Seòmar agus comataidhean

Questions and answers

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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Criathragan Hide all filters

Displaying 3513 questions Show Answers

Order by |

Question reference: S1W-30455

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have prepared a strategic plan for the integration of services provided to the most difficult young people, as recommended in section 2.11 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Question reference: S1W-30448

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Kerelaw School has been replaced, as recommended in section 2.4 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Question reference: S1W-30456

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has funded a feasibility study into providing a 24-hour online information service on placing for local authorities, as recommended in section 2.12 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Question reference: S1W-30460

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken, and when, regarding financial support for the provision of secure care, as recommended in section 2.5 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Question reference: S1W-30481

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 29 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to review the guidelines for the protection of vulnerable adults, as recommended by Scottish Borders Council in its Report on External Validation Report in the Case Review of Miss X.

Question reference: S1W-30626

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidelines on the average caseload of community social workers.

Question reference: S1W-30081

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been taken from HM Prison Cornton Vale to hospital for reasons other than for routine treatment in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 to date.

Question reference: S1W-30484

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many guardianships have been (a) applied for and (b) awarded under the vulnerable adults procedures in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2001-02 and (iv) 2002-03 to date, broken down by local authority.

Information on the number of guardianships granted under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 in the three years 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02, and the number applied for and granted under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 from April 2002 to date, by local authority area, is provided in the following tables. Information on the number of guardianships applied for under the 1984 act is not available centrally.Number¹ of Guardianships Granted Under the Mental Health (Scotland ) Act 1984

Authority	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02
Aberdeen City	7	16	16
Aberdeenshire	*	6	6
Angus	*	*	*
Argyll and Bute	*	*	*
Clackmannanshire	0	*	*
Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	*
Dundee City	6	*	9
East Ayrshire	*	*	*
East Dunbartonshire	*	*	*
East Lothian	*	*	*
East Renfrewshire	*	*	*
Edinburgh, City of	12	17	21
Eilean Siar	0	0	*
Falkirk	*	*	*
Fife	9	17	19
Glasgow City	22	27	32
Highland	21	18	13
Inverclyde	0	*	*
Midlothian	*	*	0
Moray	0	*	*
North Ayrshire	0	*	8
North Lanarkshire	*	9	9
Orkney	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	*	*	*
Renfrewshire	*	*	*
Scottish Borders	*	*	*
Shetland	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	*	6	*
South Lanarkshire	*	*	*
Stirling	*	*	*
West Dunbartonshire	*	*	*
West Lothian	*	6	10
Total	126	160	190

Notes:1. Information supplied by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland.*Number is less than five.With effect from 1 April 2002 guardianship under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 was replaced by guardianship under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. The following table provides information on the number of guardianships sought and granted since 1 April 2002 under the 2000 act.Number¹ of Guardianships Applied for and Granted Under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000

	Guardianship Applied For			Guardianship Granted
	Welfare	Financial	Joint	Welfare	Financial	Joint
Aberdeen City	15	1	0	8	0	0
Aberdeenshire	6	0	5	2	0	0
Angus	3	0	0	2	0	0
Argyll and Bute	10	0	2	8	0	1
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	5	4	1	2	3	0
Dundee City	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	5	1	1	1	0	1
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	4	0	0	4	0	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	7	4	2	6	0	1
Eilean Siar	1	1	0	1	0	0
Falkirk	2	1	0	2	1	0
Fife	6	0	1	6	0	1
Glasgow City	14	2	1	10	0	1
Highland	13	2	0	8	0	0
Inverclyde	1	1	2	1	1	2
Midlothian	2	0	0	2	0	0
Moray	4	0	0	4	0	0
North Ayrshire	2	1	0	1	0	0
North Lanarkshire	5	3	0	4	2	0
Orkney	0	1	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	9	0	0	5	0	0
Renfrewshire	0	0	3	0	0	1
Scottish Borders	3	0	1	1	0	0
Shetland	0	0	1	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	1	0	3	1	0	0
South Lanarkshire	5	3	3	3	3	1
Stirling	2	0	0	2	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	4	0	0	1	0	0
West Lothian	6	1	0	4	0	0
Total	135	25	26	89	10	9

Note:1. Information supplied by the Office of the Public Guardian.

Question reference: S1W-30483

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 October 2002

Question reference: S1W-29522

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28224 by Mr Jim Wallace on 2 September 2002, why its contract with Medacs for medical services in prisons agreed in 2000 has not yet been published.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS are making arrangements to publish the contract. This will be done in due course. I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29472 today. 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/webapp/search_wa.

Year	Number
1999	48
2000	62
2001	75
Jan-Sept 2002	40