Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-1236 today. 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/search_wa.

We are committed to constant improvement in the care and support of people with learning disabilities. Lessons have been drawn from the fatal accident inquiry report, including training needs and first aid equipment.The inquiry report findings will inform the future organisation of care and I look to NHS Scotland to have regard to and apply the recommendations for change made within the inquiry findings. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer has already written to NHS Scotland drawing attention to the recommendations, which include aspects of communications, general nurse training and awareness of individual needs, all issues that go to the core of good in patient care.In addition, a Health Needs Assessment Report for people with learning disabilities is expected to be published by NHS Health Scotland in the autumn. This is looking at the measures that will be required from the health service and their partners to ensure the health needs of people with learning disabilities are better met in the future.

The details of Scottish Executive publications produced in the period from 12 May to 31 July 2000 are as follows:

Publication	Cost
Single Social Tenancy and Housing and Anti Social Behaviour Leaflets	£6,728.08
Agricultural Facts And Figures	£834.90
Aiming For Excellence Regulating Care And The Social Service	£6,218.00
All Party Consultative Steering Group Summary Report	£6,481.60
Antimicrobial Resistance Leaflet	£17,988.10
Beattie Committee	£22,949.25
Beattie Committee Report	£33,395.47
Beattie Committee Response Summary	£12,773.00
Building The Knowledge Driven Economy Booklet	£6,646.75
Child Protection - Health Guidance	£18,510.00
Childcare Link Scotland Leaflets	£51,197.28
Choosing A School	£26,545.78
Consultation On The General Teaching Council For Scotland	£5,839.28
Counting The Cost Booklet	£3,339.70
Cycling By Design	£25,256.74
Domestic Abuse Publication	£34,293.40
Improving Our Schools Summary	£3,832.60
Drug Misuse In Schools Guidelines	£5,031.64
E-Coli No 2 Leaflet	£10,354.58
Education For Work In Schools	£16,858.08
Enterprise Network Review	£1,683.65
Ethical Standards In Local Government Booklet	£20,193.19
Examining The Future Of Training For Work	£20,761.19
Fire Services Risk Assessment Booklet	£4,298.63
Framework Code Owner Occupied Sheltered Housing	£1,720.85
Govt Expenditure and Revenue Report	£9,144.98
Guidance On Local Transport	£1,120.25
Housing And Anti Social Behaviour	£1,031.00
Improving Our Schools Consultation	£1,464.00
Improving Our Schools Report And Summary	£56,876.14
Incapable Adults Bill	£1,036.00
Independent Commission On Local Govt And Scottish Parliament	£12,135.22
Integrated Transport Bill	£10,594.39
It Pays To Pay	£2,339.78
Lifelong Learning Targets	£858.75
Maclean Committee Reports	£2,050.40
Maths 2000 Booklet	£42,457.00
Memorandum Of Understanding	£1,123.37
National Cultural Strategy Translations	£16,568.31
National Parks Consultation Paper	£14,160.38
New Community Schools Newsletter	£7,334.48
New Single Social Housing Tenancy	£979.00
New Strategy For Scottish Tourism	£32,262.98
NHS Annual Report 1998-99	£55,907.55
NHS Complaints Procedure Leaflet	£7,394.52
NHS Education And Training	£14,410.61
