- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 5 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to include prescribing rates of new treatments for psoriatic arthritis in its programme of public annual reviews of local NHS boards.
Answer
The Scottish Medicines Consortium(SMC) conducts rapid assessments soon after their launch of the costs and benefitsof medicines such as etanercept, an anti-tumour necrosis factor drug, which hasbeen shown in clinical trials to offer a new option for people with psoriatic arthritis.NHSScotland is expected to take account of the advice from the SMC and ensure thatrecommended medicines are made available to meet clinical need.
The agendas for NHS boards’ annualreviews are set by me as Minister for Health and Community Care, taking accountof key health care issues of national and local importance and the overall progressof individual boards.
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many illegal immigrants granted bail in a Scottish court have absconded in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested isnot available from the statistics collected centrally on convictions for theoffence of bail absconding as these do not include information on whether theoffender was an illegal immigrant.
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 30 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many illegal immigrants granted bail in a Scottish court have broken their bail conditions in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested isnot available from the statistics collected centrally on convictions for breachof bail as these do not include information on whether the offender was an illegalimmigrant.
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 30 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people arrested for illegal immigration have been granted bail in a Scottish court in each year since 1999.
Answer
Illegal immigrants are not broughtbefore a court but are dealt with by the Nationality and Immigration Directoratewhich is part of the Home Office. The statistics collected centrally on bail ordersdo not include information on whether the accused was an illegal immigrant.
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what quantity of drugs has been seized from each prison in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000, (e) 2001, (f) 2002, (g) 2003, (h) 2004, (i) 2005 and (j) 2006.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The information requested isnot available as SPS pass suspected substances and packages to the police.
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any literature or best practice guidance on the role of carer co-ordinators in NHS hospitals.
Answer
NHS boards are currently developingCarer Information Strategies. These will come into force from April 2007 onwards.Strategies will specify how boards, in partnership with local authorities and thevoluntary sector, propose to identify and support carers in their area. To supportthe implementation of the Strategies the Scottish Executive will shortly be issuingguidance on best practice in identifying and supporting carers. This will describedifferent models of support, including the role of carer co-ordinators.
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS hospitals employ carer co-ordinators on an (a) part-time and (b) full-time basis.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Care Commission has raised in fees from providers of care services for elderly people in each year since its formation, broken down by category of service.
Answer
The amount raised in fees fromproviders of care services for elderly people is an operational matter for the CareCommission. The commission can be contacted at:
The Care Commission
Compass House
11 Riverside Drive
Dundee DD1 4NY
0845 603 0890
http://www.carecommission.com/.
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to inform parents of any dispute in respect of a Care Commission inspection report during the period between the lodging of the complaint and the decision by the Commission and, ultimately, by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman about whether the complaint should be upheld.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-29816 on 24 November 2006. 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: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria the Care Commission applies when setting charges for providers of care services for elderly people.
Answer
Ministers are responsible underthe Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 for setting maximum regulatory fees. Underthe act the Care Commission is responsible for fixing fees within these maxima,having regard to its reasonable expenses in carrying out its functions under theact. The criteria the commission applies when setting these charges are an operationalmatter for the commission. The commission can be contacted at:
The Care Commission
Compass House
11 Riverside Drive
Dundee DD1 4NY
0845 603 0890
www.carecommission.com.
