- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive further to the answer to question S1W-605 by Susan Deacon on 13 October 1999, whether, upon the completion of the review, the Minister for Health and Community Care will make an early declaration on the future of cochlear implant services in Scotland.
Answer
I refer Mr Gallie to my answer to his question S1W-2108.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive further to the answer to question S1W-605 by Susan Deacon on 13 October 1999, what stage the review of the provision of cochlear implant services is currently at, and when it will be completed.
Answer
The future provision of cochlear implantation in Scotland has been considered by the National Services Advisory Group, which advises The Scottish Executive on specialist services. The group is currently seeking the views of Health Board General Managers before submitting its advice to me. The Scottish Executive will make a decision on future provision of cochlear implantation services for Scottish residents when it has had the opportunity to consider the Group's advice in due course.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 8 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many road deaths occurred on Scottish roads on an annual basis from 1994 to 1998, and how many of those deaths were not of the driver of a vehicle.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the following table.
| | Deaths of drivers of vehicles (includes motor cycle riders) | Deaths of others (Passengers, pedestrians and pedal cyclists) | All deaths |
| 1994 | 160 | 203 | 363 |
| 1995 | 179 | 230 | 409 |
| 1996 | 164 | 193 | 357 |
| 1997 | 191 | 186 | 377 |
| 1998 | 176 | 209 | 385 |
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions drivers have been found guilty, or have pled guilty, to a charge of death by dangerous driving in each year from 1994 to 1998.
Answer
The available information is given in the table below.
Persons with a charge proved in Scottish courts where the main offence was causing death by dangerous driving, 1994 -1997
The 1998 statistics are not yet available.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Andrew Hardie on 2 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions in each year from 1994 to 1998 charges of death by dangerous driving made by the police have been reduced to careless driving by the prosecution services.
Answer
Case information is not recorded in a manner which allows the statistics sought to be extracted.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions in each year from 1994 to 1998 charges of dangerous driving have been taken to court.
Answer
The available information is given in the table below.
Persons called to Scottish court where the main offence was dangerous driving, 1994 -1997
1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
869 | 860 | 931 | 1,020 |
The 1998 statistics are not yet available.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many incidents involving a road death drivers have been charged with careless driving, in how many of these did the driver plead guilty, and how many were found guilty in each year from 1994 to 1998.
Answer
I refer to my answer as given in Written Answer S1W-803.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many poindings were instigated by the Inland Revenue and by Customs and Excise in Scottish courts in 1997 and 1998, what was their total value in real terms, and how many of them eventually progressed to warrant sales
Answer
The information is not available. Returns are made on the numbers of poindings and warrant sales carried out but they do not give any indication of who instituted an action.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm its commitment to continued development of cochlea transplant technology and implementation within the Ayrshire Hospital Trust.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to securing for patients the benefits which cochlear implants can provide. The National Services Division of the Common Services Agency is currently carrying out a review of the provision of cochlear implant services in Scotland. Until that review is complete, we are unable to confirm a commitment to ongoing developments at any particular site.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive further to the answer to question S1W-900 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 August 1999, whether emergency legislation to address the issues raised by the case of Noel Ruddle will be ready to introduce on 1 or 2 September.
Answer
The Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Bill, which closes the loophole identified in the case of Mr Noel Ruddle, received Royal Assent on 13 September 1999.
