- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, following the publication by the Scottish Human Rights Commission of the draft framework setting out shared responsibilities for the use of taser guns, it maintains that issuing taser guns to frontline police officers is an operational decision requiring no authorisation from Scottish ministers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37045 on 16 November 2010. 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: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hours advocates have spent in the sheriff courts in the last year.
Answer
This information is not collected by the Scottish Government or by the Scottish Court Service.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 15 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to increase and standardise the school clothing grant available across Scotland to parents on low incomes, given that a qualifying child currently receives £47 in Glasgow, £50 in Edinburgh, £55 in Aberdeen and £65 elsewhere in Scotland.
Answer
A short life working group was established in 2008 to undertake a review of both free school meal and school clothing grant provision across Scotland. The working group comprised a partnership involving the Scottish Government, COSLA and the third sector. The group produced a final report which is being considered by ministers.
Issues such as level and standardisation of school clothing grants will form part of this deliberation.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the number of measures that police forces are required to report to it each year as part of compiling the Scottish Policing Performance Framework has increased, decreased or remained the same since its introduction.
Answer
The number of indicators and context measures each police force is requested to submit for the compilation of the Scottish Policing Performance Framework (SPPF) has increased from 23 in 2007-08 to 30 in 2010-11.
The following table provides the number of indicators and context measures on which police forces in Scotland are required to report each year, as part of compiling the SPPF.
| Year | Number of Indicators and Context Measures in the SPPF to be Reported on by Police Forces |
| 2007-08 | 23 |
| 2008-09 | 29 |
| 2009-10 | 30 |
| 2010-11 | 30 |
Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.
The SPPF was first launched across Scotland in April 2007. The SPPF is the product of significant collaborative working between the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, the eight Scottish police forces, the Scottish Government, Her Majesty''s Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland, Audit Scotland, the Scottish Police Authorities Conveners'' Forum and the Scottish Police Services Authority.
When the SPPF was introduced in 2007-08, it was constrained by the limited amount of consistent data that was available across police forces and had only 23 indicators. Since then, the stakeholders listed above have worked together to develop a more comprehensive suite of indicators.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many data measures police forces are required to report to it each year as part of compiling the Scottish Policing Performance Framework.
Answer
The Scottish Policing Performance Framework is the product of significant collaborative working between the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, the eight Scottish police forces, the Scottish Government, Her Majesty''s Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland, Audit Scotland, the Scottish Police Authorities Conveners'' Forum and the Scottish Police Services Authority.
Together they have agreed the framework for 2010-11 which involves forces reporting on 30 indicators.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds in residential care homes have been commissioned by each local authority in each month of the last three years.
Answer
This information is not available in the format requested. However, information is collected quarterly on the number of people each local authority supports financially in a care home. A copy of this information entitled
Number of Residents Supported by Local Authorities in Care Homes in Scotland has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 51987). That table includes data for the last three years for each local authority in Scotland on the number of residents in local authority and private care homes, in receipt of a financial contribution from the local authority, in each of the following categories:
1. Long Stay and Respite/Short Stay
2. Long Stay
3. Respite/ Short Stay
4. Self Funders in receipt of Free Personal and Nursing Care.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 4 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many electroencephalograph (EEG) technicians are in post and what support the NHS provides for out-of-hours EEG access for people with suspected acute epileptic seizure activity.
Answer
Information on the number of electroencephalograph (EEG) technicians in post is not held centrally.
In terms of NHS support for out of hours access to an EEG, we expect NHS boards to follow the recommendations in the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network guidelines on epilepsy in adults and children. These indicate when an EEG should be performed. It is essential that this should be done in timely fashion, so that the necessary treatment can be started.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the maximum length of time it has taken to obtain guardianship orders under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 for dementia patients in hospital beds in the last year, broken down by local authority.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37061 on 4 November 2010. 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: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how long it takes on average to obtain guardianship orders under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 for dementia patients in hospital beds, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is not available.
However, I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36009 on
9 September 2010 which is available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA.
The subsequent answer giving some information on time taken in relation to guardianship orders can be found at:
http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ParliamentaryQuestions.asp.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the 25% of the police budget reported to be spent on administration is 25% of the (a) Scottish Government’s policing budget, (b) police grant to local authorities or (c) both.
Answer
It is 25% of police forces'' budgets for 2010-11, made up of local authority contributions and Scottish Government direct grant to police authorities.
