.Latest figures from UCAS for 2002 show that applications to all engineering subjects in Scottish HEIs are up 7% on 2001. This includes a 12% rise for civil engineering, 7% increases for mechanical and chemical engineering and a 1% rise for electronic and electrical engineering.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 14 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acceptances there were for degrees in (a) mechanical engineering, (b) civil engineering, (c) electrical engineering and (d) chemical engineering at higher education institutions in each of the last five years.
Answer
The number of accepted applicants to specific engineering degree courses in Scottish higher education institutions (HEIs) for the last five years has been:
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| (a) Mechanical Engineering | 577 | 669 | 595 | 568 | 539 |
| (b) Civil Engineering | 494 | 419 | 409 | 428 | 411 |
| (c) Electrical and Electronic Eng. | 301 | 223 | 218 | 238 | 306 |
Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.Figures on chemical engineering will not be provided by UCAS for publication due to data protection reasons. UCAS will not report data at subject level if there are less than six institutions receiving applications or accepting applicants in a region. This is to maintain institutional confidentiality.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any NHS boards have placed restrictions on the prescribing of Glivec as a treatment for chronic myeloid leukaemia, and, if so, which boards.
Answer
Information on drugs dispensed in hospitals is not held centrally.The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has assessed Glivec and has recommended it for restricted use within NHSScotland. The Executive expects NHS boards to take account of advice and evidence from the SMC and ensure that recommended drugs or treatments are available to meet clinical need.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when its plans for the summit on hospital-acquired infection will be announced.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-25417.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to allow the broadest range of organisations to take part in the summit on hospital-acquired infection.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-25417.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive who will chair the summit on hospital-acquired infection and what expertise the chairperson will hold.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-25417.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date, and where, the summit on hospital-acquired infection will take place.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-25417.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations will be invited to attend the summit on hospital-acquired infections; how much notice will be given to these organisations to enable them to prepare adequately, and how evidence will be taken from them.
Answer
The convention offers an excellent opportunity to promote new ideas and gain consensus on practical measures that can encourage best practice in tackling health care associated infection. It will build on work already under way and help ensure a more prominent place for infection control on the NHS agenda.Planning for the convention is in hand and an announcement about arrangements will be made in due course.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to develop monitoring mechanisms for the tourism niche market of genealogy.
Answer
This is an operational matter for VisitScotland. VisitScotland currently track the numbers of visitors to their genealogy website:www.ancestralscotland.com. They intend to further develop the interactive communication on the site as this will help to monitor consumer profiles and travel plans. VisitScotland will also shortly be recruiting a Genealogy Promotions Manager who will be responsible for developing and monitoring this niche market.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has given to health boards about any alternative methods of carrying out tonsillectomies.
Answer
Methods of carrying out surgery are matters for individual surgeons.In light of a number of reported cases of complications following surgery performed with single-use instruments, and in response to concerns over patient health and safety, the Chief Medical Officer advised ear, nose and throat surgeons on 21 December 2001 that routine tonsil and adenoid surgery procedures should be postponed with immediate effect. An audit of all tonsil and adenoid surgery performed with single-use instruments since July 2001 was undertaken, and routine surgery re-commenced with effect from 11 March 2002. A prospective audit of surgery is now under way.
