Questions and answers

Question reference: S4W-07430

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on Stonewall Scotland's Gay and Bisexual Men’s Health Survey Scotland report.

The Scottish Government acknowledges the publication of this report by Stonewall. A formal response to Stonewall was issued on 28 May outlining a number of work programmes which relate to the recommendations. These programmes include rolling out health inequality impact assessments and the Lesbian, Gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Demonstration project in Lothian.

The report findings and recommendations have also been drawn to the attention of NHS Health Improvement Scotland as it has responsibility for supporting healthcare providers in Scotland to deliver high quality, evidence-based, safe, effective and person-centred care.

Question reference: S4W-07438

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 6 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether funding from early intervention programmes and the Change Fund will be used to support and provide services for children and families of prisoners.

The Early Years Change Fund signals a decisive shift to preventative spending in the Scottish budget - rebalancing care, support and service provision towards prevention and early intervention. How this is spent will be subject to local decisions between delivery partners based on guidance from the Early Years Taskforce.

Separately, the Scottish Government provides funding to Families Outside, a national charity in Scotland that works solely to support the children and families of prisoners.

Question reference: S4W-07436

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider using money from early intervention programmes to tackle mental health issues in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-07435 on 6 June 2012. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

The Scottish Government places a great importance on the need to ensure that NHSScotland provides services which are accessible and responsive for all communities including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Question reference: S4W-07435

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to increase access to mental health services for gay and bisexual men.

The Scottish Government sets national policy direction for mental health and provides funding to NHS boards and local authorities to support implementation of policy. The management of local actions in implementing national policy, and decisions on local service planning and delivery, spending priorities, and the contribution of the voluntary sector in this, is the responsibility of relevant local agencies.

NHS boards and their partners are expected to plan and deliver services in line with relevant legislation including the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 which has at its heart fundamental principles to ensure equal access to health care: participation; non-discrimination; respect for diversity; reciprocity; and equality.

The Scottish Government works in partnership with NHS Scotland to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people’s health needs are met and that LGBT people do not experience discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or transgender identity. NHS Scotland has operated a policy of equality impact assessment for LGBT people’s health and wellbeing since 2005 and specific “Fair for All” guidance on responding to the needs of LGBT people has been in place since 2002.

We are currently funding the LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing to run a Demonstration Project, in partnership with NHS Lothian. The main aim of the project is to provide learning about how to both increase the reach and improve all services for LGBT people who experience mental health problems, and to enhance the mental wellbeing and resilience of LGBT people.

Question reference: S4W-07431

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide additional funding to NHS boards to improve the mental health of gay and bisexual men.

The Scottish Government sets national policy direction for mental health and provides funding to NHS boards and local authorities to support implementation of policy. The management of local actions in implementing national policy, and decisions on local service planning and delivery, spending priorities, and the contribution of the voluntary sector in this, is the responsibility of relevant local agencies.

We are currently funding the LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing to run a Demonstration Project, in partnership with NHS Lothian. The main aim of the project is to provide learning about how to both increase the reach and improve mental health services for LGBT people who experience mental health problems, and to enhance the mental wellbeing and resilience of LGBT people.

Question reference: S4W-07437

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what services are offered to support fathers, and expecting fathers, in HM Young Offenders Institution Polmont.

I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

HM Young Offenders Institution Polmont currently offers the following opportunities and services to support fathers and expectant fathers:

In addition to the minimum entitlement of visits, young offenders who are fathers or expectant fathers can access visits aimed at improving the quality of the interaction with their children. These additional visits are referred to as “bonding” or “birth” visits.

Access to family activity visits. These are held periodically throughout the year typically at Christmas, Halloween and Easter.

Positive Parenting Programme. This programme is delivered over eight sessions. Each session lasts approximately four hours. The sessions focus on communication, health and safety, the role of the father, childbirth and the father’s role in childbirth. Practical sessions focus on cooking, appropriate play and storytelling skills.

Young offenders are also able to purchase soft toys and cards through the Young Enterprise Scotland (YES) venture at the prison called “Giftco”. Further initiatives are being explored to promote father and child contact.

Additional support is also available through the Chaplaincy Service and partners including Local Authority Social Work.

