- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the budget of each health board for 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 and the Executive's contribution to these budgets.
Answer
Details of the Executive's contribution to budgets are as follows:
| Health Board | Executive's Contribution To Budget 1999-2000 £m | Executive's Contribution To Budget 2000-01 £m | Executive's Contribution To Budget 2001-02 £m |
| Argyll & Clyde | 393.202 | 430.583 | 443.875 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 336.741 | 366.520 | 384.786 |
| Borders | 101.795 | 106.851 | 109.095 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 148.221 | 157.138 | 157.546 |
| Fife | 297.159 | 315.812 | 328.674 |
| Forth Valley | 242.768 | 260.787 | 263.386 |
| Grampian | 451.975 | 483.558 | 498.232 |
| Greater Glasgow | 910.012 | 979.484 | 1023.450 |
| Highland | 197.893 | 211.638 | 224.538 |
| Lanarkshire | 473.097 | 516.597 | 531.665 |
| Lothian | 689.336 | 731.961 | 753.212 |
| Orkney | 21.442 | 27.749 | 23.926 |
| Shetland | 24.757 | 29.079 | 29.770 |
| Tayside | 397.854 | 423.251 | 443.148 |
| Western Isles | 36.938 | 45.991 | 44.347 |
Note:(1) Budgets include both revenue and capital allocations. Capital allocations in particular can vary considerably from year to year. The inclusion of capital allocations and other allocations of a non-recurring nature mean that year-on-year comparisons are not, therefore, necessarily comparing like-for-like.(2) 2001-02 budget is allocation to date. Further allocations will be made in-year. Details of additional income generated from other sources can be obtained from individual health boards.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive which psychiatric hospitals have been sold since May 1999.
Answer
The following table sets out the psychiatric hospitals and parts of such hospital sites that have been sold since May 1999, as at 31 July 2001:
HEALTH BOARD AREA | |
Borders | Dingleton Hospital, Melrose |
Forth Valley | Bellsdyke Hospital, Larbert |
Grampian | Daviot Hospital, Aberdeen |
Highland | Part disposal of Craig Dunain Hospital, Inverness |
Greater Glasgow | Part of Leverndale Hospital site, Glasgow |
Tayside | Part disposals - no entire hospital has been sold: Windyridge House, Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee 7 Westmount, Sunnyside Hospital, Montrose 11 Westmount, Sunnyside Hospital, Montrose Murray House Murray Royal Hospital, Perth Field 'D' Murray Royal Hospital, Perth 2&3 Dudhope Terrace, Dundee |
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much revenue has been received from the sale of psychatric hospitals since May 1999, broken down by health board area.
Answer
The following table sets out the resources achieved from the sale of psychiatric hospitals and parts of the sites of such hospitals since May 1999, as at 31 July 2001:
Health Board Area | £(m) |
Borders | 1.325 |
Forth Valley | 0.250 |
Grampian | 0.750 |
Highland | 0.750 |
Greater Glasgow | 1.400 |
Tayside | 0.847 |
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is regarding the use of the revenue from the sale of psychiatric hospitals.
Answer
Current guidelines indicate that the proceeds from the sale of psychiatric hospitals, like the proceeds from all other NHSScotland properties, should be fully reinvested in improving patient care.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the total revenue received from the sale of psychiatric hospitals since May 1999 has been used to fund community care packages, broken down by health board area.
Answer
Generally, the proceeds from the sale of mental health facilities are not directly reinvested in mental health since the mental health service will have been reprovided through capital investment or resource transfer prior to the mental health facility being closed and sold.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in the implementation of its road to rail freight strategy.
Answer
Awards of Freight Facilities Grants already made will remove over 13.4 million lorry miles from Scotland's roads each year. The doubling of resources for this grant scheme to £36m over the period 2001-2004 is evidence of our continued commitment to encouraging the transfer of freight from road to rail and water.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what applications it has received for supporting funding to expand the Eurocentral rail freight terminal in Lanarkshire.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not received an application for Freight Facilities Grant funding to expand the Eurocentral rail freight terminal in Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to undertake a national survey to ascertain the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Scotland.
Answer
We have no such plans.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a specialist fund will be set up to implement the "shared care" approach recommended by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Answer
There are no plans to set up such a fund.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a specialist fund will be set up to assist local authorities, health boards, education departments and social work services in the ongoing training of staff to treat and manage attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Answer
There are no plans to set up such a fund.
