- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it estimates are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease; what services are available in each NHS board area for the treatment and care of Alzheimer’s disease, and what plans it has to improve such services.
Answer
Alzheimer Scotland figures indicate there are at least 59,000 people with dementia. The General Practice Quality & Outcomes Framework guidance advises that Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 50-75% of cases of dementia.
Dementia is a national priority for the Scottish Government reflected in our new target for NHS boards focussed on earliest possible identification and intervention to reach more and address better the needs of all those affected, including carers and families.
Support in each area can vary but includes partner agencies combining in a range of settings and approaches across primary and secondary NHS care, care homes and care at home. Support, wherever possible tailored to individual needs, is provided through memory clinics, a range of psychological and occupational therapies, home and care home liaison, respite and specialist in patient care.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13039 by Bruce Crawford on 22 May 2008, how many of the seven Bills introduced since May 2007 had a degree of work or preparation under way by civil servants prior to May 2007.
Answer
The seven bills were informed by advice prepared by civil servants since May 2007. I am unable to comment on exchanges that civil servants may or may not have had with ministers in the previous administration.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools it expects to have initiated by May 2011 using (a) PFI, (b) the Scottish Futures Trust and (c) public finance.
Answer
Information on the Scottish Government’s investment plans for schools, working closely with local authorities, is set out in the Infrastructure Investment Plan (Bib. number 45134) published on 27 March 2008.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cars are available in its car pool.
Answer
There are 150 vehicles in the Scottish Government fleet, 137 cars and 13 commercial vehicles. This includes the cars allocated to the Government Car Service (Scotland).
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Justice has had with representatives of the major supermarkets regarding the sale of alcohol at low cost and below cost.
Answer
I met representatives of ASDA Stores Ltd on 24 April 2008 and discussed a range of matters including the Scottish Government’s commitment to crack down on irresponsible alcohol promotions.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people volunteered for organ donation in each month of 2007-08 and what plans it has to continue the campaign to encourage organ donation.
Answer
The number of new registrations on the NHS Organ Donor Register on a UK basis for each of the months between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008, by calendar month of registration, are as follows:
| Month | Registrations |
| 2007 | |
| April | 62,589 |
| May | 67,861 |
| June | 120,392 |
| July | 86,670 |
| August | 128,108 |
| September | 88,795 |
| October | 101,938 |
| November | 121,513 |
| December | 59,430 |
| 2008 | |
| January | 112,268 |
| February | 116,090 |
| March | 80,903 |
| Total | 1,146,557 |
Source: UK Transplant.
A further TV advertising and publicity campaign is being planned for July, starting in Transplant Awareness Week.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated percentage payment rate of council tax was for each local authority area in 2007-08.
Answer
These figures are due for publication on 25 June 2008 in
2007-08 Council Tax Collection Statistics. They are therefore currently subject to National Statistics pre-release protocol. They will be available after this date at the following website:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Local-Government-Finance/PubScottishCounTaxStats.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities have the power to issue bonds for capital projects outwith their geographic boundaries.
Answer
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 gives local authorities the power to borrow money for specific purposes. This includes capital expenditure projects, or lending to other local authorities for capital expenditure projects. They are permitted to raise the money through a variety of means, including bonds.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities have the power to issue bonds.
Answer
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 gives local authorities the power to borrow money for specific purposes. They are permitted to raise the money through a variety of means, including bonds.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3M-12925 by John Swinney on 21 May 2008, what security classification has been given to the First Minister, in relation to what threat assessment and from whom.
Answer
It is not the practice to comment on any minister’s threat assessment but the Scottish Government can confirm that appropriate security measures and arrangements are in place.