Question reference: S4W-07441

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 31 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what proportion of, primary school teachers have been male in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

The number and percentage of male primary school teachers in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority, are shown in the following tables.

Number of Male Primary School Teachers, 1999-2005

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Aberdeen City	61	62	66	64	75	70	66
Aberdeenshire	69	68	70	68	67	71	71
Angus	47	49	46	48	48	46	45
Argyll and Bute	33	32	27	27	23	27	34
Clackmannanshire	20	16	16	18	18	21	22
Dumfries and Galloway	68	67	63	65	58	53	56
Dundee City	53	52	57	63	63	58	61
East Ayrshire	33	28	27	32	29	34	33
East Dunbartonshire	24	24	25	24	26	28	28
East Lothian	36	36	36	36	33	32	33
East Renfrewshire	17	17	20	22	22	28	37
Edinburgh, City of	110	125	128	132	128	132	139
Eilean Siar	16	20	19	23	25	22	19
Falkirk	27	29	30	31	33	35	38
Fife	88	92	97	106	100	99	101
Glasgow City	199	191	187	194	202	215	205
Highland	90	85	81	88	85	88	87
Inverclyde	19	20	19	19	18	20	21
Midlothian	35	28	33	36	34	31	30
Moray	26	25	26	26	23	25	26
North Ayrshire	43	43	42	41	38	37	40
North Lanarkshire	88	95	90	95	86	86	97
Orkney Islands	11	13	14	16	17	18	16
Perth and Kinross	51	43	48	60	47	43	42
Renfrewshire	47	50	53	49	46	53	55
Scottish Borders	46	50	50	52	46	47	45
Shetland Islands	23	26	22	29	24	25	21
South Ayrshire	27	29	28	33	29	29	34
South Lanarkshire	66	68	73	73	85	89	88
Stirling	21	23	21	27	24	25	26
West Dunbartonshire	22	22	22	23	27	28	32
West Lothian	37	33	35	42	43	45	49

Number of Male Primary School Teachers, 2006-11

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Aberdeen City	71	62	61	59	68	67
Aberdeenshire	72	81	78	90	100	91
Angus	43	47	44	40	44	43
Argyll and Bute	30	36	30	32	32	27
Clackmannanshire	22	23	23	18	21	21
Dumfries and Galloway	58	60	66	63	55	57
Dundee City	64	60	60	65	64	57
East Ayrshire	38	35	35	37	46	48
East Dunbartonshire	27	30	25	30	37	36
East Lothian	34	29	35	31	32	30
East Renfrewshire	35	33	31	33	33	34
Edinburgh, City of	145	143	144	140	153	145
Eilean Siar	23	22	16	18	20	18
Falkirk	41	47	54	57	59	56
Fife	114	113	124	122	131	137
Glasgow City	223	210	217	184	194	182
Highland	98	101	98	92	93	95
Inverclyde	23	24	26	26	26	22
Midlothian	33	36	38	35	37	38
Moray	23	20	25	25	28	29
North Ayrshire	45	44	47	48	51	44
North Lanarkshire	98	106	110	113	107	109
Orkney Islands	18	20	16	21	20	18
Perth and Kinross	38	41	46	63	66	67
Renfrewshire	57	60	57	58	58	58
Scottish Borders	47	49	52	49	58	59
Shetland Islands	20	25	20	20	20	18
South Ayrshire	44	49	41	39	46	46
South Lanarkshire	90	98	116	111	100	114
Stirling	22	23	22	29	29	31
West Dunbartonshire	31	35	41	38	34	34
West Lothian	56	64	66	72	74	72

