- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 1 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will address the concerns of Unison that public money is being used to provide private medical care through Scottish Enterprise’s private health care benefits via Westfield Health.
Answer
The provision of benefitsto staff within the total reward package is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.
However, my officialswill raise the matter with Scottish Enterprise.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orders for offenders to be disqualified from having custody of a dog for such a period as the court saw fit were made under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information at thelevel of detail requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orders specifying measures to be taken to keep dogs under proper control, whether by muzzling, keeping on a lead, exclusion from specified places or otherwise, have been made in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information at thelevel of detail requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported attacks by dogs on people there have been in each year since 1999.
Answer
The available informationis given in the following table. As well as the number of attacks by dogs whichresult in an injury, and are subsequently recorded by the police, the numbers includeoffences connected to destructionand disqualification (for having custody of a dog) orders.
Number ofOffences Recorded by the Police Under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dangerous Dogs Act,1991, 1999-2000 to 2006-07
| 1999-2000 | 239 |
| 2000-01 | 257 |
| 2001-02 | 284 |
| 2002-03 | 360 |
| 2003-04 | 433 |
| 2004-05 | 618 |
| 2005-06 | 517 |
| 2006-07 | 623 |
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orders for destruction were made for dogs in respect of which offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 were committed in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information at thelevel of detail requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether services for young adults with physical disabilites can be differentiated from those for other adults with physical disabilities to ensure that they are accessible and appropriate to their needs.
Answer
NHS Scotland is committedto delivering patient-centred services and, as such, a young person diagnosed witha physical disability should be provided with accessible services which are appropriateto their individual needs.
Additionally, theChildren and Young People’s Health Support Group will carry out a review of servicesfor children and young people with physical disabilities in its 2008 work programme.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what provisions are made to ensure that young people with physical disabilities receive comprehensive information at the point of diagnosis about their condition and the health and social care services available.
Answer
In a patient-centredNHS we would expect people diagnosed with a physical disability to receive servicestailored to their individual needs and to receive information about their condition and the health and social careservices available to them whichis accessible and appropriate.
Achieving Fair Access, our nationalguidance on improving access and removing the barriers which disabled people experiencewhen they use NHS services, was published by Fair for All – Disability inApril. It brings together good advicefrom a wide range of sources and gives details of publications and useful organisationswhich staff can follow up when they need to provide patients with more detailedinformation. The guidance will continue to be developed to reflect the growing practicalexperience of staff and when new policies are introduced. The guidance can be accessedat:
http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/4683-Achieving%20Fair%20Access%20guidance.pdf.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 25 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has provided, or will provide, to Greenspace and other similar organisations that promote local action to improve the environment for the citizens of our towns and cities, as in the development of the Drumchapel Way in Glasgow.
Answer
During this and theprevious administration the Scottish Government has provided funding to many organisationsincluding local authorities, through grant schemes and core funding, to promotenational and local action to improve the environment of our towns and cities.
Examples include ScottishNatural Heritage (SNH) “Attractive Places to Live” grants scheme 2003-07 provided£1.18 million of core funding to Greenspace Scotland. Additionally, within that period SNH gave £1.4 million funding to GreenspaceScotland to support local projects.
BTCV Scotland, KeepScotland Beautiful, and Planning Aid for Scotland together with Environmental Justice Grants of £2 million in 2007-08 arealso working to improve the local environment for communities.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to ensure that developments along the River Clyde include proper precautions and protection against flooding and that developers co-ordinate with local government and the Scottish Government to minimise the risk of flooding along the river.
Answer
Statutoryprovisions are in place so that if a proposed development is likely to resultin an increase in the number of buildings at risk of being damaged by floodingthe planning authority have to consult the Scottish Environment ProtectionAgency (SEPA) before granting planning permission. If SEPA advise againstplanning permission but the planning authority wishes to approve or recommendsconditions which the authority does not intend to apply, they are required tonotify the application to the Scottish ministers who may call it in for theirown decision.
National guidanceon addressing flood risk is set out in Scottish Planning Policy 7 – Planningand Flooding and Planning Advice Note 69 – Planning and Building standardsAdvice on Flooding.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 24 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that Glasgow is protected against flooding, broken down by area at serious risk of flooding.
Answer
Local authoritieshave powers under the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 to mitigate the flooding of non-agricultural land in theirarea. It is entirely a matter for Glasgow City Council to determine, whetherand to what extent, to exercise their powers.
The Executiveannounced on 10 October further funding for the White Cart Flood Prevention Scheme, which will protect some 1,750 propertiesand businesses in Glasgow.
