Chamber and committees

National Services Division commissions the National Hyperbaric Medicine Unit in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary as a nationally designated service to provide and co-ordinate emergency treatment and advice in Scotland for diving related illness. The national service also operates the Hyperbaric National Registration Service which recognises chambers that meet specific criteria to treat patients with Diving Decompression Illness on an emergency basis. Chambers need to apply to be part of the National Registration Service. The Hyperbaric National Registration Service currently recognises three independent chambers in Scotland, based in Orkney, Oban and Millport.

The Aberdeen service receives nationally designated funding (top sliced from NHS boards based on the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) formula). The three independent chambers invoice each NHS board for treatment of divers with diving related illness on a cost per case basis but also receive funding from public organisations to support their infrastructure as set out in the answer to question S4W-02086 on 30 August 2011.

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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

The figure for alcohol quoted in the march bulletin represents the total budget for tackling alcohol misuse in 2011-12 (£42 million).

The figure quoted in the july bulletin for alcohol represents the funding allocated to NHS boards in 2011-12 to deliver local services in line with the priorities determined by their local Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships (£37 million).

The figure for drugs quoted in both bulletins reflect the allocation to NHS boards in 2011-12 (£28.6 million). The total funding for tackling drugs in 2011-12 is £31.9 million.

The specific information requested is not held centrally.

The following table shows the numbers and rate of NHS registered Orkney residents as at 31 March 2011, and those participating in the General Dental Service over a two year period up to 31st March 2011.

Source: ISD Scotland

Note:

Participation is defined as a measure of attendance at an NHS dental practice for treatment, registration or other forms of contact within a 2 year period.

This information is not held centrally. As independent contractors dentists are not obliged under their NHS terms of service to advise NHS Boards of any waiting lists they may hold. Individual NHS Boards may hold information on those waiting to register with their salaried dental service.

The warm homes fund will deliver renewable energy and energy efficient homes in those communities worse affected by fuel poverty. We expect to publish more details on the fund in the spending review.

The warm homes fund will deliver renewable energy and energy efficient homes in those communities worse affected by fuel poverty. We expect to publish more details on the fund following the spending review.

The warm homes fund will deliver renewable energy and energy-efficient homes in those areas worse affected by fuel poverty. The operational details, including the fuel poverty criteria, are being worked on and will be announced in due course.

As of 10 June 2011, 78 students have submitted applications for support after the closing date for courses starting in autumn 2010-11, out of over 145,000 applications received. This figure includes applications for 2011-12 session made on the wrong form, applications for ineligible courses and an application from a student who never attended the course for which support was requested.

Fifteen students have so far appealed the decision not to accept a late application for session 2010-11. Four students have subsequently been awarded tuition fee support on medical or compassionate grounds and six appeals are still under consideration.

For 2009-10 session, there were 12 late application appeals of which five were successful.

The tuition fee deadline was moved from 30 June to 31 March to ensure that eligible applications for tuition fee support are processed in advance of exam diets. Universities and colleges reserve the right to remove access to IT and library services and to withhold exam results for those students who have failed to pay their tuition fees.

Students have a 12 month window in which to apply for tuition fees. Applications for 2010-11 courses starting in the autumn term opened in April 2010 and closed at the end of March 2011. The Students Awards Agency for Scotland is expected to pay tuition fees to Institutions on behalf of eligible applicants in January each year.