- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 5 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers with relevant professional recognition are required to meet the needs of pupils with each of the five identified areas of additional support needs outlined in the Framework for Professional Recognition for teachers.
Answer
Local authorities are required to employ a sufficient number of teachers with appropriate training and experience to meet the educational needs of all children in their area. Application for acceptance within the Framework for Professional Recognition is voluntary and a matter for the individual teacher.
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 5 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what core competences are required of teachers applying for professional recognition as teachers of pupils with (a) autism or (b) dyslexia.
Answer
Officials from the Scottish Government are working currently with key stakeholders in the preparation of advisory competencies for teachers applying for professional recognition as teachers of children with (a) autism or (b) dyslexia.
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 4 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that young people and potential athletes in Kilmarnock and Loudoun have the opportunity to compete for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in 2014.
Answer
The Governments' National Strategy for Sport, Reaching Higher clearly identifies the importance of the creation of Pathways to enable young people to fulfil their potential in sport. Sportscotland the national agency for sport lead on this area working in partnership with key stakeholders such as the governing bodies of sport and local authorities.
Individual governing bodies of sport have the responsibility to identify and develop their talented athletes. However, additional support is available through the Institute network, which in this case would be the West of Scotland Area Institute of Sport, where aspiring athletes can be further developed through additional tailored support programmes.
The government has set out clear aspirations for the performance of the Scottish Team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and will be working closely with key stakeholders to ensure they are achieved.
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-8840 by Nicola Sturgeon on 31 January 2008, what provisions and contingencies have been set aside by the NHS for meeting claims of clinical negligence, including through NHS boards, special health boards and the Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme, in each year since 1 April 2000.
Answer
Details are as follows:
| | 2000-01 £000 | 2001-02 £000 | 2002-03 £000 | 2003-04 £000 | 2004-05 £000 | 2005-06 £000 | 2006-07 £000 |
| Contingent Liabilities | 44,992 | 61,186 | 64,497 | 65,229 | 52,315 | 68,715 | 80,457 |
| Provisions | 52,120 | 52,644 | 59,842 | 60,481 | 81,689 | 106,126 | 127,735 |
| Total | 97,112 | 113,830 | 124,339 | 125,710 | 134,004 | 174,841 | 208,192 |
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-8840 by Nicola Sturgeon on 31 January 2008, what guidance it has issued to NHS boards, special health boards or the Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme in respect of the publication of aggregate data on claims for medical negligence made, settled and outstanding.
Answer
No guidance has been issued to either health boards or special health boards on the publication of medical negligence data.
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-8840 by Nicola Sturgeon on 31 January 2008, how many claims for clinical negligence against the NHS have been (a) received, (b) noted as abandoned and (c) settled in each quarter since 1 April 2000, broken down into (i) obstetrics and gynaecology, (ii) surgery, (iii) accident and emergency and (iv) others.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers have relevant professional recognition in each of the five identified areas of additional support needs outlined in the Framework for Professional Recognition.
Answer
The five areas of teaching expertise covering autism, dyslexia, visual impairment, hearing impairment and visual and hearing impairment were added to the General Teaching Council's Framework for Professional Recognition at the end of last year. Since then, 1 secondary teacher has applied for recognition, in the area of autism.
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers have undertaken professional development in each of the five cross-curricular areas of additional support needs, following the launch of the Framework for Professional Recognition for teachers in 2006.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10232 on 4 March 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: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what MMR vaccines are approved for use by the NHS in Scotland; what changes there have been in approved vaccines since 2002, and what the reasons were for the withdrawal of any previously approved vaccines.
Answer
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has advised that there are two UK licensed MMR vaccines available for use in the routine childhood immunisation programme in NHSScotland: Priorix and MMRII.
The MHRA further advised that two other vaccines are licensed via the centralised licensing procedure administered by the European Medicines Agency. These are M-M-RVAXPRO and ProQuad. These vaccines are not used in the routine childhood immunisation programme in Scotland.
None of the above vaccines have been withdrawn since 2002.
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with Kilmarnock College in respect of its development plans.
Answer
None. Matters relating to capital investment are the responsibility of the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). I am aware that the SFC is currently in discussion with the college about its outline business case and that the matter is likely to be considered at the July 2008 meeting of the SFC's Capital Investment Committee.
