- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how the capital costs of the NHS have varied as a result of PPP/PFI projects.
Answer
There is no evidence that PPP/PFIhas had an impact on the capital costs of the NHS. PPP/PFI contributes substantiallyto capital investment in NHSScotland and is an additional source of funding.There are currently 27 projects with a capital value of £864 million under development.PPP/PFI does not replace public funding which has seen substantial annual increases,rising from £136 million in 1996-97 to £420million in 2005-06.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 12 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it will use to determine which operators of PFI/PPP schools will be designated as public authorities under section 5 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
The Executive will carry outa public consultation by the end of October this year on the criteria that should be applied to designateScottish public authorities under section 5 of the act.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what assurances it can give that Scottish Water will be protected from privatisation under the provisions of the draft Water Services Bill, if water is included in the latest round of liberalisation under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
Answer
Matters relating to the regulationof international trade, including responsibility for GATS negotiations, are reservedto the UK Government. The Scottish Executive has ensured that the UK Government’s representationsto the European Union on GATS reflect the Executive’s commitment to retain Scotland’spublic water services in the public sector, and the UK Government has confirmed that it has no intentionof pressing for water services to be included in future GATS commitments. Nothingin the GATS process affects the Scottish Executive’s right to determine policy onhow water services are provided in Scotland. The forthcoming Water Services Bill will not affectScottish Water's status as a public corporation.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact PPP/PFI projects have had on the capital costs of each local authority.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-7724 on 5 May 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-30312 and S2W-113 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 17 October 2002 and 2 June 2003 respectively, how many reports to procurators fiscal were marked "no proceedings" for reason of (a) time-bar, (b) delay by police/reporting agency, (c) lack of court resources, (d) procurator fiscal staff shortage and (e) delay by procurator fiscal in 2003-04, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The figures requested are asfollows:
| 2003-04 | Time-Bar | Delay Police/RA | Delay PF | Lack of Court Resources | PF Staff Shortage |
| Aberdeen | 1 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Airdrie | 399 | 494 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Alloa | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arbroath | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayr | 11 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banff | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Campbeltown | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cupar | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dingwall | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Dornoch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumbarton | 0 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries | 14 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dundee | 47 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunfermline | 12 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunoon | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duns | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh | 492 | 1,128 | 81 | 0 | 0 |
| Elgin | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Falkirk | 101 | 89 | 115 | 0 | 0 |
| Forfar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort William | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow | 957 | 1,812 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenock | 23 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haddington | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton | 226 | 485 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverness | 17 | 93 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Jedburgh | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 23 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkcaldy | 75 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkcudbright | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkwall | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanark | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lerwick | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linlithgow | 47 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lochmaddy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oban | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paisley | 23 | 153 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Peebles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth | 5 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterhead | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portree | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rothesay | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Selkirk | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stirling | 40 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Stonehaven | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stornoway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stranraer | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tain | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wick | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The effective partnership workingbetween Strathclyde Police and the Strathclyde Area Procurators Fiscal has maintainedan overall reduction in the number of cases marked no proceedings because of policedelay in Strathclyde of around 70% when compared to the previous year. Nationally,the number of cases marked no proceedings because of police delay has reduced byaround 60%.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what funds it has made available to local authorities to cover the implications for them of the abolition of feudal tenure.
Answer
No funds have been made available.It is difficult to predict the administrative costs to local authorities arisingfrom the abolition of the feudal system, but it is expected that these can be metfrom existing resources. As with any other individual or corporate body, it is amatter of choice for the local authority as to what, if any, action it wishes totake. The legislation does not require any action generating unavoidable costs forcouncils.
It is unlikely that local authoritieswill have incurred much expense to date, as the feudal system will not actuallybe abolished until 28 November 2004. It is currently possible for authorities to registernotices in the property registers in order to save certain types of feudal rightand authorities have been advised of the best way to ensure that they will retaina say in relation to housing complexes where they still own some of the properties.It is not anticipated that authorities will wish to use a large number of notices,and so the registration costs should not prove to be significant.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that liberalisation of the water service under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) would be beneficial for the service and, if not, what steps it is taking to oppose such liberalisation.
Answer
Mattersrelating to the regulation of international trade, including responsibility forGATS negotiations, are reserved to the UK Government. The UK Government has confirmedthat it has no intention of pressing for water services to be included in futureGATS commitments and that to date no requests have been received for the UK to do so in the current round of negotiations.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7186 by Lewis Macdonald on 26 April 2004, whether the directive will apply to developments planned before 21 July 2004 and adopted between July 2004 and July 2006.
Answer
Council Directive 2001/42/ECis concerned with plans and programmes, and will not apply to individual developments.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3121 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 October 2003, who was responsible for the proportionate increase to the baseline figures in the calculation of the payment for the services of HM Prison Kilmarnock to reflect the provision of additional prisoner places being incorrect.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what assurances it can give that Scottish Water will remain as a public corporation under the provisions of the draft Water Services Bill.
Answer
The Executive remains committedto retaining Scottish Water as a publicly owned corporation. Scottish Water's statuswill not be affected by the forthcoming Water Services Bill.
