- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the costs associated with meeting equal pay obligations will be included in monitoring and reviewing the concordat with COSLA and local authorities.
Answer
Through the oversight arrangements it has put in place to monitor and review the concordat, the Scottish Government is in regular contact with COSLA on a range of issues including the financial pressures, such as equal pay obligations, facing local authorities.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-8582 by Shona Robison on 28 January 2008, when updated statistics on the percentage of mothers recorded as breastfeeding at their six-to-eight-week review in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) Scotland will be published.
Answer
Information on breastfeeding rates at the six-to-eight-week review are published on the ISD Scotland website under Child Health at
www.isdscotland.org/child_breastfeeding and are updated annually in May. The latest published statistics are for children born in 2007 and these are available for the 11 NHS board areas that participate in the Child Health Systems Programme - Pre-School system, including NHS Tayside.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 3 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the initial revenue allocations to NHS Tayside (a) were in each financial year since 2004-05 and (b) will be in 2009-10 and what the value is of these amounts taking inflation into account.
Answer
The initial revenue allocations to NHS Tayside from 2004-05 and the inflation adjusted figures are shown below:
| Year | Initial Allocation (£ million) | Adjusted Figure (£ million) |
| 2004-05 | 451.9 | 511.3 |
| 2005-06 | 483.5 | 536.1 |
| 2006-07 | 517.0 | 557.9 |
| 2007-08 | 549.1 | 575.5 |
| 2008-09 | 566.4 | 574.9 |
| 2009-10 | 578.6 | 578.6 |
The adjusted figures are shown at 2009-10 prices.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 3 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the initial revenue allocation to NHS Tayside will be in 2009-10 according to the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee’s (NRAC) target initial allocation.
Answer
The target initial allocation to NHS Tayside for 2009-10 according to the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) is that they should receive 7.84% of the total allocation due to territorial boards. For 2009-10, this would be £568 million out of the £7,247.9 million made available to territorial boards.
The actual allocation made to NHS Tayside for 2009-10 was £578.6 million.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 3 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what NHS Tayside’s percentage share is of the general allocation to territorial NHS boards in 2009-10.
Answer
NHS Tayside''s percentage share of the initial allocation to territorial NHS boards for 2009-10 was 7.98%.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 3 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average rent has been in the registered social landlord sector in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in the last two years for which information is available.
Answer
Statistics on Registered Social Landlords are published by the Scottish Housing Regulator. The most up to date information on average rents is provided through their Annual Performance and Statistical Returns, which show the average weekly housing association rents for Dundee City and Angus for 2006-07 and 2007-08 as:
| Council Area | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| Dundee City | £50.02 | £54.12 |
| Angus | £48.22 | £52.32 |
Scottish Housing Regulator statistics on Registered Social Landlords are available at:
http://www.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/ webpages/shr_amendment151208-statsfront.hcsp#TopOfPage.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the NHS Tayside area have been invited to attend bowel cancer screening since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was introduced.
Answer
There is no published data for the Scottish Bowel Screening programme, as yet.
Data on the Scottish Bowel Screening Pilot was published in August 2008 via the Information Services Division (ISD) website at www.isdscotland.org/isd/5728.html.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the NHS Tayside area have died from colorectal cancer since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was introduced.
Answer
Data on the number of people who have died from colorectal cancer are available by NHS board and year (1985 to 2007) on the Information Services Division website. The latest year for which cancer mortality data are complete is 2007.
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=cancer_colorectal_mort_m.xls&pContentDispositionType=inline.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much in Housing Association Grant was awarded to each registered social landlord in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in 2007-08 and has been awarded in 2008-09 and what the value is of these amounts taking inflation into account.
Answer
The Grant Planning Target (GPT) is allocated at the beginning of each financial year to individual Housing Associations for all relevant elements of the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP).
The following table provides details of the allocation of GPTs for each Housing Association in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus for 2007-08 and 2008-09.
| Housing Association | Dundee 2007-081 £ Million | Dundee 2008-09 £ Million | Angus 2007-081 £ Million | Angus 2008-09 £ Million |
| Abertay Housing Association Ltd | 1.528 | 0.690 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Angus Housing Association Ltd | 0.801 | 0.023 | 4.012 | 2.035 |
| Bield Housing Association Ltd | 0.052 | 0.072 | 0.021 | 0.010 |
| Cairn Housing Association Ltd | 0.007 | 0.018 | 0.004 | 0.005 |
| Hillcrest Housing Association Ltd | 3.769 | 2.431 | 0.794 | 0.650 |
| Home in Scotland Ltd | 2.745 | 2.588 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Margaret Blackwood Housing Association Ltd | 1.407 | 1.014 | 0.083 | 0.027 |
| Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association | 0.325 | 0.030 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Servite Housing Association (Scotland) Ltd | 1.471 | 0.776 | 0.764 | 0.904 |
| Trust Housing Association Ltd | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.013 | 0.033 |
| Total | 12.105 | 7.642 | 5.691 | 3.664 |
Note: 1. 2007-08 figures are expressed in real terms. The figures have been calculated using the provisional GDP deflator of 3.25% for 2008-09.
The Dundee and Angus areas benefited from resources being brought forward in 2008-09 through the Accelerated Funding Programme. A £0.701 million allocation will fund the acquisition of eight additional homes for rent in Dundee and a £0.525 million allocation will fund the acquisition of a land banking opportunity in Angus.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the NHS Tayside area have been diagnosed with bowel cancer since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was introduced.
Answer
Data on the number of people diagnosed with bowel (colorectal) cancer are available by NHS board and year (1980 to 2005) on the Information Services Division website:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=cancer_colorectal_inc.xls&pContentDispositionType=inline.
The latest year for which cancer registration data are complete is 2005.
These figures include screen detected (through the pilot) and symptomatic bowel cancer diagnoses.
