- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 20 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what emergency powers it had and which of these it invoked with regard to reopening the A7 and A68 which were closed for four days due to snow blockage.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not need emergency powers to reopen roads previously closed by snow blockages. Roads are reopened in consultation with the police when it is considered safe to do so.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 20 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take arising from the recent failure to maintain power supplies in the Scottish Borders area due to adverse weather conditions.
Answer
As is standard in the aftermath of any such event, emergency plans will be reviewed to discover if there are any lessons to be learned.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 20 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what difference de-trunking the A7 and A68 has made to snow clearing operations.
Answer
The A7 in Scotland north of Galashiels was de-trunked in 1996. The A7 south of Galashiels and the A68 have not been detrunked.Trunk roads are given priority for winter maintenance treatment. The de-trunked section of the A7 may therefore be expected to receive slightly lower priority than the trunked section.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8790 by Susan Deacon on 20 November 2000, what response it has had from the Child Health Sub-Group of the National Screening Committee regarding the letter from W J McKenna, Professor of Cardiac Medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School, London regarding the likely incidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Answer
The points made by Professor McKenna regarding the likely incidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy will be amongst the information considered by the Child Health Sub-Group of the National Screening Committee in their regular review of their advice on this topic. We have not been made aware of any decision to change current advice.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12430 by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 January 2001, what specific arrangements are planned to ensure high quality care and protection for care home residents in the context of the surreptitious administration of drugs.
Answer
The planned Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care will take responsibility for the registration and inspection of all care services, including those provided in care homes. All care services will have to meet new national care standards which will cover issues like the administration of medication.Care homes will also be required to maintain records and documents setting out the procedures for risk assessment, for issue of medication and all essential care tasks so that staff know what is required of them. This will result in better protection and a higher quality of care for all vulnerable people in care homes.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2001
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12402 by Mr Jim Wallace on 25 January 2001, when the drafting of any regulations under section 115(4) of the Police Act 1997 will begin and what consideration or consultation is under way with regard to the provision of free enhanced criminal record certificates for those working with vulnerable adults which could inform any such regulations.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-13308 today.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive which agencies have been or are being consulted with regard to establishing a definition of "positions working regularly with vulnerable adults" in relation to extending the categories entitled to free criminal record checks for the purposes of Part V of the Police Act 1997.
Answer
A draft definition of "vulnerable adult" will shortly be the subject of consultation with relevant organisations in the statutory, voluntary and private sectors. In the meantime, we have decided that Part V criminal record checks on volunteers working with vulnerable adults in the voluntary sector may be carried out without cost to the volunteer or to the voluntary organisation concerned. This will put volunteers working with vulnerable adults on a par with those working with children.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made towards a definition of "positions working regularly with vulnerable adults" in relation to extending the categories entitled to free criminal record checks for the purposes of Part V of the Police Act 1997.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-13308 today.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will meet the costs of criminal records checks for people "working regularly with vulnerable adults in the voluntary sector" once a definition has been agreed.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-13308.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9974 by Susan Deacon on 11 December 2000, how and when the #14.5 million to be used for care for elderly people will be allocated.
Answer
£10 million was allocated to health boards on 22 February to work with local authorities building on initiatives for older people undertaken over the winter. The balance of £4.5 million has been allocated for a range of other initiatives benefiting older people, including improvement of information systems. £3.55 million of this has been allocated to local authorities.
