- 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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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff with specialist training in the treatment and care of people with eating disorders are currently employed by the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
NHS trusts are responsible for recruiting the staff, specialist and otherwise required for the effective delivery of service outcomes. Information on the staffing levels for individual departments is not held centrally but is held by local NHS trusts. Contact details for NHS trusts are available on www.show.scot.nhs.uk.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-4170 by Lewis Macdonald on 20 November 2001, when it now expects to publish the results of the camera surveillance exercise of the A9 at Ballinluig Junction.
Answer
The A9 Ballinluig Junction camera surveillance report will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre by 28 February 2002.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20486 by Lewis MacDonald on 12 December 2001, whether it will instruct BEAR Scotland Ltd to undertake an urgent investigation of the A90 Friarton Bridge area in light of the most recent fatal accident.
Answer
Following the fatal road accident which occurred on 5 February 2002, BEAR has been asked to undertake an urgent review of all recent accidents in the vicinity of Friarton Bridge, in conjunction with Tayside Police, and to provide a report outlining what, if any, action is recommended.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of NHS Tayside.
Answer
I met with the Chairman of NHS Tayside and the Chairman and Chief Executive of Tayside Acute Hospitals Trust on 8 February 2002. Scottish Executive officials maintain regular contact with representatives of NHS Tayside.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide additional funding to Fife Constabulary to meet the cost of policing associated with the Rosyth Ferry Terminal.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in discussion with Fife Constabulary about the additional policing costs arising from the commencement of the proposed Rosyth ferry service.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend the A823 (N) in Rosyth to connect with the new Ferry Terminal thereby bypassing residential areas.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in discussions with Fife Council about its access strategy to the new ferry terminal at Rosyth, including signage to keep heavy goods vehicles to existing agreed routes. The A823 (N) is a local road. As such, proposals for developing a new access road would be a matter for Fife Council as the local roads authority for the area.For information, there are currently no proposals for the Executive to extend the A823 (M) trunk road.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to amend the signage on the M90 north of the Forth Road Bridge to reduce the volume of traffic travelling to Dunfermline following a route through Rosyth.
Answer
The Executive has no plans to amend the signing at this location. The existing signing, which is the responsibility of Fife Council, does not direct traffic for Dunfermline through Rosyth.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21123 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 January 2002, what bodies it has consulted in relation to the content of its training programme for panel members in respect of autistic spectrum disorder.
Answer
Children's Panel Training Organisers, who are funded by the Scottish Executive to provide training to panel members, are responsible for the development of material used in training. They have drawn on expertise provided by child psychologists and psychiatrists which has been incorporated into training on communicating with children which features in panel member pre-service training. In-service training may involve workshops on specific issues. The National Autistic Society conducted such a workshop in October 2001 in Dundee.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Professor Joseph Thomson and Professor Gerard Maher were appointed as Scottish Law Commissioners in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments' Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies.
Answer
The recent reappointments of Professors Maher and Thomson as Scottish Law Commissioners were conducted in accordance with the procedures for appointments to public bodies and after due consultation with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, following Lord Gill's appointment as Lord Justice Clerk, whether the appointment of a new chairman of the Scottish Law Commission will be made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments' Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies.
Answer
The procedure for the imminent appointment of a successor to Lord Gill as Chair of the Scottish Law Commission (SLC) has been formulated in consultation with the Executive's Public Appointments Unit and with the approval of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA).
