- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of those infected with hepatitis C through contaminated blood products have died since the publication of the Health and Community Care Committee's 17th Report 2001 (Session 1) Report on Hepatitis C (SP Paper 398).
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many specialised social workers there are for deaf and hard of hearing people, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2F-849 by Mr Jack McConnell on 29 April 2004 (Official Report, c 7931-7932), how many meetings have been held to discuss the application forms; when and where such meetings took place; who chaired the meetings; who was invited to attend the meetings and who represented Scotland; whether there are any minutes of these meetings, and who was selected to draft the forms and why.
Answer
There have been a number of meetingsbetween officials of the four UK administrations since the announcement of the schemein August 2003 concerning fundamental aspects that have a bearing on the applicationforms. Draft application forms prepared by the Macfarlane Trust were discussed ata meeting on 26 March 2004 which was also attended by representatives of HaemophiliaSociety, the Scottish Haemophilia Groups Forum, the Hepatitis C Trust, the MacfarlaneTrust, the Primary Immunodeficiency Association, Capital C, and Haemophilia Wales.A representative from the Haemophilia Society of Northern Ireland was invited butwas unable to attend.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what process will be established for representation at appeals when a claim is rejected by the Skipton Trust and whether assistance will be provided with such representation and, if so, what form this will take.
Answer
An appeals process will be establishedbut this is still under discussion.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 13 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many primary schools have been closed in each year since 1999, stating which closures required ministerial consent, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The number of local authority primary schools closed in each of the calendar years concerned is shown in table 1 below. The table includes schools that have merged to form new schools in the local area and also, in a small number of cases, where a separate educational unit has closed and then been integrated into a school. The information is derived from the annual Scottish Executive Education Department school opening and closing exercise.
| Local Authority | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Aberdeen City | 1 | 1 | Ìý | Ìý | 1 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1 | 1 | Ìý | Ìý | 1 |
| Angus | Ìý | 2 | 1 | Ìý | Ìý |
| Argyll and Bute | 1 | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Ìý | 2 | Ìý | 3 | 1 |
| Edinburgh City | 1 | Ìý | Ìý | 4 | 4 |
| Eilean Siar | Ìý | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ìý |
| Fife | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | 2 |
| Glasgow City | 1 | Ìý | Ìý | 6 | Ìý |
| Highland | Ìý | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Moray | Ìý | 3 | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
| North Lanarkshire | 2 | 5 | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
| Orkney | Ìý | 1 | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
| Scottish Borders | Ìý | 1 | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
| West Lothian | Ìý | Ìý | 1 | Ìý | Ìý |
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Closures for which the Consent of Ministers was Required
| Angus | St Vigean’s Primary School | Closed 2001 |
| Argyll and Bute | Portnahaven Primary School | Closed 1999 |
| Dumfries andGalloway | Westerkirk Primary School | Closed 2000 |
| All Soul’s RC Primary School | Closed 2002 |
| Laurieston Primary School | Closed 2002 |
| St Cuthbert’s RC Primary School | Closed 2002 |
| Corsock Primary School | Closed 2003 |
| Eilean Siar | Manish Primary School | Closed 2000 |
| Dunskellar Primary School | Closed 2002 |
| Highland | Loch Choire Primary School | Closed 2000 |
| Moray | Boharm Primary School | Closed 2000 |
| Glenrinnes Primary School | Closed 2000 |
| West Lothian | Abercorn Primary School | Closed 2001 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the Royal National Institute of the Blind's report, Unseen: Neglect, isolation and household poverty amongst older people with sight loss, what targets have been set for eye health and community care services for people with sight loss and what date has been set for such targets to be met.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-7896 on 12 May 2004. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at .
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the Royal National Institute of the Blind's report, Unseen: Neglect, isolation and household poverty amongst older people with sight loss, what steps will be taken to ensure that local authorities respond comprehensively to the needs of blind and partially-sighted people and that such action is taken in a consistent manner nationally.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-7896 on 12 May 2004. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at .
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps will be taken to address any under-reporting of partial sight, in light of the statement that such under-reporting “has led to very misleading registration figures and the erroneous assumption amongst planners of care services that sight loss is a low-incidence disability” in the report by the Royal National Institute of the Blind, Unseen: Neglect, isolation and household poverty amongst older people with sight loss.
Answer
The Executive is currently undertakinga review of the certification and registration of visual impairment in Scotland witha view to improving the registration process.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the report by the Royal National Institute of the Blind, Unseen: Neglect, isolation and household poverty amongst older people with sight loss, what steps will be taken to introduce guidance on early referral for people diagnosed with sight loss to ensure greater take-up of low vision assessment and availability of social care assessment at time of need.
Answer
The Executive has launched anEye Care Review in order to improve services for blind and partially sighted peoplein Scotland and to promote better integration of services withinthe NHS, and between the NHS and other agencies. The review will examine the existingarrangements for the provision of eye care services and make recommendations foreffective models of care.
It has also begun work, withother bodies, on implementing the recommendations in the Sensory Impairment ActionPlan to address the community care needs of people who are blind, deaf or deafblind.The action plan was written in consultation with the Royal National Institute of the Blind, The Scottish Council on Deafness and Deafblind Scotland.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps will be taken to reduce the figure of 77% of blind or partially-sighted people who live alone and are in poverty, as referred to in the Royal National Institute of the Blind's report, Unseen: Neglect, isolation and household poverty amongst older people with sight loss.
Answer
Although welfare benefits area reserved matter, the Executive is committed to improving the services for blindand partially sighted people in Scotland and has recently launched its Eye Care Review which willpromote better integration of services within the NHS, and between the NHS and otheragencies.
It has also begun working withother bodies on implementing the recommendations in the Sensory Impairment ActionPlan which will address the community care needs of people who are blind, deaf ordeafblind. The action plan was written in consultation with the Royal National Instituteof the Blind, The Scottish Council on Deafness and Deafblind Scotland.
