- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 12 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #10 million textile aid package announced in June for the textiles industry was or will be invested in Scotland.
Answer
I refer to the answer I gave on 5 September to question S1W-8931.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 12 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what efforts it is making to train and retain young people in the textiles industry.
Answer
Training for young people in Scotland is delivered by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise through the Enterprise Network. Co-ordinated activity is channelled through the Scottish Textiles Network, a body funded and supported by Scottish Enterprise, the key textiles LECs and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
There are currently 86 young people undergoing work-based training through the Skillseekers programme, six of whom are training towards Modern Apprenticeships. The Enterprise Network is actively promoting Modern Apprenticeships in order to raise both awareness and the profile of the training programme amongst young people, their parents and employers. The Executive has set the Enterprise Network a target to reduce the proportion of Skillseekers leaving the programme early. Ultimately, it is for employers across all industrial sectors to manage the labour market available to them.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 12 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive who are the four champions of the textile industry referred to in its press release SE 1630/2000.
Answer
I announced the names of the four textiles champions on 12 June in SE Press Release 1687/2000. They are Belinda Robertson (Belinda Robertson Ltd), Michelle Mone (MJM International), James Sugden (Johnstons of Elgin) and Jim Thomson (Hawick Cashmere Company Ltd).
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was spent in 1999-2000 in supporting older people in (a) residential and nursing homes and (b) their own homes, broken down as follows by source of funding; (i) NHS, (ii) local authority social services budgets and (iii) local authority housing budgets.
Answer
The provisional outturn expenditure of local authority social work budgets in 1999-2000 in supporting older people in residential and nursing homes was £239.6 million and in other settings was £186.2 million. In addition the NHS is estimated to have transferred £42.6 million to local authorities to spend on the care of older people. Information on the expenditure by the NHS and from local authority housing budgets in the categories requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulance workers left the service on grounds of ill health in each year from 1995 to the present time and what percentage of the ambulance workforce these represented in each year.
Answer
The information requested is not currently collected centrally. My officials have however obtained the information from The Scottish Ambulance Service and it is set out below. Occupational health and safety Minimum Datasets are currently in preparation for issue shortly to the service and these will include a requirement for information on staff who leave on health grounds to be collected. An element in the occupational health and safety service strategy is a requirement for NHSiS organisations to develop policies to give security of employment, where this is possible, including redeployment, as a consequence of disability or ill-health. Adoption of such policies will secure the continued employment and retention of experienced officers in the Service in useful employment.
Year | Number | Percentage |
1995-96 | 47 | 1.78% |
1996-97 | 41 | 1.4% |
1997-98 | 24 | 0.8% |
1998-99 | 32 | 1.0% |
1999-2000 | 27 | 0.9% |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 7 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that any evidence exists of age discrimination in the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
Christine Grahame has drawn attention in her motion S1M-1116 to a number of reports on the subject. These continuing allegations of discrimination within the NHS on grounds of age are a source of concern. The Scottish Executive is clear that clinical decisions must not be taken solely on the basis of an individual's chronological age.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, when arriving at targets for immunisation of the over 65s from the flu virus, any comparison is made with other European countries and, if so, what the comparable targets are.
Answer
Neither the Scottish Executive Health Department nor the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health is aware of the application of uptake targets in other European countries. Similarly, the Department of Health in England has no information in this area. The target was agreed with representatives of the BMA in Scotland as a Scotland-wide target, which is regarded as both achievable and beneficial in current Scottish circumstances.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8864 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 August 2000, which parties are being formally consulted in the Scottish Prison Service review of the prison estate, when the review will be completed and whether the detailed review will be made public.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
No formal consultations are being carried out in what is an internal SPS business review, though informal discussions have been undertaken with a number of bodies with an interest in penal issues. No date has been set for the end of the review. The review will assist discussions with Ministers on SPS strategy over the next few years.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 5 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to News Release SE 1630/2000 of 6 June 2000, how much of the new resources allocated to textile initiatives is to be allocated to Scotland, to which projects, and when.
Answer
The package of support measures for the textile sector announced by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on 6 June did not allocate resources to particular parts of the UK. Resources will be allocated as the industry and support agencies come forward with good projects which meet the necessary criteria in the various initiatives. The Scottish Executive and Enterprise Networks are working closely with the DTI to establish how the Scottish textile industry can take full advantage of these new initiatives. The Scottish Textile Forum will also be consulted as these plans are drawn up.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 5 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors local authority provision of nursing home or residential care.
Answer
Statistics on the local authority provision of residential care are collected annually and analyses are published in statistics information notes. We do not currently have arrangements to monitor standards but we will be bringing forward legislation to establish an independent national body - the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care - to monitor the quality of care in all care homes.
