- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 20 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received, or assessment has been made by it or on its behalf, of the environmental benefits of the introduction of "plastax" for certain types of plastic bags following the introduction of such a scheme in the Republic of Ireland in March 2002 and, in the light of such information or assessments regarding any environmental benefits, what support it has given to encourage and promote the provision of paper bags by supermarkets and their use by consumers.
Answer
No formal assessment has been made by the Executive on the introduction of the plastic bag levy in the Republic of Ireland, but we will continue to watch the effects of the implementation of this scheme.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many holders of practising certificates from the Law Society of Scotland are employed by or on secondment to the Executive.
Answer
There are 527 lawyers employed or seconded to the Scottish Executive holding practising certificates awarded by the Law Society of Scotland. This figure includes 402 legal staff employed by the Crown Office and the Procurator Fiscal Service.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to monitoring the incidence and nature of offending by young offenders during school hours.
Answer
All local authorities have been asked to submit youth justice action plans to the Scottish Executive outlining the nature of offending in the area and what measures are being put in place to address this.The timing and circumstances of offending is an important factor to be taken account of in putting programs in place at local level.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the number of cases of blindness by macular degeneration in adults over the age of 50 in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the number and geographical location of those nurses who have (a) undertaken, (b) completed and (c) re-registered on completion of, a return to practice course, in each year since 1999, broken down by training provider.
Answer
Prior to 2000, Return to Practice Courses were not mandatory and comprehensive details of those undertaking the courses was not recorded by the former National Board for Scotland. Information about those re-registering following completion is also not held centrally. The information available is shown in the table.
| Institution | Completions |
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |
| LUHNT | 9 | 22 |
| University of Stirling | 7 | 10 |
| Napier University | 0 | 0 |
| Royal College of Nursing | 13 | 26 |
| Total | 29 | 58 |
| Institution | 2000-01 | 2001-02* |
| Indexed | Completed | Indexed | Completed |
| Bell College | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 8 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Napier University | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Scot Nursing | 24 | 18 | 22 | 19 |
| LUHNT | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
| Royal College of Nursing | 18 | 23 | 17 | 40 |
| University of Dundee | 11 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| University of Paisley | 10 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
| University of Stirling | 16 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| Total | 139 | 116 | 131 | 172 |
Source: NHS Education for Scotland.Note: *These numbers for 2001-02 have been counted manually and may not correspond exactly with statistics published later this year.The number indexed and numbers completed each year do not form a cohort.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the incidence of macular degeneration, broken down by age and geographic location.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to establishing "Job-Ready Centres" for secondary school pupils and further education students providing career and vocational education programmes tailored to local workforce needs and supplementing the existing curriculum.
Answer
Vocational education programmes are already available through further education colleges and Local Enterprise Companies. Additionally, the recently established Careers Scotland provides a one-stop shop for careers advice and guidance to all ages. Careers Scotland is aligned within the two Enterprise Networks alongside Future Skills Scotland and is therefore well placed to understand employment issues at both national and local level. However, our approach to this area will be considered again in the context of the Education and Lifelong Learning Committee's forthcoming report on lifelong learning.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to S1W-25237 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002, what assessment has been made on its behalf or by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) of the internal SPS submission Constructing the Future prepared by Mr Eric Murch of HM Prison Low Moss on or about 21 April 2000.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:No assessment of Constructing the Future as a whole has been carried out. However, some of the information it contained was taken into account in development of the SPS Estates Review.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the number of members of the Law Society of Scotland employed for the determination of applications for compensation by victims of criminal injuries in each of the last three years for which figures are available and whether any increase or decrease in the number of such members is expected.
Answer
The following table shows the number of staff at the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority who worked in their professional capacity as members of the Law Society of Scotland during the three years 1999-2000 to 2001-02. The number of such staff is expected to reduce by the end of 2002-03 because of the reduced volume of outstanding non-statutory scheme cases in respect of which they are mainly employed.
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| 12 | 9 | 9 |
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority annual report and accounts for 2000-01 will be laid before the Parliament.
Answer
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority 2000-01 Annual Report was laid before the Parliament on 21 May.
