- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors hospital patients diagnosed with malnutrition who are still suffering from malnutrition on discharge from hospital.
Answer
This is a matter for NHSboards.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning has made to the Ministry of Defence in respect of the Robert Noble contract for weaving the tartan for, and separately the making of, kilts for Scottish soldiers and, in particular, on whether the armed forces are exempt from competitive tendering requirements in respect of such procurement.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is inregular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues including defence.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) advise that it is not possible for them to stipulatethat manufacture of a non-warlike product should take place in a particular country.The MoD also advise that the criteria used in selecting tenders will be robust andonly those suppliers that have proven ability to supply and manufacture to the requiredstandards will be invited to tender.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 17 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what central funding is available to either local authorities or the police for speed restriction signs such as mobile “smiley face” signs.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provideslocal authorities with revenue and capital allocations for expenditure on a numberof services, including roads and transport, which can be used for the provisionof traffic signs, including speed limit signs.
Local authorities are receivingspecific funding, totalling nearly £50 million between 2003 and 2008, for 20mphschemes around schools and related safety projects, including the signing requiredfor such schemes.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2006
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Answered by George Reid on 16 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many snagging issues are still outstanding, broken down by priority criteria.
Answer
The Defects Liability Periodended on 17
February 2006. This was preceded by a series of final defectsinspections. Prior to this, there were 73 outstanding snagging items from theoriginal list, the majority of which relate to mechanical and electricalservices. One hundred and twelve snagging items have been completed over recentmonths and are awaiting sign off by the Design Team.
As a result of the finalinspections, around 890 items (including defects and outstanding snags)have been issued to Trade Contractors for rectification. This increase indefect numbers is normal in construction projects at the end of DefectsLiability Period. We are working with Trade Package Contractors to agree thefinal programme for completion.
Where appropriate, snags areprioritised but they are categorised by Trade Package Contractor not bypriority criteria.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners categorised as predatory paedophiles and given a determinant sentence were released in each year since 1999.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
“Predatory paedophiles” is nota term used to disguise either Schedule 1 offenders or sex offenders and thereforenot identified by the Scottish Prison Service as a separate category of offender.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sex offenders currently serving a determinant sentence have been assessed as being at (a) high risk and (b) medium risk of (i) reoffending and (ii) repeat offending upon release.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
A Sex Offender Audit took a snapshotof prisoners in custody on 18 May 2005. It indicated that there were 402 determinate sentenceprisoners identified as sex offenders. The audit made no assessment of the levelsof risk these individuals might represent upon release.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many child sex offenders currently held in prison have been assessed as being at medium risk of repeat offending upon release.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23113 on 15 March 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many child sex offenders currently held in prison have been assessed as being at high risk of repeat offending upon release.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
A Sex Offender Audit took a snapshotof prisoners in custody on 18 May 2005. It indicated that of 321 prisoners identified as Schedule1 sex offenders 280 had been assessed for the risk posed to children and 41 werestill to be assessed at that date. The audit made no assessment of the levels ofrisk these individual might represent upon release.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases malnutrition was described on the death certificate as a cause of death in each year since 1999, broken down by age group.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19956 on 17 November 2005. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2006
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 14 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made since the Minister for Environment and Rural Development’s letter to me of 2 June 2005 regarding the employment of immigrant workers at Monaghan Middlebrook Mushrooms at Drem in East Lothian and its enquiries regarding compliance with agricultural wages legislation.
Answer
Analysis of the information gathered during the inspection of pay records for May 2005 at Monaghan Middlebrook Mushrooms, Drem, East Lothian, on 6 June 2005 showed that some workers were being underpaid.
As a result, the employing agencies supplying staff for this site were asked to produce full records dating back to February 2005. Satisfactory information was not received until 14 February 2006. The analysis of this payroll information, for 180 workers, is nearly complete. We expect to inform the employment agencies of the outcome of our investigations by 31 March 2006.
