- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what alterations were made to pay structures in the NHS as a result of its action under Agenda for Change - Modernising the NHS Pay System.
Answer
None. The proposals for modernising the NHS pay system are currently the subject of consultation with NHS Scotland staff. If agreed, it is proposed that the new pay system will be implemented nationally in October 2004.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether issues of equal pay for work of equal value in the NHS have been fully addressed in Agenda for Change - Modernising the NHS Pay System.
Answer
If accepted, the new Agenda for Change pay system provides for an agreed job evaluation methodology which has been developed in partnership with health care trades unions specifically to address these issues.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Civil Service Management Code that applies to the Scottish Prison Service applies to its other agencies.
Answer
Yes. The Civil Service Management Code relates to the Home Civil Service. It applies in the same way to the Scottish Executive and its agencies as it does to UK Government departments and agencies.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 10 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish Prison Service (SPS) staff have initiated grievance procedures in each year since 1997 and how many such procedures were (a) concluded to the SPS's satisfaction and (b) referred for external arbitration.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information is not available. Grievances are not referred to external arbitration.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 10 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish Prison Service staff retired due to ill health in each year from 1997 to 2001.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
| Year | Staff Medically Retired |
| 01-04-96 to 31-03-97 | 0 |
| 01-04-97 to 31-03-98 | 6 |
| 01-04-98 to 31-03-99 | 23 |
| 01-04-99 to 31-03-00 | 25 |
| 01-04-00 to 31-03-01 | 15 |
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 10 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) staff have been employed by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), (b) sick days have been lost whilst sick pay is paid to SPS employees and (c) SPS staff have been in receipt of sick pay in each month since January 2001.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
| Month/Year | No of Staff Employed | Staff in Receipt of Sick Pay | Sick Days Lost |
| January 2001 | 4,554 | 511 | 5,868 |
| February 2001 | 4,530 | 439 | 5,264 |
| March 2001 | 4,519 | 475 | 6,214 |
| April 2001 | 4,520 | 522 | 6,111 |
| May 2001 | 4,577 | 486 | 6,480 |
| June 2001 | 4,538 | 479 | 6,394 |
| July 2001 | 4,528 | 490 | 6,773 |
| August 2001 | 4,522 | 463 | 6,822 |
| September 2001 | 4,484 | 517 | 6,865 |
| October 2001 | 4,510 | 533 | 7,270 |
| November 2001 | 4,548 | 519 | 7,073 |
| December 2001 | 4,541 | 535 | 7,365 |
| January 2002 | 4,582 | 615 | 7,386 |
| February 2002 | 4,616 | 538 | 6,590 |
| March 2002 | 4,591 | 522 | 7,098 |
| April 2002 | 4,583 | 499 | 7,220 |
| May 2002 | 4,619 | 529 | 7,455 |
| June 2002 | 4,615 | 546 | 8,099 |
| July 2002 | 4,598 | 520 | 8,143 |
| August 2002 | 4,597 | 486 | 7,558 |
| September 2002 | 4,627 | 511 | 6,995 |
| October 2002 | 4,609 | 501 | 6,992 |
| November 2002 | 4,656 | 453 | 6,543 |
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 10 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what entitlements Scottish Prison Service employees have to sick pay and sick leave.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Established employees receive 182 days full-paid sickness and 183 days half-paid sickness entitlement, irrespective of service. This should not exceed 365 days, in total, in any four-year period.Where an employee has exhausted their entitlement to full and half pay, a further 12 months can be paid at Sick Pay at Pension Rate (SPPR). This is at the discretion of management and only applies where, following medical advice, there is a reasonable prospect of the employee returning to work.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 9 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to the environmental impact on the area in and around Fauldhouse in West Lothian of the number of opencast coal mining and landfill planning applications in the area.
Answer
Decisions on planning applications are for local councils in the first instance. Intervention by the Scottish ministers generally occurs only where a proposed development raises an issue of national importance, or where proposals represent a significant departure from the approved structure plan for the area and/or national planning guidance. Where the Scottish ministers decide to call in a planning application, all relevant issues are considered, including the environmental impacts of the proposal.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what responsibilities it will have for the implementation of any recommendations by the European Commission following its review of minimum procedural safeguards for suspects and accused persons that have been subject to the European arrest warrant procedure.
Answer
The subject matter of the Extradition Bill is reserved. Consequently, the implementation of any recommendations which the European Commission may make about minimum procedural safeguards as they apply to those arrested on the basis of a European arrest warrant will be a matter for the UK Government.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30691 by Dr Richard Simpson on 8 November 2002, whether it drafted any amendment to the Extradition Bill relating to postponing bringing into force the sections of the bill relating to implementation of the European arrest warrant until the European Commission's review of minimum procedural safeguards for suspects and accused was completed and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
The question of postponing the bringing into force those parts of the Extradition Bill implementing the European arrest warrant pending the outcome of the European Council's review of minimum procedural standards is a policy issue for the UK Government given that the bill relates to a reserved matter.
