- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many providers of tourism accommodation are members of VisitScotland’s quality assurance scheme, broken down by area tourist board and local authority area.
Answer
The number of tourism accommodation providers which participate in VisitScotland’s Quality Assurance scheme are shown in the table. Information on the number of tourism accommodation providers by local authority area is not available.
| Area Tourist Board | Number of Accommodation Providers |
| Aberdeen and Grampian | 630 |
| Angus and Dundee | 177 |
| Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and the Trossachs | 1,378 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 475 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 564 |
| Edinburgh and Lothians | 804 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley | 276 |
| Highlands of Scotland | 1,702 |
| Kingdom of Fife | 436 |
| Orkney | 239 |
| Perthshire | 569 |
| Scottiah Borders | 344 |
| Shetland | 124 |
| Western Isles | 308 |
| Total | 8,026 |
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what help and support is available for patients diagnosed with oppositional defiance disorder.
Answer
This is a matter for local service providers. The information requested is not available centrally.
A Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Framework is being developed to assist local agencies in assessing their services and identifying goals and milestones to secure continuous improvement. A draft for consultation will be issued shortly.
A range of educational provision is also available, including Learning Support, auxiliaries, educational psychology and behaviour support.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 11 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reopen urban and suburban railway stations in Aberdeen.
Answer
Proposals to re-open stations are best promoted, in the first instance, by the relevant local authority or regional transport partnership. NESTRANS are currently in the process of developing plans for an Aberdeen Crossrail project which include the creation of new stations at Kintore, Newtonhill and in Aberdeen.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 11 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent progress has been made on the Aberdeen Crossrail Project.
Answer
The development of the Aberdeen Crossrail proposal is being led by Aberdeenshire Council, in partnership with Aberdeen City Council. I understand that a full appraisal of the proposal is currently being prepared in accordance with the Scottish Executive’s Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance. I understand that the project steering group last met on Monday 27 September.
In addition, under the terms of the new franchise, First ScotRail are contracted to deliver a partial Aberdeen crossrail project, through strengthened local services in and around the Aberdeen area. This includes the provision of additional stops at Portlethen, an extension of further existing Aberdeen to Inverness route trains to start/terminate at Stonehaven and an extension of a Glasgow to Aberdeen service through to Inverurie.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to address issues raised following the visit to HM Prison Aberdeen by the Minister for Justice on 23 August 2004.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
The Scottish Prison Serviceis aware of the issues relating to HM Prison Aberdeen. These are beingaddressed as part of the update of the Estates Strategy.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 4 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review its policy on the provision of training grants to industry through Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
Decisions on the support provided to industry for training, are made by the Enterprise Networks. The Framework for Economic Development in Scotland and
A Smart, Successful Scotland set the context within which these decisions are made.
An updated version of the Framework for Economic Development in Scotland was published in September 2004 and a refreshed version of A Smart, Successful Scotland will be published shortly.
The enterprise networks currently provide support to industry for training through programmes such as modern apprenticeships, skillseekers and business learning accounts.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 4 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it offers to non-social work qualified social care staff.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is working closely with employers, the Scottish Social Services Council and others to ensure we have a competent and confident workforce.
A fast track scheme has been introduced which will enable 450 non-social work graduates to be qualified in less than two years, half the time it usually takes to complete a social work degree.
£3 million has been made available over three financial years to voluntary organisations which offer care services to train their staff. An additional £9 million has also been made available over three financial years to local authorities for additional investment in training.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider that samples that are required for quality assurance, teaching and research purposes under the proposed Human Tissue Bill have deemed consent.
Answer
I refer the member to question S2W-10128 answered on 4 October 2004. All answers are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will exclude blood, urine and similar samples from the scope of the proposed Human Tissue Bill.
Answer
There has been debate on this issue during the consideration of the Human Tissue Bill by the UK Parliament. That bill does not generally extend to Scotland. I refer the member to question S2W-10133 answered on 4 October 2004 which gives details of our approach.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to introduce legislation on human tissue, similar to the Human Tissue Bill in Westminster; what consultations it expects to undertake; who will be consulted, and when any consultations will take place.
Answer
As announced by the First Minister on 7 September, we intend to introduce legislation on human organs and tissue during the course of this year.
A consultation seeking views on proposals for new legislation on hospital post-mortem examinations took place between 24 November 2003 and 27 February 2004. A consultation on modernising the Anatomy Act 1984 took place between 28 January and 30 April 2004. A further consultation on new legislation relating to organ and tissue donation and transplantation took place between 18 March 2004 and 11 June 2004.
A wide range of people and organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors were consulted. A detailed analysis of the responses to these consultations will be published in the near future.
