- Asked by: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether precautions need to be taken by those in charge of livestock, in terms of the protection of both human and animal health, as a result of the case of anthrax reported in the Scottish Borders.
Answer
No additional precautions byanimal-keepers are required in response to the recent finding of Anthrax in ahuman in the Scottish Borders. Animal-keepers, particularly those who keep cattleand pigs, have an obligation to report any unexplained sudden deaths of theiranimals to the local State Veterinary Service Animal Health Office.
- Asked by: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it will be clear that other cases of anthrax will not occur as a result of the case reported in the Scottish Borders.
Answer
I refer the member to thequestion S2W-27842 answered on 11 September 2006, All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 8 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many head teacher posts in the current financial year are shared between schools, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The 2005 Teacher Censusprovides the following information on shared headteacher posts. Information isnot held in terms of financial years.
| Headteacher Posts Shared Across schools, by Local Authority, 2005 |
| Local Authority | Number of Shared Headteacher Posts |
| Aberdeenshire | 2 |
| Angus | 1 |
| Argyll & Bute | 2 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 2 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1 |
| East Lothian | 2 |
| Eilean Siar | 2 |
| Fife | 1 |
| Highland | 9 |
| Orkney Islands | 1 |
| Scottish Borders | 3 |
| Shetland Islands | 1 |
| South Lanarkshire | 1 |
| Stirling | 3 |
This information may beincomplete as some headteachers may have only entered management information atone school.
- Asked by: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 31 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any regulatory requirement on local authorities to cut grass and trim vegetation from the edge of roadways to any given distance therefrom within an area covered by a speed limit.
Answer
Local authorities have powersand a general duty under section 1 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to manage andmaintain all public roads in their area.
There is no specific regulatoryrequirement for carrying out maintenance work such as cutting grass and trimmingvegetation. However, roads authorities are expected to work in accordance with guidancecontained in Delivering Best Value in Highway Maintenance – Code of Practicefor Maintenance Management, which was prepared by the Institute of Highways and Transportation and has been endorsed for use throughout Scotland.
- Asked by: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget of the Scottish Medicines Consortium was in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05 and (e) 2005-06.
Answer
The following table providesthe figures requested:
| Year | Budget |
| 2001-02 | £152,713 |
| 2002-03 | £308,120 |
| 2003-04 | £338,611 |
| 2004-05 | £460,546 |
| 2005-06 | £699,580 |
| 2006-07 | £883,516 |
| 2007-08 | £913,593 |
Note: all costs up to 2004-05 exclude overheads such asaccommodation, IT, HR and finance functional support, which were absorbed byNHS Quality Improvement Scotland. These support costs are included in thefigures given for 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08.
The Scottish MedicinesConsortium (SMC) reviews and advises NHS Boards on the use of all drugsreceiving licences. The SMC has developed its role over a period of years, andthe number of such drugs has increased considerably. In order to ensure wellinformed and evidence-based recommendations it has been important to havestrong health economic and pharmacy-based input. The SMC also aims to supportthe NHS in anticipating and planning for the introduction of significant newmedications. The SMC is designed to eliminate ‘post code’ prescribing and toensure that all medications it recommends are made available to the people of Scotland tomeet clinical need.
- Asked by: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to help to raise awareness of diabetes among at-risk communities.
Answer
Delivering for Health committed the Executive to strengthening primary careservices in deprived areas to deliver “anticipatory care”. This approach, which is being taken forward throughthe ‘Prevention 2010’ pilots, will ensure that people at greatest risk of preventableill health are actively and systematically identified, contacted and offered healthchecks and risk assessment, improved access to NHS and other services and regularmonitoring and follow-up. Prevention 2010 will enable earlier identification,prevention and treatment for conditions such as type 2 diabetes.
In addition, the DiabetesAction Plan, which was published last month, places a responsibility on eachdiabetes Managed Clinical Network to undertake during
2007-08 a needs analysis of their population to identify disadvantaged groupsand describe the provision of services required to meet their needs in terms ofdiabetes care.
- Asked by: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish an estimate of the number of current undiagnosed cases of diabetes and what plans it has to publish this figure annually.
Answer
Work is in hand to publish regularlyupdated information about the prevalence of diabetes, including estimates ofundiagnosed cases, on the Scottish Public Health Observatory website
www.scotpho.org.uk. The first set of thesedata is expected to be published by September 2006.
- Asked by: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget of the Scottish Medicines Consortium is for 2006-07 and will be for 2007-08.
Answer
I refer the member to thequestion S2W-27176, answered on 25 July 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions 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: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 15 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is planned to bring home loss payments in respect of compulsory purchase orders in Scotland into line with those in England and Wales.
Answer
The Executive is consideringthe appropriate level of home loss payments for Scotland and will consider bringingforward proposals in due course, should a change in levels be required.
- Asked by: Euan Robson, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is NHS practice to offer children undergoing surgery for obesity on the NHS support and guidance to facilitate a change in lifestyle and prevent recurrence of weight problems.
Answer
The practice of surgery for obesityon children is rare. NHS treatment for obesity in childhood should be in line withthe Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network’s clinical guideline on the Managementof Obesity in Children and Young People which is available at
www.sign.co.uk. This includes recommendationsfor lifestyle changes such as increases in physical activity and reductions in energyintake, as well as referral on to secondary care where necessary.
