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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-31339

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 1 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many occupational therapy assessments were carried out by occupational therapists in acute hospitals in each year since 2000, also broken down by category of hospital ward.

Question reference: S2W-31341

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 1 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assessments were carried out by geriatricians in acute hospitals in each year since 2000, also broken down by category of hospital ward.

Question reference: S2W-31151

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 1 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-26217 by Mr Tom McCabe on 12 June 2006, whether it will now publish its Brix note, Fiscal Autonomy, Financial Independence and Full Fiscal Power, in light of recent public focus on this issue.

Question reference: S2W-31149

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 1 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has plans to fund a pilot mediation programme and, if so, which project or projects it plan to fund.

Question reference: S2W-31148

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Des McNulty on 31 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many planners it estimates are required in the public sector as a consequence of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006.

The Financial Memorandum accompanyingthe Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill set out estimates for the impact of the provisionsof the bill. This included an estimate that, on average, each planning authorityin Scotland might need to employ the approximate equivalent of anadditional three planning staff. The memorandum also indicated the possible implicationsfor the Scottish Executive Planning Divisions and the Scottish Executive InquiryReporters Unit. The actual number of qualified planners required will also dependon the extent to which authorities deploy technical or support staff to performappropriate functions in the modernised planning system.

Question reference: S2W-31145

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Des McNulty on 31 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning enforcement officers there were in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S2W-30842

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 31 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the locations of residential detoxification programmes for discharged prisoners, showing the number of places available on each programme in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-30841

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 31 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment is made of the availability of residential detoxification programmes for prisoners whose offences are alcohol or drug related to enable offenders to move straight from custody into such programmes.

I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:

There is no assessment madeof the availability of residential detoxification programmes. However,prisoners with identified substance misuse problems are assessed by enhanced addictioncasework services as a part of the wider integrated case management process.Should the community integration plan identify that the prisoner requires aresidential detoxification programme on release, links are made withappropriate community based service providers to carry out a full assessmentwhilst the individual is in prison. Where this does not happen (due to sentencelength) a referral will be made to the appropriate service provider in thecommunity who has the responsibility of assessing for residential care places.

Question reference: S2W-30935

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related admissions there were to hospitals in each year since 1997, broken down by age and sex of patient and by hospital.

Information is provided onthe number of discharges from Scottish general/acute hospitals and Scottishmental and psychiatric hospitals by hospital, gender and 10-year age groupsfrom 1997-98 to 2004-05.

Tables 1 to 8 showalcohol-related discharges from Scottish general/acute hospitals by hospital,gender and 10 to year age groups (under 15 years, 15 to 24 years, 25 to 34years, 35 to 44 years, 45 to 54 years, 55 to 64 years, and 65 years and over).

Tables 9-16 showalcohol-related discharges from Scottish mental and psychiatric hospitals byhospital, gender and 10 to year age groups (under 15 years, 15 to 24 years, 25to 34 years, 35 to 44 years, 45 to 54 years, 55 to 64 years, and 65 years andover).

A copy of these tables havebeen placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 41496).

Question reference: S2W-30933

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people, not in work or unable to work, were given a primary diagnosis of alcoholism by their GP in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board area.