- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents involving damage to property caused by fireworks have been reported in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many prosecutions there were against persons alleged to have injured others with fireworks in each of the last five years and (b) how many such prosecutions resulted in a conviction in each year.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported incidents involving injuries sustained from fireworks in each of the last five years involved (a) minors and (b) adults as (i) the alleged perpetrators and (ii) the victims of the incidents.
Answer
The age profile of those suffering injuries caused by fireworks, for the last five years is shown in the following table.
Age Group (Yrs) | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
All Ages | 83 | 57 | 60 | 82 | 66 |
<13 | 24 | 23 | 31 | 27 | 28 |
13-15 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 16 |
16-20 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
21+ | 21 | 21 | 11 | 34 | 17 |
Source: Fireworks Injuries Survey. The annual fireworks injuries survey, carried out by ISD Scotland on behalf of the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), contains information on patients treated at accident and emergency departments or Burns/Plastic Surgery Units in Scotland during the period mid-October to early November, encompassing 5 November.It is not possible to provide information about perpetrators and/or victims of these incidents. The data do not allow further disaggregation.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many prosecutions there were of persons alleged to have damaged property with fireworks in each of the last five years and (b) how many such prosecutions resulted in a conviction in each year.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many prosecutions there were against suppliers of fireworks in respect of sales to underage children in each of the last five years and (b) how many such prosecutions resulted in a conviction in each year.
Answer
The information requested is not separately identifiable from other crimes relating to the keeping and supply of explosives in the data held centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 20 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported incidents of damage to property caused by fireworks in each of the last five years involved (a) minors and (b) adults as alleged perpetrators of the incidents.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 19 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce a ban on landfill of (a) sorted combustible waste and (b) organic waste.
Answer
We plan to make regulations that will include a ban on the landfill of flammable and highly flammable waste as part of the implementation of the EC Landfill Directive. The draft regulations will be issued for public consultation shortly. The Executive also intends to introduce a system of landfill permits that will limit the amount of biodegradable municipal waste that may be landfilled.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what risks there are to patients from the use of clot-busting drugs.
Answer
There are risks associated with almost all medicines. There are a number of thrombolytic (clot-dissolving) drugs with specific side effects and contra-indications. For example, some patients suffer bleeding. Before a decision to administer a thrombolytic agent is taken, patients are assessed for these risk factors.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust annually to run the community thrombosis service in Angus, whereby paramedics deliver clot-busting drugs before patients are taken to hospital for emergency treatment.
Answer
This is a matter for NHS Tayside. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether heart attack patients in Angus who are not suitable for treatment with clot-busting drugs will be at greater risk of death or permanent disability following the proposed closure of the Coronary Care Unit at Stracathro Hospital.
Answer
Decisions about the future of the Coronary Care Unit at Stracathro Hospital are, in the first place, the responsibility of NHS Tayside. In making these decisions I expect NHS Tayside to be guided by the latest available evidence and by current good practice, including evidence on clinical risks associated with the treatment of heart attack patients.
