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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S4F-00301

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2011

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Question reference: S4F-00280

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2011

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister.

Question reference: S4F-00277

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2011

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Question reference: S4F-00251

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2011

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister.

Question reference: S4W-02179

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour (a) offences were recorded and (b) orders were granted in the Strathclyde Police force area in 2010-11.

In the following table, information is provided on the number of antisocial behaviour offences recorded in the Strathclyde Police force area in 2010-11.

Antisocial Behaviour Offences Recorded by the Police in Strathclyde, 2010-11

	Strathclyde
Disregard for Community/ Personal Wellbeing¹	49,642
Acts Directed at People²	4,761
Environmental Damage³	37,742
Misuse of Public Space⁴	30,024
Total Offences	122,169

Source: Justice Analytical Services Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2010-11.

Notes:

1. Disregard for Community/ Personal Wellbeing includes Mobbing and Rioting, Breach of anti social behaviour order, Breach of the peace, Urinating etc, Antisocial behaviour offences, Drunk and incapable and habitual drunkenness, Drunk in charge of a child, Disorderly on licensed premises, Obstruction by pedestrian, Threatening and abusive behaviour and Stalking.

2. Acts Directed at People includes Racially aggravated harassment, Racially aggravated conduct and General post office and telecommunications offences.

3. Environmental Damage includes Fire-raising excluding Muirburn, Vandalism, Reckless Damage, Malicious Damage, Litter Offences, Offences under the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978, Control of pollution and Town and country planning acts.

4. Misuse of Public Space includes Offences related to prostitution, Soliciting services of person engaged in prostitution and Consumption of alcohol in designated places, byelaws prohibited.

This information is taken from the Scottish Government’s Recorded Crime Statistics which were published on 6 September 2011. The crime categories used are based on those used in the Scottish Policing Performance Framework indicator on antisocial behaviour.

The number of antisocial behaviour orders granted in the Strathclyde Police force area in 2010-11 is not held centrally.

Question reference: S4O-00167

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2011
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive what provision has been made for college bursaries for 2011-12.

Question reference: S4W-02123

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to (a) ensure that all heart patients are offered and (b) monitor NHS board provision of cardiac rehabilitation.

The Better Heart Disease and Stroke Care Action Plan includes a number of actions designed to support the delivery of cardiac rehabilitation for people living with heart disease. Progress with these actions is closely monitored by the National Advisory Committee on Heart Disease. The action plan is available at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/277650/0083350.pdf.

An audit of cardiac rehabilitation services was performed as part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s Heart Disease Improvement Programme in 2010-11. Healthcare Improvement Scotland plans to publish the findings of this exercise later this year. The audit has also been extended to include 2011-12, which will provide us with the fullest possible picture of service provision across Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-02124

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of (a) heart attack, (b) heart bypass, (c) angina, (d) angioplasty and (e) heart failure patients (i) is offered and (ii) receives cardiac rehabilitation.

This information is not held centrally.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland has however, performed a cardiac rehabilitation exercise as part of its Heart Disease Improvement Programme. Although the information collected as part of that exercise will not provide a breakdown of cardiac rehabilitation provision by type of cardiac intervention or condition, a more accurate and complete calculation of cardiac rehabilitation referral rates will be possible once cardiac rehabilitation audit data becomes available later this year.

Question reference: S4W-02122

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on offering all heart patients cardiac rehabilitation.

Our Better Heart Disease and Stroke Care Action Plan, published in August 2011, recognises the clinical and cost effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation. The action plan also emphasises the importance of ensuring that people living with heart disease who could benefit from cardiac rehabilitation, can gain access.

We therefore expect provision of cardiac rehabilitation to be in line with Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s clinical standards for heart disease, published in April 2010. Standard 10 is that patients with specified heart disease have access to a
menu-based cardiac rehabilitation programme. It is however for NHS boards to provide services that meet the needs of their local populations.

Question reference: S4W-02125

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how the provision of cardiac rehabilitation is monitored by each NHS board.

We have provided funding to NHS Services Scotland’s Information Services Division to conduct a national audit of cardiac rehabilitation in 2011-12. The National Advisory Committee on Heart Disease will discuss the outcomes from the audit with NHS boards’ cardiac MCNs and agree any action that needs to be taken to help ensure Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s clinical standards for heart disease are met.