- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients will be able to be treated at the new cancer centre at Gartnavel.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22733.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the first patient to be treated at the new cancer centre at Gartnavel.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22733.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff will be employed at the new cancer centre at Gartnavel.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22733.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the last patient to be treated at the Beatson Oncology Centre before services are transferred to the new cancer centre at Gartnavel.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22733.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-202901 by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 December 2001, what impact the (a) new ultrasound scanner, (b) CT scanner and (c) refurbished x-ray facilities have had on waiting times at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Answer
The trust acknowledges that at present waiting times for imaging remain higher than is acceptable. However, it believes that this financial year will see significant improvements through the investment in equipment and the recruitment of additional radiographers and radiologists. In the run up to these developments having a positive and sustainable impact on waiting times, the trust has put in place additional imaging sessions in the evening at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21664 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 24 January 2002, what advice is being given to those holding Individual Learning Accounts (ILA) who had not enrolled in learning before the end of January 2002, following the closure of the ILA scheme.
Answer
Individual Learning Account (ILA) members who had not enrolled in learning before the scheme's closure and who had not started their learning by 31 January cannot now access ILA-discounted learning. However, any learner whose learning was booked on the ILA Centre computer system before its suspension on 23 November will still be able to access ILA funds, irrespective of the date on which they start their learning.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the replacement of the Beatson Oncology Centre with a new cancer centre at Gartnavel will have on on-going patient care.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22733.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21663 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 24 January 2002, how many of the 253,952 people who held Individual Learning Accounts (ILA) at 7 January 2002 have been compensated for any loss associated with the closure of the ILA scheme.
Answer
There is no provision under the terms of the Individual Learning Accounts (ILA) scheme to make compensation payments. However, closure of the scheme should not result in a loss to any ILA member. Commitments given to those who had enrolled for learning by the closure date and who had started their learning by 31 January will be honoured.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21665 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 24 January 2002, how many potential learners may be lost in each month during the interim period between the closure of the Individual Learning Accounts scheme and the launch of a replacement scheme.
Answer
It is not possible to quantify this figure on a monthly basis. In total over 215,000 Individual Learning Accounts (ILA) were opened in 2001 and over 108,000 activated. The number of learners taking up learning, with or without an ILA grant, would be expected to vary from year to year.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in order to reduce the circulation of illegal guns, following the report in the Sunday Mail on 27 January 2002 that there was a marked increase in the number of gun-related crimes and deaths in 2001.
Answer
Firearms policy and legislation are reserved matters. However, the Scottish Executive is represented on the Firearms Consultative Committee, the independent statutory body established to keep under review the working of the provisions of the Firearms Acts and to make recommendations to the Home Secretary for improving their working.The latest published statistics for Scotland on gun-related crimes and deaths show a marked downward trend between 1991 and 2000. Final figures for 2001 in respect of crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used will not be published until September 2002. It is difficult to comment substantively in advance of that but any increase would be deplored. As regards the circulation of illegal weapons, the police and other enforcement agencies continue to put significant effort into tackling this.