NHS Learning Together	£6,045.00
NHS Loans Scheme	£2,276.56
Obtaining Maintenance From Abroad	£1,627.28
Parental Responsibilities	£1,623.43
Physical Punishment Children In Scotland	£4,269.00
Policy On Architecture	£33,164.35
Prevention Of Environmental Pollution	£11,226.00
Register Of Basic Seed Potatoes	£3,402.00
Review Of Assessment Pre-School And Ages 5-14	£67,218.99
Review Of Public Health Function	£11,108.78
Your Children Matter Booklet	£6,857.00
Road Users Charging Booklet	£3,550.82
Rural Petrol Stations Scheme	£1,640.35
Working With Children	£12,193.83
Safer Communities In Scotland	£20,748.68
Working Together (Programme Of Government)	£34,667.78
Safer Communities Through Partnership	£1,586.00
Safer Routes To School Booklet	£12,505.55
Scot Agriculture Guide To Grants And Services	£2,462.40
Scottish Climate Change Programme	£18,459.05
Scottish Tourism Consultation Doc	£2,886.20
Social Inclusion Booklets	£49,769.48
Social Inclusion Report	£16,631.00
Social Justice Guidance	£3,265.00
Special Needs Post School Provision (Beattie Committee)	£2,348.60
Spending Plans For Scotland	£12,039.15
Stalking And Harassment Consultation	£4,966.58
Stephen Lawrence Inquiry - An Action Plan	£3,815.93
Strategic Roads Review	£34,663.01
Supporting Active Communities	£7,787.35
Talking Sense Booklet	£12,328.00
The Scottish Police Special Constabulary Leaflet	£1,161.00
Tourism Strategy Summary	£1,612.35
Towards A Safer Healthier Workplace	£17,185.42
Winter Maintenance 1999	£7,529.73
Towards An Equality Strategy	£10,216.38
Transport Audit Report	£745.77
Trunk Road Biodiversity Action Plan	£10,508.47
Water Quality And Environmental Studies	£11,965.04
Agricultural Holdings White Paper	£7,475.38
Agricultural Facts And Figures Leaflet	£700.60
Ban On Hunting With Dogs	£1,986.39
Best Value In Local Govt	£1,964.85
Breastfeeding And Returning To Work	£1,815.76
Carers Campaign Leaflets	£12,027.00
Consultation On Judicial Appointments	£6,322.18
Cubie Leaflet	£29,252.94
Drugs Action Plan - Tackling Drugs The Way Forward	£16,788.03
Drugs Misuse In Schools Leaflets And Booklets	£54,507.90
Early Education And Childcare	£5,856.40
Economic Report On Scottish Agriculture	£6,222.50
Free Passage Of Fish Booklet	£3,565.08
Gourock/Dunoon Ferry Service	£6,028.00
Healthy Scotland Convention Programme	£499.80
Housing Green Paper	£31,514.87
Improving Our Schools	£7,482.78
Individual Learning Accounts Booklet	£11,043.39
Learning Disability Review	£44,404.65
Maclean Committee Response	£10,359.35
NHS Way Ahead Issue 2	£7,250.23
Pre School Leaflet	£11,960.58
Programme For Government Leaflet	£1,669.35
Promoting International Dimensions In Scottish Schools	£2,867.10
Renewing Local Democracy	£28,455.05
Rural Affairs Action Plan	£17,137.04
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review -	£12,517.20
School Codes Consultation Paper	£4,668.63
Science Strategy Review Group	£2,701.43
Scottish Compact And Voluntary Unit	£4,104.83
Scottish Agriculture - Guide To Grants and Services	£3,372.05
Social Justice Action Plan	£14,171.33
State Aid - Ferry Consultation	£1,805.60
The Way Forward For Care	£6,637.65
Towards A Just Conclusion	£3,235.50
Training Qualification Action Plan	£3,686.10
Travel Choices For Scotland Leaflet	£1,437.10
Youth Crime Review - Main Report And Action Plan	£7,401.45

