- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 29 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many events have been held at Bute House in each year since 1999; on what date each event was held; who attended each event; what the purpose was of each event, and what the total costs were of each event, broken down into (a) staff, (b) alcohol, (c) food, (d) travel and (e) entertainment costs.
Answer
Many official and private events are held each year in Bute House. Information on these events is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 3 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Fife Council about the nursery nurses dispute.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with FifeCouncil on a range of issues.
I ampleased that nursery nurses in Fife returnedto work last week and the children returned to their classes on Monday.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with parties interested in establishing new ferry routes between Rosyth and mainland Europe.
Answer
No organisations have approachedthe Scottish Executive indicating any interest in establishing new ferry routes.If they were to do so, we would consider with them what support we might be ableto offer. While European State aid rules restrict the range of support we can offer,we would consider all possible means of encouraging new developments, includingthe possibility of a freight facilities grant, where it can be demonstrated thata new service would reduce lorry miles in Scotland.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its most recent information is regarding a company occupying the Motorola plant at Halbeath, Fife.
Answer
The facility at Halbeath remains in the ownership of Motorola, which is in the process of spinning out its semiconductor interests into a new company to be known as Freescale. Decisions on the future of the facility will, in the first instance, be a matter for its owners but Scottish Development International continues to engage with Motorola and its semiconductor division to explore opportunities.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Choose Life - A National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland, when the National Public Mental Health Resource Service was established and what its key objectives are.
Answer
The National Public Mental HealthResource was launched in December 2002 (at the same time as Choose Life) by theHealth Education Board for Scotland (HEBS). The key objectives are to collect anddisseminate up to date evidence and good practice in relation to suicide preventionand other areas of work. The resource can be found at
www.hebs.com/suicideprevention.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when the National Implementation Support Team, as referred to in Choose Life - A National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland, first met; on how many occasions it has met, and what issues were on its agenda.
Answer
Following a national recruitmentprocess in 2003, the Head of Implementation for Choose Life, Caroline Farquhar,took up post in January 2004. Arrangements are in hand to recruit three additionalmembers to the National Implementation Support Team.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what links have been developed between its strategy and action plan, Choose Life - A National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland, and its other policies and initiatives and what objectives have been achieved as a result.
Answer
A key objective of the firstphase of the Choose Life Implementation work (up until 2006) is to ensure that suicideprevention is on the agenda of Scottish Executive Departments and reflected in relevantpolicies. This is a key task for the Head of Implementation for Choose Life (appointedin January 2004).
For example, work is progressingwith:
- Scottish Executive Education Department on anti bullying initiatives and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing in schools.
- Scottish Executive Development Department on work relating to social exclusion, community mental health and wellbeing, inequalities and money advice.
- Scottish Executive Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department on employability, in particular for those furthest from the employment market.
- Scottish Executive Justice Department, supporting the SPS in progressing suicide prevention in prisons.
- Health Department – development of improved mental health services, particularly responding to crisis.
Suicide Prevention is one of the key aims of the National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-Beingin Scotland. The National Programme is a key element of the Executive’sHealth Improvement Challenge, another example of cross - Departmental working.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to ensure that reducing the rate of suicide is clearly on its agenda and that of its departments, as referred to in Choose Life - A National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to S2W-7696 on 5 May 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when a national capacity for collection of data on suicide was established, as referred to in Choose Life - A National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland.
Answer
The establishment of a nationalcapacity for collection of data on suicide will be a key task for the National InformationManager for Choose Life. This post is one of the Choose Life National ImplementationSupport Team posts to be recruited shortly, and to which I referred in the answergiven to question S2W-7698. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for whichcan be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local action plans have been established and when, as referred to in Choose Life - A National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland.
Answer
All 32 local action plans werereceived by the end of January 2004.
