- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 17 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16489 by Patricia Ferguson on 8 June 2005, when details of expenditure from the International Development Fund budget will be published on the Executive’s website.
Answer
Details of awards made from the first round of the international development main grants scheme are available on the Scottish Executive website:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2005/11/04144130
The International Development web pages are currently being updated to include details of other funding awards.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether discussions have taken place between NHS Lanarkshire and Scottish ministers regarding alternative proposals for the reorganisation of consultant-led emergency services in Lanarkshire to the ones published in the consultation document, A Picture of Health.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-21661 on 17 January 2006. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many respondents informed the initial feedback on each of the three options relating to emergency care detailed in the board’s briefing issued on 4 November 2005 and how these respondents’ views were gathered.
Answer
This is a matter for NHS Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 17 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17131 by Patricia Ferguson on 16 June 2005, which local authorities have submitted a concept note for funding from the International Development Fund.
Answer
To date, no local authorities have submitted concept notes for funding from the International Development Fund. Further funding rounds will be held in 2006 and 2007, to which local authorities are welcome to apply.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers have held discussions with representatives of NHS Lanarkshire in respect of the potential closure of any consultant-led emergency service currently operating in Lanarkshire and whether it will place a record of any such discussions in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer
There have been no such discussions.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 17 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17123 by Patricia Ferguson on 17 June 2005, how many meetings of the group convened to progress Scotland to the status of Fair Trade Nation have been held since the inaugural meeting on 26 May 2005.
Answer
Unfortunately it has not been possible to arrange a subsequent meeting of the Cross Party Group on Fair Trade since the inaugural meeting on 26 May 2005. Although, a meeting has been arranged for 25 January, and work to progress the fair trade agenda in Scotland is on-going.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 17 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17123 by Patricia Ferguson on 17 June 2005, what the outcomes are of the group’s considerations in respect of progressing Scotland’s status as a Fair Trade Nation and how to promote fair trade products in Scotland.
Answer
Scottish Executive has been considering how best we can take forward the fair trade agenda within Scotland and have been in contact with the Fairtrade Foundation and other relevant organisations. The outcomes and recommendations will be considered at the next meeting of the Cross Party Group on Fair Trade.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers held discussions with representatives of NHS Lanarkshire in respect of the release of the consultation document, A Picture of Health, published in November 2004, and whether it will place a record of any such discussions in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer
here have been no such discussions between ministers and NHS Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire has informed me that they have routine discussions on a range of constituency matters with relevant MSPs, including Mr Jack McConnell MSP and Mr Andy Kerr MSP. Further information on the conduct of those meetings is a matter for NHS Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 16 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many New Futures Fund projects are in receipt of interim funding to 31 March 2006, broken down by local authority area
Answer
Forty-one projects in the Scottish Enterprise area and two projects in the Highlands and Islands Enterprise area received funding up to March 2006 for New Futures Fund. The local authority area breakdown is set out in the following table.
| Local Authority | Number of Projects |
| Aberdeen City | 5 |
| Aberdeenshire | 2 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 3 |
| Dundee | 1 |
| East Ayrshire | 1 |
| Edinburgh | 4 |
| Falkirk | 1 |
| Fife | 1 |
| Glasgow | 12 |
| Highlands and Islands | 2 |
| Inverclyde | 1 |
| Midlothian | 1 |
| North Lanarkshire | 4 |
| South Lanarkshire | 1 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1 |
| Renfrewshire | 1 |
| South Ayrshire | 1 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1 |
| Total | 43 |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 16 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many towns or cities with a population of over 70,000 do not have consultant-led emergency services within 10 miles of the town centre.
Answer
The following table details all consultant-led emergency services in Scotland. The Scottish Executive does not hold a list of those towns or cities with populations of over 70,000 which do not have consultant led emergency centres within 10 miles of the town centre.
| Aberdeen Royal Infirmary |
| Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital |
| Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin |
| Raigmore Hospital, Inverness |
| Belford Hospital, Fort William |
| Caithness General Hospital, Wick |
| Broadford Hospital, Isle of Skye* |
| Balfour Hospital, Kirkwall |
| Western Isles Hospital, Stornoway |
| Uist and Barra Hospital, Benbecula |
| Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
| St John’s Hospital, Livingston |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh |
| Borders General Hospital, Melrose |
| Ninewells Hospital, Dundee |
| Perth Royal Infirmary |
| Stirling Royal Infirmary |
| Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline |
| Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy |
| Glasgow Royal Infirmary |
| Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow |
| Western Infirmary, Glasgow |
| Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
| Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow |
| Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride |
| Monklands Hospital, Airdrie |
| Wishaw General, Wishaw |
| Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary |
| Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock |
| Ayr Hospital, Ayr |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock |
Note: *Resuscitation and Stabilisation only.
