- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accident and emergency staff were employed by the Scottish Ambulance Service in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Grampian, (c) Western Isles, (d) Orkney and (e) Shetland in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008, broken down by month.
Answer
The information is not held in the format requested. However, the numbers of accident and emergency staff in the North Operating Division, covering these NHS board areas, are set out below. Staff numbers are still recorded under the previous structure of two operating divisions.
North East Operating Division
| January 2007 | 230 | July 2007 | 233 |
| February 2007 | 231 | August 2007 | 233 |
| March 2007 | 231 | September 2007 | 233 |
| April 2007 | 231 | October 2007 | 233 |
| May 2007 | 232 | November 2007 | 233 |
| June 2007 | 232 | December 2007 | 234 |
| January 2008 | 236 | July 2008 | 243 |
| February 2008 | 236 | August 2008 | 244 |
| March 2008 | 236 | September 2008 | 245 |
| April 2008 | 238 | October 2008 | 245 |
| May 2008 | 240 | November 2008 | 245 |
| June 2008 | 240 | December 2008 | 247 |
North and West Operating Division
| January 2007 | 212 | July 2007 | 215 |
| February 2007 | 214 | August 2007 | 216 |
| March 2007 | 215 | September 2007 | 216 |
| April 2007 | 215 | October 2007 | 216 |
| May 2007 | 215 | November 2007 | 217 |
| June 2007 | 215 | December 2007 | 217 |
| January 2008 | 217 | July 2008 | 223 |
| February 2008 | 217 | August 2008 | 223 |
| March 2008 | 219 | September 2008 | 223 |
| April 2008 | 219 | October 2008 | 223 |
| May 2008 | 220 | November 2008 | 223 |
| June 2008 | 222 | December 2008 | 223 |
Notes:
*Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
**Accident and emergency staff comprise paramedics, technicians, paramedic team leaders and urgent tier ambulance care assistants.
***Figures are for total staff numbers.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff vacancies there were in the Scottish Ambulance Air Wing in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008, broken down by month.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service has advised that fixed-wing staff are paramedics employed on a rotational basis on both the aircraft and on road vehicles. The rosters and staff ratio mix allows for the necessary cover for both air and road requirements. If vacancies occur on air shifts these are managed by the remaining staff undertaking more air shifts until the vacancy is filled. This preserves complete cover for the aircraft.
Rotary wing (Helimed) staff are paramedics who are, in general, seconded for a three to five year period. The Scottish Ambulance Service has provided the following information in relation to Helimed vacancies:
(a) one vacancy during 2006
(b) two vacancies during 2007
(c) two vacancies during 2008.
The current two vacancies are in the process of being filled.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed in each emergency medical dispatch centre (EMDC) in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008, broken down by month.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the following table.
| | South West | North West | South East |
| January 2007 | 71 | 40 | 54 |
| February 2007 | 71 | 40 | 54 |
| March 2007 | 75 | 40 | 54 |
| April 2007 | 75 | 40 | 56 |
| May 2007 | 75 | 40 | 56 |
| June 2007 | 76 | 40 | 57 |
| July 2007 | 80 | 40 | 57 |
| August 2007 | 79 | 40 | 57 |
| September 2007 | 79 | 40 | 59 |
| October 2007 | 79 | 40 | 60 |
| November 2007 | 79 | 40 | 60 |
| December 2007 | 81 | 40 | 64 |
| January 2008 | 81 | 40 | 64 |
| February 2008 | 82 | 41 | 68 |
| March 2008 | 82 | 41 | 67 |
| April 2008 | 82 | 43 | 68 |
| May 2008 | 86 | 43 | 74 |
| June 2008 | 87 | 43 | 74 |
| July 2008 | 87 | 43 | 76 |
| August 2008 | 87 | 43 | 78 |
| September 2008 | 90 | 46 | 82 |
| October 2008 | 96 | 47 | 88 |
| November 2008 | 97 | 47 | 89 |
| December 2008 | 100 | 49 | 90 |
Notes:
*Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
**EMDC staff comprise call takers, dispatchers, EMDC supervisors, EMDC shift managers, EMDC admin managers, EMDC data administrators, AMPDS (Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System) auditors, AMPDS supervisors and centralised workforce planners.
***Figures are for total staff numbers.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many properties were completed by the Devanha consortium in the Grampian region during (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.
Answer
The following number of properties were completed by the Devanha consortium in the period 2005-06 to 2007-08:
| | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| Number of units | 0 | 0 | 17 |
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the administration and start-up costs incurred by Highland Housing Alliance in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008 and whether any grant funding was received for this purpose.
Answer
Details of the administrative and start up costs incurred by the Highland Housing Alliance between 2006-07 and 2007-08, and grant funding from Scottish Government are as follows:
| | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Administration and start up costs | £167,500 | £190,500 | Not yet available |
| Scottish Government Grant | £29,325 | £12,500 | 0 |
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the actual build costs for properties completed by the Devanha consortium in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007 and whether these properties were delivered within the stated timeframe.
Answer
There are no build costs for the period 2005-06 to 2006-07 as no properties were completed by the Devanha consortium in this period.
During 2007-08, a total of 17 properties were completed. Final build costs will become available during 2009-10 and I will write to the member with further details as soon as they are available and a copy will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47407).
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which boxes west of Shetland were subject to scientific research in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 and what conclusions were reached.
Answer
I have asked Professor Robin Cook, Chief Executive of FRS Marine Laboratory to respond to you directly.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which boxes in the North Sea were subject to scientific research in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 and what conclusions were reached.
Answer
I have asked Professor Robin Cook, Chief Executive of FRS Marine Laboratory to respond to you directly.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the actual build costs for properties completed by the Highland Housing Association in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008 and whether these properties were delivered within the stated timeframe.
Answer
The Highland Housing Alliance has completed five private houses in Wick but the Scottish Government does not hold detailed information on the actual build costs of these houses as the Highland Housing Alliance is not a Registered Social Landlord.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what fish species were the subject of targeted research in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 and what conclusions were reached.
Answer
Strategic research projects targeting specific marine fish species since 2005 are:
Anglerfish (Lophius sp.)
| 2005-08 | New developments in fishery independent methods (anglerfish) |
| 2005-08 | Quantification of Survey Gear Selectivity and Application to abundance estimation of key commercial species |
Cod (Gadus morhua)
| 2004-07 | Understanding the role of population structuring in the maintenance of cod stocks under changing fishing and climatic pressures. |
| 2006-10 | Management of spatially sub-structured cod stocks around the British Isles |
| 2006-08 | Size-structured partial ecosystem model for the assessment of cod recovery strategies |
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
| 2006-08 | Spatially explicit model for Haddock populations in northern UK waters |
In addition, the following research was targeted at demersal fish in general;
| 2003-07 | Metapopulation structuring within gadoids in the North East Atlantic(METAGADOID) (haddock and whiting) |
| 2003-06 | Inshore habitat use by juvenile fish |
| 2007-10 | Fisheries-induced evolution (FIE) |
Research “ Freshwater Species
Freshwater fish species subject to targeted research during each of 2005-08 were Atlantic salmon, sea trout, brown trout, pike, and Arctic charr.
Conclusions
Summaries of research conclusions are reproduced on the FRS web site (www.frs-scotland.gov.uk), along with downloadable copies of papers, reports and leaflets. Annual research highlights are included in the FRS Annual Reports and Accounts available on this site.
