- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many requests for operational support at the Faslane Naval Base Strathclyde Police received from the Ministry of Defence in each of the past 12 months, detailing the circumstances on each occasion.
Answer
None.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Minister for Health and Community Care and/or either of his deputies have had with the Chief Medical Officer regarding the postponement of tonsillectomy operations in the Argyll and Clyde NHS Board area.
Answer
Following the postponement of non-emergency tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies across Scotland, the Executive continues to monitor the situation. The Chief Medical Officer is keeping ministers fully appraised of the most up-to-date position.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 11 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what housing provision is available for 16- to 18-year-olds with autism or Asperger's Syndrome in each local authority area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 4 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued to 999 operators on which emergency services to contact when dealing with a call relating to (a) a road traffic accident, (b) a house fire during the day, (c) a house fire during the night and (d) suspected suicide.
Answer
BT operators connect a 999 caller to the service they ask for but in cases where it is not clear they go through a series of prompts. Where more than one, or all three emergency services are required, BT will connect with each service in turn. If the member has a particular case in mind in pursuing this matter and cares to write to me, I will be happy to investigate further.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 4 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are followed by the emergency services on whether to contact other emergency services when dealing with (a) a road traffic accident, (b) a house fire during the day, (c) a house fire during the night and (d) suspected suicide.
Answer
The emergency services are in constant touch through their respective control rooms in handling 999 incidents and follow established procedures and guidance in attending singly or together at the kind of incidents described. If the member has a particular issue in mind in pursuing this matter and cares to write to me, I will be happy to investigate further.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the report of the Review of Educational Psychologists will be published.
Answer
The report of the Review of Educational Psychologists is currently under consideration. It is expected to be published in February 2002.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 30 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people over 35 have a diagnosis of (a) autism and (b) Asperger's Syndrome, broken down by (i) age, (ii) gender and (iii) health board area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 30 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many 16- to 18-year-olds currently have a diagnosis of (a) autism and (b) Asperger's Syndrome, broken down by health board area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 30 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest figures are for the uptake of the MMR vaccine, broken down by health board area.
Answer
Figures published by the Common Services Agency (CSA) confirm that the percentage uptake of MMR for children aged up to 24 months at quarter ended 30 September 2001 was 86.9%. This was broken down by NHS board as follows:
NHS Board area | MMR % uptake in quarter to September 2001 |
Argyll and Clyde | 86.0 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 84.6 |
Borders | 84.8 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 92.6 |
Fife | 85.3 |
Forth Valley | 88.0 |
Grampian | 90.6 |
Greater Glasgow | 86.0 |
Highland | 73.4 |
Lanarkshire | 86.8 |
Lothian | 88.7 |
Orkney | 90.4 |
Shetland | 90.0 |
Tayside | 90.5 |
Western Isles | 66.1 |
Scotland | 86.9 |
These figures are published on ISD (Information and Statistics Division of CSA) online at:
www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/child_health/ch_immunisation/ch_UptakeRates.htm.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to health boards regarding the safety of surgical equipment in the context of the outbreak of new variant Creut'feldt Jakob Disease.
Answer
Guidance has been issued on a number of occasions. These include guidance to prevent the possible iatrogenic transmission of vCJD (MEL(1999)65) and on the decontamination of medical devices (MEL(1999)79 and HDL(2001)10). Copies can be accessed on the internet at Scottish Health on the Web:
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/hdl.aspThe Deputy Chief Medical Officer wrote to health boards and others in January 2001, announcing the introduction of single use instruments for tonsillectomies. Since then, problems have been reported with diathermy. The Medical Devices Agency in England issued a Hazard Notice on 26 October 2001. In Scotland, a similar notice HAZ(SC)01/04 was issued by Scottish Healthcare Supplies. The Chief Medical Officer issued guidance in December 2001 that diathermy should not be used for tonsil and adenoid surgery until the reported problems had been thoroughly investigated and the aetiology determined.
