- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive which high risk groups will be tested routinely for chlamydia at genital urinary medicine clinics.
Answer
I refer to my answer to Question S1W-6528.
A survey conducted in 1997 for the Scottish Needs Assessment Programme for sexually transmitted infection in Scotland, indicated that all Genito-Urinary Medicine clinics in Scotland routinely tested all clients for chlamydial infection.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that the less accurate invasive swap test for chlamydia will be replaced by the more accurate urine test and, if so, when this will be achieved by each health board.
Answer
I refer to my answer to Question S1W-6528 regarding the development of testing for chlamydial infection.
The recently issued SIGN guidelines recommend the use of molecular tests, but the timing of their introduction is for decision by health boards.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to (a) encourage more widespread testing for chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases and (b) encourage the public to come forward for testing.
Answer
I refer to my answers to Questions S1W-5084, S1W-5086 and S1W-6528 regarding sexual health issues and the existing guidelines on chlamydial infection.
Many people do not seek medical advice for chlamydial infection, which is asymptomatic in 70% of infected women and 50% of infected men. One aim of the measures outlined in previous answers is to encourage more people to seek advice and help for sexually transmitted infections.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total running costs of the Scottish Executive and its agencies, or its predecessor departments, were in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
Answer
Figures for actual and estimated expenditure on running costs by The Scottish Office and its agencies for the period 1993-94 to 1998-99 are contained in Appendix 3 of the Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02, Serving Scotland's Needs. Figures for estimated expenditure on running costs in 1999-00 by the Scottish Executive are contained in Chapter 9 of the annual expenditure report of the Scottish Executive, Investing in You. Information on estimated expenditure by some of its agencies are in other Chapters of this report. Tables showing expenditure on running costs by the Scottish Executive and all of its agencies for 1999-00 will be made available shortly on the Internet.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much financial support it will give to museums in (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh in 2000-01.
Answer
For this financial year we have allocated £14.4million to the National Museums of Scotland, which are mainly located in Edinburgh. Minister's have a statutory responsibility for these museums.
The Executive does not provide direct financial support to other museums in Edinburgh or Glasgow, or in any other local authority area. Funding of these museums is the responsibility of those who own and operate them. However, local authority museums are funded from the Grant Aided Expenditure provided by the Executive. GAE for leisure and recreation in Glasgow is £45 million and Edinburgh is £29.3 million
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that all information it supplies to businesses is explained in plain English.
Answer
I refer Mr Gibson to the answer that the Minister for Finance gave to question S1W-7229.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that National Lottery funding for successful mental health projects continues on a permanent basis.
Answer
Decisions on National Lottery Charities Board (NLCB) funding are a matter entirely for the NLCB Scotland Committee.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish waiting lists for patients with mental health problems.
Answer
Information on waiting lists is collected centrally only for hospital inpatients and day cases. Most consultations and treatments for patients with mental health problems are undertaken on an outpatient or day hospital basis and, therefore, information on the number of patients waiting for such treatment is not held centrally.
Data is collected centrally on first outpatient referrals and the length of time that patients waited for their first outpatient appointment. Information on waiting times for a first outpatient appointment for all specialties, including those for mental health, is given in table M6.7 on page 206 of Scottish Health Statistics 1999, which was published by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency in March this year, a copy of which is available in the SPICe (Bib number 6937).
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to improve the economic infrastructure of Glasgow.
Answer
Scottish Enterprise Glasgow has a budget of £50.253 million for 2000-01, its functions include safeguarding employment, enhancing skills, promoting industrial efficiency and international competitiveness and furthering improvements to the environment.
Glasgow City Council are budgeting to spend £25.256 million on economic development in 2000-01.
The Scottish Executive plans to spend £31 million on the Motorway and Trunk Road network in Glasgow in the period to 31 March 2002, other transport infrastructure improvements and spend are not the responsibility of the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many manufacturing jobs were created in Scotland in each of the last five years through inward investment and how many of these jobs were in Glasgow.
Answer
The table below contains details of the number of manufacturing jobs attracted to Scotland through inward investment in each of the last five years and how many of these jobs were in Glasgow.
Year | No of manufacturing jobs attracted to Scotland | No of manufacturing jobs attracted to Glasgow |
1995-96 | 7,673 | 227 |
1996-97 | 7,787 | 137 |
1997-98 | 3,749 | 73 |
1998-99 | 4,380 | 149 |
1999-2000 | 5,901 | 190 |
