- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what agencies it is working with to establish the pilot project in Glasgow for supporting women who have been trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation.
Answer
I refer the member to my answer to question S2W-16205 on 9 May 2005. 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: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what support currently exists for women who have been trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation in Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to my answer to question S2W-16205 on 9 May 2005. 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: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its news release on 8 March 2004 on International Women's Day, what progress has been made in setting up the pilot project in Glasgow for the provision of specialist support to women who have been trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation.
Answer
I refer the member to my answer to question S2W-16205 on 9 May 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found a
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 5 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many legal actions have been taken out against traffickers of women and children since March 2004.
Answer
Section 22 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 makes it an offence to traffic in prostitution and came into force on 27 June 2003. No charges have been reported to Procurators Fiscal under this section since that date.Section 25 (1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 makes it an offence to assist others to enter the United Kingdom illegally and is much wider in scope than people trafficking. 5 people have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal in Stranraer since March 2004 in relation to this section but none of the cases relate to systematic and organised people trafficking.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 26 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the status is of plans to introduce a rail service from Stirling to Motherwell.
Answer
Plans for a Stirling to Motherwell rail service will be taken forward through a Sub Group of the Central Scotland Transport Corridor Studies Delivery Issues Group. The sub group is chaired by Strathclyde Passenger Transport and includes representatives of local authorities and the Scottish Executive.
Implementation will be considered in more detail through the sub group, with input from First ScotRail and Network Rail.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for the establishment of a rail service from Stirling to Motherwell.
Answer
A group formed to take the schemeforward as part of the implementation of the Central Scotland Transport CorridorStudies is expected to provide a progress report this summer. This report will addressall the issues affecting delivery of the scheme.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 3 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS hospitals use Patientline to supplement their provision of entertainment systems for patients.
Answer
This is a matter for individual NHSScotland boards. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 3 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take action to improve the rate of early diagnosis of secondary cancer in breast cancer patients.
Answer
Cancer in Scotland: Action for Change, the Scottish cancer strategy, sets out a range of actions being taken to secure more rapid diagnosis and treatment for all cancers.
Investment plans and progress reports are published six-monthly and can be found on www.cancerinscotland.show.scot.nhs.uk and www.scotland.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 1 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its strategy is for improving services for adults with autistic spectrum disorders.
Answer
The Public Health Institute of Scotland’s Autistic Spectrum (ASD) Disorders Needs Assessment Report is the strategy for the development of ASD services in Scotland. Last week I launched a key component of this as it relates to adults with ASD, by opening the Glasgow Autism Resource Centre. This is one of three pilot projects designed to develop multi-agency models of service delivery, the lessons of which will be rolled out across Scotland in due course.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 31 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to meet the needs of (a) children and (b) adults with autistic spectrum disorders who have accompanying mental health problems.
Answer
The National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-Being has four key aims of: raising awareness of positive mental health and promoting mental health and well-being; eliminating the stigma and discrimination that can be associated with mental health; suicide prevention, and promoting and supporting recovery from mental health problems.
In relation to children, we have recently published for consultation Children and Young People's Mental Health: A Framework for Promotion, Prevention and Care. This is intended to assist local health, education and social work services in planning and delivering integrated approaches to children and young people's mental health, including for those children and young people with autistic spectrum disorder.
In addition, a national conference on medical interventions for people with autistic spectrum disorders is being planned for later this year. The conference will consider a range of health issues, including mental health problems.
