- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of hospital appointments were missed in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
Information on patients who did not attend a hospital appointment is available only for first out-patient appointments. The number, and percentage, of patients who did not attend (DNA) their first out-patient appointment, for the years ended 31 March 2000, 31 March 2001 and 31 March 2002, by NHS board, is given in the following table.There are many reasons why patients might fail to attend a hospital appointment. Work is currently under way to examine ways of reducing the number of patients who do not keep appointments, to identify and disseminate good practice, and to consider the development of targets to drive improvements in performance. The group is expected to report before the end of 2002.NHSScotland: Number and Percentage of Patients That Did Not Attend Their First Out-patient Appointment, by NHS Board of Residence. Years Ended 31 March 2000, 31 March 2001 and 31 March 2002
P| | Year Ended 31 March 2000 | Year Ended 31 March 2001 | Year Ended 31 March 2002P |
| NHS Board | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
| Argyll and Clyde | 14,031 | 11.6% | 13,947 | 11.5% | 10,817 | 12.3% |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 10,791 | 10.2% | 10,708 | 10.4% | 11,653 | 11.4% |
| Borders | 1,730 | 6.3% | 1,666 | 6.3% | 1,679 | 6.2% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 2,166 | 6.8% | 2,189 | 6.9% | 1,766 | 7.2% |
| Fife | 9,827 | 9.9% | 9,979 | 10.1% | 9,975 | 10.2% |
| Forth Valley | 6,761 | 9.2% | 6,913 | 9.5% | 6,897 | 10.4% |
| Grampian | 9,277 | 8.0% | 9,912 | 8.8% | 10,318 | 9.0% |
| Greater Glasgow | 45,883 | 15.5% | 42,402 | 14.9% | 46,615 | 16.8% |
| Highland | 3,968 | 7.2% | 3,856 | 7.1% | 3,758 | 6.9% |
| Lanarkshire | 20,096 | 13.0% | 19,120 | 12.7% | 18,451 | 13.9% |
| Lothian | 22,966 | 11.4% | 23,001 | 11.6% | 21,103 | 11.5% |
| Orkney | 129 | 4.0% | 149 | 4.6% | 154 | 5.7% |
| Shetland | 210 | 4.1% | 243 | 4.6% | 157 | 3.4% |
| Tayside | 13,956 | 10.2% | 13,714 | 10.3% | 13,305 | 10.4% |
| Western Isles | 497 | 7.3% | 556 | 8.0% | 440 | 7.9% |
| Scotland | 162,288 | 11.3% | 158,357 | 11.3% | 157,088 | 12.0% |
PProvisional.Source: SMR00, ISD Scotland.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many false alarms each fire service received in each of the last three years, also expressed as a percentage of the overall number of calls.
Answer
The information is as follows:
| Fire Brigade | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| FA | % | FA | % | FA | % |
| Central Scotland | 2,602 | 51.4 | 2,537 | 48.4 | 2,699 | 46.9 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 784 | 40.3 | 657 | 31 | 764 | 36.7 |
| Fife | 3,159 | 46 | 3,096 | 46 | 2,926 | 42.6 |
| Grampian | 3,135 | 39 | 3,342 | 41.1 | 3,181 | 39.4 |
| Highland and Islands | 1,953 | 41.6 | 2,187 | 40 | 2,116 | 41.5 |
| Lothian and Borders | 9,399 | 46.8 | 10,209 | 47.7 | 10,695 | 47.7 |
| Strathclyde | 25,165 | 44.2 | 26,179 | 42.9 | 27,146 | 43.8 |
| Tayside | 3,943 | 43.4 | 3,915 | 43.4 | 4,297 | 43.5 |
| Scotland Total | 50,140 | 46 | 52,122 | 43.8 | 53,824 | 44 |
Notes:FA: The number of false alarm incidents attended by each brigade in the financial year.%: The number of false fire alarm incidents attended by brigades as a percentage of all incidents. These figures include well-intentioned calls and faulty apparatus as well as malicious calls.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of dental appointments were missed in each of the last three years and what the cost was of such non-attendance, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Under Paragraph 34 of Schedule 1 of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996, a dentist is permitted to charge patients who do not turn up for their appointments.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many awards the Scottish Arts Council has made in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area expressed (i) per capita and (ii) as a percentage of the overall number of awards made in each year.
Answer
I have referred the question to the Scottish Arts Council asking that a response be made directly to the member.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made towards the establishment of a film promotion initiative for the north east.
Answer
In spring this year Scottish Enterprise Grampian commissioned a feasibility study into the establishment of a film liaison service for the north east. A meeting was subsequently held on 27 August between the Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and SE Grampian, and it was agreed to progress this development by drafting objectives for such a service for further discussion.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to encourage more multi-national companies to establish their headquarters in Scotland and what incentives are available to them.
Answer
As part of the Global Connections Strategy launched in October 2001, the Executive stated its aim of attracting high value economic activity to Scotland and stressed the importance of helping anchor companies in Scotland. Scottish Development International officials based both at home and overseas continue to work closely with new and existing clients to identify new inward investment opportunities, including the possibility that companies may wish to establish their European headquarters in Scotland.A number of incentives are available to companies wishing to establish headquarters in Scotland ranging from grants, most notably Regional Selective Assistance grant within the Assisted Areas of Scotland to help with sourcing customers, suppliers and suitably skilled employees.For high potential companies which are owned and are headquartered in Scotland, the Global Companies Development Process offers tailored support to global companies or companies who wish to become global.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many limited partnership tenancies there are in the agricultural sector and how many such tenancies have been created in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage increase in outlets owned by overseas companies operating in the fast food retail sector was in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28475 on 12 September 2002.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage increase in supermarkets was in each of the last 10 years per capita in each local authority area (a) in total and (b) broken down by company.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28440 on 11 September 2002.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of prison inmates tested positive for drugs at reception into prison in each quarter in each of the last three years, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Readily available information on reception drug test results are published annually in the Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland annual bulletin. The figures for 1998-99 to 2000-01 are at tables 106 and 107 in the 2001 report (Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2001, Information and Statistics Division, 2002). The figures for 2001-02 will be published in the next annual bulletin.
