- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Pringle on 24 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many members of the same families are employed in the Parliament, excluding MSPs’ staff.
Answer
There is no formal requirement for staff of the Parliament to declare their personal family relationships. So this information is not held.
- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Pringle on 24 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will list, by position, staff who have their travelling expenses for their daily journey to the Parliament paid for them.
Answer
There are no staff of the Parliament who have their travelling expenses paid for daily journeys to the Parliament.
- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Pringle on 24 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it maintains a family relationship register for staff, similar to that maintained for MSPs.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP practices in the Monklands area do not participate in the extended hours scheme.
Answer
Six of the 11 GP practices in Airdrie, which cover the Monklands district, are not contractually signed up to provide extended opening hours.
- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 21 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review and monitor whether the refurbishing of hydroelectric stations eligible for accreditation under the renewables obligation Scotland scheme offers best value for consumers, given that the full costs of refurbishment have been recouped.
Answer
The owners and operators of hydro plant in Scotland have invested in excess of £300 million since 2002 in refurbishing and extending the life of hydro electric capacity. This investment has been made on the basis that such capacity would remain eligible under the Renewable Obligation Scotland. As such, we have no plans to review that eligibility.
- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children in school are identified as having (a) autism or Asperger’s syndrome, (b) dyspraxia or developmental co-ordination disorder, (c) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (d) Tourette’s syndrome, (e) dyslexia, (f) deficit in attention, motor control and perception and (g) any other recognised learning difficulties or learning disabilities, broken down in each case into the number attending (i) mainstream schools and (ii) special schools.
Answer
The available data has been published in
Pupils in Scotland, 2007, tables 1.7, 1.9, 4.5 and 4.7. These can be accessed through the following link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/07/28100032/3.
- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with the UK Government regarding rail links between London and the Euro Central container base in North Lanarkshire.
Answer
No discussions have taken place with the UK Government specifically regarding rail links between London and the Euro Central container base in North Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people identified as having (a) autism or Asperger’s syndrome, (b) dyspraxia or developmental co-ordination disorder, (c) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (d) Tourette’s syndrome, (e) dyslexia, (f) deficit in attention, motor control and perception and (g) any other recognised learning difficulties or learning disabilities are recorded as unemployed.
Answer
Data on the economic status of people having the conditions listed are not held centrally. I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-16965 on 29 October 2008, for data relating to people reporting that they have learning difficulties. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people identified as having (a) autism or Asperger’s syndrome, (b) dyspraxia or developmental co-ordination disorder, (c) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (d) Tourette’s syndrome, (e) dyslexia, (f) deficit in attention, motor control and perception and (g) any other recognised learning difficulties or learning disabilities are recorded as not in education, employment or training.
Answer
Data on the economic status of people having the conditions listed are not held centrally. I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-16964 on 29 October 2008, for data relating to people reporting that they have learning difficulties. 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/webapp/wa.search.
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- Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its total expenditure was on medical research in each of the last five years and what information it has on how this compares with the UK Government’s expenditure in the same period.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO), of the Scottish Government''s Health Directorates, has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research into health and health care needs in Scotland. The main agency through which the UK Government funds medical and clinical research is the Medical Research Council (MRC). The Department of Health in England (DH) is the equivalent funder of research to the CSO. However, the ambit of its responsibilities is greater because it also exercises functions reserved to Westminster on a UK-wide basis.
In each of the last five years expenditure by the CSO, the MRC and DH on medical research was as follows:
| | CSO | MRC | DH |
| 2003-04 | £47.4 million | £428.9 million | £533 million |
| 2004-05 | £50.6 million | £447.8 million | £601 million |
| 2005-06 | £51.7 million | £514.6 million | £617 million |
| 2006-07 | £59.3 million | £573.7 million | £659 million |
| 2007-08 | £58.3 million | £618.5 million | £730 million |
