- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what statutory powers it has in respect of the reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders.
Answer
Of the bi-lateral ormulti-lateral arrangements to which the UK is party for the reciprocal recovery of maintenance,the majority are incorporated into domestic law in terms of the MaintenanceOrders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 or by modifications thereto. In termsof the 1972 Act, the Minister for Justice acts as Central Authority with supportfrom the Scottish Executive Justice Department.
Certain other arrangementsare incorporated into domestic law in terms of the Civil Jurisdiction andJudgements Act 1982. The Justice Minister has no formal statutory central authorityrole under that act.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce confirmation of the Montrose Bridge scheme, as required under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.
Answer
The Montrose Bridge scheme was confirmed on 11 March 2004.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for delay in dealing with the Montrose Bridge scheme and what outstanding issues remain to be resolved.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6732 on 15 March 2003.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.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is in respect of promoting and financing community drama groups.
Answer
Executive support forcommunity drama and all other art forms is channelled through the Scottish ArtsCouncil. The council funds a wide range of drama organisations and groupswithin communities through both lottery and voted funds. Community arts,including drama, are a key priority for the council and its Access andParticipation and Arts in the Community schemes are gearedspecifically to provide support for this important sector.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 21 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will reach a decision on the retail development planning application at Westway Retail Park, Arbroath, following the local public inquiry held in October 2003.
Answer
The Scottish ministers arecurrently awaiting the recommendations from the inquiry reporter on thisplanning application. When the report becomes available, ministers willconsider the findings carefully and every effort will be made to reach an earlydecision.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the balance of funding review group.
Answer
The balance of fundingreview is looking at how local government in England is funded. Local governmentfunding is a devolved issue. We have made no representations to this review.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made with regard to Implementing a Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland.
Answer
The Framework for Maternity Services establishes clear action points and recommendationsto enable NHS boards, trusts and other agencies to put in place maternity servicesappropriate to the needs of the population and demography of Scotland.
To support implementationthere are a number of areas of work that have, or are being, progressed. Keypieces of work include publication of the work undertaken by the expert groupon acute maternity services and the creation of a national maternity services workforcegroup. There is also the development of a maternity development programme and thedevelopment of maternity standards by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. the Executive has also provided funding for regional maternity service co-ordinators.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies for midwife posts there are, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on vacancies andstaff establishments is reported annually by NHS trusts. The latest availablefigures for midwifery posts are shown in the table.
QualifiedMidwife Vacancies by NHS Board
Whole TimeEquivalent: at 31 March 2003
| NHS Board | Establishment | Vacancies | Under Review | Vacancies as % of establish-ment | Vacant <3> | Vacant >3 Months | Vacant Un-known |
| Argyll and Clyde | 153.1 | 3.0 | | 2.0% | 2.0% | | |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 211.9 | 2.8 | | 1.3% | 1.3% | | |
| Borders | 47.6 | | | | | | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 104.4 | 10.0 | | 9.6% | 4.8% | 4.8% | |
| Fife | 156.1 | 0.7 | | 0.4% | 0.4% | | |
| Forth Valley | 173.9 | | 0.4 | | | | |
| Grampian | 291.1 | 12.5 | | 4.3% | 1.9% | 2.4% | |
| Greater Glasgow | 327.7 | 24.6 | | 7.5% | | | 7.5% |
| Highland | 148.6 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 7.8% | 4.4% | 3.4% | |
| Lanarkshire | 248.6 | | | | | | |
| Lothian | 218.0 | 9.0 | | 4.1% | 3.2% | 0.9% | |
| Orkney | 7.2 | | | | | | |
| Shetland | 6.2 | | | | | | |
| Tayside | 226.9 | | | | | | |
| Western Isles | 14.7 | | | | | | |
| Scotland | 2,336.0 | 74.2 | 5.2 | 3.2% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
Notes:
1. Establishment is the sumof Staff in Post, Post Under Review and Total Vacancies.
2. The vacancy figuresrelate to posts vacant at 31 March, irrespective of when the vacancy arose.
3. Tayside Health Boardabove is for Tayside Primary Care Trust only. Tayside University Trust wereunable to provide data.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on students graduating in midwifery last year who have not found full-time employment as midwives.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. However the One Year Guarantee Scheme was put in place to ensurethat all newly qualifying nurses and midwives could obtain employment inNHSScotland if they wished. By April 2003 no midwives were registered on thescheme suggesting that all who wished to had secured employment.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many student midwives are undertaking their final year of study.
Answer
There are approximately 200student midwives currently in their final year of training.