The details of Scottish Executive publications in the period 31 January 2003 to 30 June 2003 are as follows:

Publication	Cost
Appointments to Non-Departmental Public Bodies	£1,928.08
Care Campaign leaflet	£7,355.15
Central Heating Warm Deal Annual Report	£5,170.28
Civil Judicial Statistics	£780.58
Consultation Draft Education Bill	£981.00
Consultation on Community Wardens	£2,552.85
Cryptosporidium Guidelines	£1,097.11
Know the Score booklets	£2,065.78
Electronic Service Delivery Scottish Local Authorities	£4,521.50
Framework for the Development of Out of School Care	£22,782.68
Free School Meals leaflet	£11,369.88
Fund to Develop Post Offices in Deprived Urban Areas	£1,685.40
Getting Our Priorities Right	£12,756.00
Guidance on How to Set up a Call Centre	£4,092.48
Health White Paper Summary leaflet	£986.70
Health White Paper Summary	£2,677.73
Health White Paper	£16,577.05
Hungry for Success	£28,976.93
Improving Communication in the Construction Industry	£846.98
Innovation Fund Evaluation Report	£4,585.85
Kincardine Crossing leaflet	£1,174.58
Lifelong Learning Strategy	£3,128.06
Wildlife Crime posters	£2,251.10
M74 Environment statement	£3,222.75
M74 General leaflet	£19,154.44
M74 Legal Document	£3,003.45
Making Progress - Equality Unit Annual Report	£7,209.06
National Appeal Panel Guidelines	£5,522.82
National Debate Response - Gaelic	£2,645.00
National Strategy for Farm Business Advice and Skills	£2,461.25
Nomination - St Kilda - Inclusion - World Heritage Sitelist	£28,931.39
Preparation of Injections in near Patient Areas	£6,888.38
Guide to Clubs and Clubbing	£1,690.13
Promoting Health Supporting Inclusion	£1,419.35
Public Appointments leaflet	£1,363.05
Race Equality Scheme booklet	£6,573.97
Response to National Debate on Education	£21,162.00
SE Review - Policies Promote Social Economy	£7,512.45
Scottish Diabetes Survey Core Data Set	£6,392.37
Scottish Framework for Nursing in Schools	£10,392.20
Scottish Schools Estates Review	£17,625.10
SE Action Plan for Organic Farming and Food	£3,646.07
SE's Annual Report on Drug Action	£6,309.70
Standards in Social Work Education	£14,078.10
Stocktake - Report on Progress	£7,545.90
Teaching in Scotland	£1,227.17
Teaching Qualifications in Further Education -Consultation	£2,969.63
Tenements Bill Consultation	£7,025.62
The Scottish Index on Deprivation - Summary	£4,547.18
Update on Transport Delivery report	£3,842.30
Vulnerable Witnesses Bill	£2,340.95
Well? - Evaluation Research	£10,281.95
Anaesthetic Assistance/StrategyTraining	£1,075.88
Capacity Building Mental Health Summary	£2,483.75
Childcare Partnership Handbook	£6,936.23
Consultation on Housing Policy	£920.23
Dental Point of Treatment Checks	£15,203.38
Domestic Abuse, There's No Excuse	£3,090.73
Early Years Strategy	£673.78
Facing the Future Workshop Workbooks	£2,154.58
Funding Children and Young People Consultation	£995.00
Gun Amnesty leaflets	£2,933.46
Health Improvement Action Plan	£8,714.41
Health in Scotland Annual Report	£9,156.15
Higher Education Review Report	£8,602.50
HR Strategy Summary	£3,527.60
Instant Control Management	£3,798.10
Integrated Strategy Early Years booklet	£1,232.50
M74 General and Legal Documents	£8,058.00
Managing Waiting Times Good Practice Guide	£4,241.20
National Guidance on Head Lice	£8,500.70
New Carers Leaflet	£13,974.05
Parents Checklist booklets	£1,069.00
Police Recruitment leaflets	£4,375.00
Responding to Domestic Abuse	£12,095.87
Scottish Diabetes Survey 2002	£6,087.60
Social Care booklets	£2,924.00
Strategic Framework on Scottish Aquaculture: Consultation	£7,606.67
Well? Magazine - March 2003	£21,876.59

The following figures, published by the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH), reflect reported outbreaks of confirmed or suspected norovirus (NV) in Scotland each year since 1999 (including the first quarter figures for 2003):

NHS Board Area	Year					Total
	1999	2000	20001	2002	2003(Quarter 1)
Ayrshire and Arran	1	0	3	5	16	25
Argyll and Clyde	1	5	3	31	16	56
Borders	0	0	0	2	0	2
Dumfries and Galloway	0	3	0	7	15	25
Fife	0	1	0	7	1	9
Forth Valley	6	6	3	16	0	31
Greater Glasgow	1	1	4	21	11	38
Grampian	7	6	5	20	27	65
Highland	0	5	2	4	6	17
Lanarkshire	19	11	22	60	32	144
Lothian	1	5	1	4	0	11
Orkney	0	0	0	1	0	1
Shetland	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tayside	1	1	2	6	10	20
Western Isles	0	0	0	2	0	2
Various*	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total	37	44	45	187	134	447

*Precise source unknown.

