- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many notified cases of meningitis C have been reported in Scotland so far during 2000 and how many were notified in the comparable periods in 1998 and 1999.
Answer
To 1 September 2000, 52 cases of group C Neisseria meningitidis had been confirmed by sero-typing by the Scottish Meningococcal & Pneumococcal Reference Laboratory (SMPRL). This compared to 49 and 71 such cases between 1 January and 1 September in 1998 and 1999 respectively.
The quality of samples does not allow a confirmed serogroup to be obtained for all isolates and in such cases SMPRL make projections based on the established proportions of typed cases to estimate the total numbers of cases attributable to each serogroup. Using such projections, the estimated numbers of Group C cases between 1 January and 1 September in 1998,1999 and 2000 are 122, 120 and 95 respectively.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in developing its approach to the clinical use of the meningitis C vaccine, it obtained information about practice in other countries and, if so, whether it is aware of any other countries which have approved the meningitis C vaccine for clinical use.
Answer
The UK was the first country to grant licences for the meningococcal group C conjugate vaccines.
Of the three vaccines licensed in the UK (ie Meningitec, Menjugate and NeisVac C), Meningitec has since been approved in Belgium, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain. Menjugate has also recently been approved in Ireland.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive where and when the stage 1 and stage 2 clinical trials for the meningitis C vaccine were carried out.
Answer
The three meningococcal C conjugate vaccines that are currently licensed in the UK were approved primarily on the basis of immunogenicity studies conducted from around 1995 onwards as follows:
Meningitec - studies in the US and the UK;
Menjugate - studies in the US, Canada, Netherlands and UK;
NeisvacC - studies in the US and the UK
In addition, there are ongoing trials with all three vaccines, including some trials that incorporate UK study sites.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 4 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9061 by Sarah Boyack on 30 August 2000, why the safety review report of the A90 was not commissioned for external publication.
Answer
The safety review report on the A90 Balmedie to Tipperty Route Accident Reduction Plan was commissioned for official use only.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the actual or estimated annual cost is of police officers providing court services in Sheriff Courts in Grampian and Tayside for each court.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The provision of police services in Sheriff Courts is an operational matter for chief constables.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 25 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9061 by Sarah Boyack on 30 August 2000, when it received the safety review report on the A90.
Answer
The safety review report on the A90 Balmedie to Tipperty Route Accident Reduction Plan was received on 11 August 2000.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 25 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9061 by Sarah Boyack on 30 August 2000, what long-term improvements it will consider for the A90.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer I gave to question S1W-7952 on 28 June 2000.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 25 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9061 by Sarah Boyack on 30 August 2000, what recommendations were made in the safety review report on the A90.
Answer
The report contained recommendations which involved renewing missing or weathered verge marker posts and installing white junction bollards at all public junctions and private accesses on the A90 Balmedie to Tipperty route.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 25 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9061 by Sarah Boyack on 30 August 2000, what immediate and short-term road safety improvements are planned for the A90 in the current financial year.
Answer
I refer the member to the reply given to question S1W-9575.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 25 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9061 by Sarah Boyack on 30 August 2000, whether the safety improvements recommended in the safety review report on the A90 include any relating to the Tipperty to Balmedie stretch.
Answer
I refer the member to the reply I gave to question S1W-9575.
