Parliamentary questions
Jackie Baillie
9,397 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
14 Nov 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-31129, S1W-31130 and S1W-31131 by Mr Frank McAveety on 11 November 2002, whether it will ensure that it gives full, detailed and specific answers to parliamentary questions on learning disability services.
Answer · Frank McAveety: In accordance with standard practice, where the information requested is in the public domain, the answer will refer to the information available.
13 Nov 2002 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to improve services to children at risk.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Improving services for all children, especially those at risk, is a key priority for the Scottish Executive. The Cabinet Sub-Committee on Children's Services is driving forward better integration of policy, funding and delivery of children's services. We also…
30 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local area co-ordinators as identified in The Same As You? have been funded from existing local authority and NHS board resources or from the Learning Disability Services Change Fund.
Answer · Frank McAveety: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-31129 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
30 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28050 by Mr Frank McAveety on 21 August 2002, how many local area co-ordinators that are already in place are (a) additional to the existing staff complement and (b) form part of an existing member of staff's remit to take forward the implementation …
Answer · Frank McAveety: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-31129 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
30 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authority areas do not yet have local area co-ordinators, as identified in The Same As you?, in place.
Answer · Frank McAveety: Information about the appointment of local area co-ordinators in each local authority area is available in Partnership in Practice Agreements, and in supplementary information provided to the Scottish Executive. All of this information will shortly be availab…
30 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local area co-ordination services, as identified in The Same As You?, are intended to cover all age groups.
Answer · Frank McAveety: Yes.
30 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to issue guidance on best practice in local area co-ordination in order to underpin the implementation of The Same As You?.
Answer · Frank McAveety: The Executive wrote to all local authorities and NHS boards on 16 October 2002 with good practice guidance on local area co-ordination.
30 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the underspend in the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme in 2001-02, whether Historic Scotland has discouraged applications being made to the scheme until 2005 and, if so, what the reasons were for the position on the matter.
Answer · Elaine Murray: I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His reply is as follows:<P>No. Historic Scotland has never knowingly discouraged suitable applications from being made under the Historic Buildings Repair Grant Scheme. Previously, ge…
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether guidance has been issued to NHS boards on implementing the Arbuthnott formula for the allocation of funds at a sub-board level.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive has not issued any guidance to NHS boards about implementing the Arbuthnott formula at sub-board level.
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff are currently employed in Argyll and Clyde NHS Board, including the three NHS trusts, distinguishing between clinical and other categories of employees.
Answer · Mary Mulligan: The information requested is available at the following website:<P><A HREF="http://www.show.scot.nhs/isd/NHSiS-resource/Workforce/workforce_statistics.htm">http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/NHSis_resource/Workforce/workforce_statistics.htm</A>.
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual budgets have been for each NHS trust within the Argyll and Clyde NHS Board area in each year from 1999-2000 to date.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Allocations are made to NHS boards and not the individual trusts. Argyll and Clyde Health Board received the following allocations:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=245><TR><TD WIDTH="42%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>Financial Year</TD><TD WIDTH="58%" VALIG…
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding was provided to Argyll and Clyde NHS Board for national initiatives outwith its annual budget allocation in each year from 1999-2000 to date, broken down by initiative.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Details of additional funding provided to Argyll and Clyde NHS Board for national initiatives outwith its annual budget from 1999-2000 to date are as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=604><TR><TD WIDTH="53%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P>Nat…
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual allocation of resources was to Argyll and Clyde NHS Board in each year from 1999-2000 to date.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The annual allocation of resources to Argyll and Clyde NHS Board from 1999-2000 to date are as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=207><TR><TD WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>1999-2000</TD><TD WIDTH="59%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>£396.906 million</TD><…
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme in 2002-03 (a) has been committed in (i) grant awards in total and (ii) indicative offers of grant and (b) remains uncommitted.
