- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Chief Medical Officer or his staff were first alerted by, or on behalf of Scottish Water, to the identification of background levels of cryptosporidium within the water supply for areas within East Dunbartonshire served by the Greater Glasgow NHS Board, as announced by Scottish Water on or about 3 August 2002.
Answer
The Scottish Executive Health Department was notified on 3 August 2002.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what regulatory provisions govern the proximity of sheep and cattle and domesticated animals to sources of public water supply.
Answer
There are no regulations governing this activity.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Chief Medical Officer or his staff were first alerted by, or on behalf of, of the Greater Glasgow NHS Board to the likely presence of cryptosporidium parvum in the water supply for areas within East Dunbartonshire, as announced by Scottish Water on or about 3 August 2002.
Answer
The Scottish Executive Health Department was notified on 3 August 2002.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider the adoption of improved risk assessment procedures for school trips.
Answer
As indicated in the answer given to question S1W-28252 today, the Scottish Executive Education Department is arranging discussion with representatives of local authorities about the applicability in Scotland of material issued recently by the Department for Education and Skills in England to supplement their guidance on the health and safety of pupils on educational visits. This material includes reference to risk assessment for school trips.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last consulted with (a) teachers, (b) pupils and parents, (c) trade unions, (d) local authorities and (e) the operators of fee-paying schools on the organisation and management of school trips.
Answer
The organisation and management of school trips has not been the subject of recent consultation by the Scottish Executive with any of the groups listed. The Scottish Executive Education Department is, however, arranging discussion with local authority representatives. This discussion will be about the applicability in Scotland of material issued recently by the Department for Education and Skills in England to supplement their guidance on the health and safety of pupils on educational visits.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will require each school to have a named member of staff to undertake the role of educational visits co-ordinator in respect of school trips
Answer
As indicated in the answer given to question S1W-28252 today, the Scottish Executive Education Department is arranging discussion with representatives of local authorities about the applicability in Scotland of material issued recently by the Department for Education and Skills in England to supplement their guidance on the health and safety of pupils on educational visits. This material includes reference to the appointment of educational visits co-ordinators in respect of school trips.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Chief Medical Officer or his staff were first alerted by, or on behalf of, the Greater Glasgow NHS Board of the identification of background levels of cryptosporidium within the water supply for areas it serves, as announced by Scottish Water on or about 3 August 2002.
Answer
The Scottish Executive Health Department was notified on 3 August 2002.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has obtained from (a) Scottish Water or (b) the Greater Glasgow NHS Board on (i) when test results were first (1) instructed and (2) obtained identifying the presence of cryptosporidium parvum in the water supply for areas within East Dunbartonshire; (ii) when such results were notified to the Joint Incident Team; (iii) when those test results were considered by the team; (iv) when public announcements of the identification of the presence of cryptosporidium parvum in the water supply and precautions to be taken were (1) recommended and (2) instructed.
Answer
Scottish Water continuously monitors the Milngavie water supply for cryptosporidium and if it detects the parasite in the water supply it immediately notifies Greater Glasgow NHS Board as required by the cryptosporidium directions. There is no indication that Scottish Water has not fully complied with its obligations under the cryptosporidium directions. However, a full report into the circumstances surrounding the water alert in Glasgow will be published by the Incident Control Team, which is chaired by a consultant in Public Health Medicine from Greater Glasgow NHS Board.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 27 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what submissions it received between 31 March and 1 July 2002 from East Dunbartonshire Council regarding the (a) deliverability and (b) funding allocations made to the council for the implementation of free personal care for persons aged 65 years or over in the East Dunbartonshire area.
Answer
We have received no submissions from East Dunbartonshire Council.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 26 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what intimation it received, and when, of the e-mail message of 12.58 pm on 21 March 2002 to Scottish Prison Service (SPS) staff by Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the SPS, regarding the prison estate review.
Answer
The e-mail referred to was part of a package of internal measures to inform Scottish Prison Service staff of how they could participate in the prison estate review consultation process. It was therefore not copied to other parts of the Scottish Executive at the time of issue.The Scottish Prison Service have confirmed that all staff were briefed on the process of the Estates Review when the Executive's proposals were published. As part of the presentation they were told that they had the right to make personal representations to their local elected representatives.
