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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-15455

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many electronics businesses have closed in Scotland in each of the last three years and where these businesses were located.

The Scottish Executive does not maintain a centrally held record of electronics businesses that have closed in Scotland. However, my department monitors Scottish Press stories of closures and the following information is derived from that source:

Year	Company	Location
1998 (from April)	Bourns Electronics	Dalgety Bay
	Mitsubishi	Haddington
	Shiva Corporation	Edinburgh
	Tarka Controls Ltd	Inverness
	Viasystems	Galashiels
1999	Simple Technology	East Kilbride
	Seagate Technology	Livingston
	Viasystems	Selkirk
	AMP	Port Glasgow
	Lite-On	Motherwell
	GEC Marconi	Dunfermline
	APW Enclosure Systems	Beith
	Mitsubishi	Livingston
	PCI UK	East Kilbride
2000	Seiko Instruments	Livingston
	Canon	Glenrothes
	Scotland Electronics	Forres
	Seagate Technology	Irvine
2001 (to March)	Alps Electric	Arbroath

Question reference: S1W-15454

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13550 by Susan Deacon on 17 April 2001, what the estimated figure of 69,000 cases of hospital-acquired infection represents as a percentage of the total number of patients treated annually by the NHSiS.

The estimate referred to was prepared by a Scottish Office Health Department working group which reported in May 1999. Copies of the report, Hospital Acquired Infection - A Framework for a National System of Surveillance for the NHS in Scotland are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre. The group assumed a prevalence rate of 9% in estimating the incidence of HAI among in-patients in Scottish hospitals, which it calculated to be approximately 69,000 case annually.

Question reference: S1W-15456

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many electronics businesses have opened in Scotland in each of the last three years and where these businesses are located.

Question reference: S1W-15464

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff are currently working in the infection control team at Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Question reference: S1W-15460

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to improve service provision for deafblind people.

Question reference: S1W-15462

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS Hospital Trusts have infection control teams.

Question reference: S1W-15461

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the remarks made by the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning on 28 March 2001 (Official Report, col. 978) regarding refunds of area tourist board subscriptions, whether any such refunds have yet been made to businesses affected by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

Question reference: S1W-15176

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13850 by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001, when the review of NHS dental access in remote and rural areas is expected to conclude.

Question reference: S1W-15173

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13850 by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001, which organisations are being consulted as part of the review of NHS dental access in remote and rural areas.

Question reference: S1W-15175

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13850 by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001, who is reviewing problems of NHS dental access in remote and rural areas.