Percentage of Primary School Teachers Who are Male, 1999-2005

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Aberdeen City	7.3	7.7	8.2	7.4	8.2	8.2	8.1
Aberdeenshire	6.0	6.1	6.2	5.6	6.0	6.2	6.2
Angus	9.1	9.6	9.0	9.5	9.4	8.6	8.2
Argyll and Bute	7.1	7.4	6.4	6.7	6.1	6.6	8.2
Clackmannanshire	9.0	7.7	7.2	8.1	8.5	10.1	10.7
Dumfries and Galloway	10.0	9.7	9.4	9.4	9.5	8.3	8.6
Dundee City	8.1	8.1	8.9	9.7	10.0	9.3	9.9
East Ayrshire	6.1	5.4	5.3	6.2	5.8	6.6	6.3
East Dunbartonshire	4.9	4.9	5.2	4.9	5.4	5.6	5.8
East Lothian	8.6	8.7	8.5	8.1	7.8	7.1	7.1
East Renfrewshire	4.3	4.2	5.0	5.0	4.8	5.6	6.9
Edinburgh, City of	7.2	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.5	9.0	9.5
Eilean Siar	8.4	10.5	10.0	12.1	13.8	11.4	9.9
Falkirk	4.5	4.8	4.9	4.8	5.0	5.5	5.8
Fife	5.3	5.6	5.9	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.1
Glasgow City	8.3	8.1	8.1	8.4	8.8	9.2	8.7
Highland	8.2	7.7	7.5	8.1	7.6	7.9	8.0
Inverclyde	5.1	5.5	5.6	5.3	5.4	6.1	6.1
Midlothian	8.7	7.4	8.4	9.0	9.0	8.4	8.0
Moray	6.1	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.2	5.7	5.8
North Ayrshire	7.1	7.3	7.2	7.2	6.9	6.5	6.4
North Lanarkshire	6.0	6.5	6.2	6.5	6.1	5.9	6.0
Orkney Islands	8.7	11.0	12.4	12.3	12.8	13.5	11.7
Perth and Kinross	8.5	7.4	8.0	8.7	8.0	7.3	7.2
Renfrewshire	6.4	6.7	7.2	6.7	6.3	6.9	7.2
Scottish Borders	9.2	9.4	8.9	9.1	8.7	9.0	9.3
Shetland Islands	12.7	14.3	12.6	14.6	13.2	13.4	11.5
South Ayrshire	6.0	6.5	6.4	7.2	6.4	6.2	6.9
South Lanarkshire	4.9	5.1	5.4	5.5	6.6	6.6	6.3
Stirling	5.6	6.1	5.7	7.0	6.4	6.3	6.6

West Dunbartonshire	5.0	5.2	5.2	5.6	6.6	6.5	7.4
West Lothian	4.8	4.2	4.4	5.1	5.0	5.2	5.7

Percentage of Primary School Teachers Who are Male, 2006-11

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Aberdeen City	8.1	7.5	8.0	7.7	9.1	8.9
Aberdeenshire	6.3	6.9	6.2	7.3	7.9	7.5
Angus	7.9	8.4	7.8	7.3	7.9	8.1
Argyll and Bute	6.9	8.2	7.1	7.3	7.5	6.5
Clackmannanshire	10.1	10.0	9.5	7.8	9.2	9.4
Dumfries and Galloway	8.9	9.4	9.7	9.6	8.6	9.2
Dundee City	9.8	8.7	8.9	9.6	9.7	8.9
East Ayrshire	7.3	6.8	6.9	6.5	8.1	8.6
East Dunbartonshire	5.6	6.3	5.2	6.4	7.4	7.5
East Lothian	7.4	6.7	7.9	6.9	7.3	7.0
East Renfrewshire	6.5	6.1	6.1	6.5	6.5	6.8
Edinburgh, City of	9.8	9.5	9.9	9.9	11.0	10.5
Eilean Siar	11.4	11.4	8.8	9.5	11.0	11.5
Falkirk	5.8	6.6	7.4	7.7	8.3	7.9
Fife	6.8	7.0	7.5	7.3	7.6	7.9
Glasgow City	9.0	8.5	9.1	8.4	8.8	8.5
Highland	8.7	8.9	8.6	8.2	8.6	8.9
Inverclyde	6.3	6.4	7.1	7.1	7.7	6.8
Midlothian	8.4	9.0	9.7	9.6	10.1	10.7
Moray	5.1	4.7	6.1	6.2	7.1	7.7
North Ayrshire	7.1	6.8	7.4	8.0	8.2	7.1
North Lanarkshire	6.0	6.2	6.6	6.8	6.5	6.7
Orkney Islands	13.4	16.4	12.2	17.3	16.6	16.4
Perth and Kinross	7.1	7.1	8.2	9.6	10.0	10.0
Renfrewshire	7.1	7.6	7.4	8.0	7.8	8.2
Scottish Borders	9.7	9.5	10.3	9.3	11.4	11.7
Shetland Islands	10.6	13.2	11.0	11.3	11.7	11.2
South Ayrshire	8.5	9.2	8.1	8.1	9.2	9.3
South Lanarkshire	6.0	6.5	7.5	7.3	6.8	7.7
Stirling	5.4	5.7	5.6	6.9	7.3	7.6
West Dunbartonshire	6.9	7.9	9.1	9.1	8.0	8.4
West Lothian	6.4	6.8	6.9	7.6	7.5	7.7

Question reference: S4O-01067

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to improve access to mental health officers in the west of Scotland.

