- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2001
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 26 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals hold two or more appointments to public bodies; when they were appointed to each body, and what remuneration each such person receives for each appointment.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-19592.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2002
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many guesthouses have a rateable value of (a) under #10,000, (b) between #10,000 and #25,000 and (c) over #25,000.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-23528.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2002
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hotels have a rateable value of (a) under #10,000, (b) between #10,000 and #25,000 and (c) over #25,000.
Answer
Rateable value information held centrally groups non-domestic subjects in general categories. The following table shows the number of subjects in the "hotel and guest house etc" category by rateable value band.
| Number of Hotels and Guesthouse in Scotland by Rateable Value at April 2000 |
| Up to £10,000 | £10,001 to £25,000 | Over £25,000 | Total |
| 5975 | 1,390 | 986 | 8,351 |
Source: As reported to Scottish Executive by Assessors for Revaluation 2000.Notes:1. Excludes subjects with zero rateable value.2. Some assessors include public houses and caravan parks within the hotel, guesthouse etc category of subjects.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2002
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 28 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20665 by Peter Peacock on 28 December 2001, which ministers attended the meetings of the Ministerial Working Group on Renewing Local Democracy on 3 October 2000, 13 November 2000 and 13 February 2001.
Answer
As indicated in the Guide to Collective Decision Making, a copy of which is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 5884), the Executive operates on the basis of collective responsibility and does not disclose details of the internal processes through which a decision has been made. For that reason, the Executive does not normally comment on which ministers attended specific meetings. Details of the membership of Cabinet Sub-Committees are made available on the Scottish Executive website.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2002
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 8 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to publish details of grant aided expenditure in respect of 2000-03 in a "green book" and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.
Answer
"Green books" for 2000-01 and 2001-02 are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 7912 and 12261 respectively). Allocations of grant aided expenditure for 2002-03 and 2003-04 were based on those for 2001-02, adjusted to take account of projected changes to population data for those years. Details of these adjustments are contained in a supplement attached to the "green book" for 2001-02.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients in each NHS and health board area are currently being prescribed Infliximab and Entanercept.
Answer
This information is not available centrally. Infliximab and Entanercept are available on NHS prescription. However, their use depends on the clinical judgement of specialists experienced in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Data on drugs dispensed in hospitals is not held centrally. Centrally collected data relates to items dispensed in the community by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 1 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce a statutory duty of Best Value to the expenditure of each of its Departments.
Answer
We are committed to Best Value and will be extending a requirement for Best Value across the public sector, including departments of the Executive, by spring 2002.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 1 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend a statutory duty of Best Value to non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) for which it has responsibility and to which NDPBs this would be applied.
Answer
We are committed to Best Value and will be extending a requirement for Best Value across the public sector, including NDPBs, by spring 2002.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2002
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 31 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to change the guidance issued to local authorities in regard to applications from local authorities for Private Finance Initiative/Public Private Partnerships projects.
Answer
The Scottish Executive Education Department invited local authorities to bid for a share of funding for revenue support for Public Private Partnership school buildings projects in Circular 8/2001 which was issued on 26 September 2001. The circular outlines the bidding process and there are no plans to reissue or revise it.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend a statutory duty of Best Value to the expenditure of NHS boards and trusts.
Answer
There are currently no plans to extend a statutory duty of Best Value to NHS Boards and Trusts. NHS Trusts already have a statutory responsibility to carry out their functions effectively, efficiently and economically. Additionally, the operational and financial performance of NHS bodies is scrutinised directly and systematically by the Health Department through the new Performance Assessment Framework, as announced in Our National Health, and through regular monitoring.
