- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulance paramedics have been trained in each of the last five years.
Answer
In 1996-97, there were 332 paramedics working in the Scottish Ambulance Service. At 31 March 2002, this figure had increased to 750. This equates to an average of 83 technicians trained to paramedic level in each of the last five years.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in respect of ambulance services in Lanarkshire given that, in the first nine days of July 2002, 25% of shifts in that area were not covered.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27866.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many paramedics (a) are required by the Scottish Ambulance Service at (i) minimum and (ii) full operating strength and (b) the service has currently.
Answer
At 31 March 2002, the Scottish Ambulance Service had 750 paramedics against a total accident and emergency establishment of 1,791. One of the service's objectives is to have a paramedic on every frontline accident and emergency ambulance by March 2005. The service has in place a paramedic training programme and is currently on course to achieve this objective.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of teachers have a classroom computer.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Schools and authorities decide how computers should be deployed within the school.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of school classrooms are equipped with a minimum of four modern computers.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. The latest School Census, carried out in September 2001, showed that the pupil:computer ratio was 11:1 in primary schools and 5:1 in secondary schools. The targets for 2002 are 7.5:1 in primary schools and 5:1 in secondary schools. Schools and authorities decide how these should be deployed within the school.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new school developments have begun in the public sector since May 1999 and how many such developments have been funded by public private partnership or private finance initiative.
Answer
Information is only collected centrally about numbers of new public sector schools completed, rather than begun, in each financial year. For the period April 1999 to March 2001, 20 such new schools were completed, of which six were funded by public private partnership or private finance initiative. Information for the period from April 2001 is not yet available.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of school classes have exclusive access to a minimum of four modern computers.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. The latest School Census, carried out in September 2001, showed that the pupil:computer ratio was 11:1 in primary schools and 5:1 in secondary schools. The targets for 2002 are 7.5:1 in primary schools and 5:1 in secondary schools. The deployment of these computers within schools is a matter for local decision.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 27 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern apprenticeships have been created since May 1999.
Answer
35,700.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new hospital developments have begun in the NHS since May 1999 and how many such developments have been funded by public private partnership (PPP) or private finance initiative (PFI).
Answer
In addition to a number of major projects under construction in May 1999, building has begun on a further 11 new hospital developments in NHSScotland since the beginning of May 1999. Of these, four have been funded publicly and seven through PPP/PFI. Details of these projects are given in the following table:
| Project Name | Construction Start Date | Capital Value(£ million) | Funding Route |
| Balivanich Hospital, Benbecula | May 1999 | 7.2 | Public |
| New Craigs Psychiatry Unit, Inverness | May 1999 | 16.5 | PPP/PFI |
| Geriatric Assessment Facility, Larkfield, Greenock | July 1999 | 10.0 | PPP/PFI |
| Care of Elderly Services at Tippethill Hospital, West Lothian | July 1999 | 2.3 | PPP/PFI |
| Geriatric Medicine and Assessment Facility, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow | September 1999 | 11.0 | PPP/PFI |
| Carseview Psychiatric Services, Dundee | September 1999 | 10.0 | PPP/PFI |
| Balfour Hospital, Orkney, Phase II | October 1999 | 5.0 | Public |
| Day Surgery and Maternity Unit, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary | May 2000 | 10.0 | PPP/PFI |
| New Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital | August 2001 | 24.6 | Public |
| Leith Community Treatment Centre, Edinburgh | August 2002 | 8.5 | Public |
| North East Edinburgh Continuing Care (Findlay House) | August 2002 | 4.0 | PPP/PFI |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dedicated anti-drugs police officers there have been in each police force in each of the last five years.
Answer
Information on the number of police officers engaged on anti-drugs work in each police force in the last five years is provided in the following table. It should be noted that for 2000-01 and 2001-02 the figures include the 100 additional police officers, funded by the Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency (SDEA), who have been deployed to tackle drug misuse at a local level.
| Number of Officers |
| Force | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Central | 7 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 18 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 13 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 15 |
| Fife | 16 | 16 | 22 | 32 | 31 |
| Grampian | 9 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 26 |
| Lothian and Borders | 20 | 20 | 13 | 37 | 60 |
| Northern | 18 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 16 |
| Strathclyde | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96 | 106 |
| Tayside | 19 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 |
| Total | | | | | |
Source: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary: Annual Statistical Returns.