Answer · Elaine Murray: I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The position as at 31 October 2002 was as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=302><TR><TD WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP"> </TD><TD WID…
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a projected underspend in the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme in 2002-03 and, if so, what that projection is and what the actual spend is to date, expressed in cash terms and as a percentage of the overall budget.
Answer · Elaine Murray: I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Against a total commitment of £12.7 million for the current year grantees are currently indicating to Historic Scotland that they intend to draw down £11…
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of underspend was in the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme for 2001-02 and what the reason was for the underspend.
Answer · Elaine Murray: I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The amount of grant awarded but unclaimed at the end of 2001-02 under the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme was £2.9 million. This was due to proje…
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review the role and operation of Historic Scotland in light of the evidence taken by the Education, Culture and Sport Committee.
Answer · Elaine Murray: It is Executive policy to review the work of all departments and agencies from time to time. <P>The Education, Culture and Sport Committee have asked ministers to review the roles and responsibilities of Historic Scotland in their response to the Public Appoi…
29 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reconsider its proposal to abolish the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland, in light of the evidence taken by the Education, Culture and Sport Committee about lack of appropriate succession arrangements.
Answer · Elaine Murray: The Scottish Executive is considering the committee's concerns on successor arrangements. We will seek further dialogue with the committee before Stage 2 of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies (Scotland) Bill to reach agreement on the best way forward.
25 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Quality and Standards Board for Health in Scotland will determine acceptable standards of service provision and how it intends to monitor compliance with those standards.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Standards will be based onthe evidence of what is clinically effective and on wide consultation withhealth care professional staff and users and carers. Compliance with standardswill be monitored by a combination of written evidence and visits by teamscompris…
25 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that the Quality and Standards Board for Health in Scotland include the views of patients and their carers when conducting assessments of mental health services.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30923 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
25 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that the Quality and Standards Board for Health in Scotland will focus on both process and outcome when assessing mental health services.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30923 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
25 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Quality and Standards Board for Health in Scotland will carry out comprehensive assessments of mental health services across an NHS board area.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: NHS Quality Improvement Scotland will, as a priority, determine its approach to assessing mental health services, building upon the experience of the Scottish Health Advisory Service and the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland. This will result in the publi…
25 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Quality and Standards Board For Health in Scotland will set both generic standards for mental health services and specific standards recognising the differences in diagnostic groups.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: In advance of the establishment of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland and the Scottish Health Advisory Service have convened a working group to produce a set of integrated core standards for mental health services to w…
25 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget for the Quality and Standards Board for Health in Scotland will be in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30920 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
25 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current budget and staffing levels are for the Quality and Standards Board for Health in Scotland.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (formerly called the Quality and Standards Board for Health in Scotland) will come into existence, subject to parliamentary approval, on 1 January 2003.<P>NHS Quality Improvement Scotland will be created through the merger of …
24 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any input into the assessment of performance of Senior Civil Servants and, if so, how this is achieved.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Apart from the Permanent Secretary, the assessment of performance for Senior Civil Servants, like all other staff in the Scottish Executive is carried out by their line managers. There is no formal role for ministers in this process. The First Minister does, …
7 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Lord Advocate's Working Group on Child Witness Support.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The Child Witness Support Implementation Group was set up in September 2001 to take forward implementation, and established three multi-agency sub groups to develop different aspects of the work. In the light of their reports we are today launching a package …
6 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to continue the #3 million fund for the restructuring of museums, provided through the National Culture Strategy, beyond 2003 and, if so, whether it will increase the funding available.
Answer · Elaine Murray: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29032 today. All answers to written PQs are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa">http://www.sco…
6 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to continue the #1.5 million Strategic Change Fund beyond 2004 and, if so, whether it will increase the funding available.
Answer · Elaine Murray: The future of the fund will be decided in the light of the consultation on the framework and plan for museums launched by Mike Watson on 9 September.
6 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its total expenditure on museums and galleries was in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 and will be in 2002-03, broken down by type of museum and gallery.
Answer · Elaine Murray: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29030 today. All answers to written PQs are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa">http://www.sc…