- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of Meares-Irlen Syndrome have been diagnosed in each health board area.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not collect information about the incidence of Meares-Irlen Syndrome, nor does the NHS. Statistics on this condition are not collected separately from other related visual disorders.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review the provision of orthoptic education as a result of the projected closure of the current degree course at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has written recently to a number of Scottish Universities, including Glasgow Caledonian University, inviting them to consider launching a new course in orthoptics. We are awaiting replies.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 10 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the medical conditions which are classed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority as constituting "learning difficulties".
Answer
The Scottish Qualifications Authority has no set list of specific medical conditions which constitute learning difficulties and the related special assessment arrangements. Candidates with a medical problem are treated on an individual basis according to the effects the problem has on the candidates' ability to demonstrate their attainment in examinations.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many colorimeters are available within the health service and what are their locations.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any consultation on proposals to amend the National Health Service Appeals System will include the Health and Community Care Committee and the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals.
Answer
The scope of the consultation on changes to the National Health Service Discipline Committee system for family health service practitioners has still to be determined. In terms of the Tribunal and Enquiries Act 1971 it will of course include the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to respond to the criticisms of the National Health Service Appeals System made in the Annual Report of the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals.
Answer
I am aware of the concerns expressed by the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals in its annual report for 1998-99 about the National Health Service Discipline Committee system for family health service practitioners. As the report acknowledges, an initial consultation exercise on a new system had already been carried out and the matters the committee raises will be addressed when detailed proposals are drawn up.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to consult on any proposals to amend the National Health Service Appeals System and, if so, when such consultation is expected to take place.
Answer
Full consultation with a wide range of interests will be undertaken before any changes are made to the National Health Service Discipline Committee system for family health service practitioners. I anticipate consultation will commence in June.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will issue guidelines for planning authorities on the use of barbed and ra'or wire on the perimeters of buildings.
Answer
No. Planning Advice Note 46: Planning for Crime Prevention, published in October 1994, gives advice to planning authorities on how crime prevention and community safety can be taken into account in planning, however, the advice does not address the specific legal issues surrounding the use of barbed and razor wire.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 13 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Records of Needs per 100,000 population are in place in each local authority.
Answer
The information requested is given in the table below.
Records of Needs Data collected by the School Census in September 1998 | |
Population data is 1998 Mid-year population estimates for Scotland, supplied by GRO(S) |
Number of pupils with a Record of Needs, by Education Authority |
Local Authority | Records of Needs | LA Population | Rate per 100,000 |
Scotland | 15,392 | 5,120,000 | 300.63 |
Aberdeen City | 795 | 213,070 | 373.12 |
Aberdeenshire | 651 | 226,260 | 287.72 |
Angus | 277 | 110,070 | 251.66 |
Argyll & Bute | 160 | 89,980 | 177.82 |
Clackmannanshire | 182 | 48,560 | 374.79 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 484 | 147,300 | 328.58 |
Dundee City | 585 | 146,690 | 398.80 |
East Ayrshire | 423 | 121,300 | 348.72 |
East Dunbartonshire | 152 | 109,570 | 138.72 |
East Lothian | 121 | 89,570 | 135.09 |
East Renfrewshire | 217 | 87,980 | 246.65 |
Edinburgh, City of | 1,057 | 450,180 | 234.79 |
Eilean Siar | 108 | 27,940 | 386.54 |
Falkirk | 534 | 144,110 | 370.55 |
Fife | 592 | 348,900 | 169.68 |
Glasgow City | 2,363 | 619,680 | 381.33 |
Highland | 869 | 208,300 | 417.19 |
Inverclyde | 406 | 85,400 | 475.41 |
Midlothian | 186 | 80,860 | 230.03 |
Moray | 296 | 85,870 | 344.71 |
North Ayrshire | 489 | 139,660 | 350.14 |
North Lanarkshire | 905 | 326,720 | 277.00 |
Orkney Islands | 43 | 19,550 | 219.95 |
Perth & Kinross | 384 | 133,040 | 288.63 |
Renfrewshire | 814 | 177,830 | 457.74 |
Scottish Borders | 260 | 106,300 | 244.59 |
Shetland Islands | 78 | 22,910 | 340.46 |
South Ayrshire | 365 | 114,440 | 318.94 |
South Lanarkshire | 964 | 306,860 | 314.15 |
Stirling | 237 | 83,130 | 285.10 |
West Dunbartonshire | 140 | 94,880 | 147.55 |
West Lothian | 255 | 153,090 | 166.57 |
A point to note is that the figures show the LAs that are educating the pupils. Some LAs pay others to educate pupils on their behalf which limits how much comparison is possible between Las. |
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 13 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any improvements are needed in the length of time taken to set up Records of Needs across Scotland and what plans it has to bring about such improvements.
Answer
I refer the member to my answer to question S1W-5748.
