- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many care advisers it funds in order to support people with neuromuscular conditions.
Answer
There are currently two such care advisor posts, one covering the east of Scotland, the other the west. Until the end of the current financial year, they are funded jointly by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and by NHS Lothian and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for the east and west respectively. Each board gave a commitment earlier this year to assume responsibility for funding in full the relevant post from April 2011.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many care advisers supporting people with neuromuscular conditions are funded from sources other than it.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37101 on 3 November 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to implement the recommendations of the Mackie Report.
Answer
I am arranging to meet representatives of the Scottish Muscle Network to discuss the recommendations in the report of its review of neuromuscular services in Scotland, as well as those in the Mackie Report produced by the Cross Party Group on Muscular Dystrophy.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the duty under equalities legislation for public bodies to assess the likely impact of their decisions and policies from gender, race and disability equality perspectives is binding on police forces.
Answer
Public authorities subject to the public sector equality duties to promote race, gender and disability equality include Chief Constables of a police force maintained under section 1 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 and police authorities established under section 2 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967. It is for public authorities themselves to determine how they respond to the duties.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that chief constables have the power to issue XREP shotgun Tasers to frontline officers without authorisation from ministers.
Answer
Police forces are deemed to be in the service of Her Majesty under section 54(3) of the Firearms Act 1968 and they are therefore lawfully able to acquire items prohibited under section 5 of the Act, including X12 Tasers, which discharge XREP ammunition. The police do not need authorisation from Scottish Ministers in order to purchase, issue or deploy Tasers. No Scottish police force has used X12 Tasers.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is regarding the judgement by the European Court of Human Rights in 2004 in the Makaratzis versus Greece case that there exists “a primary duty on the State to secure the right to life by putting in place an appropriate legal and administrative framework defining the limited circumstances in which law-enforcement officials may use force and firearms” and whether it has put such a framework in place.
Answer
The responsibility to put in place an appropriate legal and administrative framework as required by Article 2 and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to firearms lies with the UK Government. The Firearms Act 1968 puts in place the legislative framework for the control of firearms in the United Kingdom. The UK Government has also issued a code of practice, The Manual of Guidance on the Management, Command and Deployment of Armed Officers which is endorsed by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the supplementary to question S3O-11163 by Kenny MacAskill on 1 July 2010 (Official Report, c.28175), that the police are only bound by those sections of the Firearms Act 1968 that specifically refer to them, whether this means that the police are not bound by other parts of the Act that do not specifically mention police officers or agents of the Crown.
Answer
The Scottish Government''s understanding is that Section 54(1) of the Firearms Act 1968 expressly applies only sections 1, 2, 7 to 13 and 26A to 32 of the Act to persons in the service of Her Majesty. Section 54(3) includes members of a police force within the definition of those in the service of Her Majesty. Our understanding therefore is that police officers are not bound by parts of the Act which are not specifically listed in Section 54(1).
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government concerning its review of the Department for International Development.
Answer
None.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to prevent fire hydrants from being vandalised.
Answer
This is a matter for individual fire and rescue services in conjunction with community planning partners, the Police and Scottish Water. The information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much water it estimates is lost each year as a result of fire hydrants being vandalised.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by Scottish Government and it would be disproportionate to collect it. As this is an operational matter for Scottish Water, I have asked the chief executive to reply to your enquiry directly.
