- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 27 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area who had operations on an inpatient basis were subsequently readmitted due to complications resulting from surgery in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures and systems it has put in place to facilitate integration of refugees and asylum seekers into local communities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-15509 on 15 May 2001.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has given voluntary organisations regarding asylum seekers and refugees who volunteer their services to them, in particular on the reimbursement of any expenses which are incurred in delivering such services.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not issued any advice about this, as it is a reserved matter
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 13 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what grants under European Structural Funds and EU community initiatives such as EQUAL have been made available since 1999 to assist with the integration of asylum seekers and refugees into local labour markets.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-16013.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many caesarean operations were performed in each of the last five years.
Answer
The table shows the total number of maternities that involved caesarean section operations in Scotland between 1995-96 and 1999-2000.
Year | Total Number of Maternities involving Caesarean Section Operations |
| 1995-96 | 9,605 |
| 1996-97 | 9,802 |
| 1997-98 | 10,417 |
| 1998-99 | 10,739 |
| 1999-2000p | 10,762 |
p - provisionalNotes:1. Since 1 April 1997, where four or more babies are involved in a delivery, birth details are recorded only for the first three babies. Prior to this date, birth details were recorded only for the first two babies.2. Individual babies within a multiple delivery may have different modes of delivery. A multiple delivery is included as a caesarean maternity if at least one baby is born by caesarean section.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 22 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued on the use of the brain cancer drug temo'olomide.
Answer
Guidance about the use of temozolomide is available from various sources including: clinical studies; the product literature provided by the manufacturer, the British National Formulary. publications such as professional journals and any expert advice issued by bodies such as Health Board Area Drugs and Therapeutic Committees.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 22 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering relocating the Glasgow headquarters of the Scottish Qualifications Authority to Dalkeith.
Answer
It is for the Scottish Qualifications Authority to consider its own accommodation requirements. Any proposal to relocate the authority's Glasgow headquarters would require the approval of the Scottish Executive and have to comply with the Executive's policy on the location and relocation of public service jobs in Scotland. No such proposal has been received.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 14 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the money allocated to Social Inclusion Partnerships in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 was actually spent.
Answer
The Scottish Executive allocated £53.7 million to the 48 Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs) and three New Life Urban Partnerships in 1999-2000. The grant claims are paid in arrears and claims for 1999-2000 are still being processed. We expect that expenditure by SIPs and New Life partnerships in 1999-2000 will total £49.4 million. Of the unspent amount, £1.5 million was carried forward to 2000-01.Allocations for 2000-01 totalled £57.9 million, including the amounts carried forward from 1999-2000. Until the financial year is complete, we will not know how much of this allocation has been spent.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 4 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many letters it has received from Scottish Parents for a Public Enquiry into Organ Retention and how many it has replied to.
Answer
Since publication of the report on the first phase of the work of the independent Review Group on the Retention of Organs at Post-Mortem, four letters have been received from this group. A comprehensive reply was sent on 12 April, and has been copied to those MSPs who had asked to be informed of the terms of the response. The reply crossed with a further reminder from the group.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #10 million announced on 22 February 2001 for community care will be spent on (a) hearing aids, (b) audiologists and (c) hearing therapists.
Answer
That is a matter for individual health boards in light of local circumstances and priorities. Boards are required to submit to the Scottish Executive by 30 April proposals for spending the £10 million which have been agreed with local authority partners. However I do not intend to require them to provide the level of detail you are currently seeking.
