- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will develop the role of the British Association for Immediate Care Scotland in providing emergency medical care.
Answer
The British Association for Immediate Care Scotland does not provide emergency medical care but does provide training in emergency care for health care professionals.
The Executive is looking to NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to continue to support the emergency care training programme for British Association for Immediate Care Scotland (BASICS) members when the Remote and Rural Areas Initiative (RARARI) funding comes to an end in March 2005. NHS Education for Scotland is currently considering future arrangements with the education officer of the British Association for Immediate Care Scotland.
BASICS members perform an invaluable role using their enhanced emergency skills in responding to medical emergencies especially in remote and rural areas of Scotland. Many operate as first responders making themselves availableto the Scottish Ambulance Service to be used where they may be the nearest available resource to an incident. The Scottish Ambulance Service and NHS boards are discussing the possibility of providing a tracking and communications device for members which would help with these arrangements.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to the British Association for Immediate Care Scotland to provide emergency medical care.
Answer
The Executive has in recent years provided the British Association for Immediate Care Scotland (BASICS) organisation with direct grant funding and indirect funding through the Remote and Rural Areas Resource Initiative (RARARI). This funding has supported the emergency care training provided for BASICS members. NHS Education for Scotland, who have continued this funding since RARARI reached the end of its planned term in March, are currently discussing future funding arrangements with BASICS.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 1 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals to develop its commitment to alleviate fuel poverty by 2007 will be considered by the Fuel Poverty Forum.
Answer
Scottish ministers have committed in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 to eradicate fuel poverty as far as reasonably practicable by 2016. We are currently reviewing the Fuel Poverty in Scotland report and will discuss any proposals with the Scottish Executive Fuel Poverty Forum as well as with the public through a consultation paper.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 1 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school pupils in Angus, whose parents gave consent for their immunisation as part of the Angus community child health school immunisation programme but who have not been immunised, were recorded as “consent form not returned” in the academic year 2003-04.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Immunisation will only be given when consent from a parent or guardian has been obtained first.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 1 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals the Fuel Poverty Forum is considering in respect of the alleviation of fuel poverty.
Answer
At present the Scottish Executive Fuel Poverty Forum is not considering any proposals for the alleviation of fuel poverty. We have not yet taken decisions on the shape and role of future programmes in this area. However, when we take decisions we will discuss any proposals with the Scottish Executive Fuel Poverty Forum and other interested parties.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 1 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many primary 1 pupils in Angus attended community audiology clinics between September 2002 and August 2003.
Answer
Monitoring attendance at community audiology clinics is an operational matter for NHS Tayside. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 26 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-3056 by Nicol Stephen on 8 September 2004 (Official Report, c 10055-10056), what steps have been taken to commence work on the upgrading of the A9 junction at Ballinluig.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto S2W-11393 answered on 26 November 2004 All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an environmental assessment has been carried out of the proposal to upgrade the Ballinluig junction on the A9.
Answer
An environmental assessment is currently being carried out.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the designs published on 11 April 2002 for the upgrade of the Ballinluig junction on the A9 remain those to be used for this work.
Answer
The scheme design is currently under detailed development. However, subject to some minor changes I expect the final layout to be very close to that previously exhibited.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how long it takes on average to prepare orders to upgrade trunk road junctions such as the Ballinluig junction on the A9.
Answer
This is dependent on each individual scheme and Ballinluig is one of the more complex. Once a design consultant has been appointed an average timescale of around 18 to 24 months to reach the draft order stage would be normal.
