- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 12 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether landlords have any duty to supply carbon monoxide detectors and, if so, whether addressing the special needs of people who are deaf and hard of hearing is part of any such duty.
Answer
Landlords are required, underthe Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, to have all gas appliancesand flues checked annually and to issue a copy of the gas safety certificate tothe tenant. There is no duty on landlords to supply carbon monoxide detectors. However,the Scottish National Core Standards and Good Practice Guidance for Private Landlordsrecommend that they should be provided. These standards are published by CommunitiesScotland, for use by voluntary landlord accreditation schemes, and represent higherstandards than the minimum legal requirements.
If a landlord provides a carbonmonoxide detector, and the tenant or another occupier of the house is deaf or hardof hearing, the landlord may be required to provide a detector with a suitable alarmmechanism, such as a flashing light, as a reasonable adjustment under the DisabilityDiscrimination Act.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2007
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 11 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the adult population were registered with an NHS dentist in Aberdeen and Scotland in 1997 and in 2006.
Answer
Dentists registered52% of Scottish adults as NHS patients in 1997, and 47% in 2006. Equivalent figuresare not collected by local authority area.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 13 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider an independent appeals process in its national fostering strategy, as recommended in the Adoption Policy Review Group report, Adoption: Better Choices for Our Children.
Answer
The consultation paper on a NationalFostering and Kinship Care Strategy invites views on this issue.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 13 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when its consultation document on a national fostering strategy will be completed.
Answer
The consultation on the NationalFostering and Kinship Care Strategy was published on 6 December 2006. Copies are availableat:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/12/07091551/0.The deadline for responses tothe consultation 16 February 2007.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 13 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider a national protocol in its national fostering strategy, as recommended in the Adoption Policy Review Group report, Adoption: Better Choices for Our Children.
Answer
The consultation paper on a NationalFostering and Kinship Care Strategy seeks responses on the merits of a nationalprotocol for dealing with and responding to allegations.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 13 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many foster carers under investigation have had their payments stopped since 1999.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 13 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many allegations have been made against foster carers since 1999.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 13 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing statutory timescales for investigations into allegations against foster carers.
Answer
The consultation paper on a NationalFostering and Kinship Care Strategy seeks responses on the merits of a nationalprotocol for dealing with and responding to allegations. It also asks how a balanceshould be achieved between the needs of children and young people to have theirallegations properly investigated with the needs of carers for timely and appropriatesupport.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 13 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider independent support in its national fostering strategy, as recommended in the Adoption Policy Review Group report, Adoption: Better Choices for Our Children.
Answer
The consultation paper on a NationalFostering and Kinship Care Strategy invites views on a range of measures that areintended to enhance support for foster and kinship carers.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 13 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many investigations into allegations against foster carers were completed in under (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months since 1999.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
