- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time taken by NHS job matching panels is from receiving a job analysis questionnaire from NHS staff to evaluating individual staff members under the new Agenda for Change pay scale bandings.
Answer
Job analysis questionnaireswould not go to matching panels but rather to evaluation panels. Matching panelsmatch job descriptions to national profiles. We do not collect data centrally onthe time taken by either evaluation panels or matching panels. The Agenda for Changesystem was agreed in partnership at a UK level between NHS employers, trades unionsand professional organisations and the UK Health Departments. All sides recognisethe benefits of the new system and the operation of evaluation and matching panelsis a matter which is addressed locally through NHS boards and staff-side representativesworking in partnership.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-1239 by John Swinney on 13 July 2007, whether there is a mechanism for local authorities to apply for specific funding for burial facilities such as crematoria and, if so, which local authorities have applied for such funding in each year since 1999.
Answer
There is noseparate mechanism for local authorities to apply for specific funding. the Scottish Government provides general financial support for Scotland’s local authorities’ core services, including burialgrounds and crematoria, but it is the responsibility of each individual localauthority to allocate its total resources, including the locally collectedcouncil tax, on the basis of local needs and priorities.
In 2007-08, thecore local government funding provided by the Scottish Government will amountto over £8.7 billion.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS staff have had to complete a job analysis questionnaire in each year since the outset of Agenda for Change, broken down by NHS board and health profession.
Answer
This level ofdetail is not held centrally. However, from information to hand I can confirmthat in the region of 7% of the NHSScotland staff covered by Agenda for Changedo not match to existing job profiles and therefore require to fill out a jobanalysis questionnaire as part of the assimilation process.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimates it holds on the number of staff hours spent in NHS boards across Scotland (a) administering the Agenda for Change recommendations, (b) filling out job analysis questionnaires and (c) administering job matching panels in each year since 2004.
Answer
This is not somethingon which work has been undertaken centrally. The Agenda for Change system was agreedin partnership at a UK level between NHS employers, trades unionsand professional organisations and the UKhealth departments. All sides recognise the benefits of the new system and it isfor NHS boards and staff-side representatives working in partnership locally toensure that the implementation process is as quick and efficient as possible withoutsacrificing the integrity of the system.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the maximum fine is for those convicted of selling tobacco products to underage customers.
Answer
The maximum finefor those convicted of selling tobacco to underage customers shall not exceedlevel 4 on the standard scale which currently equates to £2,500.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the penalty was for each conviction for the sale of tobacco products to underage customers since 2000.
Answer
Proceedings wereraised against six people for making underage tobacco sales between 2000 and2005-06, one of whom was admonished. The fine levels imposed averaged £188,with a range from £75 to £300.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS staff have been evaluated as not matching any of the national job matching profiles, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) health profession.
Answer
This level of detailis not held centrally. However, from information to hand I can confirm that in theregion of 7% of the NHSScotland staff covered by Agenda for Change do not matchto existing job profiles and therefore require to fill out a job analysis questionnaireas part of the assimilation process.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions of (a) retailers and (b) licensees for selling tobacco products to underage customers in each year since 2000 resulted in convictions, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The available informationis given in the following table. No breakdown of these figures into prosecutionsof retailers and licensees is available from the data held centrally.
Persons with aCharge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selling Tobacco to Persons Under 161,by Approximate Local Authority Area2, 2000-01 to 2005-06
| Local Authority | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2005-06 |
| Aberdeenshire | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| East Lothian | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Edinburgh, City of | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| North Lanarkshire | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| West Lothian | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Incorporates anapproximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courtswill deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authorityareas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriffcourt.
More recent informationavailable from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service shows that in 2006-07a total of 11 people were subject to court proceedings in respect of illegal salesof tobacco.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) retailers and (b) licensees have been prosecuted for selling tobacco products to underage customers in each year since 2000, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The available informationis given in the following table. No breakdown of these figures into prosecutionsof retailers and licensees is available from the data held centrally.
Persons ProceededAgainst in Scottish Courts for Selling Tobacco to Persons Under 161,by Approximate Local Authority Area2, 2000-01 to 2005-06
| Local Authority | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2005-06 |
| Aberdeenshire | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| East Lothian | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Edinburgh, City of | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| North Lanarkshire | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| West Lothian | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Incorporates anapproximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courtswill deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authorityareas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriffcourt.
More recent informationavailable from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service shows that in 2006-07a total of 11 people were subject to court proceedings in respect of illegal salesof tobacco.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-2421, S3W-2423, S3W-2425, S3W-2426, S3W-2427 and S3W-2428 by Frank Mulholland QC on 22 August 2007, how the Scottish Government monitors the effectiveness of the fatal accident inquiry system, given the level of information and data specifically related to the system that is not centrally collated.
Answer
The Procurator Fiscalis responsible for investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, unexpectedor accidental deaths and will consider, based on all the facts and circumstances,whether a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is necessary.
Current legislationprovides for mandatory fatal accident inquiries in respect of deaths whichoccur in the course of employment or in legal custody, and for discretionary FAIswhere it appears to the Lord Advocate to be in the public interest to hold suchan inquiry. A full investigation by the Procurator Fiscal will precede an FAI.
FAIs are held in public.The sheriff who presides over the FAI makes a determination, on the facts and circumstancesof the case at the conclusion of the FAI and may issue recommendations which arenot currently legally enforceable.
The Scottish Governmentmaintains a public database of FAI determinations.
