- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation there will be on any plans to change the role of the Scottish Medicines Consortium in relation to National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer question S2W-21236 on 12 December 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: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to change the way that the Scottish Medicines Consortium operates.
Answer
There are no plans to change the way that the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) operates. If changes were considered then key stakeholders would be involved.
We expect SMC to issue its advice following receipt of the manufacturer’s evidence as soon as possible after the launch of a product or, on occasion, before the launch. If subsequent advice were issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) based on more up-to-date evidence we would expect NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHSQIS) to decide whether that should supercede the SMC advice. We do not envisage that this role would change.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 9 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18222 by Allan Wilson on 10 August 2005, when the employability framework will be published.
Answer
We plan to publish theframework early in 2006.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 9 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have gained full-time employment through the services of Careers Scotland since 1999.
Answer
Since its formation in April2002, Careers Scotland has been part of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands andIslands Enterprise. The information requested is an operational matter for thoseorganisations.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 8 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21201 by Robert Brown on 1 December 2005, why it has no current plans to introduce Bookstart Plus scheme for toddlers or the Bookstart Treasure Chest for children aged between 36 and 48 months.
Answer
Current funding for Bookstart Scotland is met from a managed reprioritisation of resources within the Education and Young People portfolio as a whole. Decisions on future funding levels still have to be determined.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when an appeals process will be in place for people whose applications to the Skipton Fund have been declined.
Answer
I regret the delay that has occurred in establishing the appeals procedure. However, I would like to assure you that the Department of Health, in consultation with the devolved administrations, has been developing procedures and has of course, discussed arrangements with the Skipton Fund. I can confirm that officials in the Department of Health have now established an appeals procedure, and are currently looking at ways to appoint members to the panel in order to allow appeals to be heard as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been assessed as requiring personal care but whose needs have been recorded as unmet since the enactment of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The Health Department has recently begun an assessment of the implementation and operation of the policy of free personal care and information on unmet need will be collected as part of that exercise.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct payments have been made by each local authority since the enactment of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002, broken down by client group.
Answer
The information requested is given in Tables entitled Number of Direct Payments by Client Group and Local Authority, for each of the years 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05, copies of which have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38290).
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have gained part-time employment through the Working for Families programme since it was established.
Answer
At 31 October 2005, over 1,000 parents registered with Working for Families had experienced a successful transition to full and part-time employment, training or education, volunteer work and improved or sustained employment. The current number entering part-time employment was 167.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have gained full-time employment through the Working for Families programme since it was established.
Answer
At 31 October 2005, over 1,000 parents registered with Working for Families had experienced a successful transition to full and part-time employment, training or education, volunteer work and improved or sustained employment. The current number entering full-time employment was 152.
