- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to reduce the current time-lag in aggregate reporting of greenhouse gas emissions.
Answer
Together with the UK Government and the other devolved administrations, we are planning to commission a review of the current disaggregated greenhouse gas inventory that will include investigating whether data can be published earlier.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to take to speed up the reporting of aggregate greenhouse gases.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15879 on 24 September 2008. 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.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15716 by Stewart Stevenson on 10 September 2008, what investment is being made and action taken to ensure that there is no repeat of the flooding incident that took place between Waverley and Haymarket stations during summer 2008.
Answer
The recent flooding in Princes Street Gardens was due to a severe downpour. The volume of water was overwhelming and the drainage systems (both railway and local authority which the railway feeds into) could not cope. Network Rail is developing a scheme that will protect the railway from similar future downpours.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it will make to encourage the UK Committee on Climate Change to allot sufficient time to considering policy and contextual issues specific to Scotland.
Answer
As a sponsor of the Committee on Climate Change the Scottish Government will play an active role to ensure that Scottish issues are adequately considered. The UK Climate Change Bill enables the Scottish ministers to request advice in relation to Scottish emissions targets. The bill also requires the committee to take account of differences in circumstances between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland when advising on UK carbon budgets.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is committed to reducing carbon emissions across government in Scotland and, if so, by what amount, also expressed as a percentage.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to reducing carbon emissions across government. In respect of the buildings on the core estate of the Scottish Government, the information requested is provided in
Scottish Government Environmental Performance Annual Report for 2006-07, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 44178). The report can also be found at
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/12/06160436/3.
In Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007, we made a commitment to develop a carbon assessment tool that can be applied across Government spending. Work on this initiative is progressing.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the bed occupancy rates were for each hospital in the NHS Lothian area in each of the last four years.
Answer
The percentage acute bed occupancy for hospitals in NHS Lothian is shown in the following table.
NHSScotland - Average bed occupancy1, NHS Lothian Area Years Ending 31 March 2005-08
| | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008P |
| All Locations | 85.3 | 84.4 | 85.0 | 85.8 |
| Astley Ainslie Hospital | 88.4 | 86.1 | 86.2 | 83.7 |
| Belhaven Hospital | 66.6 | 73.3 | 73.4 | 72.8 |
| Corstorphine Hospital | 92.9 | 83.2 | 88.5 | 83.3 |
| Craigshill Care Home | 89.7 | 93.4 | 79.9 | 87.3 |
| Edenhall Hospital | 78.4 | 77.5 | 76.4 | 82.2 |
| Edington Cottage Hospital | 78.5 | 67.9 | 73.8 | 86.7 |
| Ellen''s Glen House | 94.0 | 92.5 | 93.3 | 96.2 |
| Ferryfield House | 96.4 | 96.9 | 95.7 | 87.0 |
| Findlay House | 89.8 | 91.9 | 88.1 | 81.1 |
| Herdmanflat Hospital | 74.6 | 72.2 | 66.3 | 72.3 |
| Learning Disabilities Service Healthcare Houses | 91.7 | 98.5 | 95.5 | 96.5 |
| Liberton Hospital | 90.1 | 91.0 | 89.2 | 90.7 |
| Loanhead Hospital | 87.1 | 79.4 | 86.9 | 82.0 |
| Murray Park Nursing Home | 91.2 | 96.1 | 97.5 | 98.6 |
| Princess Alexandra Eye Pavillion | 35.8 | 36.8 | 33.6 | 33.3 |
| Roodlands General Hospital | 85.5 | 82.8 | 85.1 | 86.6 |
| Rosslynlee Hospital | 56.7 | 50.3 | 44.9 | 60.2 |
| Royal Edinburgh Hospital | 86.1 | 84.3 | 89.5 | 87.2 |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Edinburgh) | 68.0 | 66.3 | 66.0 | 68.7 |
| Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France | 85.3 | 85.7 | 85.7 | 87.1 |
| Royal Victoria Hospital | 96.0 | 94.2 | 96.0 | 92.7 |
| St Columba''s Hospice | 77.1 | 82.0 | 79.6 | 82.7 |
| St John''s Hospital | 81.2 | 79.7 | 81.3 | 80.9 |
| St Michael''s Hospital | 84.3 | 82.2 | 85.6 | 84.2 |
| The Greenbank Centre | 98.4 | 98.4 | 95.8 | 86.4 |
| Tippethill Hospital | 84.1 | 88.8 | 87.5 | 91.0 |
| Western General Hospital | 88.4 | 88.6 | 89.5 | 90.9 |
| Whitburn House | 89.5 | 88.9 | 87.5 | 71.6 |
| William Fraser Centre | 99.2 | 102.7 | 95.9 | 98.4 |
Source: ISD Scotland (ISD(S)1).
PProvisional, some information is estimated.
Notes:
1. Percentage occupancy is the percentage of available staffed beds that were occupied by inpatients during the year It is derived as total occupied bed days/all available staffed bed days*100.
2. The figures presented in the table include beds for use by NHS patients that are located in non-NHS locations, for example joint-user and contractual hospitals.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it is investing in research into the incidence of Crohn’s disease.
Answer
Crohn''s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) is currently funding three projects relating to IBD at a total cost of £492,000. The Scottish Government is not, however, currently funding research looking specifically at the incidence of Crohn''s disease.
The Register of Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, based at the Institute of Child Health within the University of Liverpool, aims is to establish incidence figures and trends for all patients under the age of 16 who are newly diagnosed with IBD from 47 selected centres in Scotland, England and Wales. One of the aims of the register is to promote research projects.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is monitoring the incidence of Crohn’s disease and what conclusions it has drawn from any such research.
Answer
The Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland collects data on Crohn''s disease relating to the number of people who are discharged from hospital with a diagnosis of Crohn''s disease. As these data do not include people with the condition who are being managed outwith hospital, they cannot shed light on any trends in its incidence.
ISD is developing a Long Term Conditions Information Programme which will underpin a systematic approach to the management in Scotland of conditions such as Crohn''s disease.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 11 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total spending is on support for farmers engaged in flood management.
Answer
Under the new rural priorities element of the Scotland rural development programme it is possible for farmers and other land managers to apply for funding to carry out activities contributing to flood management. However, at the first assessment round no proposals were approved which address this specific outcome.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of savings are expected to come from the economies of scale of the contract currently out for tender for the supply of electricity to the public sector.
Answer
The likely savings arising from the contract will reflect the Scottish public sector working collaboratively within the framework of the procurement reform agenda. The estimated £5 million savings per annum will therefore be a direct result of combining public sector demand.
