- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 8 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the age at which children are able to receive information in their own right on cases where they are witnesses differs from the age of criminal responsibility.
Answer
In considering the age at which it was appropriate for Victim Information and Advice (VIA) to send information on case progress direct to children and young people in their own right, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service consulted with the Children''s Commissioner. This is also consistent with the Vulnerable Witness (Scotland) Act 2004 which presumes that a child witness is of sufficient age and maturity to form a view on special measures if aged 12 or older.
It should be noted that the proposed changes to the age of criminal responsibility will harmonise this.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 8 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the age at which children are able to receive information in their own right on cases where they are victims differs from the age of criminal responsibility.
Answer
In considering the age at which it was appropriate for Victim Information and Advice (VIA) to send information on case progress direct to children and young people in their own right, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service consulted with the Children''s Commissioner. This is also consistent with the Vulnerable Witness (Scotland) Act 2004 which presumes that a child witness is of sufficient age and maturity to form a view on special measures if aged 12 or older.
It should be noted that the proposed changes to the age of criminal responsibility will harmonise this.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 8 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are in place to ensure that cases relating to domestic abuse are referred to the Victims Advice and Information service.
Answer
All cases of domestic abuse are referred electronically to Victim Information and Advice (VIA) staff by the Procurator Fiscal who has marked the case for criminal proceedings. procurators fiscal are provided with guidance and training on the referral procedure and there is an electronic prompt when marking any case to remind staff to consider whether the case should be referred to VIA.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 8 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it first became aware of problems with the fishing quota management system.
Answer
The shortcomings of the current UK quota management system has been recognised for a number of years. Indeed, many of the deficiencies with quota management, common across Europe, have also been highlighted in the European Commission''s recently launched consultation on the future of the CFP (Green Paper).
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the occasions when the Eurocopter EC135 helicopters operating from Glasgow and Inverness and the King Air 200c fixed-wing aircraft operating from Aberdeen and Glasgow have been used to access island locations and what each response time was.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. The Scottish Ambulance Service can be contacted at:
Scottish Ambulance Service
National Headquarters
Tipperlinn Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5UU.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Eurocopter EC135 helicopter operating from (a) Glasgow and (b) Inverness has been called out in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the following table:
| | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Glasgow | 696 | 786 | 1,121 |
| Inverness | 643 | 674 | 766 |
Note: *Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the King Air 200c fixed-wing aircraft operating from (a) Aberdeen and (b) Glasgow has been called out in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the following table:
| | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Aberdeen | 1,015 | 992 | 951 |
| Glasgow | 656 | 697 | 779 |
Note: *Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers it in keeping with patient confidentiality that patients accessing patient transport services are required to discuss their conditions with staff administering such schemes.
Answer
Yes. As decisions about access to the Scottish Ambulance Service Patient Transport Service are made on the basis of medical eligibility, it is necessary for staff to seek the information required to establish this.
All NHS Employees, including those within the Scottish Ambulance Service, are bound by the NHS Scotland Code of Practice on Protecting Patient Confidentiality.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what facilities are available for ill and older people who are required to wait in excess of (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five, (e) six, (f) seven and (g) eight hours for public transport to attend and return home from hospital appointments.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23342 on 7 May 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what distance it considers reasonable as an additional journey for patient transport services.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service takes patients, or groups of patients, who have a medical need for transport to and from appointments. The service tries to ensure that resources are used in the most cost effective and efficient way possible. This means that, where possible, routes are planned to allow groups of patients to travel in one vehicle whilst at the same time trying to balance the length of time individual patients have to spend in the vehicle.
