Parliamentary questions
Marlyn Glen
917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
4 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time female employees in the public sector in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39429 on 23 February 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/Apps2/Busine…
4 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time male employees in the public sector in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39429 on 23 February 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/Apps2/Busine…
4 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time employees in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: The preferred source for earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), carried out by the Office for National Statistics.</p> <p >The following table shows the median gross weekly pay for employee by gender in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The…
4 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of female employees in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39426 on 23 February 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:</p> <p >http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Ap…
4 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of male employees in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39426 on 23 February 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:</p> <p >http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Ap…
4 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of employees in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: The preferred source for earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), carried out by the Office for National Statistics.</p> <p >The following table shows the median gross weekly pay for employee by gender in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The…
4 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new jobs have been created in each industrial sector in Dundee in the latest year for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: This information is not held centrally.</p> <p >Using the Annual Population Survey, the change in the number of people employed within each broad industrial sector can be estimated. This is shown in the following table.</p> <p >Table 1: Net change in numbe…
4 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies there are in each industrial sector in Dundee.
Answer · John Swinney: The Jobcentre Plus notified vacancies administrative data series can be used to obtain an estimate of the number of vacancies within a specific area. It should be noted that, since not all vacancies are advertised through Jobcentre Plus, this should not be in…
4 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed in Dundee in each industrial sector in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by gender.
Answer · John Swinney: The official source of employment levels at local authority level is the Annual Population Survey (APS). The latest available data is for July 2009 to June 2010. Table 1 shows how many people were employed in Dundee City local authority, in each of the last t…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time, female, private sector employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39086 on 4 February 2011. 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/Apps…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time, male, private sector employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39086 on 4 February 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/Apps2/Busines…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time, female, public sector employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39086 on 4 February 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/Apps2/Busines…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time, male, public sector employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39086 on 4 February 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/Apps2/Busines…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time private sector employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39086 on 4 February 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/Apps2/Busines…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time public sector employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39086 on 4 February 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/Apps2/Busines…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of full-time employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: The preferred source for earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.</b></p> <p >ASHE estimates are not available by city. Therefore, estimates for the corresponding Local …
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of female employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39083 on 4 February 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/Apps2/Busines…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of male employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39083 on 4 February 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/Apps2/Busines…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross weekly pay has been of employees in each city in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: The preferred source for earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.</b></p> <p >ASHE estimates are not available by city. Therefore, estimates for the corresponding Local …
25 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage of eligible women screened for cervical cancer has been in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) the Dundee Community Health Partnership area in each year since 2006, also broken down by age group.
Answer · Shona Robison: The percentage uptake¹ of women who had a record of a previous screening test taken within the last 3.5 years is in the following table:</p> <p >NHS Tayside, 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2010.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr >…
25 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake for breast screening has been in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) the Dundee Community Health Partnership area, broken down by three year rolling period since 2006 and expressed as a percentage of those eligible.
Answer · Shona Robison: Information on uptake rates for breast screening in NHS Tayside is publicly available and published by the Information Services Division at:</p> <p >http://isdscotland.org/isd/1622.html. </b></p> <p >Information on the uptake rate in the Dundee Community He…
25 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what efficiency savings NHS Tayside has forecast it will have to make in 2010-11, expressed as a percentage.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Tayside has forecast efficiency savings of £30.0 million, equivalent to 5.0% of the board''s baseline allocation.</p>
25 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the budgeted expenditure for NHS Tayside is for 2010-11, also expressed at 2009-10 prices.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The budgeted net operating costs for NHS Tayside in 2010-11 are £733.5 million.</b></p> <p >On the basis of current HM Treasury deflator figures, the net operating costs at 2009-10 prices are £711.5 million.</p>
25 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the gross expenditure by NHS Tayside has been in each year since 2001-02, also expressed at current prices.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Net operating costs since 2001-02, including current price estimate:</b></p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=left >Year</p> </td> <td valign=top > <p align=center >Net Operating Costs</p> <p a…
25 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is of the refurbishment of the chemistry laboratory at the Rushton Court forensic science laboratory following the transfer of chemistry posts from Dundee to Glasgow.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: There will be no refurbishment of the chemistry laboratory at Rushton Court, and therefore no cost will be incurred.</b></p>
20 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of babies has been exclusively breastfed at six to eight weeks in NHS Tayside in each quarter since June 2007 and what the corresponding figures are for each of its community health partnership areas.
Answer · Shona Robison: Details are as follows:</b></p> <p >NHS Tayside: Exclusive Breastfeeding at the Six to Eight Week Review<sup>1 </sup>by Community Health Partnership</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=613 > <tr > <td nowrap valign=top > <p align=c…
17 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bed days in NHS Tayside were associated with alcohol-related conditions in 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31621 on <strong>9 March 2010</strong>. Data for 2008-09 are the latest available. Data for 2009-10 are due to be published on 22 February 2011.</p> <p >All answers to written parliamentary questions are avail…
17 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost was of a consultant outpatient attendance in 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The average cost of a consultant outpatient attendance at an NHSScotland location in the financial year 2009-10 was £126. </p>
17 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost was of an attendance at an accident and emergency unit in 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The average cost of an attendance at an NHSScotland hospital providing accident and emergency consultant-led outpatient care in the financial year 2009-10 was £107.</b></p> DX!
17 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many emergency incidents in the NHS Tayside area ambulances attended in 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There were 41,630 emergency ambulance incidents in the NHS Tayside area in 2009-10 and this includes all categories of response. This, and a range of other information related to the performance of the Scottish Ambulance Service, is published in their annual …