- 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 Jim Wallace on 28 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers were employed in Scotland, in total and expressed as a full-time equivalent figure, in each year from 1979 to 2000.
Answer
The figures collected centrally are as shown in the table below.
As at 31 March: | Number of Police Officers |
1979 | 12,675 |
1980 | 13,294 |
1981 | 13,252 |
1982 | 13,221 |
1983 | 13,205 |
1984 | 13,175 |
1985 | 13,189 |
1986 | 13,317 |
1987 | 13,417 |
1988 | 13,475 |
1989 | 13,619 |
1990 | 13,847 |
1991 | 13,811 |
1992 | 13,984 |
1993 | 14,095 |
1994 | 14,174 |
1995 | 14,323 |
1996 | 14,512 (includes 9 part-time) |
1997 | 14,789 (includes 61 part-time) |
1998 | 14,980 (includes 114 part-time) |
1999 | 14,810 (includes 142 part-time) |
2000 | 14,699 (includes 186 part-time) |
Part-time working and job sharing was introduced for police officers from 13 December 1995. The number of officers working part time is not collected as a full-time equivalent figure.
- 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 25 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what funds were allocated to the Scottish budget as a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review specifically to take account of any additional costs of devolution.
Answer
I refer you to Cm 4215 Serving Scotland's Needs Governments expenditure plans1999-2000 to 2001-2002 chapters 12 and 13.
- 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 25 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive which areas of Scottish spending are not matched, in the Barnett formula calculation of annual changes in allocations to the Scottish assigned budget, by comparable spending in England and Wales.
Answer
I refer you to the Statement of Funding Policy: Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 25 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the running costs for the Houses of Parliament at Westminster are included as comparable expenditure in the Barnett formula calculation.
Answer
No.
- 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 Sam Galbraith on 18 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers were employed in Scotland, in total and expressed as a full-time equivalent figure, in each year from 1979 to 2000.
Answer
The information which is available is set out in the table below. The total number of teachers has only been recorded since 1991. Figures for 1999-2000 are not yet available.
Teachers in Schools in Scotland |
| Total | Full Time Equivalent |
1979 | N/A | 58,938.1* |
1980 | N/A | 57,582.6* |
1981 | N/A | 57,510.3 |
1982 | N/A | 55,949.6 |
1983 | N/A | 55,000.3 |
1984 | N/A | 54,094.7 |
1985 | N/A | 53,354.6 |
1986 | N/A | 52,764.8 |
1987 | N/A | 52,035.1 |
1988 | N/A | 51,722.5 |
1989 | N/A | 52,198.7 |
1990 | N/A | 52,632.7 |
1991 | 61,361 | 52,541.9 |
1992 | 61,532 | 52,696.0 |
1993 | 61,399 | 52,831.2 |
1994 | 61,636 | 53,231.0 |
1995 | 60,846 | 52,995.7 |
1996 | 60,408 | 52,551.0 |
1997 | 59,857 | 52,159.0 |
1998 | 60,976 | 53,082.3 |
1999 | N/A | N/A |
2000 | N/A | N/A |
N/A = Not Available*FTE for 1979 and 1980 does not include teachers in the independent sector. This sector contributed1568.5 to the 1981 FTE of 57510.3
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to the rescheduling of debts relating to water and sewerage services as a means of reducing the level of water and sewerage charges.
Answer
A significant amount of debt was taken from the water and sewerage services prior to the creation of the water authorities.
Rescheduling of debts by the water authorities has been considered in the past on the balance of costs and benefits. Each exercise has involved the payment of a substantial premium.
The case for further rescheduling is weak, as the average interest cost on the authorities' outstanding debt is now substantially lower than at the time of these rescheduling exercises.
- 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 Henry McLeish on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive which areas of Scotland had non-oil GDP per capita of less than 75% of the European Union average in the most recent year for which figures are available, based on the lowest geographic area for which figures are available.
Answer
No estimates of non-oil GDP are held centrally for areas within Scotland. Total GDP figures are available for the European Union NUTS three areas up to 1996. These were published in Scottish Economic Statistics 2000, 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, 29 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors were employed in Scotland, in total and expressed as a full-time equivalent figure, in each year from 1979 to 2000.
