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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.

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Question reference: S1W-26120

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 June 2002

The following table shows the latest centrally available data for headcount and whole-time equivalent of speech therapists by NHS board in Scotland:Speech Therapists in Scotland by NHS Board at 30 September

	Headcount				WTE
	1998	1999	2000	2001^P	1998	1999	2000	2001^P
Scotland	824	844	887	882	686.4	708.1	744.4	739.6
Argyll and Clyde	62	62	62	66	52.4	52.9	53.7	56.2
Ayrshire and Arran	41	46	49	54	36.2	40.2	41.7	45.8
Borders	18	18	19	20	15.5	16.0	16.7	17.2
Dumfries and Galloway	25	28	26	29	22.3	25.5	22.2	23.8
Fife	63	46	67	50	49.4	37.9	51.6	40.1
Forth Valley	42	46	53	54	34.1	36.5	43.5	43.3
Grampian	94	101	101	96	70.9	78.3	78.9	74.4
Greater Glasgow	139	147	155	156	122.6	128.1	136.3	137.6
Highland	31	29	28	33	27.2	24.6	24.2	28.4
Lanarkshire	104	107	100	102	94.5	95.4	89.7	90.3
Lothian	133	138	148	143	100.4	109.2	117.9	112.9
Orkney	4	4	4	3	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.4
Shetland	4	3	3	3	3.7	2.5	2.7	2.7
Tayside	58	64	66	66	48.7	53.4	56.6	57.3
Western Isles	6	5	6	7	5.8	5.0	6.0	7.0

^PProvisionalNote:1. These data are released under National Manpower Statistics from Payroll.2. Whole-time equivalent (WTE) is calculated by dividing the number of contracted hours by the conditioned hours for the group of staff.

Question reference: S1W-25922

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25069 by Colin Boyd on 29 April 2002, what the reason is for the rise in the number of cases marked "no proceedings" due to a time-bar under section 136 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 since 1998-99.

Question reference: S1W-26119

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current average time is from GP referral to the first consultation with a neurologist in respect of a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease in each NHS board area.

The information requested is not held centrally. Data on waiting times for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant is collected at speciality level only. The median waiting times for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant in Neurology, following referral by a General Medical Practitioner, in the year ending 31 December 2001, by NHS board of residence, is given in the table.NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times for a First Out-patient Appointment with a Consultant in Neurology, Following Referral by a General Medical Practitioner, by NHS Board of Residence. Year Ending 31 December 2001^P

NHS Board	Median Wait
Argyll and Clyde	80 days
Ayrshire and Arran	97 days
Borders	78 days
Dumfries and Galloway	101 days
Fife	66 days
Forth Valley	70 days
Grampian	88 days
Greater Glasgow	95 days
Highland	59 days
Lanark	106 days
Lothian	28 days
Orkney	120 days
Shetland	97 days
Tayside	66 days
Western Isles	56 days
Scotland	69 days

^pProvisional.Source: ISD Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-25921

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25069 by Colin Boyd on 29 April 2002, what steps it is taking to reduce the number of cases marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay by the procurator fiscal.

Question reference: S1W-25920

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25069 by Colin Boyd on 29 April 2002, what the reason is for the rise in the number of cases marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay by the procurator fiscal since 1998-99.

Question reference: S1W-26167

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25671 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, what the criteria were for accessing the Special Educational Needs Innovation Grants Programme funding and in what ways Independent Special Education Advice failed to meet those criteria.

The following criteria and priorities were set out in the grant application pack:

promoting inclusive policies in mainstream and special schools
approaches to improving links, and sharing skills/expertise between special and mainstream schools
empowering parents to enable them to participate fully in their children's education
improving children's participation in decisions which affect them
promoting integrated and co-ordinated approaches to service delivery (e.g. key worker role)
offering new approaches to advice and resolution of disagreements between professionals and families

We are writing to those unsuccessful applicants who have requested feedback on their bids. This includes Independent Special Education Advice and a letter outlining the reasons for refusing funding was issued to them on Thursday 30 May.

Question reference: S1W-25918

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25069 by Colin Boyd on 29 April 2002, what the reason is for the rise in the number of cases marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay by the police and other reporting agencies since 1998-99.

Question reference: S1W-25919

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002

Question reference: S1W-26058

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25236 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002, how it reconciles the answer with the evidence given by Michael Crossan, former deputy governor of Low Moss to the Justice 1 Committee on 14 May 2002 (Official Report col. 3544), that Eric Murch had prepared the report Constructing the Future.

Question reference: S1W-25995

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 29 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to establish in full a scheme in Scotland similar to the Phoenix Fund which operates in England to encourage entrepreneurship in disadvantaged areas.