Parliamentary questions
Marlyn Glen
917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
8 Apr 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the formula capital allocation for NHS Tayside is in 2010-11 and was in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08, (d) 2008-09, (e) 2009-10, also expressed in 2010-11 values.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The formula capital allocations to NHS Tayside from 2005-06 and the inflation adjusted figures are shown in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=66 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> …
22 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on the Counterweight programme in NHS Tayside in each year of its operation.
Answer · Shona Robison: The cost of delivering the Counterweight programme in NHS Tayside between April 2006 and September 2008 was £328,000. Of that, £288,000 was awarded to Robert Gordon University who lead the development of Counterweight in Scotland and £40,000 was allocated to …
16 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the initial revenue allocations to NHS Tayside were in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 and is for 2010-11 and what the equivalent values would be using the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) target allocations.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The initial revenue allocations to NHS Tayside from 2007-08 and the equivalent values would be using the NRAC formula are shown in the following table (note the 2007-08 and 2008-09 figures are based on the Arbuthnott formula):</p> <table border=1 cellspacin…
16 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what NHS Tayside’s percentage share of the overall initial revenue allocation to territorial NHS boards is in 2010-11 and what that percentage would be using the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) calibration.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Tayside''s percentage share of the overall initial revenue allocation to territorial NHS boards in 2010-11 was 7.97%, this compares to their NRAC target share of 7.84%.</p> <p >I have confirmed that no Board will receive less funding than it does at pres…
16 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the initial revenue allocations to NHS Tayside were in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 and are for 2010-11, also expressed in real terms.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The initial revenue allocations to NHS Tayside from 2007-08 and the inflation adjusted figures are shown in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=bottom > <p align=center >Year</p> </td…
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median hourly rates of pay were for (a) men in full-time employment, (b) women in full-time employment and (c) women in part-time employment in the private sector 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.</p> <p >The following table shows the median gross hourly pay excluding overtime for full-time and part…
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median hourly rates of pay were for (a) men in full-time employment, (b) women in full-time employment and (c) women in part-time employment in the public sector 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.</p> <p >The following table shows the median gross hourly pay excluding overtime for full-time and part…
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median hourly rates of pay were for (a) men in full-time employment, (b) women in full-time employment and (c) women in part-time employment 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.</p> <p >The following table shows the median gross hourly pay excluding overtime for full-time and part…
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median hourly rates of pay were for (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment 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.</p> <p >The following table shows the median gross hourly pay excluding overtime for full-time and part…
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many men were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: Annual estimates of full-time and part-time employment levels are available from the Annual Population Survey (APS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Updated APS data is published on a quarterly basis.</p> <p >The following table shows…
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: Annual estimates of full-time and part-time employment levels are available from the Annual Population Survey (APS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Updated APS data is published on a quarterly basis.</p> <p >The following table shows…
9 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of applications for the (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 funding rounds of the Gypsy/Traveller Site Grant including which local authorities (a) submitted applications and (b) were awarded grants and how much was awarded in each case.
Answer · Alex Neil: Applications for 2008-09 and 2009-10 funding were invited at the same time and include the following:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=609 > <thead> <tr > <td width=318 valign=top > <p align=center >Local Authorities that …
9 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the October 2007 evaluation of the Gypsy/Traveller Site Grant, whether it will conduct a full evaluation into the use of the grant and, if so, whether the views of site residents will be taken into account.
