- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under the age of 65 with learning disabilities are living in nursing homes.
Answer
Nursing homes arenow classified as care homes under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, which enables providers to decide if theyare providing care or nursing or a combination. In March 2006, there were 2,428adults with learning disabilities who were under 65 in care homes.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with learning disabilities living in nursing homes have a personal life plan to help to decide whether alternative community-based housing and support options would be in their best interests.
Answer
In 2006 a totalof 6,723 adults with learning disabilities had a personal life plan. This isaround 29 per cent of all adults with learning disabilities known across Scotland. Information on these individual’s accommodation isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 15 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will implement the single survey and purchasers’ information pack to improve the experience of house purchasing.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-173 on 6 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 15 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will monitor the success of the single survey and purchasers’ information pack.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-173 on 6 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 15 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make the Homestake scheme available for all properties, in addition to new build, and, if so, when it will do so.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentis currently considering how best to support those who aspire to home ownership,but who are unable to become owner-occupiers with their own resources, and willlook at the Homestake shared equity scheme in that context.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with learning disabilities, excluding those in short-term assessment and treatment units, living in NHS-commissioned services and who are technically and legally NHS patients, do not have an independent landlord and housing rights.
Answer
This informationis not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with learning disabilities living in private hospitals have an agreed discharge date, also expressed as a percentage of the total number of all people with learning disabilities.
Answer
This informationis not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people with learning disabilities living in private hospitals have an agreed discharge date.
Answer
This informationis not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the statement in The Same as You? that people with learning disabilities should not live in hospitals, what steps it is taking to monitor the position.
Answer
The ScottishGovernment receives quarterly progress reports from the remaining six healthboards that have people with learning disabilities in long stay NHS beds.Officials undertake regular visits to health boards and local authorities toreview and confirm their programmes of closure in order to prevent furtherdelays.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all current proposals for service change, particularly those proposals relating to the Vale of Leven Hospital, will be set aside until such time as the arrangements for independent scrutiny are concluded.
Answer
I have been clear that all futureproposals for significant service change will be subject to rigorous independentscrutiny before public consultation can take place. This will include any proposalsfor change to current service delivery at the Vale of Leven Hospital. Thiswill ensure that the information being presented by health boards is factual andevidence based, and that the choice presented to the public is a fair and genuineone.
