- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure maximum uptake of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine.
Answer
The immunisation programme isbeing delivered as a schools based programme.
Health Protection Scotland undertookan appraisal of delivery modes which concluded delivery through schools would achievehigher vaccine uptake levels.
Engagement will be made throughschools by health professionals giving information on the mass immunisation campaignfor cervical cancer prevention. In addition there will be a public media campaignwhich will include TV, radio and press advertisements.
Health Protection Scotland willalso be considering action needed to ensure girls in harder to reach groups areincluded in the programme.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make an announcement on establishing a judicial inquiry into the Shirley McKie case before the end of June 2008.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4068 by Kenny MacAskill on 12 September 2007, what work it has undertaken in preparing to announce a judicial inquiry into the Shirley McKie case.
Answer
Work has been undertaken to informParliament of the intention to establish this inquiry under powers conferred bythe Inquiries Act 2005 and to meet the requirements laid down in that act.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review as a matter of urgency the impact of the National Bus Travel Concessionary Scheme on people with a disability or sensory impairment.
Answer
Eligibility criteriafor the Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons willbe reviewed following the receipt of the final report into the operation of thecurrent scheme in autumn 2008.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will extend the National Bus Travel Concessionary Scheme to people on the lower rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance.
Answer
Eligibility criteriafor the Scotland-wide Free Bus Travel Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons willbe reviewed following the receipt of the final report into the operation of thecurrent scheme in autumn 2008.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the criteria used to assess eligibility for disabled people in the National Bus Travel Concessionary Scheme.
Answer
Eligibility criteriafor the Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons willbe reviewed following the receipt of the final report into the operation of thecurrent scheme in autumn 2008.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend the National Bus Travel Concessionary Scheme to ensure that those individuals who previously qualified for a pass because of a disability or sensory impairment do not have their free bus pass taken away.
Answer
We have no plans tochange the current eligibility criteria in advance of the independent review of the scheme which is due to report by autumn 2008.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend the National Bus Travel Concessionary Scheme to ensure that all deafblind people in Scotland qualify for a companion pass.
Answer
We have no plans toamend the current eligibility criteria before the review of the scheme is completedin autumn 2008. At present the scheme does not have a specific “deafblind” categoryof eligibility.
Registered blind peopleautomatically qualify for a companion pass. People who are profoundly deaf (95+dBHLs)or severely deaf (70-94 dBHLs) qualify for a personal pass, but would qualify fora companion pass also only if they are:
In receipt of thehigher or middle rate of the care component of the disability living allowance(DLA), or
In receipt of attendanceallowance, or
Living in a residentialhome or hospital and are eligible for the higher or middle rate of the care componentof the DLA or attendance allowance.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether new legislation increasing the smoking age to 18 will be accompanied by a commitment to continue the funding of smoke-free enforcement.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4318 on 24 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to extend funding for smoke-free enforcement beyond March 2008.
Answer
Future funding forenforcement of the smoke-free laws is being considered as part of the 2007 SpendingReview.
