- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with hepatitis C in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The answer is provided in the following table.
Persons in Scotland reported to be hepatitis C antibody-positive by NHS board and year earliest positive specimen, 2003-08:
| NHS Board | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 149 | 121 | 103 | 133 | 100 | 141 |
| Borders | 11 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 18 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 50 | 54 | 65 | 49 | 47 | 56 |
| Fife | 24 | 64 | 62 | 47 | 86 | 46 |
| Forth Valley | 68 | 83 | 71 | 89 | 91 | 80 |
| Grampian | 198 | 167 | 177 | 187 | 148 | 184 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 728 | 650 | 593 | 544 | 585 | 664 |
| Highland | 59 | 33 | 36 | 53 | 34 | 65 |
| Lanarkshire | 129 | 133 | 157 | 103 | 95 | 130 |
| Lothian | 148 | 240 | 240 | 206 | 216 | 198 |
| Orkney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shetland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Tayside | 84 | 97 | 101 | 105 | 133 | 147 |
| Western Isles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Scotland | 1,650 | 1,658 | 1,618 | 1,537 | 1,554 | 1,735 |
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 21 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers have been in post in South Lanarkshire Council at an appropriate date in each of the last five years, broken down by type of school.
Answer
This information is published in
Teachers in Scotland, 2008. A copy was sent to each MSP. The information is available on the government website using the following link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/04/29102949/0.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 21 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of falling school rolls, which local authorities have a commitment in their single outcome agreements to maintain teacher numbers and which of them have met that commitment
Answer
The single outcome agreements (SOAs) reflect the priorities and agreed outcomes for each council and include relevant supporting indicators and targets. Copies of all 32 SOAs can be obtained via the Improvement Service website at the following link:
http://www.improvementservice.org.uk/single-outcome-agreements/.
SOAs will be reported on annually around September. The SOA reporting process will have a dual purpose: first, an outward focus reporting to communities and the public on the delivery of outcomes in the local area, and second to report to the Scottish Government on contribution towards delivery of outcomes which support the National Performance Framework.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of people who may have contracted hepatitis C but have not yet received a diagnosis.
Answer
By the end of 2008, an estimated 39,000 people living in Scotland were chronically infected with hepatitis C. Of the 39,000 with chronic hepatitis C, an estimated 23,500 (60%) remained undiagnosed by the end of 2008.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will develop a national dementia strategy.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24446 on 11 June 2009. 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: Monday, 29 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking in response to the report, Remember, I’m still me, produced jointly by the Care Commission and the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, relative to the quality of care for people with dementia living in a care home.
Answer
The Dementia Strategy, to be developed over the summer months, will also focus on the issues identified in that report.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 13 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the legally qualified establishment is of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and how many of these posts were filled in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is set out below for each of the last four years. It is not possible to provide information prior to 2006 since the information was not held in this form.
| Reference Date | Budgeted Posts | Staff Employed | Vacancies | Absences |
| 31/03/09 | 461.8 | 451.2 | 10.6 | 25.6 |
| 31/03/08 | 426 | 411.8 | 14.2 | 15.8 |
| 31/03/07 | 420.6 | 409.8 | 10.8 | 19.2 |
| 31/03/06 | 423.9 | 404.8 | 19.1 | 10.8 |
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 13 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) vacancies and (b) long-term or maternity leave absences there were in (i) procurator fiscal and (ii) depute procurator fiscal posts in each of the last five years, broken down by sheriff court.
Answer
The information set out in the following tables identifies vacancies and absences at the specific dates, broken down by Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) Area since staffing of COPFS is not structured by sheriff court area. There are a variety of legal grades and post titles apart from procurator fiscal and depute procurator fiscal and the information is provided in relation to all legal grades. Area and district procurators fiscal vacancies are not included, since steps are always taken to cover these posts in the absence of the post-holder. It is not possible to provide information prior to 2006 since the information is not held in this form.
31 March 2009
| Area | Vacancies | Absences |
| Argyll and Clyde | 2.4 | 0 |
| Ayrshire | 0.1 | 1 |
| Central | 1.4 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 0 |
| Fife | 2 | 0.6 |
| Glasgow | 1.3 | 7 |
| Grampian | 2 | 1 |
| Highland and Islands | 1 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire | 0.2 | 2 |
| Lothian and Borders | 2 | 2 |
| Tayside | 0 | 3.6 |
| Crown Office | 0 | 8.5 |
1 April 2008
| Area | Vacancies | Absences |
| Argyll and Clyde | 1.2 | 0 |
| Ayrshire | 2 | 1 |
| Central | 0 | 1.4 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 0.4 | 1 |
| Glasgow | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Grampian | 2.4 | 0 |
| Highland and Islands | 0 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire | 1.1 | 2 |
| Lothian and Borders | 2.4 | 2 |
| Tayside | 1 | 1 |
| Crown Office | 0 | 5 |
1 April 2007
| Area | Vacancies | Absences |
| Argyll and Clyde | 1 | 2 |
| Ayrshire | 0.5 | 2 |
| Central | 1 | 2 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 1.4 | 0 |
| Glasgow | 5 | 4.6 |
| Grampian | 3 | 2 |
| Highland and Islands | 0 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire | 2.5 | 0.9 |
| Lothian and Borders | 2 | 0 |
| Tayside | 0 | 2 |
| Crown Office | 0 | 3.7 |
1 April 2006
| Area | Vacancies | Absences |
| Argyll and Clyde | 2.5 | 0 |
| Ayrshire | 1.1 | 0 |
| Central | 0 | 2.4 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0.5 | 0 |
| Fife | 0.5 | 0 |
| Glasgow | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| Grampian | 2 | 1 |
| Highland and Islands | 0 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire | 2.5 | 2 |
| Lothian and Borders | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| Tayside | 0 | 1 |
| Crown Office | 0 | 0.6 |
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 13 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the rate of turnover was in procurator fiscal legal staff in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the following table for each of the last four years. It is not possible to provide information prior to 2006 since the information was not held in this form.
| Reference Date | Turnover |
| 01/04/08 “ 31/03/09 | 3.39% |
| 01/04/07 “ 31/03/08 | 7.85% |
| 01/04/06 “ 31/03/07 | 5.65% |
| 01/04/05 “ 31/03/06 | 3.89% |
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases reported to the police in which the accused was aged (a) 16 or 17 and (b) under 16 the decision had not yet been made about whether to prosecute in the criminal courts as of 12 June 2009.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
The Scottish Government does not hold individualised data on any crimes or offences recorded by the eight police forces in Scotland, and as such does not hold information on the age of perpetrators of crimes or any decision made relating to prosecution. Further to this, information on crimes recorded by the police is returned to the Scottish Government on a quarterly basis. As a result, no information is currently held on crimes recorded for the period in question.
In relation to deciding whether a child is to be prosecuted, if a child under the age of 16 is reported to Procurators Fiscal in line with the Lord Advocate Guidelines to the Chief Constables in relation to the reporting of offences alleged to have been committed by children, Procurators Fiscal require to liaise with the Scottish Children''s Reporter Authority (SCRA). There is a presumption in favour of such cases being dealt with by SCRA and proceedings in a criminal court are only taken where there are compelling reasons in the public interest to do so and require the instructions of Crown Counsel or the Lord Advocate.
Where a child is between the age of 16 and 17 and is under supervision, the presumption is in favour of such cases being dealt with by the Procurator Fiscal and they should only be referred to SCRA where there are compelling reasons in the public interest to do so. In the case of a person of 16 years or over who is not on supervision, the Reporter has no authority to deal with them and they fall to be dealt with by the Procurator Fiscal.
