- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to change current official recommendations on alcohol consumption to expectant mothers, given the scientific evidence of the potential of alcohol consumption during pregnancy to induce foetal alcohol syndrome.
Answer
The Executive’s current guidance states that occasional drinking should not affect a developing baby but that on the whole alcohol should be avoided. Guidance will be kept under review in the light of consideration of the latest available information.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 21 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals procurator fiscals have received from the police in each of the last three years in connection with offences committed by motorists (a) obstructing footways and pavements, (b) depositing goods on pavements inconsiderately, (c) neglecting pedestrian rights, (d) using a motor vehicle negligently, (e) depositing building materials on roads and (f) relating to skips, broken down by police force area.
Answer
The collation and analysis of the relevant information for this parliamentary question means that it cannot be answered by the deadline. I will write providing a detailed answer to the question as soon as the collation and analysis is complete.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in response to evidence suggesting that women from poorer backgrounds with poorer nutrition are more likely to consume alcohol during pregnancy with the potential for inducing foetal alcohol syndrome.
Answer
The Executive is planning to make a range of publications available about the short and long term consequences of drinking alcohol that will include, specifically, the risks of drinking during pregnancy. This process will take into account any reliable Scottish data on the different drinking patterns between those in different socio-economic groups.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will address the problem of foetal alcohol syndrome by including information on the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy as an essential element of health education in schools.
Answer
The 5-14 Health Education National Guidelines sets out a framework of general learning expectations for pupils across the topic of health education, including alcohol education. This ensures that information about alcohol is given as part of a programme aimed at helping young people develop sound lifestyle choices and healthy living.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will invest in research into foetal alcohol syndrome, given the indications from the World Health Organisation that its incidence could be higher than current estimates.
Answer
An alcohol research plan is currently being finalised in conjunction with NHS Health Scotland, and in addition we will have access to the findings of a review of available evidence of fetal effects of alcohol which the UK Department of Health is expected to complete early next year.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider increasing awareness of the dangers of alcohol consumption during pregnancy by placing obligations on the alcoholic drinks industry to label its bottles and cans with adequate warnings.
Answer
Imposition of labelling requirements on the alcohol industry is a reserved matter. However, the Executive is committed to working with the UK Government, the Portman Group and where appropriate at EU level to develop approaches to product labelling.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consult stoma patients and medical professionals who are concerned that the implementation of current remuneration proposals for dispensing appliance contractors will lead to a greatly diminished standard of stoma care service.
Answer
The Executive has established a national steering group, that includes patient group representatives and stoma nurses, and which is meeting regularly to discuss the implementation of the new supply arrangements for stoma appliances. The Executive is also consulting with contractors who currently supply stoma appliances to patients in the community on the terms of the formal procurement for service provision from April 2006 onwards. The existing level of expenditure for the provision of stoma care services will continue to be available to NHS boards.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will maintain and enhance the specialised stoma care services currently provided by dispensing appliance contractors (DACs) if proposals to remunerate DACs provide insufficient funding to maintain the additional services which they provide, such as the cutting and fitting of stoma products, and who will provide these services if they are not able to be offered by DACs.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-18870 on 21 September 2005. 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: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs have been lost from each of Scotland's cities in each year since 1999 and, of these, how many were lost as a result of (a) relocation and (b) redundancy.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following table and covers posts within the Scottish Executive core and associated departments and agencies. No jobs were lost as a result of redundancy. The information does not include details of civil service posts in other Government Departments located in Scotland, which are not held by the Scottish Executive.
Civil Service Jobs in the Scottish Executive’s Administration Lost from Scottish Cities
| Year | City | Total of All Posts Lost1 | (a) As a Result of Relocation |
| 1999 | Edinburgh | 160 | 160 |
| 2001 | Edinburgh | 2 | - |
| 2002 | Edinburgh | 10 | - |
| Glasgow | 13 | - |
| 2003 | Edinburgh | 248 | 248 |
| 2004 | Edinburgh | 253.5 | 209 |
| Glasgow | 35.5 | 13 |
| 2005 | Edinburgh | 65 | 65 |
Note: 1. Total includes posts lost through natural wastage following restructuring.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2005
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Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in implementing the proposed significance recognition scheme for non-national museums and galleries.
Answer
The Scottish Museums Councilhas consulted its members and other interested parties on arrangements for the proposedSignificance Recognition Scheme for non-national museums and galleries. The councilis considering the responses and will report its findings to the Executive on howthe scheme might be implemented.