Answer · Alex Neil: As we are still monitoring the Gypsy/Traveller Site Grant funding, we do not intend to do a full evaluation of the site grant at this stage.</p>
4 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus Council on community care for adults with addictions or a substance misuse problem in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: Local authorities hold data on the expenditure/costs associated with community care services for all people aged 18 to 64 where the primary reason for care relates to a drug, alcohol, or other substance addiction or misuse. Table 1 provides the net revenue ex…
4 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the net revenue expenditure on children and family services was by (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus Council in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The following table provides net revenue expenditure by Dundee City and Angus councils on children and family services from 2005-06 to 2007-08. This information is reported by councils to the Scottish Government in the annual local financial return for social…
4 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals were made to the children’s hearing system in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus under section 52(2) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The information requested is a matter for the Scottish Children''s Reporter Administration (SCRA) and is not held centrally. </p> <p >The information is, however, available in the Main Tables 3(a) and 3(b) of the Online Statistics published by SCRA, for the…
4 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals were made to the children’s hearing system in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus under section 52(2)(j) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The information requested is a matter for the Scottish Children''s Reporter Administration (SCRA) and is not held centrally. </p> <p >The information is, however, available in the main tables 3(a) and 3(b) of the online statistics published by SCRA, for the…
4 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals were made to the children’s hearing system in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus under section 52(2)(c) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The information requested is a matter for the Scottish Children''s Reporter Administration (SCRA) and is not held centrally. </p> <p >The information is, however, available in the main tables 3(a) and 3(b) of the online statistics published by SCRA, for the…
4 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-9413 by Alex Neil on 4 February 2010 (Official Report c. 23526), what progress has been made in the discussions with the relevant support organisations to provide a domestic abuse helpline for men.
Answer · Alex Neil: The Scottish Government recognises that men who experience domestic abuse from their female partners, and men who are abused by same sex partners, also require a service specific to their needs.</p> <p >For this reason a decision was taken recently to provi…
25 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has collected from universities on the (a) number and (b) percentage of student nurses who have dropped out of pre-registration courses in the current academic session and how these figures compare with the comparable period in the previous session.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Discontinuation rates for student nurses in Scotland are calculated on completed cohorts not on academic years, as the students may defer or suspend their studies before completion.</p> <p >The latest statistics we have are for cohort 2005-06 where the disco…
25 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the attrition rate has been for each of the last three cohorts of (a) adult, (b) mental health and (c) children’s nursing courses at the University of Dundee.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table shows the latest information about student nurse attrition rates for the University of Dundee for each of the last three complete cohorts.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p ali…
11 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related accident and emergency admissions there were in NHS Tayside in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on how many alcohol-related accident and emergency (A&E) admissions there were in the last year in NHS Tayside is not available centrally. </p> <p >Information on the number of A&E attendances which resulted in an alcohol-related inpatie…
9 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many laboratory tests directly connected with alcohol misuse were carried out in the last year for which information is available and what the estimated cost was.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information of laboratory tests and costs for alcohol misuse is not collected centrally.</p>
9 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP consultations were directly connected with alcohol-related conditions in the last year for which information is available and what the estimated cost was.
Answer · Shona Robison: The exact number of GP consultations that were directly connected with alcohol-related conditions in Scotland, is not available centrally. However, national estimates can be given based on the number of consultations there have been relating to alcohol abuse,…
9 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost was of a consultant outpatient appointment in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The average cost of a consultant outpatient attendance at an NHSScotland location in financial year 2008-09 was £112.</p>
9 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new outpatient attendances there were in NHS Tayside in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Provisional, published statistics show that the number of new outpatient attendances in NHS Tayside for the financial year ending 31 March 2009 was 131,046.</p> <p >As a result of changes to the Patient Administration System in NHS Tayside this figure includ…
9 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost was of an acute occupied bed day in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The average cost of an acute occupied bed day in an NHSScotland hospital in financial year 2008-09 was £569.</p>
9 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days in hospitals in NHS Tayside were directly connected with alcohol-related conditions in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Shona Robison: Information on the number of acute occupied bed days which are directly attributable to alcohol-related conditions is not held centrally.</p> <p >Information on acute occupied bed days is recorded on the SMR01 dataset. SMR01 has space for up to six diagnosi…
9 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost was of an attendance at an accident and emergency unit in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The average cost of an attendance at a hospital providing accident and emergency outpatient care in financial year 2008-09 was £100.</p>
9 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many attendances at accident and emergency units there were in NHS Tayside in the last year for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There were 109,109 accident and emergency (A&E) attendances in NHS Tayside between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009. The following table includes core and non-core subtotals.</p> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td …