- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the funding of the Skipton Fund is used for administrative purposes, broken down into (a) office costs, such as rent, business rates, telephones, electricity and any other such costs, (b) medical panels, (c) the processing of initial decisions and (d) processing appeals.
Answer
This information is not held.
The Skipton Fund is a private company limited by guarantee, engaged to operate the ex gratia payment scheme on behalf of the four UK Health Departments. The fund opened for business on 5 July 2004 and will be required to submit records in respect of all expenditure once a year.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what qualifications the members of the appeal panel in respect of the Skipton Fund possess.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12642, answered on 13 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the appeals panel in respect of the Skipton Fund is paid for by the fund and, if not, where the funding for the panel comes from.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S2W-12642 answered on 13 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many appellants against a decision by the Skipton Fund not to award an ex gratia payment have had their appeal upheld.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12642, answered on 13 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether appellants will have access to expert opinion to challenge the decision of the medical panel in respect of the Skipton Fund.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S2W-12642 answered on 13 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much, in total, has been paid out to date by the Skipton Fund in respect of stage 2 ex gratia payments.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12632, answered on 13 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have applied to the Skipton Fund.
Answer
The following table provides figures in relation to the number of stage I and stage II applications received by the Skipton Fund and their status as at 26 November 2004:
| | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
| Application forms dispatched | 4,496 | 338 |
| Total completed applications received | 3,095 | 117 |
| Declined | 140 | 01 |
| Number of claims paid | 2,501 | 81 |
| Total amount paid to claimants | £50,020 ,000 | £2,025,000 |
Note: 1. A small number of stage 2 applications have been deferred because the claimants do not yet meet the criteria for payment.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applicants to the Skipton Fund have received the first stage ex gratia payment of £20,000.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12632, answered on 13 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applicants to the Skipton Fund have had their stage 2 application for ex gratia payment declined.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12632, answered on 13 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applicants to the Skipton Fund who received the first stage ex gratia payment of £20,000 have subsequently received the further staged ex gratia payment of £25,000.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12632, answered on 13 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