Section 32 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 places a duty on local authorities to appoint a sufficient number of Mental Health Officers to discharge functions under the relevant legislation. It is for local authorities to decide on the number of Mental Health Officers appointed in their area taking into account local needs and circumstances.

The most recent Mental Health Officers Survey, published in June 2011, show that the number of MHOs within the West of Scotland is at the highest for the past five years.

Question reference: S4W-07264

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 25 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the breakdown by nationality is for students entering further education in 2011-12.

Number of Enrolments in 1st Year of Further Education Level Study, Scotland, 2010-11:

Nationality	Enrolments
United Kingdom (excluding the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)	269,575
Afghanistan	195
Albania	35
Algeria	110
Angola. Also Cabinda, Portuguese West Africa, West Africa (Portuguese)	135
Antigua and Barbuda. Also Barbuda and Antigua	0
Argentina	10
Armenia	5
Australia. Also Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, Keeling Islands, Cocos Islands	110
Austria	25
Azerbaijan	30
Bahamas	0
Bahrain	5
Bangladesh. Also Pakistan (East), East Pakistan,	240
Barbados	5
Belarus. Also Byelorussia	20
Belgium	45
Belize. Also British Honduras, Honduras British	0
Bermuda	10
Bhutan	0
Bolivia	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5
Botswana. Also Bechuanaland	5
Brazil	75
British Antarctic Territory. Also British Antarctica, Antarctica British	15
British Indian Ocean Territory. Also Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean Territory (British)	5
British Virgin Islands. Also Virgin Is (British)	10
Brunei	5
Bulgaria	215
Burkina. Also Burkina-Faso, Upper Volta	0
Burma. Also Myanmar	20
Burundi. Also Urundi	40
Cambodia. Also Kampuchea, Khmer Republic	5
Cameroon	65
Canada	120
Central African Republic	25
Chad. Also Tchad	5
Chile	15
China (People's Republic of)	960
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). Also USSR (not otherwise specified), USSR	10
Colombia	40
Congo (Democratic Republic). Also Belgian Congo, Zaire	150
Congo (People's Republic). Also Congolese Republic Brazzaville	135
Costa Rica	0
Croatia	5
Cuba	15
Cyprus	15
Czech Republic. Also Czechoslovakia	300
Denmark	95
Dominican Republic	0
Dutch West Indies. Also Bonaire, Aruba, Curacao (Dutch), Dutch Curacao, Saba, Netherlands Antilles, St Martin (South), St Eustatius, Antilles(Netherlands)	10
Ecuador. Also Galapagos	0
Egypt. Also United Arab Republic	40
El Salvador. Also Salvador	5
Eritrea	225
Estonia	75
Ethiopia. Also Abyssinia	35
Fiji	15
Finland	40
France. Also French Guiana, French Overseas Depts (DCMS), French West Indies, Miquelon (St Pierre &), St Pierre and Miquelon, St Martin (North), Reunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guiana (French)	390
French Possessions nor elsewhere classified.Also French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Antarctica French, French Overseas Territories (TCMS), Loyalty Islands, Polynesia (French), Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, Society Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Futuna (Wallis &)	5
Gabon	5
Gambia. Also Senegambia	55
Georgia	15
Germany	480
Ghana. Also Gold Coast	55
Gibraltar	0
Greece. Also Crete, Corfu	60
Guatemala	0
Guinea. Also Guinea (French)	15
Guyana. Also British Guiana, Guiana (British)	10
Haiti	0
Honduras	5
Hong Kong	70
