- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to deliver the recommendations in Eating for Health: A Diet Action Plan for Scotland.
Answer
Over the 15 years since Eating for Health: a Diet Action Plan for Scotland was published, work between government, stakeholders and the food industry has continued moving towards delivering the 71 recommendations. Full details of progress up to 2005 was published in the review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan.
The Scottish Government remains fully committed to the themes set out in the original plan and continues to support these through policies like the Obesity Route Map, Recipe for Success: the National Food and Drink policy, Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition: A Framework for Action and through our work with the Food Standards Agency Scotland.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made since publication of A Fuller Life: Report of the Expert Group on Alcohol Related Brain Damage in ensuring that suitable housing or appropriate residential placements are available to people with alcohol-related brain damage.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39719 on 1 March 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made since May 2007 of the incidence and prevalence of alcohol-related brain damage.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40569 on 21 March 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what change there has been in the shortfall between target consumption and production of (a) fresh fruit, (b) non-citrus fresh fruit and (c) vegetables since the publication of the report, A Scottish Diet, in 1993.
Answer
According to the Scottish Dietary Goals the target consumption is for an average intake to more than 400grams of fruit and vegetables per person per day. The 2009 Scottish Health Survey indicates a slight upward trend in personal fruit and vegetables consumption. It is not possible to compare the difference between national consumption and production with personal fruit and vegetables consumption.
The amount of fruit and vegetables produced in Scotland is shown in the following table.
Annual Production of Fruit and Vegetables (1993-2001)
| Tonnes | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| Vegetable | | 171,122 | 176,780 | 207,088 | 198,088 | 196,766 | 199,653 | 235,928 | 256,436 |
| Potatoes | | | | | 587,893 | 496,617 | 407,697 | 442,897 | 429,229 |
| Fruit | 10,625 | 11,097 | 12,044 | 12,331 | 13,556 | 11,884 | 10,209 | 14,327 | 13,824 |
Annual Production of Fruit and Vegetables (2002- 2010)
| Tonnes | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 20091 | 2010 |
| Vegetable | 227,181 | 245,419 | 256,047 | 248,824 | 292,042 | 284,239 | 285,753 | 365,149 | 358,761 |
| Potatoes | 580,472 | 637,088 | 533,362 | 621,676 | 591,117 | 766,073 | 748,490 | 677,629 | 764,810 |
| Fruit | 11,733 | 15,798 | 16,135 | 22,312 | 20,374 | 24,224 | 26,315 | 26,982 | 26,204 |
Note: 1. From 2009 onwards data on land use (on which these data depend) has been obtained from the Single Application Form (SAF) for holdings claiming Single Farm Payments. Caution should be used when comparing this data with earlier years.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what grant schemes are in place for the agriculture and fisheries sectors to promote its dietary targets for Scotland.
Answer
The Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation and European Fisheries Fund grant schemes are available to assist the agriculture and fishery sectors meet and contribute to overall Government policies, including those relating to health and nutrition, as set out in Recipe For Success, Scotland''s first Food and Drink Policy.
A number of other initiatives are being assisted that have health/diet elements. Examples include support to Seafood Scotland to promote the health benefits of eating seafood; grant assistance to the Royal Highland Education Trust for their Farm to Plate scheme and other projects; funding for the Childrens'' Orchard to plant apple trees in schools; and assistance to Eco-Schools to develop a food and environment theme for use in schools.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on achieving the dietary targets listed in Annex B of Eating for Health - meeting the challenge: Co-ordinated action, improved communication and leadership for Scottish Food and Health policy 2004.
Answer
Work on monitoring progress towards the Scottish Dietary Targets is carried out by the Food Standards Agency in Scotland and is on-going.
Food/nutrient changes to the Scottish Dietary Targets from 2001 to 2008
| Target Food / Nutrient | Scottish Dietary Target | 1996* | 2001 | 2008 | Change Between 2001 and 2008 |
| Fruit and Vegetables | More than 400g per day | 249g | 239g | 264g | Up |
| Bread (all types) | 154g per day | 133g | 101g | 85.9g | Down |
| Brown/Wholemeal Bread | More than 77g per day | 26.5g | 16.2 g | 21.2g | Up |
| Breakfast Cereals (all types) | 34g per day | 18.2g | 19.5g | 21.5g | No Change |
| Oil Rich Fish | 88g per week | 35.1g | 28.2g | 31.8g | No Change |
| White Fish | No decrease | 107g | 92.9g | 89.1g | No Change |
| Fat | ‰¤35% food energy | 39.6% | 39.2% | 39.3% | No Change |
| Saturated Fat | ‰¤11% of food energy | 15.6% | 15.7% | 15.5% | No Change |
| NMES | Adults - No increase | 13.6% | 15.6% | 15.1% | Down |
| Total Complex Carbohydrates | 155g per day | 143g | 138g | 137g | No Change |
*Figures for 1996 were taken from Wrieden et al., 2006 and were calculated using a different methodology, which included different waste figures.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps the Care Commission has taken to ensure that appropriate care and personal plans are in place for people in care homes, supported accommodation or hostels with alcohol-related brain damage.
Answer
There is a statutory requirement for registered care services for adults to prepare a personal plan which sets out how the health and welfare needs of the person using the service will be met. This requirement is reflected in the National Care Standards.
How to ensure that this requirement is met by care services is an operational matter for the Care Commission. The acting chief executive of the commission can be contacted for details at:
Mr David Wiseman
Care Commission
Compass House
11 Riverside Drive
DUNDEE
DD1 4NY
T: 01382 207100
E: [email protected].
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what local needs assessments have been carried out regarding alcohol-related brain damage since the publication of A Fuller Life: Report of the Expert Group on Alcohol Related Brain Damage.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the Scottish Trauma Audit Group is spending additional money on Cisco 1900 series routers.
Answer
The Scottish Trauma Audit Group has not committed to, and does not intend to commit to, any expenditure on Cisco 1900 series routers.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what further reduction in salt the Food Standards Agency Scotland is seeking in (a) bread, (b) biscuits, (c) snacks and (d) processed foods and by what date these targets are to be achieved.
Answer
The Food Standards Agency in Scotland advises that it is seeking progress towards the 2012 Food Standards Agency salt targets. Full details, including targets on bread, biscuits, snacks and processed foods can be found at:
http://www.food.gov.uk/scotland/scotnut/salt/saltreduction.
