- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to encourage the development of day care centres.
Answer
I refer the member to my response to question S1W-11128.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 24 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7782 by Nicol Stephen on 14 August 2000, whether any specific assessment has been made of the potential impact of a possible 100% tariff on the Border's cashmere industry and, if so, what that assessment is.
Answer
Estimates of the potential impact of US tariffs on the cashmere industry in the Borders were made by the industry in June, when a US announcement was expected, and were based on the industry's order book at that time. The immediate impact of US action, now or in the future, would vary depending on the order book at the time. The Scottish Executive will continue to work hard until this threat has been lifted.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people, who have been assessed as needing residential care, have died in the (a) Scottish Borders Council and (b) East Lothian Council areas whilst waiting to be placed in residential or nursing care in each year from 1997 to 2000 to date.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10384 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 27 October 2000, whether it will make available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre the homelessness applications data referred to.
Answer
The information has already been made available to the Scottish Parliament Information Centre, Document Supply Centre in the following Scottish Executive Statistical Bulletin
Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland 1988-89 to 1998-99: National and Local Authority Analyses: HSG/2000/5. This bulletin is also available from the Scottish Executive website:
www.scotland.gov.uk. Table 20 of the bulletin details the information to which the answer in question S1W-10384 refers.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10386 by Mr Frank McAveety on 27 October 2000, whether it will include on the implementation group on the central heating installation programme representatives from grassroots fora for pensioners.
Answer
Age Concern Scotland and Help the Aged are both represented on the group. We look to them to consult as appropriate and convey the results to other pensioner interests.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many day care centres there are in total and broken down by local authority.
Answer
The table below details the number of centres and places available in centres for all adult client groups in 1998, the latest year for which figures are available.
Day Centres for Adults1, 1998
| Number of Centres 2 | Number of Places Available |
Aberdeen City | 24 | 696 |
Aberdeenshire | 58 | 1081 |
Angus | 12 | 359 |
Argyll & Bute | 11 | 357 |
Clackmannanshire | 8 | 284 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 15 | 767 |
Dundee City | 12 | 598 |
East Ayrshire | 15 | 350 |
East Dunbartonshire | 2 | 139 |
East Lothian | 5 | 280 |
East Renfrewshire | 4 | 146 |
Edinburgh City | 35 | 1786 |
Eilean Siar | 18 | 142 |
Falkirk | 14 | 440 |
Fife | 25 | 966 |
Glasgow City | 53 | 2524 |
Highland | 73 | 1167 |
Inverclyde | 11 | 282 |
Midlothian | 4 | 126 |
Moray | 17 | 290 |
North Ayrshire | 11 | 351 |
North Lanarkshire | 29 | 1033 |
Orkney | 4 | 77 |
Perth & Kinross | 15 | 520 |
Renfrewshire | 14 | 809 |
Scottish Borders | 18 | 670 |
Shetland | 9 | 174 |
South Ayrshire | 14 | 645 |
South Lanarkshire | 28 | 869 |
Stirling | 7 | 227 |
West Dunbartonshire | 10 | 403 |
West Lothian | 10 | 410 |
Scotland | 585 | 18968 |
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics, D1-B return.
Notes:1. Includes centres for older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, physically disabled people and other adult client groups.
2. Includes centres with four places or less (most of which are attached to residential homes).
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 23 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will appoint and fund a water safety officer in parallel with a similar appointment in England.
Answer
Scottish Ministers regulate drinking water quality under provisions in the Water (Scotland) Act 1980. The consultation
paper Managing Change in the Water Industry invited views on whether additional powers in this area are needed, given the prospect of increased competition in the Scottish water and sewerage sector.
The Executive is considering responses to the consultation paper at present. Any new provisions for regulating drinking water quality will be included in the Water Services Bill planned for the current parliamentary session and will be the subject of full consultation before the Bill's introduction.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reconsider its recommendation in Regulating Care and the Social Services Workforce that day care services be included in a national regulation framework and ensure that the provision of such services by day care centres is a statutory requirement on local authorities.
Answer
It remains our intention to include day care services in the new national regulation framework. We have no plans to make the provision of such services by day care centres a specific statutory duty for local authorities.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide a substantive answer to question S1W-10209 lodged on 3 October 2000.
Answer
I hope to be able to provide a reply shortly.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Sunday, 12 November 2000
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what concerns it has regarding the continued provision of consultant-led specialisms at the Borders General Hospital.
Answer
The Borders General Hospital is an essential part of healthservice provision in the Scottish Borders and it continues to provide highquality consultant-led services. In recent months new consultants have beenappointed in anaesthetics, radiology and haematology services.