Answer
The information available on medical staff employed in the NHS in Scotland is shown in the following table. The table should be read in conjunction with the notes below.
Year | Number | WTE |
Total 2 | Total 2 |
1979 | 9838 | 8802.3 |
1980 | 9923 | 8884.8 |
1981 | 10050 | 9023.6 |
1982 | 10128 | 9157.6 |
1983 | 10270 | 9271.3 |
1984 | 10378 | 9374.2 |
1985 | 10293 | 9398.3 |
1986 | 10309 | 9341.9 |
1987 | 10375 | 9386.7 |
1988 | 10699 | 9688.8 |
1989 | 10774 | 9766.0 |
1990 | 10908 | 9851.7 |
1991 | 10931 | 9886.4 |
1992 | 11127 | 10054.3 |
1993 | 11249 | 10192.5 |
1994 | 11503 | 10398.5 |
1995 | 11755 | 10596.8 |
1996 | 12004 | 10883.0 |
1997 | 12375 | 11222.5 |
1998 | 12500 | 11339.5 |
1999p | 12736 | 11544.1 |
Notes:
- Source: Medical and Dental Manpower Census, General Medical Practitioner Database, ISD Scotland.
- There is an element of double counting as some doctors hold more than 1 contract.
- The table shows all doctors, except locums, working in the NHS in Scotland. It includes both career and training grades working in Hospital Services, Primary Care Services, Public Health Medicine and Community Services, including those with honorary contracts.
- Whole time equivalent (WTE) is calculated by dividing the number of sessions by the normal (conditioned) hours for the group of staff.
p = provisional.
- 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 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all of the assets registered in the National Asset Register which are under the control of it, its departments or agencies, local authorities or other Scottish public bodies and any assets under the control of these bodies which are not currently on the Register.
Answer
The National Asset Register (NAR) was published in November 1997 to provide a picture at a point in time of the assets owned by central Government departments, their executive agencies, executive non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), health bodies and other sponsored bodies. The NAR did not cover the assets of local authorities since their assets belong to them and not to central government.
The different groups have continued to maintain their own fixed asset registers and the published accounts of agencies, NDPBs, NHS Trusts, Health Boards and public corporations provide information on the assets held and the movements during each year. The resource accounts of the Scottish Executive for 1999-00 when audited and published will provide similar levels of disclosure.
- 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 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) what the annual percentage rise was in (i) the average earnings of public sector workers and (ii) overall average earnings in each year since 1979, and is estimated to be in each future year for which figures are available; (b) how each of these figures compares with the equivalent (i) UK figure and (ii) English figure, and (c) what the actual average earnings figure was in each of these categories in the earliest year for which figures are available, in cash terms.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not hold this information. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects data annually in the New Earnings Survey and has supplied the information shown in the tables below. Further information on earnings can be obtained directly from ONS.
Table 1 shows the percentage increases in gross weekly earnings1 in (a) the public sector and (b) all sectors for Scotland, England and Great Britain over the period for which comparable data is available. UK figures and estimates for future years are not available. Table 2 shows the average gross weekly earnings figures for 1986, the earliest year for which information is available.
Table 1: Percentage increase in gross weekly earnings
| Public Sector percentage increase | Whole economy percentage increase |
Year | Scotland | England | Great Britain | Scotland | England | Great Britain |
1986-1987 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
1987-1988 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 9.6 |
1988-1989 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
1989-1990 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.3 |
1990-1991 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
1991-1992 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 6.2 |
1992-1993 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
1993-1994 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
1994-1995 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1995-1996 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1996-1997 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
1997-1998 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
1998-1999 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
Table 2: Average gross weekly earnings in 1986 (£)
Public Sector | Whole economy |
Scotland | England | Great Britain | Scotland | England | Great Britain |
151.2 | 154.3 | 153.6 | 155.6 | 162.8 | 161.4 |
Source: Office for National Statistics1
Figures relate to all employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey period was unaffected by absence.
