- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether training about hepatitis C will be commissioned for all prisons in the Scottish Prison Service.
Answer
I have asked MikeEwart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. Hisresponse is as follows:
The SPS is fullycommitted to the Hepatitis C Action Plan for Scotland (2006). This includesparticipating in the national training needs assessment and inclusion in anynational commissioned training thereafter.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2007
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Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive why there has been a delay of a year to the projected completion date of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route; when any causes of the delay occurred; what contribution each made to the delay, and when ministers were informed of each of the reasons for delay.
Answer
I refer the member to thequestion S3W-1672 answered on 19 July 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestioins are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.Ministers were made aware of the revised schedule for the scheme, prior to my Statement to Parliament on 27 June 2007.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2007
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Answered by Shona Robison on 20 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will meet the British Dental Association and what will be discussed.
Answer
Scottish Government Officialsmeet regularly with representatives of the British Dental Association (BDA) andare next due to meet on 17 October to discuss a range of dental issues.
As Minister for Public HealthI have written to and will also meet with BDA Scotland in the near future.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what factors contribute to the drop-out rates among student nurses.
Answer
The reasons why studentnurses and midwives drop out of their pre-registration programme are multi-factorial.They include wrong career choice, personal reasons, health, academic failure, andfinancial difficulties.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the drop-out rates were for student nurses in each of the last eight years, broken down by nursing school.
Answer
The following tablesets out the attrition rates for students undertaking pre-registration nursingand midwifery programmes in the academic years since 2000-01, the first year forwhich information was broken down by institution.
| | 2000-01 Cohort %Attrition | 2001-02 Cohort %Attrition | 2002-03 Cohort %Attrition | 2003-04 Cohort %Attrition |
| Bell College | 26.6 | 23.2 | 27.7 | 25.6 |
| Dundee University | 24.4 | 35.6 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 19.3 | 17.4 | 23.4 | 22.1 |
| Napier University | 24.5 | 29.7 | 25.7 | 31.9 |
| Paisley University | 22.4 | 19.9 | 15.7 | 30.7 |
| Robert Gordon University | 26.9 | 30.7 | 34.8 | 42.9 |
| Stirling University | 25.1 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 29.8 |
As the data used isa snapshot at particular dates, the rates for the last full year (in this case 2003-04)will be inflated. This is because, at the snapshot date, there will still be a proportionthat haven’t completed the course but will have done so when the next set of datais available.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how the drop-out rates from nursing schools in Scotland compare with those in England in the most recent year for which comparable figures are available.
Answer
Information on drop-outrates is not collected centrally in England and so it isnot possible to make a direct comparison with the drop-out rates in Scotland.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence there is that adverse financial circumstances are a significant factor in drop-out rates for student nurses.
Answer
There are a numberof reasons why nursing and midwifery students leave their course. There is anecdotalevidence that finance is one reason but there are also a number of other reasonsincluding wrong career choice, health and academic failure. Detailed informationabout the numbers who leave because of financial reasons is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the statement in the Howat Report that a reduction in the drop-out rate of student nurses to 15% and the improvement of postgraduate retention would achieve an annual saving of £26 million.
Answer
The Budget Reviewreport will contribute to our strategic thinking around the Spending Review.It would be inappropriate to comment on the detail or pre-empt any commitment aheadof Spending Review 2007.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive test question
Answer
The Scottish Executivehas never set any targets for the numbers of people entering higher education fromareas of multiple deprivation. However, I support initiatives to increase participationin higher education and I am committed to ensuring that everyone has the opportunityto study based on their ability rather than on their personal circumstances or abilityto pay.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the comments by the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change on 7 June 2007 in his response to Patrick Harvie MSP (Official Report c. 458) referred specifically to the M74 and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-795 on 19 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
