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The information requested is not held in a format which allows the question to be answered directly. However, HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) currently has 108 inspectors and assistant chief inspectors and from that group, 92 were previously qualified teachers and two were qualified lecturers in further education colleges. This equates to 87% of the current inspector group.

Those inspectors from outwith teaching/lecturing, will be involved in other aspects of HMIE’s work i.e. community learning and development, services for children and as a consequence, will have a background in community education, health, educational psychology, criminal justice and social work.

Since January 2005, 48 inspectors and assistant chief inspectors have retired or resigned and of that group, 42 were previously qualified teachers and five qualified lecturers in further education colleges. This equates to 97.9% of that group. The inspector without a teaching background was a qualified social worker involved in services for children inspections.

Since January 2005, there are and have been 156 inspectors and assistant chief inspectors involved in HMIE inspections, 141 were previously qualified teachers and qualified lecturers in further education colleges which equates to 90%.

HM Inspectorate of Education have had the following number of HM inspectors in post since 2002-03. The number provided is the average number of HM inspectors for the particular year.

2002-03	79
2003-04	90
2004-05	91
2005-06	96
2006-07	89
2007-08	95

 

HM Inspectorate of Education have carried out the following number of inspections per authority since 2002, the figures below include all education authority schools including those schools which are grant-aided.

Total Number of Primary, Secondary and Special School Inspections from 2002-08

Education Authority	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	Total
Aberdeen City	8	5	9	7	9	7	45
Aberdeenshire	17	13	23	19	19	16	107
Angus	11	6	8	8	6	6	45
Argyll and Bute	9	12	12	11	11	6	61
Clackmannanshire	4	3	2	2	2	5	18
Dumfries and Galloway	5	14	13	16	12	13	73
Dundee City	5	6	5	7	8	4	35
East Ayrshire	13	5	5	6	6	5	40
East Dunbartonshire	5	9	4	5	5	6	34
East Lothian	2	5	6	5	6	4	28
East Renfrewshire	3	3	2	3	5	3	19
Edinburgh, City of	12	12	17	15	13	13	82
Eilean Siar	7	5	2	6	3	4	27
Falkirk	5	5	8	6	7	6	37
Fife	15	17	21	22	21	18	114
Glasgow City	27	23	27	32	29	28	166
Highland	18	15	23	28	26	30	140
Inverclyde	4	4	4	5	6	5	28
Midlothian	5	5	7	4	3	3	27
Moray	0	7	9	6	4	5	31
North Ayrshire	9	5	9	9	6	9	47
North Lanarkshire	21	13	19	19	24	16	112
Orkney Islands	3	4	3	4	3	4	21
Perth and Kinross	8	9	12	10	8	10	57
Renfrewshire	7	8	4	8	7	9	43
Scottish Borders	6	7	9	11	8	8	49
Shetland Islands	5	4	3	5	5	5	27
South Ayrshire	9	6	6	4	5	8	38
South Lanarkshire	7	13	18	20	19	17	94
Stirling	6	7	4	6	7	6	36
West Dunbartonshire	0	5	4	6	6	5	26
West Lothian	6	7	10	9	8	13	53
Total	262	262	308	324	307	297	1760

 

The report of the outcome of the independent scrutiny consultation is now available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/Recent and copies are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45609).

You will note from the report that the majority of respondents indicated that:

independent scrutiny was a positive step forward which would improve public confidence in relation to major service changes;

the consultation paper''s preferred model of independent scrutiny, the expert panel, was seen as the best option - the strength of the scrutiny panel approach being the independence and skill mix of the panel members;

the role of the panel should be to assess the safety, sustainability, evidence base and value for money of proposals for major service change, and

the panel should assess the evidence and options during the process of public engagement prior to consultation and provide a commentary on these that would be available to the board and ministers in reaching decisions.

I would also like to take this opportunity to reiterate some of the other key messages from my opening address at the parliamentary debate on this subject. Specifically, that:

independent scrutiny will only be applied to cases of major service change and only where the benefits outweigh the costs. This will be judged on a case-by-case basis by ministers but the bar will be set high;

independent scrutiny will take place early in the process and will help to ensure that there is an agreed evidence base for the subsequent decision-making process, including option appraisal. Should issues relating to the evidence emerge later, it would be possible to reconvene the panel, and

there is a delineation between the current role of the Scottish Health Council (assessing NHS board process of engagement) and the role of independent scrutiny panels (scrutinising the evidence and options for change).

The budget for road safety advertising in 2008-09 has not yet been determined. However, the focus in 2008-09 is on rural road driving and the safety issues surrounding this. Where possible, advertising will support drink drive messages but until the budgets are set, the amount of support is unknown at this time. Non-paid for media will be used where possible, with the aim of maintaining a high-level of public awareness of the issue.

In addition, Road Safety Scotland''s budget includes £60,000 for publicity in support of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland enforcement campaigns, some of which focus on drink driving.

The following table, which has been compiled from information supplied by the diabetes managed clinical networks, sets out the number of people with diabetes using an insulin pump in April 2008 in each NHS board area. An earlier survey, undertaken in February 2007, reported a total of 199 people using a pump.

Board	Children	Adults
Ayrshire and Arran	0	0
Borders	0	8
Dumfries and Galloway	3	8
Fife	7	35
Forth Valley	3	12
Grampian	6	28
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	9	22
Highland, Argyll and Bute	0	11
Lanarkshire	2	19
Lothian	3	85
Orkney	0	0
Shetland	0	0
Tayside	30	35
Western Isles	0	0
Total	63	263

 

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is currently revising its 2003 multiple technology appraisal of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. Publication of the revised version is expected in May 2008.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11788 on 1 May 2008. There is a gradual increase in the number of people in Scotland using an insulin pump.

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.

The use of covert surveillance in Scotland is governed by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000. Section 8(3) of the act gives local authorities the power to authorise the use of covert surveillance for the purpose of preventing crime or detecting crime or preventing disorder; in the interests of public safety, or for the purpose of protecting public health. The Scottish Government does not collect any information on the use made of these provisions by local government.

Independent oversight of this process is provided by the Office of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner, who reports annually. Copies of his latest annual report for 2006-07 are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43165).

Information on the number of falls and recording of such falls within hospitals is not held centrally. Recording and investigating the circumstances of falls and subsequent action is the responsibility of NHS boards.

Following the work of the Falls Prevention Group, the Scottish Government issued guidance last year which included advice for NHS boards, Community Health Partnerships and others on actions to prevent falls by older people and improve bone health. The guidance is available on the Scottish Government website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/care/OlderPeopleCare/fallsgroup.

The guidance set out a number of recommendations for NHS boards to do locally, including the need for accurate recording and reporting of incidents, including falls.

It is the responsibility of NHS boards to provide relevant training for their staff.

Following the work of the falls prevention group, the Scottish Government issued guidance last year which included advice for NHS boards, community health partnerships and others on actions to prevent falls by older people and improve bone health. The letter is available on the Scottish Government web site at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/care/OlderPeopleCare/fallsgroup.

The guidance set out a number of recommendations for NHS boards to promote falls prevention, including appropriate falls awareness education and support and guidance for all staff, regardless of their role in the hospital, where patients may be at risk of falling.