- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 22 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many travellers there are in Scotland currently and what the source of any available statistics is.
Answer
A count of travellers, undertaken by the Scottish Executive, estimated there were around 460 traveller families in Scotland in January 1999. Further information may be found in Travelling People in Scotland: Report on Seasonal Count, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the Glasgow Maryhill constituency have applied to be considered for appointment to the Greater Glasgow Health Board or the North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust in the last two years.
Answer
There have been four applications.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that travellers have appropriate access to primary health care services.
Answer
A number of initiatives are already in place to improve access to primary health care services by disadvantaged groups.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that travellers have appropriate access to primary health care services.
Answer
A number of initiatives are already in place to improve access to primary health care services by disadvantaged groups.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 22 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will encourage Glasgow City Council to actively support NPPG11, Sport, Physical Recreation and Open Space, 1996, particularly in relation to redundant school sports grounds.
Answer
All planning authorities must take account of the guidance in NPPG11 when preparing development plans and in carrying out their development control responsibilities.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 11 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that treatment using intra-cytoplasmic sperm insemination is available to patients in the Greater Glasgow Health Area.
Answer
Currently, individual Health Boards determine how to respond to the demand for infertility services, including the provision of high technology procedures such as ICSI, on the basis of clinical need for patients who meet locally determined criteria and from within the resources available.Access to level 3 services, including ICSI, is under consideration by my Department in the light of the recent review by the Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland of the clinical management of infertility services. Once the EAGISS report has been given full consideration by my officials I shall be able to take a view on whether there should be any changes to the current arrangements.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 11 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that treatment using intra-cytoplasmic sperm insemination is available to patients in the Greater Glasgow Health Area.
Answer
Currently, individual Health Boards determine how to respond to the demand for infertility services, including the provision of high technology procedures such as ICSI, on the basis of clinical need for patients who meet locally determined criteria and from within the resources available.Access to level 3 services, including ICSI, is under consideration by my Department in the light of the recent review by the Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland of the clinical management of infertility services. Once the EAGISS report has been given full consideration by my officials I shall be able to take a view on whether there should be any changes to the current arrangements.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Andrew Hardie on 4 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision is being made to ensure that professional interpreting services are provided in all cases in the Scottish criminal justice system where an accused person cannot understand or speak the language used in court.
Answer
Where the prosecutor receives information that an accused person cannot speak or understand English he will make arrangements, usually through one of the interpreting agencies, to have an appropriate interpreter attend court to assist the accused.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Andrew Hardie on 4 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision is being made to ensure that professional interpreting services are provided in all cases in the Scottish criminal justice system where an accused person cannot understand or speak the language used in court.
Answer
Where the prosecutor receives information that an accused person cannot speak or understand English he will make arrangements, usually through one of the interpreting agencies, to have an appropriate interpreter attend court to assist the accused.
