- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of (a) how many people claimed for and (b) how much was claimed in tax relief for expenditure on furnished holiday letting properties in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information as taxation matters are currently reserved to the UK Government. We expect HM Revenue and Customs to publish the draft Regulations to implement the change and a Regulatory Impact Assessment with the pre-Budget Report shortly.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has assessed the impact that the proposed repeal of the furnished holiday lettings rules will have on the holiday lettings industry.
Answer
Scottish Government officials are currently working with representatives of the self-catering sector to assess the impact the proposed repeal of the furnished holiday lettings rules would have on the holiday lettings industry in Scotland.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people most at risk in the Lothians region received a flu vaccination in 2008-09.
Answer
In the NHS Lothian area seasonal flu vaccine uptake for those under the age of 65, in an at risk group reached 48.2% for the 2008-09 flu season. Uptake rates for those aged 65 and over in NHS Lothian area reached 78.8% over the same period.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times urinary tract infections have been detected in hospitals in the Lothians region in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) hospital and (b) age group of patient.
Answer
The requested information is not centrally available.
There are no mandatory national surveillance systems for urinary tract infections occurring in hospitals in NHSScotland.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions police have been called into schools in the Lothians region to deal with incidents impacting on (a) teachers and staff and (b) pupils in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to run and how many prisoners took part in the Alcohol Awareness Programme at HMP Edinburgh in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The cost for delivering the Approved Activity Alcohol Awareness Programme is not separately available. It is contained within the general programme costs.
The following table details the number of completions for the Approved Activity Alcohol Awareness in HMP Edinburgh in the last three years. HMP Edinburgh also introduced the Substance Related Offending Behaviour Programme (SROBP) in 2008-09 with 10 completions recorded that year.
| Year | Alcohol Awareness Completions | SROBP Completions |
| 2006-07 | 36 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | 47 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | 18 | 10 |
Prisoners with drugs and/or alcohol related issues can be assessed as suitable for participation on the SROBP which consists of around 120 hours of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy whereas Alcohol Awareness is a 22 hour awareness Approved Activity.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offenders at HMP Edinburgh were (a) assessed as suitable for and (b) completed each of the prisoner programmes and approved activities that address substance misuse in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
| Drug Action for Change | Assessed as suitable | Completed |
| 2006-07 | 37 | 29 |
| 2007-08 | 41 | 41 |
| 2008-09 | 36 | 10 |
| Alcohol Awareness | Assessed as suitable | Completed |
| 2006-07 | 48 | 36 |
| 2007-08 | 50 | 47 |
| 2008-09 | 39 | 18 |
| Substance Related Offending Behaviour Programme | Assessed as suitable | Completed |
| 2008-09 | 16 | 8 |
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many human rights cases are pending against the Scottish Prison Service from prisoners at HMP Edinburgh, broken down by type of claim.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The information is not available. However, SPS records show that there are 385 live claims relating to slopping out at HMP Edinburgh. There are also two claims relating to segregation which also include periods held in HMP Edinburgh.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which secondary schools in the Lothians region have had occupancy rates of 101% or more in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
In School Estate Statistics 2009 of the 46 secondary schools in the Lothians region.
Seven (15%) were operating at 100 per cent or more capacity. Broken down by local authority, these are:
| East Lothian | No secondary schools operating at 100 per cent or more capacity |
| Edinburgh, City of | Boroughmuir High School Currie Community High School Firrhill High School James Gillespie''s High School Portobello High School |
| Midlothian | No secondary schools operating at 100 per cent or more capacity |
| West Lothian | St Kentigern''s Academy St Margaret''s Academy |
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which primary schools in the Lothians region have had occupancy rates of 101% or more in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
In
School Estate Statistics 2009, capacity information was available for 223 of the 225 primary schools in the Lothians region. Of the 223 primary schools, 15 (7%) were operating at 100 per cent or more capacity. Broken down by local authority, these are:
| East Lothian | No primary schools operating at 100 per cent or more capacity |
| Edinburgh, City of | Corstorphine Primary School |
| Midlothian | Sacred Heart Primary School |
| West Lothian | Bankton Primary School Balbardie Primary School Bellsquarry Primary School Carmondean Primary School Kirknewton Primary School Linlithgow Bridge Primary School Linlithgow Primary School Livingston Village Primary School Low Port Primary School Meldrum Primary School Peel Primary School Seafield Primary School Williamston Primary School |
