Parliamentary questions
Gavin Brown
1,064 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
3 Dec 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, people were long-term unemployed in each local authority ward in the City of Edinburgh Council area on the most recent date for which figures are available.
Answer · John Swinney: The ClaimantCount gives the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits and isproduced by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>Table 1 shows thenumber of long-term unemployed people claiming unemployment related benefits ineach council ward i…
3 Dec 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, people were long-term unemployed in each local authority area in the Lothians parliamentary region on the most recent date for which figures are available.
Answer · John Swinney: The ClaimantCount gives the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits and isproduced by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>Table 1 shows thenumber of long-term unemployed people claiming unemployment related benefits ineach local authorit…
23 Nov 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has carried out, or intends to carry out, a review of public bodies to ensure that the most favourable VAT position applies to each of them.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-6935 on 10 December 2007. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, thesearch facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…
23 Nov 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which public bodies that it plans to create will be (a) VAT exempt and (b) not VAT exempt.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-6935 on 10 December 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…
23 Nov 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any public bodies have lost their VAT exemption since May 2007.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-6935 on 10 December 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…
23 Nov 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which public bodies it has established since May 2007 which are (a) VAT exempt and (b) not VAT exempt.
Answer · John Swinney: There have beenno new non-departmental public bodies set up since May 2007. The VAT status ofa public body is set out in the VAT Act 1994 and is dependent on a bodies legalstatus. When setting up any body, the ability of that body to carry out itsfunctions to…
7 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation took place in relation to the downgrading of services at St John’s Hospital in Livingston.
Answer · Shona Robison: Consultation about changes to services at St John’s Hospital last took place in 2004.</p><p>A number of service changes have been made since then. I understand that someof the changes consulted on have not yet been implemented. NHS Lothian have explainedthat …
7 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to utilise the intensive therapy and high dependency units at St John’s Hospital in Livingston.
Answer · Shona Robison: NHS Lothian has criticalcare capability on all three acute hospital sites – Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh,Western General Hospital and St John’s - to ensure safe, high-quality care for patientsreceiving acute care on these sites. I understand from the board th…
7 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to utilise any spare capacity, including theatres, at St John’s Hospital in Livingston, in order to benefit healthcare.
Answer · Shona Robison: I understand from NHS Lothian that theatre and other capacity at St John’sis being used to treat additional patients in support of achieving and maintainingwaiting times standards set by the Scottish Government, including abolishing hiddenwaiting lists. The b…
7 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase service provision at St John’s Hospital in Livingston.
Answer · Shona Robison: It is for each health board to plan and deliver services to meet the needsof its resident population.</p><p>St John’s plays a key role along with the Royal Infirmaryof Edinburgh and the Western General in providing safe, efficient and effectivehospital servic…
13 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much shoplifting has cost the economy in the last year.
Answer · Linda Fabiani: The Scottish Government isaware that public art has potential benefits in this area, and the ScottishArts Council (SAC) has funded a number of public art projects through NationalLottery funding that have been of considerable benefit to people andcommunities.…
13 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the electricity generated in Scotland has been (a) consumed in Scotland and (b) exported to England and Wales in each year since 2000.
Answer · Jim Mather: Data on electricitysupply and demand in Scotland is collected by the Department of Trade andIndustry (DTI). The most current data available are for years 2000-05. The followingtable presents electricity generated, consumed and transferred expressed in GigaWat…
13 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of current installed capacity for renewables, broken down by technology.
Answer · Jim Mather: The following technologiesqualify as renewable under the terms of the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) (although not all forms of energy from waste are eligiblefor support):</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top> <p …
13 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much electricity has been generated in Scotland in each year since 2000, broken down by fuel source.
Answer · Jim Mather: Data on electricitysupply and demand in Scotland is collected by the Department of Trade andIndustry (DTI). The most current data available are for years 2000-05. The followingtable presents electricity generation by fuel source expressed in GigaWatt hours(GW…