- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that there are any problems with the system of funding allocation to police boards for DNA testing.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13110 on 27 May 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in Scotland are on the organ transplant list and what the median waiting times are for transplants for each major organ of the body.
Answer
The number of patients resident in Scotland listed in the UK for an organ transplant and the median waiting time, in days, on the active list, for adults in the UK, is as follows.
| | Scottish Residents Currently on the UK Transplant List | Median (Active) Time (in Days) to Transplant, UK - Adult |
| Organ | Active | Suspended | Total |
| Kidney | 613 | 142 | 755 | 841 |
| Kidney/Pancreas | 10 | 4 | 14 | 265 |
| Heart | 6 | - | 6 | 103 |
| Lung(s) | 18 | - | 18 | 406 |
| Liver | 24 | - | 24 | 95 |
| Total | 671 | 146 | 817 | |
Note: There is also one patient listed for a pancreas-only transplant.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 28 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools ministers have officially opened or attended the opening ceremonies of since May 2007, broken down by (a) school and (b) date.
Answer
Scottish ministers have now officially opened nine new schools since May 2007, as detailed in the following table.
| School | Date |
| Strathallan Primary, Kirkcaldy | 22 June 2007 |
| Simpson Primary, Bathgate | 28 September 2007 |
| Windygoul Primary, Tranent | 14 November 2007 |
| Bun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Primary, Inverness | 11 January 2008 |
| Mauchline Primary | 25 January 2008 |
| Rothesay Campus | 10 March 2008 |
| Lochgilphead Campus | 9 May 2008 |
| Greenwood Academy, Irvine | 14 May 2008 |
| St Matthew''s Academy, Saltcoats | 21 May 2008 |
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money the Scottish Police Services Authority (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on DNA testing in each of the last five financial years, broken down by police board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13110 on 27 May 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to change the way that money is allocated to police boards for DNA testing.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13110 on 27 May 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) average and (b) median times are for fully recovering student loan repayments, expressed in years and days.
Answer
It is not possible to provide details on the actual time taken for graduates to repay as the majority of borrowers still have outstanding loans. However, a forecast of the average and median times to repay can be estimated using the student loan model. The model does not produce estimates on the precise number of days.
The model estimates that the average and median times to repay are approximately 13.1 years and 12.7 years respectively.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 27 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to encourage full participation by women in public and political life.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11628 on 23 April 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money the Scottish Police Services Authority has allocated to DNA testing for 2008-09.
Answer
The Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) provides forensic science services, including DNA testing, to Scottish police forces. SPSA has allocated £24.4 million for forensic services in 2008-09 compared to £23.3 million in 2007-08. Information about how much of this budget is spent on DNA testing is not held centrally. SPSA does not normally charge police forces for forensic services. Details on how much police authorities and joint police boards spend on DNA testing prior to the establishment of SPSA on 1 April 2007 are not held centrally. The Scottish Government has no plans to change the funding mechanism for the police support services provided by SPSA.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve the collection of litter from trunk roads.
Answer
The responsibility for clearing litter on trunk roads, with the exception of motorways and special roads, rests with the relevant local authority. Significant efforts are made to co-ordinate local authority litter operations with other works carried out by the Trunk Roads Authority.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the regulations and procedures are for the suspension of police officers and what roles (a) chief constables, (b) police boards and (c) the Executive play in such suspensions.
Answer
Detailed rules for the suspension of officers below the rank of Assistant Chief Constable are set out in the Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulations 1996. Police boards and Scottish ministers have no role in the suspension of officers below the rank of Assistant Chief Constable.
Detailed rules for the suspension of Assistant Chief Constable ranks and above are set out in the Police (Conduct) (Senior Officers) (Scotland) Regulations 1999. The suspension of a senior officer is a matter for the relevant police authority but before any such suspension can take place, approval must be sought from Scottish ministers.
