- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what capital projects are currently planned by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for 2010-11 and beyond, broken down by (a) project cost and (b) timescale for delivery.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has not yet completed formal approval processes for a capital plan for 2010-11 and beyond. The plan is due to be discussed at the NHS Board''s Performance Review Group on 15 May 2010 and will be available thereafter.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licensees have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of breaches of licensing laws in each year since 2007.
Answer
There were 132 and 211 persons proceeded against for offences by licensed persons in the financial years 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively, of these 72 and 122 persons were convicted of these offences where this was the main offence. These may include a small number of persons employed by licensees or their agents.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 20 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time is for a first appointment with a psychologist, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32641 on 20 April 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 20 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are waiting for an appointment with a psychologist, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
Good quality psychological care depends on boards having in place the right number of qualified staff to meet their local needs.
Differences occur in staffing levels in psychology services across NHS boards are due to the differences in how services are tailored to meet local need across Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 19 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licensees who have been charged by the police for alleged breaches of licensing laws have had their cases marked as no proceedings by the procurators fiscal in each year since 2007.
Answer
Information about the capacity in which an accused is prosecuted is not available and it is therefore not possible to identify the number of licence holders who have been reported to procurators fiscal.
In 2007-08, 1,858 charges under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 were reported to procurators fiscal and no action was taken in respect of 312 of those charges.
In 2008-09, 1,924 charges were reported and no action was taken in respect of 317.
Procurators fiscal will take no action for a variety of reasons, including insufficient admissible evidence, mitigating circumstances and lack of jurisdiction or where it would be disproportionate, in the public interest, to take action. Full details of the considerations taken into account by prosecutors when considering whether to take action are available in the COPFS Prosecution Code which is available on the COPFS website, www.copfs.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 16 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether active and inactive dental patient registration figures will be recorded separately under the continuous registration scheme.
Answer
Continuous registration was part of the Dental Action Plan agreed by the previous administration.
We are currently working with Information Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland on the detail of patient participation information.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 16 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards offer cognitive behavioural therapy.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
However, we are working closely with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and NHS boards to develop a range of initiatives to support the development around our commitment to expand and increase access to psychological therapies to meet patient''s needs better and sooner.
We have established a Psychological Therapies Group to oversee the implementation of the advice in The Matrix, a tool for NHS boards to use in reviewing available evidence and in considering which psychological interventions might best be used to meet local need and demand, its continuous updating, and to expand its coverage to other key priority areas in mental health.
In collaboration with Skills for Health, NES has also produced psychological therapy competence frameworks to ensure that training equips staff to delivery therapy safely and effectively. We have also funded NES to support the training of a range of staff in a number of evidenced based therapeutic approaches.
During 2010-11 the Scottish Government will work with NHS boards to develop an access target for psychological therapies for inclusion in HEAT in 2011-12. There was no such target under the previous administration.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 16 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time is for a referral for cognitive behavioural therapy.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32640 on 16 April 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidance on the overprovision of licences to sell alcohol.
Answer
Guidance to licensing boards concerning operation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, including overprovision, was agreed by Parliament under the affirmative resolution procedure and published by the previous administration
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what constitutes overprovision of licensed premises in any given area.
Answer
The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 introduced a duty for licensing boards to assess whether there is overprovision of licensed premises or licensed premises of a particular description in any locality within the board''s area. By virtue of the act, it is for licensing boards to determine what constitutes overprovision in any given area.
