- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what publicity has been given to the Pass Plus scheme in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Pass Plus scheme has beendeveloped by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), which chairs a board that promotesthe scheme throughout Great Britain.
The Pass Plus scheme providesa structured course of post-test training for newly-qualified drivers, and thosewho complete the course can benefit from discounted insurance rates from participatinginsurance companies. Pass Plus courses are provided by Approved Driving Instructors,registered by DSA, and the scheme is administered by the agency, with support fromthe motor insurance industry.
Publicity for the scheme is carriedout in a number of ways. The scheme is promoted in a DSA leaflet which is sent outwith the 800,000 provisional driving licences which are issued annually. The benefitsof the Pass Plus scheme are covered in DSA’s Arrive Alive Road Safety Programmefor young people. The scheme is promoted in DSA’s Drive On magazine, a copyof which is handed to successful driving test candidates by their examiner. Thereis also a dedicated Pass Plus website, and local Road Safety Officers are encouragedto promote the scheme. Some of the insurance companies involved in the scheme havetaken their own steps to promote the benefits of Pass Plus.
The table gives the number ofdrivers completing the course in Great Britain in each of the last five years.
| 1998-99 | 19,685 |
| 1999-2000 | 25,920 |
| 2000-01 | 40,668 |
| 2001-02 | 56,203 |
| 2002-03 | 70,084 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive who reviews the positioning of fixed speed cameras and how often such reviews take place.
Answer
Each local Safety Camera Partnershipis responsible for reviewing its use of fixed and mobile speed cameras, within therules of the Scottish Safety Camera programme. The monitoring process is continuous,but it is formalised on an annual basis during the preparation of the partnership’soperational case for the year ahead.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are on waiting lists for bathing and showering services, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on waiting listsfor bathing and showering services is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are on waiting lists for assessments for community care services, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are currently on waiting lists for aids and adaptations, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Information about waiting listsfor aids and adaptations is not held centrally. However, the Executive is currentlyconsidering the future collection of this information.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were on waiting lists for assessments for aids and adaptations on 1 April in each of the last five years.
Answer
Information on waiting listsfor aids and adaptations is not held centrally. However, the Executive is currentlyconsidering the future collection of this information.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to improve road safety.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is addressing road safety through a wide variety of measures which involvevery substantial engineering, enforcement and education initiatives.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive why the Care Commission report on Glenview Young People's Unit Galashiels, dated 29 May 2003, differs from the commission's report dated 3 March 2003.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-1901 today. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions 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: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had sight of the Care Commission's inspection report on Glenview Young People's Unit, Galashiels.
Answer
Yes. The Care Commission hasa statutory duty to make inspection reports on registered care services availableto the public and as such we have asked for and received a copy.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures the Care Commission follows when it has made an inspection of a young people's residential unit.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-1901 today. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
