- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with manufacturers of alcoholic products with a view to product labelling including sensible drinking messages.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-5564 on 31 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website; the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions with the UK Government about requiring manufacturers of alcohol products to display the unit content on any labelling.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-5564 on 31 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website; the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with manufacturers of alcoholic products with a view to product labelling displaying clearly the unit content.
Answer
Scottish Governmentofficials participated in a recent Department of Health Working Group which lookedat the issue of voluntary product labelling with the alcohol industry. This resultedin agreement on a voluntary alcohollabelling format with the alcohol industry.
The Department ofHealth intends to review the extent to which this has been implemented during 2008.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the intake levels have been for student nurses and midwives in each of the last three years.
Answer
Information on intakelevels for student nurses and midwives is published on the Scottish Health Statisticswebsite under workforce statistics, at
www.isdscotland.org/workforce.Section E gives detailsof the nursing and midwifery students in training. In particular, table E11 showsthe intake numbers for student nurses and midwives by financial year and nursingspeciality. Figures are also broken down to show initial entrants and conversionstudents. Latest available figures are at financial year 2005-06.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make an announcement about the intake of student nurses and midwives for 2008-09 and whether it anticipates that the intake for this period will be lower than in previous years.
Answer
The annual exerciseto determine the levels of student nurse and midwife intakes is currently underwayand will be completed by the end of the year. An announcement will be made as soonas possible after the exercise is completed. It is too soon to say what the outcomeof the exercise will be.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what data it collects on funding for student nurses and midwives.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentdetermines the funding available according to the numbers of student nurses andmidwives being trained. We monitor developments in higher education funding andstudent support generally, to assist in determining the levels of funding required.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what data it collects on intake levels for student nurses and midwives.
Answer
Data on intake levelsfor student nurses and midwives is sourced from NHS Education for Scotland’s “Annual Statistical Supplement”. Intake numbers forstudent nurses and midwives are collected and shown by financial year and nursingspeciality. Figures are also broken down to show initial entrants and conversionstudents.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of funding was for student nurse and midwife pre-registration education in the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer
The information isset out in the table below.
| | Education (£ Million) | Bursary (£ Million) |
| 2007-08 | 65 | 69 |
| 2006-07 | 59 | 67 |
| 2005-06 | 54 | 62 |
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it can confirm that funding for pre-registration nursing and midwifery will continue at current levels.
Answer
The annual exerciseto determine the intake level of student nurses and midwives is currently underway.No decisions about funding can be taken until the outcome of that exercise is known.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the effect of centralising hospital services and consequential impact on increased car use will be considered by the hospital parking charges review group.
Answer
The ScottishGovernment has made it clear that there will be a presumption againstcentralisation of services. National guidance on major service change indicatesthat boards must ensure that any potentially adverse impact of a proposedservice change on, for example, the travel arrangements of patients, carers,visitors and staff have been taken account of in the final proposal. This is anissue which revised guidance on car parking will need to take into account.
