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Senior staff in East Renfrewshire Council were consulted as part of contingency planning. No written advice was sought or offered.

None, and there is no reason why other chief constables would be consulted.

The Scottish Court Service has recently reached an in-principle agreement with Strathclyde Police that will shortly allow prisoners attending Oban Sheriff Court to be held in Oban police cells. Reliance Custodial Services have undertaken a risk assessment of the premises and arrangements for a formal lease agreement are now being put in place.

This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0903-01.htm

There are no plans to resurrect the air route development fund in light of the approval of the Cypriot Tourism Organisation (CTO) scheme. The CTO scheme was approved under the framework of the EC guidelines on start-up aid to airlines. We do not believe that the guidelines would allow a level of support which would materially influence airlines'' decision-making processes. In addition, the Cypriot scheme is limited to the development of routes from only three EU member states. We will, however, monitor the outcome of the tendering process by which the CTO is awarding aid.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23794 on 26 May 2009. The European Commission has agreed that it would not be appropriate for information relating to its investigations to be published whilst investigations are live. The decision not to provide the information requested reflects that practice as well as EC Regulation No 1049/2001 and the freedom of information legislation.

However, the Scottish Government remains committed to delivering a town centre to town centre passenger and vehicle service on this route. The Scottish Government is working hard to identify a solution for the route, and is keen to see the complex issues resolved at the earliest possible opportunity.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

The information requested is given in the following table:

NHS Board	Percentage of Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Receiving Insulin Pump Therapy, July 2009
Ayrshire and Arran	0.1%3
Borders	2%
Dumfries and Galloway	1.3%
Fife	2.4%
Forth Valley	1.4%
Grampian	1.5%
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1%
Highland	0.9%
Lanarkshire	1.1%
Lothian	3.2%
Orkney1	-
Shetland2	-
Tayside	4.2%
Western Isles1	-

Source: Diabetes Managed Clinical Networks, July 2009.

Notes:

1. One patient on an insulin pump.

2. NHS Shetland''s insulin pump provision is shared with NHS Grampian.

3. It is envisaged that CSII implementation will be progressive and cumulative, taking three years to achieve 1% coverage of the overall type 1 population.

The information requested is provided in the following table:

NHS Board	Financial Provision for Insulin Pump Therapy
	(a) 2009-10	(b) 2010-11
Ayrshire and Arran	Funding allocated for three new pumps for paediatric care per year. Adult provision made on a case-by-case basis.
Borders	Funding allocated for six pumps per year
Dumfries and Galloway	No separate budget
Western Isles1	-
Fife	Funding allocated for 10 pumps per year
Forth Valley	~£40,000	~£40,000
Grampian2	-
Greater Glasgow and Clyde2	-
Highland	No separate budget
Lanarkshire3	£85,495
Lothian	£382,000	£382,000
Orkney2	-
Shetland1	-
Tayside3	£155,000	-

Source: Diabetes Managed Clinical Networks, July 2009.

Notes:

1. Patients managed by either NHS Grampian or NHS Highland.

2. Business case currently being prepared.

3. Business case currently being prepared for 2010-11.

Training of diabetes specialist nurses in the use of insulin pump therapy is provided by a range of institutions, including Warwick, Leeds and Liverpool John Moores Universities. A pump module is currently under development at Napier University, Edinburgh, that is expected to assist local training at MSc, BSc and non-accredited levels. These courses are complemented by technical support and training resources provided by insulin pump suppliers as part of local pump supply arrangements.

In addition, the Scottish Diabetes Group in April this year, supported an insulin pump study day that brought together over 60 clinicians, including diabetes specialist nurses, from across Scotland to learn more about insulin pumps.

The information requested is, where available, shown in the following table:

NHS Board	Average Waiting Time for Eligible Patients with Type 1 Diabetes to Secure Access to Insulin Pump Therapy
Ayrshire and Arran	No waiting list
Borders	Four to six weeks (adults only)
Dumfries and Galloway	Two months
Western Isles1
Fife	Four weeks
Forth Valley	No waiting list
Grampian	Six months
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	Two months
Highland	No waiting list
Lanarkshire	Three to four months
Lothian2	Not collected on the same basis
Orkney	Six months
Shetland1
Tayside	None

Source: Diabetes Managed Clinical Networks, July 2009.

Notes:

1. Patients managed by either NHS Grampian or NHS Highland.

2. NHS Lothian has interpreted the total waiting time to be from the time the pump criteria are agreed through to completion of insulin pump training and education. The average waiting time including waiting for training and education in Lothian is estimated to be around 12 months.