The information requested is as follows:NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times for a First Out-patient Appointment with a Consultant in Dermatology, Following a General Medical Practitioner Referral, by NHS Board of Residence: Years Ended 31 March 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003^P.Year Ended 31 March

NHS Board	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003P
	Days
Argyll and Clyde	74	56	63	56	60	63	54
Ayrshire and Arran	41	43	43	56	77	103	92
Borders	52	46	57	56	64	70	90
Dumfries and Galloway	39	35	42	28	25	57	56
Fife	77	62	66	66	57	67	78
Forth Valley	63	70	93	112	104	112	91
Grampian	57	62	81	105	117	125	111
Greater Glasgow	59	60	49	62	55	61	61
Highland	63	60	66	71	48	31	48
Lanarkshire	79	67	43	52	56	82	92
Lothian	50	51	49	64	70	69	63
Orkney	39	56	32	51	45	39	38
Shetland	43	28	34	54	46	50	20
Tayside	67	76	84	48	26	40	43
Western Isles	91	67	91	92	41	23	27
Scotland	59	56	52	61	58	65	67

Sources: ISD Scotland, SMR00.Note:^P Provisional.

The information requested is as follows:NHSScotland: Average Available Staffed Beds¹ in the Specialty of Dermatology, by NHS Board Area of Residence: Years Ended 31 March 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003^P.

NHS Board	Year Ended 31 March 1999	Year Ended 31 March 2000	Year Ended 31 March 2001	Year Ended 31 March 2002	Year Ended 31 March 2003P
Argyll and Clyde	15	12	12	12	12
Ayrshire and Arran	15	15	15	15	15
Borders	-	-	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	1	1	1	1	1
Fife	7	6	6	5	5
Forth Valley	-	-	-	-	-
Grampian	19	16	14	13	10
Greater Glasgow	36	36	34	31	28
Highland	8	9	8	8	8
Lanarkshire	26	26	15	15	15
Lothian	15	13	7	8	8
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	18	18	14	13	13
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	161	153	127	123	116

Source: ISD Form ISD(S)1.Notes:^PProvisional1. Average daily number of beds which were staffed and were available for the reception of in-patient and day cases. Borrowed and temporary beds are included. Beds in day bed units are excluded

Information on whole-time equivalent dermatologists employed by boards in 1998 to 2002 is provided in the following tables 1 to 5 respectively.Table 1Dermatologists Directly Employed by NHSScotland by NHS Board¹ Whole-Time Equivalent at 30 September 1998

	All Grades	Consultants	Non-Consultant Career Grades2	Training Grades3	Other4
Scotland	90.7	40.8	8.0	35.6	6.4
Argyll and Clyde	8.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	1.0
Ayrshire and Arran	4.9	3.0	-	1.0	0.9
Borders	0.4	0.4	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	1.1	1.0	-	-	0.1
Fife	2.9	1.7	0.4	-	0.8
Forth Valley	1.9	1.6	-	-	0.3
Grampian	5.1	3.0	-	2.0	0.1
Greater Glasgow	28.3	10.5	-	15.6	2.2
Highland	3.9	2.0	0.7	1.0	0.2
Lanarkshire	10.8	4.9	2.1	3.2	0.6
Lothian	13.6	5.5	2.7	5.2	0.2
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	9.8	4.1	-	5.6	0.1
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-

Table 2Dermatologists Directly Employed by NHSScotland by NHS Board¹ Whole-Time Equivalent at 30 September 1999

