- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources have been provided to improve access to sexual health services for (a) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, (b) ethnic minority groups, (c) commercial sex workers and (d) homeless people in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Executive has, under theInclusion Project, provided £260,000 over the two years from 2002, to fund aproject manager to conduct research and develop a mainstreamed approach to theeffective inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in healthplanning and services. It has also, to date, provided £5,000 to fund a seriesof open-space events to explore issues of information and sexual health foryoung people in this group.
We would expect NHS boardsto be addressing sexual health issues in their health and homelessness actionplans, and to have regard to the needs of other groups in their local needsassessments, where appropriate using the £8.119 million the Executive isproviding in the current year to facilitate measures to prevent HIV and otherbloodborne issues.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the prevalence of HIV has been per 10,000 pregnant women in each year since 1999 and whether data quality accounts for any changes in these figures.
Answer
The prevalence (per 10,000)of HIV infection in pregnant women in Scotland from 1999 to 2002 was as follows:
| Year | Number Tested | Positive | Prevalence |
| 1999 | 55,374 | 13 | 2.3 |
| 2000 | 53,347 | 25 | 4.7 |
| 2001 | 52,707 | 16 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | 51,291 | 30 | 5.8 |
Note:Data quality has no bearing on any changes in prevalence.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources have been made available to promote sexual health to (a) patients, (b) parents and (c) schools in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information is notavailable centrally in the form requested.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for the increase in recurrence of genital warts since 1999.
Answer
In 1999-2000, there were 2,382cases of recurrence of genital warts compared with 2,208 in the preceding year.Based on these data, there is no evidence of any appreciable increase in therecurrence of genital warts, but the Executive will study any new figures withinterest.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of pelvic inflammatory disease have been caused by chlamydia in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) GPs and (b) other members of primary care teams would be needed to ensure adequate implementation of Enhancing Sexual Wellbeing in Scotland: A Sexual Health Relationship Strategy at (i) tier 1 and (ii) tier 2 level.
Answer
Such issues will beconsidered in the light of the responses to the current consultation on theproposals for a national sexual health strategy.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will establish the scheme to compensate people who contracted hepatitis C through contaminated blood products
Answer
The Executive hopes to be ina position to make a further announcement on the establishment of the schemesoon.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases of HIV the infection has been contracted (a) within and (b) outwith Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer
Though it is likely thatmost cases diagnosed in Scotland acquired the infection in Scotland, somemay have become infected elsewhere in the UK. Distinguishing the specific region within the UK in whichinfection was contracted is therefore not possible.
Reports of HIV infectiondiagnosed in Scotland since 1999, and presumed to be infected within oroutwith the UK, are as follows:
| Year | Presumed infected within the UK | Presumed infected outwith the UK |
| 1999 | 105 | 51 |
| 2000 | 100 | 54 |
| 2001 | 103 | 68 |
| 2002 | 138 | 112 |
| 2003 (to 30/9) | 100 | 83 |
Notes: Where noevidence exists to the contrary, cases are presumed to have been infectedwithin the UK. Cases presumed infected outwith the UK may include some Scots or other UKnationals.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many looked after females became pregnant within 18 to 24 months of leaving care in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested isnot centrally available.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what services there are to support (a) women and (b) men in the event of termination of pregnancy, miscarriage or stillbirth in each NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
