Brian Adam

19 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council and the Scottish Agricultural College regarding the future of Mackie Hall on the Craibstone Estate which is currently used as a hostel for boarders from Aberdeen City Music School.

Answer · Peter Peacock: There have been no such discussions, either with the council or college. It is for the council, who manage the Music School at Dyce Academy, to arrange for the accommodation of boarders. A significant proportion of the Executive’s annual grant of £0.7 million…

19 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to help local authorities meet the costs of any retrospective pay claims.

Answer · Tom McCabe: Local authority pay claims as a result of the Single Status Pay agreement are a matter for local authorities. Discussions between the Executive and COSLA on a number of funding issues, including the impact of retrospective pay claims are continuing.</p>

19 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with COSLA and local authorities regarding retrospective pay claims and what the outcomes were of any talks held.

Answer · Tom McCabe: I met COSLA leaders on 23 January to discuss a number of funding issues for local authorities, including the cost implications of the Single Status Pay agreement and retrospective pay claims.</p> <p>These discussions will continue, however, I have already mad…

19 Jan 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much money each local authority will have to pay to settle any retrospective pay claims.

Answer · Tom McCabe: This information is not held centrally by the Executive. Local authority retrospective pay claims are a matter for the relevant local authorities themselves.</p>

4 Jan 2006 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support local authorities in finding alternatives to landfill.

Answer · Ross Finnie: Support for all local authorities has been made available through the Strategic Waste Fund to facilitate recycling of household waste. We have also asked local authorities to submit Strategic Outline Cases, by the end of January 2006, for other infrastructure…

22 Dec 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its reasons were for opposing a request to cap expenses in a court case brought recently by relatives of sufferers of hepatitis C who allegedly contracted the virus as a result of administration of contaminated blood products and subsequently died.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The motion for a protective costs order to cap expenses in the court cases that the member refers to was opposed on the grounds that there was no basis in Scots law for such an order and it was not established that the petitioners in this case needed protecti…

8 Dec 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications to it are in respect of the services it receives from the Met Office of the recent power outages at the Exeter Office.

Answer · Rhona Brankin: The Executive is not aware of any implications to it from this event.</p>

6 Dec 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers QUALYS to be a suitable measure of cost effectiveness of clinical drugs for elderly people.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is an internationally accepted way of measuring the physical and mental health benefits of a new drug or treatment. This provides a basis for the NHS to make decisions about the cost-effectiveness of health services. The use …

1 Dec 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the out-patient waiting times have been in respect of investigation of allergies in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested is not available. Information on out-patient waiting times is available only at specialty level and does not identify specific conditions.</p>

1 Dec 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27346 by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 July 2002, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the report by the Scottish Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee, Immunology and Allergy Services in Scotland, published in September 20…

Answer · Andy Kerr: Discussions have taken place with clinicians and patient representatives about the feasibility of establishing a national Managed Clinical Network for primary immunodeficiency. The decision whether to proceed rests with those providing the service and those f…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on upgrading and improving trunk roads in each local authority area in each of the last five years.

Answer · Tavish Scott: The information requested on upgrading and improving trunk roads is not held centrally on a local authority by local authority basis.</p>

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on maintaining trunk roads in each local authority area in each of the last five years.

Answer · Tavish Scott: Financial data on trunk road maintenance is not gathered or held on a local authority basis. This information is held by Operating Company Unit and is reported annually in <i>Scottish Transport Statistics</i>. The most recent data is shown in table 11.2 of is…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority will receive per head of population from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in 2006-07.

Answer · Robert Brown: The information requested is provided in the following table. As the fund is directed at services for children (0-18) figures are included for amounts received by each local authority area per head of population 0-18. The information is based on provisional a…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority will receive from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in 2006-07.

Answer · Robert Brown: The information requested is provided in the following table. The formula for distributing the part of the fund within Grant Aided Expenditure is the subject of discussion with COSLA and the Local Government Three Year Settlement Group. These allocations shou…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has received per head of population from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in each year since the inception of the fund.

Answer · Robert Brown: The information requested is detailed in the following table. As the fund is directed at services for children (0-18) the table also includes details per head of population 018.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has received from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in each year since the inception of the fund.

Answer · Robert Brown: Amounts received from the fund in each local authority, covering the period 2001-02 to 2005-06, are included in the following table. For 2004-05 and 2005-06, the previously separate element to support drugs-related activities was mainstreamed within the overa…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each eligible local authority will receive per head of population from the Cities Growth Fund in 2006-07.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The provisional amount allocated to each eligible local authority from the Cities Growth Fund in 2006-07, broken down per head of population, is shown in the following table :</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td> <p>City</p></td> …

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each eligible local authority will receive from the Cities Growth Fund in 2006-07.

Answer · Tom McCabe: I announced on 8 December 2004 that the provisional allocation from the Cities Growth Fund for 2006-07 is £41 million. The amount available to each eligible local authority is as follows: Aberdeen City £5.292 million; Dundee City £4.208 million; City of Edinb…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each eligible local authority received per head of population from the Cities Growth Fund in each year since the inception of the fund.

Answer · Tom McCabe: Allocations under the Cities Growth Fund in each year since inception, broken down per head of population, are given in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=620> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>&nbsp;</p></td> <td…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each eligible local authority received from the Cities Growth Fund in each year since the inception of the fund.

Answer · Tom McCabe: Allocations under the Cities Growth Fund in each year since inception are given in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td> <p>Councils</p></td> <td> <p>2003-04</p></td> <td> <p>2004-05</p></td> <td> <…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Supporting People funding per head of population each local authority will receive in 2006-07.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is available in the Parliaments Reference Centre (Bib. number 38198).</p>

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Supporting People funding each local authority will receive in 2006-07.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Supporting People funding each council will receive in 2006-07 is detailed in the table in the answer to question S2W-21095 on 7 December 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility f…

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Supporting People funding per head of population each local authority has received in each year since the inception of the initiative.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is available in the Parliaments Reference Centre (Bib. number 38198) and covers Supporting People allocations including planned allocations for the next two years.</p>

25 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Supporting People funding each local authority has received in each year since the inception of the initiative.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The following table gives details of Supporting People funding provided to local authorities since the scheme was introduced and planned allocations for the next two years.</p> <p>Supporting People Allocations</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> …

24 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the future of neurosurgery is in Aberdeen.

Answer · Andy Kerr: As outlined in <i>Delivering for Health</i>, the neurosurgical unit in Aberdeen will form an integral part of a single Scotland-wide Managed Clinical Network for neurosurgical services.</p> <p>We are setting up an implementation group to take forward the deta…

17 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of maternity pay for student nurses and when it will make an announcement on the issue.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I am considering this matter and will take a decision in the near future.</p>

17 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding each NHS board has allocated to the provision of independent advocacy services, as recommended by the Millan Commission.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This information is not held centrally.</p>

14 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20352 by Tavish Scott on 14 November 2005, when the Minister for Transport and Telecommunications expects to receive a full analysis of all available information in respect of the route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Answer · Tavish Scott: I am currently considering all of the information provided to me and I hope to announce a decision very soon.</p>

14 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its plans are for the provision of New Futures funding after 31 March 2006.

Answer · Allan Wilson: We are currently in discussion with key stakeholders. I will be making an announcement shortly.</p>

14 Nov 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the Bikesafe initiative has had on motorcycle deaths, casualties and accidents.

Answer · Tavish Scott: It is not possible to attribute definitely improvements in motorcycle deaths, casualties and accidents to any individual measure. Reductions are likely to reflect the impact of a range of road safety measures in addition to Bikesafe, such as road improvements…