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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S1W-12922

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12430 by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 January 2001, what specific arrangements are planned to ensure high quality care and protection for care home residents in the context of the surreptitious administration of drugs.

The planned Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care will take responsibility for the registration and inspection of all care services, including those provided in care homes. All care services will have to meet new national care standards which will cover issues like the administration of medication.Care homes will also be required to maintain records and documents setting out the procedures for risk assessment, for issue of medication and all essential care tasks so that staff know what is required of them. This will result in better protection and a higher quality of care for all vulnerable people in care homes.

Question reference: S1W-13175

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8790 by Susan Deacon on 20 November 2000, what response it has had from the Child Health Sub-Group of the National Screening Committee regarding the letter from W J McKenna, Professor of Cardiac Medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School, London regarding the likely incidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Question reference: S1W-12979

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12402 by Mr Jim Wallace on 25 January 2001, when the drafting of any regulations under section 115(4) of the Police Act 1997 will begin and what consideration or consultation is under way with regard to the provision of free enhanced criminal record certificates for those working with vulnerable adults which could inform any such regulations.

Question reference: S1W-13309

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will meet the costs of criminal records checks for people "working regularly with vulnerable adults in the voluntary sector" once a definition has been agreed.

Question reference: S1W-13308

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which agencies have been or are being consulted with regard to establishing a definition of "positions working regularly with vulnerable adults" in relation to extending the categories entitled to free criminal record checks for the purposes of Part V of the Police Act 1997.

A draft definition of "vulnerable adult" will shortly be the subject of consultation with relevant organisations in the statutory, voluntary and private sectors. In the meantime, we have decided that Part V criminal record checks on volunteers working with vulnerable adults in the voluntary sector may be carried out without cost to the volunteer or to the voluntary organisation concerned. This will put volunteers working with vulnerable adults on a par with those working with children.

Question reference: S1W-13307

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made towards a definition of "positions working regularly with vulnerable adults" in relation to extending the categories entitled to free criminal record checks for the purposes of Part V of the Police Act 1997.

Question reference: S1W-11879

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 December 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners there are with mental health problems expressed as a percentage of each prison's population for the last year for which figures are available.

Question reference: S1W-11955

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9974 by Susan Deacon on 11 December 2000, how and when the #14.5 million to be used for care for elderly people will be allocated.

Question reference: S1W-12763

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11246 by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 January 2001, whether it will require local authorities to provide at the end of the financial year a detailed statement of account showing how the resources for resolving problems of delayed discharge were spent, including details of the specific purposes for which any surpluses of funds not required to deal with problems of delayed discharge were used.

Question reference: S1W-12832

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many child protection officers there currently are (a) in total and (b) in relation to the total population of children in Scotland, expressed as a children:child protection officer ratio and where these child protection officers are located.