Parliamentary questions
Jackie Baillie
9,397 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) average and (b) maximum length of time is between the Care Inspectorate issuing an improvement notice and carrying out a follow-up inspection to ensure compliance.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Statistics on average or maximum length of time between the Care Inspectorate issuing an improvement notice and carrying out a follow-up inspection are not collected as each notice is unique to the service it is served on. Each improvement has a time specifi…
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Care Inspectorate (a) inspectors and (b) senior inspectors are directly involved in the inspection of (i) older people's and (ii) children's care services.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: All of them are directly involved in a range of inspection activities relating to services in both adult and children’s sectors. This includes registration visits, investigating complaints, enforcement action and inspection visits.
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an emergency hospital admission from a care home triggers an inspection by the Care Inspectorate.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Care Inspectorate does not collect data on emergency hospital admissions from care homes. The Care Inspectorate will, however, investigate in circumstances where an emergency hospital admission resulted in a complaint which identified concerns about the c…
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Care Inspectorate spending £3 million on redundancy packages and the likely expenditure of £400,000 to recruit additional staff, as discussed at the Health and Sport Committee meeting on 4 October 2011, is an effective use of public money.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: As I have recently announced, I am taking a number of steps to strengthen the inspection and regulatory regime. However, it is also right that as part of the reorganisation of the inspection regime and the establishment of the Care Inspectorate that we sought…
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Care Inspectorate inspectors have undertaken the regulation of care award and how many of these inspect older people's care services.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: All of the Care Inspectorates Inspectors are multi-disciplinary and therefore work across the spectre of all care services. All Care Inspectorate Inspectors have completed the Regulation of Care Award or are currently undertaking it.
28 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to reform the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to remove the provisions relating to people with learning disabilities and autism, as recommended by the reports, New Directions, Report on the Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 and Limited…
Answer · Michael Matheson: Recommendation 4.1 of New Directions, A Report on the Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (“Millan Report”), was that “the provisions of the new Mental Health Act should apply where there is the presence of mental disorder,” whilst Recommendation …
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many retail (a) groups and (b) stores are estimated to be affected by its proposed large retail supplement.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-03598 on 8 November 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentar…
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive to whom its proposed large retail supplement will apply.
Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government has no plans to introduce a large retail supplement, but it will bring forward legislation to implement a public health supplement to support preventative spend measures. It is estimated that around 240 retail premises listed on the v…
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that revenue raised from its proposed large retail supplement will be spent on public health.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-03604 on 8 November 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentar…
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all revenue raised from its proposed large retail supplement will go to local government.
Answer · John Swinney: The additional income raised from the public health supplement will be distributed to local authorities through the local government finance settlement. The income will be used as a contribution towards the preventative spend measures that will be taken forw…
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will consult on its proposed large retail supplement.
Answer · John Swinney: The publication of the Draft Budget 2012-13 marked the start of the public consultation on the Scottish Government’s budget plans and comments are welcomed by 21 December 2011.
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated average cost per store is of its proposed large retail supplement.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-03598 on 8 November 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentar…
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it plans to raise in each year of the current spending review from its proposed large retail supplement.
Answer · John Swinney: It is estimated that the public health supplement will raise £30 million in 2012-13 and £40 million in each of 2013-14 and 2014-15.
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the funding that it expects to raise from its proposed large retail supplement is already included in the local government settlement or whether it will be provided as additional funding to local government.
Answer · John Swinney: The figures published in the Draft Budget on 21 September 2011 for the local government finance settlement include the income from the public health supplement, which will be used to support preventative spend.
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a business and regulatory impact assessment of its proposed large retail supplement.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-03473 on 27 October 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentar…
26 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation was undertaken with large retailers prior to its proposed large retail supplement being mentioned in the 2012-13 draft budget.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-03476 on 27 October 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentar…
24 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-03017 by John Swinney on 18 October 2011, how much of the £150 million to £200 million preventative spending is money provided by local authorities and whether this contribution is from (a) new or (b) existing sources.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-03568 on 8 November 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentar…
24 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-03017 by John Swinney on 18 October 2011, how much of the £150 million to £200 million preventative spending is (a) new and (b) existing spending.
Answer · John Swinney: The establishment of the Change Funds is a starting point in the wider alignment of public service budgets on a preventative spend basis. Decision making about the change funds will be taken locally in line with the guidance that will be developed by the rele…
24 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-03017 by John Swinney on 18 October 2011, how much of the £150 million to £200 million preventative spending has been allocated to each of the three change funds.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-03568 on 8 November 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentar…
21 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will launch a public consultation on the joint UK plan for rare diseases.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The UK response to the European Council’s Recommendation on the development of a national plan for rare diseases is due by the end of 2013. Led by the Department of Health, all four administrations are developing a draft UK plan. A public consultation on the …
20 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money is spent on treating people with HIV.
Answer · Michael Matheson: This information is not held centrally. The Scottish Government do not provide NHS boards with additional funding for HIV treatment costs. NHS boards pay for HIV drug treatments, as with other treatments, from their overall allocations.
20 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money is saved by HIV prevention work.
Answer · Michael Matheson: There is no centrally held data on the cost savings of HIV prevention in Scotland specifically, however data exist on cost savings at the UK level. In 2008, UK data from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) indicated that HIV-related costs would have been redu…
20 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it gives to each NHS board for HIV prevention.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The Scottish Government provides an annual allocation to every NHS board under the Sexual Health and Bloodborne Virus Framework, and a component of this funding is for the prevention of blood borne viruses. NHS boards utilise this funding to address the preve…
20 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it gives to NHS boards regarding the procurement of services.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government is responsible for the development of national procurement policy and guidance in Scotland. NHS National Services Scotland’s National Procurement Division (NHS National Procurement) sits on the National Policy Forum providing input to …
19 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities are being invited to contribute to the Reshaping Care Change Fund and, if so, how much and who will administer the contributions.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Subject to local agreement on appropriate financial governance arrangements consistent with their Change Plan objectives, it is open to all partnerships to augment their Change Fund allocations by using supplementary funding from other sources, including loca…
19 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees of its health directorates earn over £100,000 per annum.
Answer · John Swinney: In line with data protection the Scottish Government does not disclose figures below six. As the number of permanent employees within the Health and Social Care Directorates who earn an annual salary above £100,000 is less than six we are unable to provide an…
19 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many paediatric cardiac surgeons are based at Yorkhill Hospital and how many operations they have carried out in each year since 2007-08.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There are three paediatric cardiac surgeons based at Yorkhill Hopsital. The number of operations carried out in each year since 2007-08 are as under. 2007-08 288 2008-09 289 2009-10 313 2010-11 316
19 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the Reshaping Care Change Fund is being spent on preventative and anticipatory care.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Over the four years of the Change Fund, the Scottish Government expects to see the proportion of funding allocated to preventative and anticipatory care increase. Partnerships will be required to record this information in their Change Plans using Integrated…
19 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will allocate the Reshaping Care Change Fund for 2012-13.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Reshaping Care for Older People Change Fund will continue to be distributed through NHS boards as part of their 2012-13 allocation using a formula based on the NHS National Resource Allocation Committee distributions for Community Care Programme (NRAC) an…
19 Oct 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many distinction awards were made to clinicians in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 and have been made in 2011-12, broken down by category of award.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Distinction Award Scheme is specifically for eligible NHS Scotland Consultants. The information requested for 2009 and 2010 is contained within the Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards (SACDA) Annual Reports. These can be found on the SACDA w…