- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
-
Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how the implementation of self-directed support by local authorities is being monitored.
Answer
The Scottish Government is working with stakeholders, including the Care Inspectorate, to develop an outcomes-based framework for the monitoring and evaluation of self-directed support implementation.
Currently only data on the numbers of people taking direct payments is collected centrally. However from April 2013 the Scottish Government's new Social Care Survey will begin collecting data on the number of people choosing different self-directed support options.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
-
Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it will consult on the regulations regarding the removal of charges for carers for support services.
Answer
We will consult on the regulations by the end of April 2013.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Friday, 21 December 2012
-
Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 30 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to ask the University of Sheffield to provide an update of its alcohol minimum price modelling research to take into account the most recent data included in Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.
Answer
There are no plans for the Scottish Government to update the modelling carried out by the University of Sheffield. The most recent report on the modelling was published in January 2012 and contained the most up to date data available at that time, and on which the Parliament passed the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Friday, 21 December 2012
-
Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 30 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage reduction in alcohol consumption it expects to achieve from the introduction of a 50 pence per unit minimum price of alcohol and how this compares with the reduction in alcohol consumption between 2009 and 2011 recorded in Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.
Answer
In the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: 2nd Annual Report, analysis of the most recent data shows that per adult sales decreased by 5% between 2009 and 2011 (two year time period). This is a total reduction across adult sales and is not broken down by drinker type. The report does not estimate what impact the reduction in sales has had on harm. Caution is required when considering changes in alcohol sales over such short time periods; it is generally considered good practice to assess trends over as long a time series as the data allows. On this basis, alcohol sales have increased by 10% since 1994. The Scottish Government is committed to introducing minimum unit pricing in order to help tackle alcohol misuse in Scotland. A key component of minimum unit pricing is that it targets a reduction in consumption of alcohol which is cheap relative to its strength. This is significant because it is these alcoholic products which are favoured and consumed by hazardous and harmful drinkers. Minimum unit pricing would, therefore, affect hazardous and harmful drinkers more than moderate drinkers, in terms of the amount they drink, how much they spend and how much they benefit from reductions in harm.
The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50p minimum unit price will result in a reduction in overall alcohol consumption of 5.7% per annum. This is allocated differentially over drinker type with moderate drinkers estimated to reduce alcohol consumption by 2.8%, hazardous drinkers by 4.8%, and harmful drinkers by 10.7%.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2013
-
Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 30 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-11979 by Alex Neil on 9 January 2013, whether the £14.2 million allocated for people affected by thalidomide is index-linked.
Answer
The £14.2 million funding for Thalidomiders in Scotland will be index linked over the 10-year period, beginning April 2013.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Friday, 18 January 2013
-
Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government who determines the membership of the Scottish Chronic Pain Steering Group and whether appointments to the group are regulated or supervised by any organisation.
Answer
The Scottish Chronic Pain Steering Group was convened by Scottish Government with the secretariat and support for the Group being provided by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Membership is multidisciplinary and includes voluntary sector and patient representation. Additional advice and expertise is co-opted as required.
The method of selection of representatives to serve on groups may vary depending on the nature, remit, role and term of the group. In many cases no specific qualifications or specialist knowledge is required, beyond an enthusiasm to get involved in making things better.
Regular updates are provided on the work of the group are reported to Scottish Ministers. Updates on the work of the group are also publically available at:
http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/pain.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2012
-
Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) budgeted and (b) final cost was of the (i) Update Report on Scottish Pain Management Services, published by Health Improvement Scotland on 26 October 2012, and (ii) the data report published on 7 December 2012.
Answer
The update report (October 2012) and subsequent additional data (December 2012) were planned and accounted for within Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s overall budget and did not require any additional or external funding. There were no publication costs for either report as they are electronic publications.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Friday, 21 December 2012
-
Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the financial value of harm reduction has been as a result of the reduction in alcohol consumption of 5% between 2009 and 2011 reported in Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.
Answer
Data is not available estimating the financial value of harm reduction as a result of the reported reduction in consumption in the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.
The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50 pence minimum unit price will result in a reduction in the value of harm of £64 million in year one with a reduction in the cumulative discounted value of harm of £942 million over ten years. This is allocated differentially over drinker type with a reduction in the value of harm for moderate drinkers of £9.3 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £147 million; for hazardous drinkers, a reduction of £10.1 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £235 million; for harmful drinkers, a reduction of £44.5 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £558 million.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Friday, 21 December 2012
-
Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the level of alcohol consumption was in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009, (d) 2010 and (e) 2011 as measured by (i) alcohol duty clearances, (ii) the Scottish Health Survey and (iii) retail sales data.
Answer
<>The level of alcohol consumption/sales is estimated from various sources. Information on alcohol duty clearances can be found on the following link:
https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx. The Alcohol Factsheet March 2012 table 2.1 shows data relating to alcohol clearances for calendar years 1994 to 2011. Table 2.2 shows data relating to pure alcohol clearances by type from 1986-87 to 2010-11. These figures are on a UK basis. Data for Scotland is not identified separately other than for whisky. Information for whisky produced in Scotland in quantities released for consumption and revenue can be found on the Alcohol Bulletin November 2012 table 9 for calendar years 1994 to 2011.
Information on alcohol consumption can be found in the Scottish Health Survey. The latest (2011) data is available from the following link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/09/7854 at chapter 3.
Data for 2008, 2009 and 2010 can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/scottish-health-survey/Publications; no data is available for 2007.
Information on retail sales data in Scotland can be found at: http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/19333-sales%20dataset1994-2011_Off-tradeexcludesdiscount%20retailers_082012.xls. This shows levels of retail alcohol sales data in Scotland from 1994 to 2011 (no data is available for 1996-99). The data has been supplied to NHS Health Scotland by Nielsen/CGA.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Friday, 21 December 2012
-
Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what impact there has been on the quality-adjusted life years lost by victims of crime as a result of the reduction in alcohol consumption of 5% between 2009 and 2011 reported in Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.
Answer
Data is not available estimating the impact on quality-adjusted life years lost by victims of crime as a result of the reported reduction in consumption in the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.
The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50 pence minimum unit price will result in a reduction in the value of crime quality adjusted life years of £2.2 million in year one with a cumulative discounted value of £20 million over ten years. This is allocated differentially over drinker type with a reduction in the value of crime quality adjusted life years for moderate drinkers of £0.6 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £6 million; for hazardous drinkers, a reduction of £0.6 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £6 million; for harmful drinkers, a reduction of £0.9 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £8 million.
