Written Assembly Questions tabled on 20 January 2015 for answer on 27 January 2015
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Written Questions must be tabled at least five working days before they are to be answered. In practice, Ministers aim to answer within seven/eight days but are not bound to do so. Answers are published in the language in which they are provided, with a translation into English of responses provided in Welsh.
To ask the Minister for Natural Resources
Russell George (Montgomeryshire): Will the Minister outline the way in which the Welsh Government will engage with marine stakeholders in the development of the National Marine Plan prior to public consultation in summer 2015? (WAQ68263)
Answer received no 27 January 2015
The Minister for Natural Resources (Carl Sargeant): Welsh Government are committed to engaging widely throughout the marine planning process.
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills
Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): How many schools allocated funding under Schools Challenge Cymru are currently classed by Estyn as schools in need of significant improvement? (WAQ68261)
Answer received on 28 January 2015
The Minister for Education and Skills (Huw Lewis): There is one school in the programme that is classed by Estyn as in need of significant improvement and that is Abertillery Comprehensive School.
Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): How many schools allocated funding under the Schools Challenge Cymru are currently classed by Estyn as schools in special measures? (WAQ68262)
Answer received on 28 January 2015
Huw Lewis: There are five schools in the programme that are classed by Estyn to be in special measures and they are Heolddu Comprehensive School, Llantarnum School, Rhosnesni High School, St Illtyd's Catholic High School, and Ysgol Clywedog.
To ask the Minister for Health and Social Services
Aled Roberts (North Wales): How many prescriptions for the drug Risperidone/Risperdal have been issued in Wales in the past five years? (WAQ68256)
Answer received on 28 January 2015
The Minister for Health and Social Services (Mark Drakeford): The table below details the number of prescription items issued by GPs for risperidone in each of the last five years.
Year
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Total | 77,397 | 77,673 | 80,950 | 88,979 | 95,250 |
Please note that the source of this data is management information. It has not been published and has not been through the checks and validations usual for official statistics products.
Aled Roberts (North Wales): What guidance exists for practitioners to limit the prescribing of Risperidone/Risperdal to patients under the age of eighteen? (WAQ68257)
Answer received on 28 January 2015
Mark Drakeford: Practitioners follow prescribing advice published in the British National Formulary for Children and the NICE guidance on psychosis and schizophrenia in children and young people. This guidance advises on the use of oral antipsychotics such as risperidone.
Aled Roberts (North Wales): What guidance exists for practitioners regarding prescribing Risperidone/Risperdal to children under the age of five? (WAQ68258)
Answer received no 28 January 2015
Mark Drakeford: The British National Formulary for Children provides advice on the prescribing of risperidone in those over five years of age. No national guidance has been issued on the use of risperidone in those under five.
Aled Roberts (North Wales): What monitoring reports are submitted to the Welsh Government which provide information on the incidence of prescribing Risperidone to patients under the age of eighteen? (WAQ68259)
Answer received on 28 January 2015
Mark Drakeford: Routinely collected prescribing data does not link a prescription to the patient's age. This information is therefore not collected or monitored.
Aled Roberts (North Wales): What reporting mechanisms are in place to ensure that guidance on the NHS Choices website stating that "the prescriber may only prescribe [Risperidone/Risperdal] with special care or may not prescribe it at all for a child under five years of age" is being followed? (WAQ68260)
Answer received on 28 January 2015
Mark Drakeford: Prescribers are expected to adhere to the relevant advice in the British National Formulary for Children and advice issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).