- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 4 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital beds were available in Lanarkshire in each of the last 10 years and how many beds there are planned to be in each future year for which information is available.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. I have, however, asked the Chief Executive of Lanarkshire Health Board to write to you with the details you have sought. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 4 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimated proportion of each of the level one budget headings, and of the total budget, is spent on (a) wages and salaries and (b) other related labour costs.
Answer
I refer you to the answer to question S1W-5679 which gave estimates of the proportion of each of the Level 1 Budget headings and the total budget spent on public sector pay. A further breakdown of these figures into wages and salaries and other related labour costs is not currently held centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 3 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to detail the total expenditure in the Scottish budget, and previous block equivalents, as a percentage of Scottish non-oil Gross Domestic Product in each year since 1975 for which figures are available.
Answer
The table below sets out the available information for the total Scottish budget in cash as a proportion of Scottish non-oil GDP at market prices.
| | 1993-94 outturn | 1994-95 outturn | 1995-96 outturn | 1996-97 outturn | 1997-98 outturn |
| Total Scottish budget (£ billion) | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.8 |
| Scottish GDP (market prices) excluding North Sea (£ billion) | 54.5 | 58.5 | 59.9 | 63.7 | 66.8 |
| Budget as a % of GDP | 25.1 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 22.1 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 29 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total Scottish budget was in each year since 1979; what percentage of the overall UK budget this represented in each year and what changes took place in the areas of expenditure to be met from the Scottish budget during this time.
Answer
The table below sets out the total Scottish budget since 1993-94 and the percentage this represents of the total UK budget. The introduction of Resource Accounting and Budgeting makes strict comparison with years before 1999-2000 difficult. Figures are shown, however, since 1993-94 which provides a consistent series with the previous control total definitions.
| 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
| Scotland's total budget (£ million) | 13,712 | 14,229 | 14,554 | 14,831 | 14,774 | 15,383 | 15,108 | 18,453 |
| Scotland as a % of UK budget | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
Note: The figures for 1993-94 to 1998-99 are in cash terms, and the figures for 1999-00 and 2000-01 are expressed in resource terms.The following principle changes in responsibility for public expenditure affect overall comparisons of the figures:
Date | From | Function | Amount of Transfers in 1st year |
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1 April 1994 | DNH | Scottish Arts Council | 24 |
1 April 1994 | Dem | European Social Fund expenditure under objectives 1, 2 and 5b of the Structural Fund regulations. | 22 |
1 April 1994 | DOT | Support for Strathclyde PTE on accounts of changes in the structure of the railway industry | 70 |
1 April 1994 | DTI | Schemes for encouraging innovation, support and transfer of technology | 3 |
1 April 1996 | DOH | Costs for changing capital disregard Limits for people in residential accommodation | 7 |
1 April 1999 | Forestry Commission | Funding of Forestry Commission in Scotland after devolution | 14 |
1 April 1999 | DfEE | Changes in fee levels for students resident in England attending Scottish Higher Education Institutions | 5 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 26 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive which public sector bodies are allocated external finance limits; what the 2000-01 limits are in each case and who sets these limits.
Answer
The table below details the public sector bodies that are set external financing limits by the Scottish Executive and provides details of the limits allocated for 2000-01:
| | £ million |
National Health Service Trusts | -£23 |
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd | £11 |
Caledonian MacBrayne | £19 |
Scottish Enterprise | £393 |
Highlands and Islands Enterprise | £67 |
North of Scotland Water Authority | £55 |
West of Scotland Water Authority | £81 |
East of Scotland Water Authority | £66 |
Note: The figure for NHS Trusts is negative (-£23 million) because the repayment of existing loans, which scores as a receipt in public expenditure terms, is greater than the draw down of any new loans. It is obviously not a reduction in ability to spend or borrow.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 26 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what central analysis is made of the overall impact of Private Finance Initiative or Public/Private Partnership contracts on the Scottish budget.
Answer
Estimates of revenue commitment resulting from service payments by the public sector are calculated in real and cash terms, rounded to the nearest £1 million, for both signed projects and projects under procurement on a year-by-year and sector-by-sector basis. They are provided to HM Treasury as part of the Public Expenditure Survey and are published in the Treasury "Red Book" as aggregated figures.
The impact of estimated total revenue commitments for signed Private Finance Initiative or Public/Private Partnership contracts on the Scottish Executive's budget is less than 1% in cash terms in any year during the period covered by Scotland's Budget Documents.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Donald Dewar on 11 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why it took almost three months to answer question number S1W-1414.
Answer
The six-fold increase in the number of parliamentary questions being answered by the Scottish Executive since devolution has placed significant pressures on the organisation and some answers take longer to be processed than we would wish. We are constantly seeking to improve our performance in this respect although the number of parliamentary questions being tabled continues to increase.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total expenditure was by the Scottish Arts Council on grants to projects by local authority area in the latest year for which figures are available.
