- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8946 by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 June 2004, what action is being taken to ensure that the NHS Lanarkshire board area attains the Scottish average for GPs per 10,000 head of population.
Answer
Under the terms of the legislation which underpins the introduction of the new General Medical Services (GMS) contract, it is for Lanarkshire NHS Board to determine the primary medical services needs of its local population and meet those needs by using the powers in the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004.
To assist in this process, the new General Medical Services contract allocates resources according to an assessment of local health needs and recognises the importance of both the recruitment and retention of General Practitioners containing a number of measures which support this, including the continuation of the “Golden Hello” Scheme for GPs with a standard £5,000 payment.
Funding has also been agreed to maintain increased numbers of GP registrarsacross Scotland, ensuring 280 places are available in 2004-05.
New national workforce planning arrangements now being established under the National Workforce Committee will take into account the changing needs of primary care service teams and seek to project primary care workforce needs into the future.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unrepresented accused persons have conducted their own trial in sheriff courts in each of the last five years.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table:
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Accused unrepresented at trial diet - trial proceeding | 141 | 108 | 138 | 143 | 110 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will establish a single agency responsible for fire investigation.
Answer
The investigation of fires is currently carried out by officers of the eight fire authorities. The Fire (Scotland) Bill introduced in Parliament on 28 June 2004, if enacted, will give enhanced powers to Fire Officers, for example, to enter premises and to take and analyse samples of articles or substances. There are no current plans to create a single agency to carry out fire investigations.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 6 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unrepresented accused persons have conducted their own trial in district courts in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by George Reid on 16 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether any representations were received from the Chinese Government with regard to the visit of His Holiness The Dalai Lama to the Scottish Parliament and, if so, what the purpose was of the representations.
Answer
I met with the Chinese Consul General, Mr Liu Jingxue on Thursday 11 March, where he raised the issue of the visit by His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet to the Scottish Parliament. The Consul General informed me of his government's policy on Tibet. I explained that His Holiness had been invited to lead Time for Reflection as a world religious leader only.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the total charge for core and non-core services in clause 5.3.1 of Schedule 2 to Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland is at risk.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:I refer the member to the answergiven to S2W-8435 answered 8 June 2004 . All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1869 by Cathy Jamieson on 9 September 2003, what the distinction is between the contract monthly target standard that has been removed from appendix A of Schedule 2 to Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland and the quarterly baseline points total in paragraph 3 of Schedule F to Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The two contracts are with different service providers for different services and were concluded at different times.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd has fallen below the (a) monthly target standard and (b) minimum threshold standard of Appendix A of Schedule 2 to Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS and Reliance have agreed that a Performance Summary will be agreedfor each calendar month of the contract. The Performance Summary will be availablefor either party to publish as appropriate without prior approval.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive why the contract monthly target standard has been removed from Appendix A of Schedule 2 to Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS published a redacted version consistent with the Codeof Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of each type set out in section 4 of Schedule 2 to Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland have occurred for each month of the operation of the contract.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS and Reliance have agreed that a Performance Summary will be agreedfor each calendar month of the contract. The Performance Summary will be availablefor either party to publish as appropriate without further approval.
