- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Security Industry Authority licences have been (a) applied for and (b) awarded.
Answer
The Security IndustryAuthority (SIA) has regulated the private security industry in England and Wales since 2004. Licensing in Scotland will become mandatory on 1 November 2007.
The following tableshows the number of applications received by the SIA on 14 September 2007 from applicants with Scottish addresses, the number awarded,the number refused and the number currently being processed. SIA licences are validacross Great Britain and it is possible that licences issued to people with Englishor Welsh addresses will be for work in Scotland.
| Applied | 9,973 |
| Granted | 6,788 |
| Refused | 212 |
| Being Processed | 2,223 |
| Received, but sent back to applicant for re-correction as application is incomplete | 750 |
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licensed security guards there have been in each year since 2001.
Answer
The Security IndustryAuthority (SIA) regulates the private security industry in Great Britain. Regulation began in England and Wales during 2004 and was extended to include Scotland in 2006. It will become mandatory here on 1 November 2007. The following table shows the number of licences issuedby the SIA to applicants with Scottish addresses as at 14 September 2007.
Total Number ofLicences in Scotland at
| | 3 April 2007 | 14 September 2007 |
| Door Supervisors | 215 | 983 |
| Security Guards | 740 | 4,615 |
| CVIT | 365 | 783 |
| CCTV | 76 | 279 |
| CP | 86 | 128 |
| Key Holding | - | - |
| All Sectors | 1,482 | 6,788 |
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unlicensed security guards have been recorded in each year since 2001.
Answer
This information isnot recorded.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes and developments are planned for neuroscience health services.
Answer
The Neuroscience ImplementationGroup is taking forward detailed work on planning the service model set out in Buildinga Health Service Fit for the Future. The group will submit its proposals tothe Scottish Government by the end of December 2007.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are for intensive therapy unit services in the Lothians.
Answer
NHS Lothian hascritical care capability on all three acute hospital sites - Royal Infirmary ofEdinburgh, Western General Hospital and St John’s - to ensure safe, high-qualitycare for patients receiving acute care on these sites. I understand from the boardthat this capability will continue to be required.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it would support the centralisation of health services resulting in one acute hospital serving the Lothians.
Answer
NHS Lothian providesservices to patients from three acute hospital sites - the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh,St John’s at Livingston and the Western General Hospital. NHS Lothian has publicly committed to retaining these three sites as acutehospitals and has assured me that there are no plans to change this.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans for the relocation of any acute health services in the Lothians.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3797 on 18 September 2007. Allanswers 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: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to change from a level 3 to a level 2 provision of intensive therapy unit services anywhere in the Lothians.
Answer
Service changeproposals are a matter for NHS Lothian. I am not aware of any such plans. Anyproposal for major service changes would have to be subject to fullconsultation with the public and would require ministerial approval.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there any plans for the redesign of acute health services in the Lothians.
Answer
This is a matter forNHS Lothian. I understand that the board set out its plans for the redesign of acutehealth services during a public consultation in 2004 entitled “Improving Care, Investingin Change”. I further understand that most of the action flowing from these planshas been taken but that some aspects of the plans are still to be implemented.
Any proposal for furthermajor service changes would have to be subject to full consultation with the publicand would require ministerial approval.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with respect to a catchment area review of acute hospitals in the Lothians.
Answer
I understand fromNHS Lothian that the board is preparing a plan to change the current catchmentareas (zones) for emergency medical admissions. NHS Lothian have confirmed thatthey expect to implement the plan in early 2008.
