- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money is allocated to each further education (FE) college to address social inclusion.
Answer
Because of the fundamental role that FE colleges have in encouraging people of all ages and from different backgrounds to participate in post-school learning, a large proportion of the resources available to FE colleges can be associated in some way with the promotion of social inclusion.
The figures provided in the table relate to the specific elements that cover the additional costs of social inclusion, over and above the standard funding perstudent place, provided to colleges by the Scottish Further Education FundingCouncil in 2003-04.
| Further Education College | Amount |
| Aberdeen College | £331,920 |
| Angus College * | £119,811 |
| Anniesland College | £555,844 |
| Ayr College | £230,829 |
| Banff & Buchan College of Further Education * | £104,137 |
| The Barony College * | £33,467 |
| Borders College * | £114,326 |
| Cardonald College | £633,488 |
| Central College of Commerce | £404,415 |
| Clackmannan College of Further Education | £75,755 |
| Clydebank College | £359,852 |
| Coatbridge College | £337,907 |
| Cumbernauld College | £77,683 |
| Dumfries and Galloway College * | £270,695 |
| Dundee College | £674,651 |
| Edinburgh's Telford College | £473,449 |
| Elmwood College * | £122,774 |
| Falkirk College of Further and Higher Education | £229,615 |
| Fife College of Further & Higher Education | £242,033 |
| Glasgow College of Building and Printing | £371,661 |
| Glasgow College of Food Technology | £318,800 |
| Glasgow College of Nautical Studies | £268,946 |
| Glenrothes College | £106,175 |
| Inverness College * | £166,960 |
| James Watt College of Further & Higher Education | £913,548 |
| Jewel and Esk Valley College | £161,225 |
| John Wheatley College | £450,295 |
| Kilmarnock College | £299,128 |
| Langside College | £448,915 |
| Lauder College | £130,288 |
| Lews Castle College *** | £90,089 |
| Moray College * | £87,096 |
| Motherwell College | £558,615 |
| North Glasgow College | £510,312 |
| Oatridge Agricultural College * | £38,006 |
| Perth College | £161,763 |
| Reid Kerr College * | £531,215 |
| South Lanarkshire College | £117,386 |
| Stevenson College Edinburgh | £388,524 |
| Stow College | £400,012 |
| The North Highland College ** | £213,306 |
| West Lothian College | £70,719 |
| Orkney College *** | £63,225 |
| Shetland College of Further Education *** | £17,121 |
Source: Scottish Further Education Funding Council.
Notes:
1. These figures consist of the entry costs social inclusion premium; retention and achievement social inclusion premium; and remote student element of the core funding provided to colleges by the Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC).
2. In addition to the figures shown above, colleges in receipt of the remote student element also received a remote institutional based element at a base rate of £191,359 for 2003-04. Colleges that are extremely remote but on the mainland received a 15% increase on this base rate and island colleges received a 30% increase. Remote colleges are marked *, extremely remote **, and island ***. SFEFC is currently reviewing the way in which the funding methodology takes account of remoteness.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce pilot schemes for low income debtors who are unlikely to have sufficient surplus income to make repayments under the Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2004, as recommended in the report by Citi'ens Advice Scotland, On the Cards: the Debt Crisis Facing Scottish CAB Clients.
Answer
The Scottish Executive wants the Scheme to help as many people as possible. There is a powerin the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 for pilot studies to be undertaken. Thisis specifically aimed at debtors with very little surplus income for whom noexisting viable payment distribution facility currently exists. It is intendedthat a pilot study will be undertaken as soon as practicable after the schemeis operational.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether elderly people entitled to free personal care are also entitled to free NHS podiatry care.
Answer
The planning and provisionof NHS services is a matter for NHS boards. The issue of access to NHSchiropody services is a matter for clinical decision in the light of the healthneeds of individual patients.
Free personal care isintended to provide people with support with daily tasks, including personalhygiene which can be undertaken without the intervention of a healthcareprofessional.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action will be taken against any NHS health authorities that do not provide adequate and appropriate foot care in line with clinical need and as part of preventative care.
Answer
If there is clear evidencethat an NHS board has failed to provide adequate and appropriate foot care inline with clinical need as determined by the appropriate healthcareprofessional the issue would be dealt with through the Health Department’sperformance management arrangements with the NHS board concerned.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what national evidence-based practice protocols there are to ensure that patients requiring podiatry care receive such care.
Answer
NHS boards are required to ensurethat the services they provide meet the standards set for the NHS. NHS QualityImprovement Scotland has responsibility for this area and published standardsfor NHSScotland are available at
www.nhshealthquality.org.
In addition podiatristsproviding NHS services are required to meet standards set by professional andregulatory bodies. The Health Professions Council provides information onexisting standards for podiatrists at:
www.hpc-uk.org/publications/standards/Standards_of_Proficiency_Chiropodists.pdf;and further information is available from the Society of Chiropodists andPodiatrists at www.feetforlife.org.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure equal access to podiatry treatment in the NHS.
Answer
The planning and provisionof NHS services is a matter for NHS boards. The issue of access to NHSchiropody services is a matter for clinical decision in the light of the healthneeds of individual patients.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of attempted suicide there have been in psychiatric hospitals and units in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital or unit.
Answer
This information is not available.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much will be invested in water and sewerage infrastructure in 2003-04.
Answer
Current forecasts suggestthat Scottish Water expects to invest a total of £380 million in water andsewerage infrastructure in 2003-04.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the eligibility criteria are for people to be entitled to free chiropody care.
Answer
The planning and provisionof NHS services is a matter for NHS boards. The issue of access to NHSchiropody services is a matter for clinical decision in the light of the healthneeds of individual patients.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards operate a preventative screening programme for schoolchildren, through their podiatry departments, to examine abnormal gait as a causal factor in osteoarthritis, back pain and posture-related disorders.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