Hungary	300
Iceland	5
India. Also Sikkim	1,260
Indonesia. Also Kalimantan (South Borneo), West Timor, Celebes, Borneo South, Sumatra, Maluku, West Irian, Timor (East) Portuguese, Sulawesi, South Borneo, Java, Irian Jaya, Irian Barat, Irian (West), Timor (West), Molluccas, Portuguese Timor	30
Iran. Also Persia	610
Iraq	500
Irish Republic. Also Ireland (Republic of), Eire	570
Israel	10
Italy. Also Holy See, Vatican City	440
Ivory Coast. Also Cote d'lvore	50
Jamaica	15
Japan	90
Jordan	30
Kazakhstan	20
Kenya	65
Kosovo	15
Kuwait	20
Kyrgyzstan. Also Kirgizia	0
Laos. Also Lao People's Democratic Republic	5
Latvia	650
Lebanon	15
Lesotho. Also Basutoland	0
Liberia	10
Libya. Also Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Great Socialist People's, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	170
Lithuania	605
Luxembourg	0
Macao	10
Macedonia. Also Skopje	5
Malawi. Also Nyasaland	35
Malaysia. Also Sarawak, North Borneo, Borneo North, Malaya, Sabah	70
Mali	5
Malta	120
Mauritania	0
Mauritius	5
Mexico	20
Moldova. Also Moldavia	5
Mongolia. Also Outer Mongolia	5
Morocco. Also Western Sahara, Sahara (West), Tangier	70
Mozambique. Also East Africa (Portugese), Portuguese East Africa	5
Namibia. Also South West Africa, Walvis Bay	5
Nepal	195
Netherlands. Also Holland	150
New Zealand. Also Niue, Tokelau, Cokelau, Cook Islands	50
Nicaragua	5
Niger	10
Nigeria	550
North Korea. Also Korea North, Democratic People's Republic of Korea	5
Norway	45
Not known	3,730
Oman. Also Muscat and Oman	5
Pakistan. Also Pakistan (West)	1,635
Panama	5
Paraguay	0
Peru	25
Philippines	230
Pitcairn Islands	0
Poland	6,500
Portugal. Also Madeira, Azores	240
Qatar	5
Romania. Also Rumania	235
Russia	230
Rwanda	45
San Marino	5
Saudi Arabia	45
Senegal	15
Serbia and Montenegro	15
Seychelles	5
Sierra Leone	30
Singapore	15
Slovakia	290
Slovenia	15
Somalia. Also Somali Democratic Republic	345
South Africa	205
South Korea. Also Korea, Republic of Korea (South Korea)	30
Spain. Also Melilla, Ceuta, Canary Islands, Balearic Islands	1,455
Sri Lanka. Also Ceylon	125
St Lucia	5
St Vincent & the Grenadines. Also Grenadines	0
Stateless	5
Sudan	220
Swaziland	10
Sweden	100
Switzerland	65
Syria. Also Syrian Arab Republic	40
Taiwan. Also China (Taiwan), Formosa	25
Tajikistan	5
Tanzania. Also Tanganyika, Zanzibar	10
Thailand. Also Siam	245
Togo	5
Tonga	5
Trinidad & Tobago	10
Tunisia	10
Turkey	310
Turkmenistan	5
Uganda	45
Ukraine	65
United Arab Emirates. Also Umm al-Qaiwan, Trucial States, Sharjah, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Ras al-Kaimah	5
United States. Also USA, Northern Marianas, Commonwealth of, Virgin Is (US)	295
Uruguay	5
US Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (inc America Samoa & the Trust Territories). Also Palau, Guam, Trust Territories American, American Samoa, American Trust Territories, Samoa (US), Pacific Territories US	0
Uzbekistan	5
Venezuela	30
Vietnam	20
West Indies (not otherwise specified)	5
Yemen. Also South Yemen, Yemen (Republic of), Socotra, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Aden, Yemen (South), Yemen (North). North Yemen, Yemen Arab Republic	20
Zambia. Also Rhodesia Northern, North Rhodesia	45
Zimbabwe. Also Rhodesia Southern, Southern Rhodesia	280
Total	298,725

Source: Scottish Funding Council.

Note: Students are rounded to the nearest 5. 0,1 and 2 are therefore rounded to 0.

Question reference: S4O-00983

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how it takes account of the rights of the child when a parent is being sentenced.

Chamber and committees