- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 7 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether every Scottish school receives a visit from a school nurse and, if so, how often this happens.
Answer
The School Health Service is responsible for providing support for pupils with health care needs including the promotion of the physical, mental and social wellbeing of children within the school setting.
Every school has a named school nurse and the numbers of nurses have risen in Scotland to a current figure of just under 500 whole-time equivalents. The frequency of the contacts which she, or he, will have with any one school will vary.
School Nurses plan, provide and evaluate specialist nursing care to meet the health needs of the school population and their families and carers. They undertake diagnostic, health screening and health promotion activities as appropriate and offer advisory services to families acting as an advocate for the use of the available services.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 5 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to detail the budget set aside to cover the costs of its National Cultural Strategy consultation process, including for the publication of documents and holding of meetings.
Answer
Costs incurred to date on consultation on the National Cultural Strategy amount to £51,000.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 30 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to Her Majesty's Government or the European Commission regarding the impact on the Scotch whisky industry of the proposed EU Water Framework Directive.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has been fully involved in the development of the UK's negotiating position on the proposed directive. In this process, the Executive has taken full account of concerns expressed by the Scotch whisky distilling industry about the directive. The Scottish Executive will consult extensively on its proposals for implementing the directive in due course.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 18 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish its timetable for the completion of the proposed new Kincardine Bridge, including time required for any necessary planning permission and for construction.
Answer
Following completion of the preliminary design stage, I expect to be able to publish draft orders for the new crossing in spring 2001. Thereafter, progress will be dependent on public reaction to the proposals and the availability of funding.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 2 May 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether consideration has been given to any effects of the construction of the Scottish Parliament on third party buildings in the immediate vicinity of the project, and in particular on the Palace of Holyroodhouse; whether any liability for any collateral damage has been established, and whether any contingency provision for any such damage has been made.
Answer
It is standard practice for structural engineers involved in major construction projects to consider any effect on surrounding areas. The structural engineers for the Holyrood Project are monitoring areas within a radius of 1 kilometre of the site. The recorded evidence shows that no ground movement is being detected. Third party collateral damage is covered by insurance held by the Design Team, the Construction Manager and individual "trade package" contractors. The onus of establishing liability would rest on any claimant, in accordance with normal legal process.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 29 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4737 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 14 March 2000, whether any type of "stable and secure background for the bringing up of children" such as that provided by (a) a married couple, (b) an unmarried heterosexual couple, (c) a gay male couple, (d) a lesbian couple, (e) a lone parent or (f) other carers such as grandparents, other blood relations, foster parents and guardians will be given any preference over any other.
Answer
The objective of the Executive is to avoid differentiating between children on grounds of their family arrangements.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 29 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4737 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 14 March 2000, whether it will define what it means by "stable and secure background for the bringing up of children".
Answer
A context in which the relationship between the adult or adults and the child or children in the family unit is of a constant nature and one which provides a safe and happy environment for the child or children to grow up in.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 23 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish (a) the brief for Development of A Sex Advice Service with "Off the Record", Grampian Health Board's successful bid to the Innovation Fund for Children's Services and (b) details of the criteria used by the Panel to decide which bids were successful.
Answer
The aim of the Innovation Fund for Children's Services is to develop innovative approaches to child health services and to encourage the development of combined and integrated services addressing inequalities in health and care with an emphasis on inter-agency working.
Forth Valley Health Board submitted a successful application form for the development of a Sex Advice Service with "Off the Record". I have placed a copy of the application form in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre which provides a brief of the project.
In considering applications for funding, the panel ensured that the successful projects reflected these aims and also took into account the key themes of Designed to care, Towards a Healthier Scotland, The report of the Review of Acute Services and the Priorities and Planning Guidance for the NHS in Scotland for 1999-2002.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the phrase "stable family life", contained within its duties of councils section in the proposed Ethical Standards in Pubic Life Bill, includes children living with (a) a married couple; (b) an unmarried heterosexual couple; (c) a gay male couple; (d) a lesbian couple; (e) a lone parent and (f) other carers such as grandparents, other blood relations, foster parents and guardians.
Answer
The term "stable family life" is an inclusive one which reflects the diversity of family composition in Scotland today and, as the First Minister made clear in his statement in the chamber on this matter, marriage is an important part of the mix that we have in our society. The vital consideration is a stable and secure background for the bringing up of children.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 9 March 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the architects' fee for the Holyrood Project is a fixed fee or whether it will be calculated as a percentage of the final cost of the project and what the current estimate of that fee is.
Answer
The architects of the Holyrood Project are employed through the Royal Institute of British Architects Standard Conditions of Engagement (1995). The fee for their work is based upon these conditions and is a percentage of the cost of construction only. It is inclusive of travel and subsistence. Details of the amount of fees to all the professional consultants are commercially confidential.
