- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of private finance is which has been provided to fund its Private Finance Initiative/Public Private Partnership projects to date.
Answer
The capital value of Public/Private Partnership (PPP) "Done Deals" to date is £2.2 billion. This figure comprises those projects that have been signed or are expected to sign within this financial year. The total estimated capital expenditure by the private sector on PPP projects over the period 2000-01 to 2003-04 is around 10% of the Scottish Executive's total capital expenditure for the same period and in terms of revenue support the figure is less than 2%.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the duties of local authorities are in respect of children held in immigration removal centres.
Answer
The Home Office has responsibility for ensuring the needs of children in detention centres are met. The Home Office has the power to make arrangements with the local authorities. I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-24470 on 23 April 2002 and S1W-25113 today.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) target and (b) actual current waiting times are for a neurological examination by a consultant neurologist in each NHS board area.
Answer
The median waiting time for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant in neurology, following referral by a General Medical Practitioner, by NHS board of residence, in the year ended 31 December 2001, is given in the table.The target waiting time for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant, following referral by a General Medical Practitioner or General Dental Practitioner, is nine weeks.NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times for a First Out-patient Appointment with a Consultant in Neurology, Following Referral by a General Medical Practitioner, by NHS Board of Residence. Year Ended 31 December 2001
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| NHS Board | Median Wait |
| Argyll and Clyde | 80 days |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 97 days |
| Borders | 78 days |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 101 days* |
| Fife | 67days |
| Forth Valley | 70 days |
| Grampian | 88 days |
| Greater Glasgow | 95 days |
| Highland | 59 days |
| Lanarkshire | 106 days |
| Lothian | 28 days |
| Orkney | 120 days* |
| Shetland | 97 days* |
| Tayside | 70 days |
| Western Isles | 56 days* |
| Scotland | 70 days |
Source: ISD Scotland, SMR0.
PProvisional.Note:*Represents less than 100 patients.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities are carrying out their duties under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 with respect to the children of asylum seekers held in immigration removal centres.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-25113.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 has on the duties of any local authority that has any immigration removal centre in its area.
Answer
The Home Secretary has a duty to look after those applying for asylum under the Immigration Acts. The Home Office has taken responsibility for ensuring that the needs of the children are met and may work with local authorities to do so.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 are fully complied with at the Dungavel House immigration removal centre.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-25113.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24494 by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 April 2002, why the information requested by the second part of the question was not given and whether Lanarkshire Primary Care Trust has confirmed that the practices of refusing to accept a referral and closing waiting lists no longer exist.
Answer
Lanarkshire Primary Care Trust has confirmed that it does not refuse referrals and has no closed waiting lists.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-18369 and S1W-20351 by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 October 2001 and 7 December 2001, whether the Health Education Board for Scotland has completed its research for the purposes of informing the development of a sexual health strategy and when it expects to publish the strategy.
Answer
The Health Education Board for Scotland has completed its research. The Executive is now carrying out additional work on preliminary data, informed by other on-going research. No date for the publication of the strategy has yet been set.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24336 by Iain Gray on 16 April 2002, how many (a) people and (b) agencies have been engaged in a consultative capacity by and on behalf of Scottish Homes in each of the last five years and at what cost.
Answer
The details of individual consultancy assignments on behalf of Scottish Homes over the last five years are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, I can confirm that Scottish Homes total expenditure on fees and consultancy in the last five years was as follows:
| | Expenditure on Fees and Consultancy(£ million) |
| 1997-98 | 1.820 |
| 1998-99 | 1.539 |
| 1999-2000 | 1.698 |
| 2000-01 | 1.789 |
| 2001-021 | 1.100 |
Note:1. Estimate.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its strategy for housing includes a national percentage target for home ownership and, if so, what the target is.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not have a national percentage target for home ownership in Scotland.
