- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any research in Scotland with regard to the administering of drugs by concealing them in food or drinks in residential and nursing homes.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is not aware of any current research in this area.Arrangements are in place for the regular announced and unannounced inspections of all care homes, the medical records kept and the procedures followed for the safe administration of medicines. These protections will carry forward to our planned arrangements for the future regulation of care in care homes.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 28 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9538 by Sarah Boyack on 28 September 2000, whether it will publish the raw evidence given to the Scott Wilson feasibility study, in particular the report by the Scottish Borders Tourist Board, and any notes from the detailed discussions held, and what the reasons are for its position in relation to the publication or otherwise of this material.
Answer
I will arrange for a copy of the report prepared by the Scottish Borders Tourist Board (SBTB) to be made available to the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. The information obtained in the consultants' interviews with officers of SBTB, Scottish Borders Council and Scottish Borders Enterprise is not in a publishable form.
- 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 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: Friday, 10 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1933 by Iain Gray on 7 October 1999, what role day care centres play in assisting older people to reside in their homes for as long as practicable, in providing respite for carers and in preventing isolation.
Answer
The Scottish Executive recognises that day care centres can play a valuable role in assisting older people to reside in their own homes, in providing respite for carers and in preventing isolation.
The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 requires local authorities to make provision for and develop those community care services they consider appropriate to meet the needs of their areas.
- 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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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 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 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: 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).
