- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive who was consulted as part of any consultation undertaken prior to the decision not to continue carrying out major surgical procedures for cleft lip and palate treatment in Aberdeen.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-5136 on 30 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people convicted of offences linked to drugs misuse have been sentenced to six months or less in prison in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.
Answer
The available informationis given in the table below. Data for 2006-07 is due to be published in March 2008.
Persons Receivinga Custodial Sentence of Six Months or Less for Drug Related Offences1,2003-04 to 2005-06
| Sentence | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| 6 months or less | 431 | 454 | 410 |
Note:1. Where main offence.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the cost would be of raising the minimum family income threshold at which the full Young Students’ Bursary is paid from £18,360 to £25,000 to bring Scotland into line with the rest of the United Kingdom.
Answer
Based on current incomeprofiles, estimates suggest that the cost of raising the minimum family income thresholdat which the full Young Students’ Bursary is paid is approximately £6 million. Therest of the UK change does not come into effect until2008-09.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale was of any consultation undertaken prior to the decision not to continue carrying out major surgical procedures for cleft lip and palate treatment in Aberdeen.
Answer
Consultation withparents and staff was an essential part of the review, which took place betweenOctober 2005 and May 2006.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the cost would be of raising the maximum family income threshold at which students are eligible for the Young Students’ Bursary from £33,000 to £60,000 to bring Scotland into line with the rest of the United Kingdom.
Answer
Due to the lack ofreadily available information on family income data for these students, it is notpossible to provide an estimate of the increase in costs with any degree of accuracy.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation was undertaken prior to the decision not to continue carrying out major surgical procedures for cleft lip and palate treatment in Aberdeen.
Answer
The decision wasbased on the recommendations of a detailed review of the service which wascompleted in May 2006. The review involved consultations with the parents ofchildren with cleft lip and palate, in particular the Cleft Lip and PalateAssociation, looking at issues such as patient choice, the importance ofdistance to families, and the elements of the service which parents considerednecessary and desirable.
Staff involved inthe provision of all cleft lip and palate services were also consulted, throughthe mechanism of cleftsis, the national managed clinical network for cleft lipand palate services. In particular, there were separate consultations with themulti-disciplinary teams at each of the three sites where the highlyspecialised surgery was undertaken, and with each of the surgeons providing theservice.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what activities will be considered to be special additional duties when it reviews police funding arrangements for such activities.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-5131 on 29 October 20007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will meet representatives of Grampian Police Board to discuss funding issues.
Answer
I met with representativesof Grampian Police Board on 10 October 2007 and my officialsmet with the Convener of Grampian Police Board on 16 October. In addition, I metwith representatives of all eight police authorities on 22 October, including theConvener of Grampian Police Board. Police funding issues were discussed at allthree of these meetings.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people convicted of offences linked to alcohol misuse have been sentenced to six months or less in prison in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.
Answer
The available informationis given in the following table. Data for 2006-07 is due to be published in March2008.
Persons Receivinga Custodial Sentence of Six Months or Less for Drink-Related Offences1,2,2003-04 to 2005-06
| | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| 6 months or less | 212 | 204 | 169 |
Notes:
1.Where main offence.
2.Includes drunkenness, drink driving and consumption of alcohol in designated areasoffences.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will conclude its deliberations in respect of additional funding for police forces for special additional duties.
Answer
We are in regularcontact with the Associationof Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) about new and emerging police funding pressures which could notnormally be expected to be absorbed into the general funding available to forces.These are considered on a case-by-case basis in consultation with ACPOS.
