- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2002
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 30 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women have been admitted to psychiatric hospitals and units for (a) alcoholic psychosis, (b) alcoholic dependence syndrome and (c) non-dependent abuse of alcohol in the last year.
Answer
Information on the number of women admitted to psychiatric hospitals and units for alcoholic psychosis, alcoholic dependence syndrome and non-dependent abuse of alcohol in the last year is given below.Women Admitted to Mental Illness Hospitals and Psychiatric Units with Alcohol-Related Problems During 2000-01 by Diagnosis.
| Diagnosis | Number |
| Main Diagnosis |
| Alcohol dependence | 705 |
| Alcohol non-dependence | 213 |
| Alcoholic psychosis | 117 |
| Secondary Diagnosis |
| Alcohol dependence | 104 |
| Alcohol non-dependence | 128 |
| Alcoholic psychosis | 16 |
Source: Scottish Morbidity Record, SMR04Text of answer.Note:Alcohol-related conditions are defined using the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10).
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2002
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 30 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related deaths there have been in each of the last three years, broken down by gender.
Answer
There is no universally accepted definition of an alcohol-related death. The information given in the following table relates to deaths certified as due to alcoholic liver disease, alcoholic cardiomyopathy and mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol.Deaths due to Alcoholic Liver Disease, Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy and Mental and Behavioural Disorders due to Alcohol in 1999-2001 by Gender.
| | Males | Females | Total |
| 1999 | 711 | 302 | 1,013 |
| 2000 | 791 | 338 | 1,129 |
| 2001 | 862 | 358 | 1,220 |
Source: General Register Office for Scotland.Notes:Alcohol-related conditions are defined using the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases 9th and 10th Revisions (ICD9 and ICD10).Figures for 2001 are provisional.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2002
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Answered by Mike Watson on 15 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has estimated the cost of introducing a Gaelic Language Bill similar to the Welsh Language Act 1993.
Answer
The cost would depend on how the provisions in it were to be implemented.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2002
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what transitional arrangements will be made for any (a) draft provisional orders to authorise railways under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 and (b) orders under the Light Railways Act 1896 and Light Railways Act 1912 that have been applied for and are outstanding on the date when the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998 on the promotion and construction of railways comes into force.
Answer
No such transitional arrangements are currently being made. There are no current or outstanding applications, and none are anticipated before the Order in Council, under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998, on the promotion and construction of railways comes into force.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2002
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of any concerns of heritage and tourist railway companies about the costs of promoting private bills, the Light Railways Act 1896 and the Light Railways Act 1912 will remain in force following introduction of the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998 on the promotion and construction of railways, and whether order-making powers under these acts will transfer to Scottish ministers and, if so, when.
Answer
The Light Railways Acts of 1896 and 1912 will remain in force following introduction of the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998 on the promotion and construction of railways which start and end and are wholly within Scotland. Order-making powers under these acts, in so far as they are not already devolved, will be transferred to Scottish ministers as soon as the section 30 Order is enforced.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2002
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21311 by Lewis MacDonald on 16 January 2002, whether it no longer anticipates that the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998 to provide legislative competence to the Scottish Parliament in respect of the promotion and construction of railways will be laid and brought into force during the first half of 2002 and, if so, when the order will be (a) laid and (b) brought into force.
Answer
I currently expect that the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998, to provide legislative competence to the Scottish Parliament in respect of the promotion and construction of railways which start and end and are wholly within Scotland, will be laid during May with a view to bringing the order into force as soon as the completion of the process in the Scottish and UK Parliaments permits.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the tourist industry about the impact of the small business rates relief scheme.
Answer
There was wide consultation with all sections of business before the scheme was announced. VisitScotland and the Scottish Tourism Forum have been consulted throughout the implementation phase.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 February 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to implement the recommendation of the Royal College of Psychiatrists that there should be a consultant with special expertise in the treatment of eating disorders in each NHS health board area.
Answer
NHS trusts are responsible for recruiting staff and making arrangements, that best respond to the assessed needs of their areas. In reaching decisions in this regard, I expect all available advice and guidelines to be taken into account, including that within our published guidance, which calls for NHS boards to consider establishing a specialist multi-disciplinary team, either at their own hand or on a consortia basis.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Answered by Elaine Murray on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the #21.75 million available from the New Opportunities Fund to promote the role of sport in diverting young people from offending will be allocated to projects in rural areas.
Answer
Every local authority in Scotland has been given a provisional allocation of funding to support activities, designed to promote the role of sport in diverting children and young people from crime or behaviour likely to lead to this type of activity.The provisional allocation is based on the size of school population in the local authority area and on the levels of deprivation found in the area. There is also a weighting for the three Islands authorities, to ensure that they have meaningful allocations.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of young people referred to Children's Panels live in rural areas.
Answer
Statistics relating to the children's hearings system are an operational matter for the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration. National statistics are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 18780).
