Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that people with mental health and learning difficulties have equal access to legal services.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage increase in water and sewerage rates will be for East of Scotland Water, North of Scotland Water and West of Scotland Water in 2000-01.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that the percentage increase in water and sewerage rates next year is no more than the rate of inflation.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-975 by Iain Gray on 17 January 2000, to specify the amount allocated to each local authority for (a) services for home-based elderly people; (b) residential accommodation for elderly people and (c) casework and related administration in respect of elderly people, expressed on a per capita basis for each person receiving each...
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to introduce car parking charges within hospital grounds in the Glasgow area.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the £305,017 paid to Lorna Naismith, former Director of Personnel at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, represents value for money in the NHS.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of births were induced in each health board area in each of 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what was the average length of time, in days, spent in hospital by mothers after the birth of (a) their first child and (b) subsequent children in the years 1990-91, 1994-95 and 1998-99.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what impact it estimates the proposal by Greater Glasgow Health Board to close the maternity unit at the Queen Mother’s Hospital while retaining the units at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Southern General Hospital would have on (a) the number of staff employed in maternity units in Greater Glasgow Health Board area; (b) the average number of hours worked per...
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will comment on the concern recently expressed by the Chairman of Yorkhill NHS Trust, Professor F Cockburn, that children’s health needs had not been addressed by the Arbuthnott Review.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to ensure that the relocation of 300 people from Lennox Castle learning disabilities unit over the next two years will not compromise patient care.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it can confirm that Lothian Health Board will have no increase in its budget for oncology and renal services until 2003-04.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to take in the light of the recent Malnutrition Advisory Group Report indicating that 78% of malnourished patients admitted to hospital continue to lose weight in hospital.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive how capital spending by Scottish local authorities in 2000-01, excluding PFI projects, compares to local authority capital spending in 1990-91 (in current prices) and, if its assessment differs from CoSLA’s statement in convention item 4 on 10 December that "ten years ago, the Government limited capital spend by Scottish councils to some £700 million at...
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for cataract operations is for each health board at 1 January 2000 or the most recent date for which figures are available.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce a standardised age restricted sales law for products, such as alcohol and tobacco, whose sale is restricted on age grounds.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to recognise Glasgow’s position as a provider of services to large numbers of people not resident in the city by awarding "metropolitan" status to Glasgow.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to neighbourhood watch schemes and other community groups to prevent crime.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive why oncology patients suffering stomach and intestinal problems are having to wait up to 24 weeks for a barium x-ray diagnosis.
Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what efforts it is making to reduce waiting times for oncology patients requiring x-ray examinations in Glasgow hospitals.