	All Grades	Consultants	Non-Consultant Career Grades2	Training Grades3	Other4
Scotland	89.7	44.7	6.8	32.2	6.0
Argyll and Clyde	8.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	1.0
Ayrshire and Arran	5.0	3.0	-	1.0	1.0
Borders	0.4	0.4	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	1.1	1.0	-	-	0.1
Fife	2.8	1.5	0.4	-	0.9
Forth Valley	2.4	2.0	-	-	0.4
Grampian	4.7	3.6		1.0	0.1
Greater Glasgow	25.0	11.3	-	12.0	1.8
Highland	3.8	2.0	0.7	1.0	-
Lanarkshire	11.5	4.8	2.2	4.0	0.5
Lothian	13.7	6.4	2.5	4.6	0.2
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	11.4	6.7	-	4.6	0.1
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-

Table 3Dermatologists Directly Employed by NHSScotland by NHS Board¹ Whole-Time Equivalent at 30 September 2000

	All Grades	Consultants	Non-Consultant Career Grades2	Training Grades3	Other4
Scotland	95.2	43.8	6.8	39.1	5.5
Argyll and Clyde	6.4	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.4
Ayrshire and Arran	4.9	3.0	-	1.0	0.9
Borders	-	-	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	1.2	1.0	-	-	0.2
Fife	3.8	1.6	0.4	1.0	0.8
Forth Valley	2.5	2.0	-	-	0.5
Grampian	9.4	3.6	-	5.7	0.1
Greater Glasgow	25.6	10.6	-	13.6	1.4
Highland	2.9	2.0	0.7	-	0.2
Lanarkshire	10.5	4.8	2.2	3.0	0.5
Lothian	13.9	6.4	2.5	4.6	0.4
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	14.0	6.7	-	7.2	0.1
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-

Table 4Dermatologists Directly Employed by NHSScotland by NHS Board¹ Whole-Time Equivalent at 30 September 2001

	All Grades	Consultants	Non-Consultant Career Grades2	Training Grades3	Other4
Scotland	90.6	46.1	5.5	32.4	6.5
Argyll and Clyde	6.3	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.3
Ayrshire and Arran	5.0	3.0	-	1.0	1.0
Borders	0.2	-	-	-	0.2
Dumfries and Galloway	1.0	1.0	-	-	-
Fife	3.5	2.6	-	-	0.9
Forth Valley	2.5	2.0	-	-	0.5
Grampian	5.7	3.6	-	2.0	0.1
Greater Glasgow	26.9	10.6	-	13.6	2.6
Highland	2.8	2.0	0.5	-	0.2
Lanarkshire	9.5	4.8	1.5	3.0	0.2
Lothian	14.1	6.6	2.5	4.6	0.4
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	13.1	6.7	-	6.2	0.2
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-

Table 5Dermatologists Directly Employed by NHSScotland by NHS Board¹ Whole-Time Equivalent at 30 September 2002^P

	All Grades	Consultants	Non-Consultant Career Grades2	Training Grades3	Other4
Scotland	93.5	45.8	7.0	34.0	6.6
Argyll and Clyde	5.4	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.4
Ayrshire and Arran	5.0	3.0	-	1.0	1.0
Borders	0.2	-	-	-	0.2
Dumfries and Galloway	1.0	1.0	-	-	-
Fife	3.5	2.6	-	-	0.9
Forth Valley	2.5	2.0	-	-	0.5
Grampian	7.7	3.6	-	4.0	0.1
Greater Glasgow	25.2	10.5	-	12.6	2.2
Highland	2.5	2.0	0.5	-	-
Lanarkshire	9.5	4.8	2.5	2.0	0.3
Lothian	16.1	6.6	2.6	6.6	0.4
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	14.6	6.6	0.5	6.8	0.7
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:^PData for 2002 are provisional.1. Includes honorary appointments.2. Comprises Associate Specialists and Staff grades.3. Comprises Specialist Registrar, Registrar, Senior House Officer and House Officer grades.4. Comprises Hospital Practitioner and GMP (para 94 appointment) grades.

The Scottish Executive and UK Government plan to give local authorities a range of powers to control the sale of fireworks and the times and places that fireworks can be used.

The licensing of the vendors of fireworks falls within the reserved subject of consumer protection. The Scottish Executive is keeping in close contact with the UK Government about the progress of Bill Tynan's Private Member's Fireworks Bill at Westminster which contains powers to introduce a licensing scheme for vendors of fireworks.