- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 9 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money it has given to the Scottish Older People's Advisory Group in each of the last three years and what the money was used for.
Answer
The Executive provided one-off funding of £20,000 in 2001-02 to Better Government for Older People (BGOP) towards the development of BGOP in Scotland, including support for the Scottish Older People's Advisory Group.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authority concessionary travel schemes coming into force on 30 September 2002 provide the national minimum standard for such schemes only.
Answer
None.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 19 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26602 by Mrs Elish Angiolini QC on 30 July 2002, how many of the reports sent to procurators fiscal under sections 68(1), (2), (3), (5), 69(1), (2) and 70(1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 were proceeded with in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The number of cases containing a charge under sections 68 and 69 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 reported to the procurator fiscal in each of the last three years, and broken down into sheriff court district, can be found in the tables. As stated in the answer given to question S1W-26602, no reports were sent to the procurator fiscal in respect of section 70 (1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976.Reports to PF in which Proceedings Taken Under Sections 68(1), (2), (3), (5), 69(1), (2) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976:
| Procurator Fiscal | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | Grand Total |
| Aberdeen | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| Airdrie | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Alloa | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Arbroath | | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Ayr | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| Banff | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
| Campbeltown | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| Cupar | | | 1 | 1 |
| Dingwall | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Dumbarton | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Dumfries | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Dundee | 6 | 10 | 20 | 36 |
| Dunfermline | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Dunoon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Duns | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Edinburgh | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| Elgin | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Falkirk | 3 | | 14 | 17 |
| Forfar | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Fort William | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Glasgow | 26 | 29 | 25 | 80 |
| Greenock | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Haddington | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| Hamilton | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Inverness | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| Jedburgh | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Kilmarnock | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| Kirkcaldy | 1 | | | 1 |
| Kirkcudbright | | 2 | | 2 |
| Kirkwall | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Lanark | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| Lerwick | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Linlithgow | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Lochmaddy | 1 | | | 1 |
| Oban | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Paisley | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Peebles | 2 | | | 2 |
| Perth | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Peterhead | 2 | | | 2 |
| Portree | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Selkirk | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Stirling | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Stonehaven | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Stornoway | 2 | | | 2 |
| Stranraer | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tain | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Wick | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Grand Total | 160 | 151 | 185 | 496 |
The figures are based on the procurator fiscal decision in respect of the first accused and the first charge for which data were extracted.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 19 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made by the task group established to review the licensing provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.
Answer
The independent task group issued a consultation paper on its initial findings on 15 July and the closing date for responses is 4 October. Following consideration of the responses received it is anticipated that the task group will report to ministers with its recommendations around the turn of the year.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current waiting times are for people requiring specialist treatment for anorexia nervosa, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
Information in the form requested is not available centrally.People suffering from anorexia nervosa are treated and supported through mainstream mental health and social work services, and treatment is undertaken in a variety of settings, with very few in-patient and day cases. Most treatments are carried out in hospital and community health settings on an out-patient basis. Information on waiting times for out-patient attendances is available only at speciality level and does not identify specific conditions or treatments.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people suffering from anorexia nervosa are currently waiting for specialist treatment, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.People suffering from anorexia nervosa are treated and supported through mainstream mental health and social work services, and treatment is undertaken mainly in out-patient settings, with very few in-patient and day cases. Information on the number of patients waiting for in-patient and day case treatment is collected only at speciality level. Information about numbers waiting for out-patient treatment is not collected centrally. The Health Department and ISD Scotland are currently undertaking a review of data collection, including out-patients. When implemented these improved methods of collection will provide better information on waiting.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to encourage and support local authority mediation services for neighbourhood disputes.
Answer
To encourage and support mediation services, the Scottish Executive funds SACRO to provide a nationwide service from which all local authorities and housing associations can benefit. This involves seminars and training; providing a national consultancy service; producing guidance, and providing training. We are also funding research into cost and effectiveness of mediation which will be published next year.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the incident at Broughty Ferry beach reported in The Courier on 6 August 2002, any designation of the beach as a bathing water beach should include more stringent safety measures and whether it would be an important step towards its proper management.
Answer
Under the EC Bathing Waters Directive (76/160/EEC ), bathing waters are required to be designated based on the traditional numbers of swimmers, and once designated, such waters are required to meet certain water quality standards. Local authorities have powers to erect signs on beaches under section 121(9) of the Civic Government Act 1982 to advise the public as to any danger or health hazard connected with those waters. The safety of those using coastal waters is a matter for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an opportunity to promote tourism has been missed given that non-designated beaches do not appear on European maps of bathing beaches.
Answer
No. VisitScotland actively promotes coastal and marine tourism as part of the Outdoor Scotland brand within its product marketing portfolio, and images of Scottish beaches are frequently used by both VisitScotland and the British Tourist Authority when marketing Scotland within the UK and abroad.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current status is of applications for bathing water identifications received after the Bathing Waters Review Panel last met.
Answer
A Bathing Waters Panel was convened to identify which waters should be identified as bathing waters in Scotland. That system worked well and we would not want to make changes to bathing water designations outwith that or a similar system. Further, we would not wish to reconvene such a panel until the European Commission publishes its proposals for the revision of the Bathing Waters Directive (76/160/EEC).
