- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what average cost has been incurred in respect of psychiatric in-patients in each year since 2000, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The average cost per in-patientweek in psychiatric services is given in the following table:
General Psychiatry Services - Cost Per In-Patient Week(£)
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| NHS Argyll and Clyde | 775 | 910 | 987 | 1,092 | 1,229 | 1,335 |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 1,033 | 1,251 | 1,390 | 1,481 | 1,518 | 1,800 |
| NHS Borders | 1,458 | 1,444 | 1,286 | 1,546 | 1,392 | 1,296 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 981 | 1,244 | 1,109 | 1,182 | 1,203 | 1,576 |
| NHS Fife | 850 | 954 | 982 | 1,066 | 1,188 | 1,412 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 904 | 1,045 | 1,054 | 1,154 | 1,181 | 1,313 |
| NHS Grampian | 959 | 1,054 | 1,063 | 1,182 | 1,330 | 1,392 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow | 785 | 768 | 1,085 | 1,063 | 1,167 | 1,297 |
| NHS Highland | 1,102 | 1,250 | 1,443 | 1,680 | 1,951 | 1,675 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 842 | 887 | 945 | 1,017 | 1,200 | 1,376 |
| NHS Lothian | 888 | 1,017 | 1,202 | 1,349 | 1,354 | 1,555 |
| NHS Orkney | 1,044 | 1,767 | 1,344 | 1,743 | 3,517 | 2,449 |
| NHS Tayside | 981 | 1,136 | 1,253 | 1,378 | 1,505 | 1,711 |
| NHS Western Isles | 1,325 | 1,409 | 1,350 | 1,390 | 1,403 | 1,329 |
| State Hospital | 1,431 | 1,683 | 1,860 | 2,013 | 2,073 | 2,511 |
| National Average | 917 | 1,018 | 1,148 | 1,239 | 1,338 | 1,496 |
Source: Scottish Health ServiceCosts.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 22 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what training and guidance it has in place to support its staff who suffer from stress.
Answer
As part of its commitment tothe Scottish Health at Work (SHAW) programme, the Executive provides advice andorganises events for its staff on a range of issues, including dealing with stress,smoking cessation, improving general health, etc. Staff also have access to a counsellingand welfare service and occupational health and safety support, including risk assessmentfor stress.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 22 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its staff at grade C1 or above reported as unfit for work as a result of stress in each year since 2001, broken down by department and expressed also as a percentage of the total number of staff employed at C1 or above.
Answer
The following tableshows those members of staff at grade C1 or above in the core departments of the Scottish Executive who have had at least one period of sick absence due to stressin the relevant calendar year. The staff numbers used as the base for the percentagesare as at 31 March for each year.
| Department | Number Per Year | Percentage Per Year |
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Centrally Managed Staff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
| Development Department | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Education Department | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 3.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% |
| Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Dept | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 1.2% |
| Environment and Rural Affairs Department | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% |
| Finance and Central Services Department | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% |
| Health Department | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Justice Department | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Legal and Parliamentary Services | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.8% |
| Office Of The Permanent Secretary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Total | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.9% |
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 22 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its staff at grade B3 or below reported as unfit for work as a result of stress in each year since 2001, broken down by department and expressed also as a percentage of the total number of staff employed at B3 or below.
Answer
The following tableshows those members of staff at grade B3 or below in the core departments of the Scottish Executive who have had at least one period of sick absence due to stressin the relevant calendar year. The staff numbers used as the base for the percentagesare as at 31 March for each year.
| Department | Number Per Year | Percentage Per Year |
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Centrally Managed Staff | 15 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.4% |
| Development Department | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0.6% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1.2% | 2.8% |
| Education Department | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1.3% | 2.1% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Dept | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2.2% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| Environment and Rural Affairs Department | 10 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 1.0% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.4% |
| Finance and Central Services Department | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1.2% | 4.0% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 1.9% |
| Health Department | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0.8% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 1.0% |
| Justice Department | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2.8% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Legal and Parliamentary Services | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1.5% |
| Office Of The Permanent Secretary | 11 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 1.7% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| Total | 57 | 96 | 99 | 92 | 77 | 1.4% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will offer to low-income elderly Olympic sport veterans and medal winners to travel to Melbourne to take part in the 50th anniversary Olympic reunion in November 2006.
Answer
The Executive has no plans tooffer financial support to 1956 Olympians who wish to attend the 1956 MelbourneOlympic Games reunion.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to commemorate the Olympic medal winners from Scotland who represented their country at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
Answer
The Executive has no plans inplace to commemorate our 1956 Olympic medal winners.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 19 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many policy projects are currently being undertaken by its Education Department and, of these, how many are behind schedule.
Answer
The Education Department is focusedon the delivery of 103 Partnership Agreement (PA) commitments. Only one will notbe achieved within the specified timescale, Commitment 217 Promote New Deal programmefor sports assistants. The focus of the UK New Deal programme has shifted and thereforethis PA commitment is no longer appropriate. We are continuing to explore otherways of encouraging sports volunteering.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average hourly wage is of its staff.
Answer
Staff in Bands A-C in the coreDepartments of the Scottish Executive are paid an annual salary based on thepay range for their post.
As at April 2006, theaverage hourly rates paid to staff were as follows:
| Band | Average Hourly Wage |
| Band A (Administrators) | £6.57 |
| Band B (First/Middle managers) | £11.13 |
| Band C (Senior managers) | £19.84 |
For staff above Band C, inthe Senior Civil Service, there is no immediate means of calculating an averagehourly wage which would reflect the pay ranges, performance pay system andcontractual hours within which they are required to work and which wouldpresent a meaningful picture of salary rates within the Scottish Executive forthese grades. All Senior Civil Servants’ salaries sit within pay bands andperformance pay arrangements set by the Senior Salaries Review Body and agreedby the Government, the latest information about which is available at
www.ome.uk.com.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on facilities, materials, transport and other related activities and support for its staff who attended away days in each year since 2000, broken down by department.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. Such events are generally organised locally by individual business unitswithin the Executive and are funded within locally devolved budgets. The ScottishExecutive values learning, development and training and uses the full range of learningopportunities to support staff and organisational development.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hours were spent by its staff attending away days in each year since 2000, broken down by department.
Answer
The information is not held centrally.The Scottish Executive values learning, development and training and uses the fullrange of learning opportunities available to it to support organisational development.