Answer
The figures are available in SAC's annual report, a copy of which is available from SPICe.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Donald Dewar on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost is of each Scottish Executive Minister's private office since July 1999, broken down by category of expenditure where possible.
Answer
The estimated staff costs of ministerial private offices for the period July 99-June 2000 are as follows.
MINISTERIAL TEAM (No. of Ministers) | PRIVATE OFFICE STAFF COSTS |
CHILDREN AND EDUCATION (3) | £128,000 |
COMMUNITIES (3) | £128,000 |
ENTERPRISE AND LIFELONG LEARNING (3) | £165,000 |
FIRST MINISTER (1) | £308,000 |
FINANCE (1) | £72,000 |
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE (2) | £103,000 |
JUSTICE (2) | £122,000 |
PARLIAMENT (2) | £145,000 |
RURAL AFFAIRS (2) | £82,000 |
TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT (1) | £65,000 |
TOTAL | |
Other running costs for this period cannot be broken down by individual office. The estimated total for other costs for this period is .
Note: The costs are based around ministerial teams rather than individual Ministers. Ministerial salaries and associated costs are not included. "Other running costs" includes for example: travel and subsistence for private office staff, administration, office equipment, hire of halls, stationery, periodicals.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 30 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses were employed in Scotland, in total and expressed as a full-time equivalent figure, in each year from 1979 to 2000.
Answer
The latest information available centrally on the numbers of nurses employed in the NHS in Scotland from 1979 to 2000 is shown in the following table. Over this period the table shows that the number of qualified nurses in the NHS in Scotland has increased by almost a quarter from 31,260 in 1979 to 41,752 in 1999.
These figures mean that there are now 808 nurses per 100,000 of population in Scotland compared to 620 per 100,000 in England. As the figures show, since taking up office the Executive have reversed the downward trend of recent years. We have announced a further increase of 210 for the coming year in the priority areas of intensive care, psychiatric, community and accident and emergency. Nurse student intakes are also planned to increase by 3% in the coming year.
Nursing and Midwifery staff1 employed in the NHS in Scotland by qualification |
Headcount and Whole Time Equivalent: at 30 September |
| Number | WTE |
| Total | Qualified | Unqualified | Total | Qualified | Unqualified |
| 1979 | 53 815 | 31 260 | 22 555 | 43 526.6 | 26 270.6 | 17 256.0 |
| 1980 | 55 049 | 32 113 | 22 936 | 45 551.5 | 27 391.7 | 18 159.8 |
| 1981 | 57 387 | 33 986 | 23 401 | 47 590.3 | 28 979.1 | 18 611.2 |
| 1982 | 58 535 | 35 576 | 22 959 | 48 664.3 | 30 384.3 | 18 280.0 |
| 1983 | 59 100 | 36 728 | 22 372 | 49 285.1 | 31 523.2 | 17 761.9 |
| 1984 | 59 239 | 37 473 | 21 766 | 49 582.2 | 32 302.8 | 17 279.4 |
| 1985 | 60 000 | 38 210 | 21 790 | 50 413.4 | 33 021.3 | 17 392.1 |
| 1986 | 60 953 | 39 265 | 21 688 | 50 867.4 | 33 616.0 | 17 251.4 |
| 1987 | 61 725 | 39 857 | 21 868 | 51 716.0 | 34 267.9 | 17 448.1 |
| 1988 | 62 341 | 40 444 | 21 897 | 52 053.1 | 34 658.3 | 17 394.8 |
| 1989 | 63 124 | 41 257 | 21 867 | 52 651.2 | 35 326.3 | 17 324.9 |
| 1990 | 63 142 | 41 552 | 21 590 | 52 283.1 | 35 372.0 | 16 911.1 |
| 1991 | 64 189 | 42 121 | 22 068 | 52 647.6 | 35 576.3 | 17 071.3 |
| 1992 | 64 762 | 42 259 | 22 503 | 52 828.9 | 35 454.6 | 17 374.3 |
| 1993 | 63 743 | 41 571 | 22 172 | 52 634.7 | 35 270.1 | 17 364.6 |
| 1994 | 63 488 | 41 679 | 21 809 | 52 521.2 | 35 381.4 | 17 139.8 |
| 1995 | 63 273 | 41 646 | 21 627 | 52 416.3 | 35 379.8 | 17 036.5 |
| 1996 | 62 477 | 41 455 | 21 022 | 51 911.4 | 35 323.0 | 16 588.4 |
| 1997 | 61 954 | 41 414 | 20 540 | 51 472.2 | 35 244.6 | 16 227.6 |
| 1998 | 61 334 | 41 359 | 19 975 | 51 073.8 | 35 233.9 | 15 839.9 |
| 1999p | 61 591 | 41 752 | 19 839 | 51 348.5 | 35 592.1 | 15 756.4 |
Source: National Manpower Statistics from payroll, ISD Scotlandp
provisional
Notes:
1. Excludes nurse teachers and nurses in training.
