- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many in-patient and day case discharges from waiting lists there were in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03, as shown for previous years on table M6.1 of the ISD Scotland national statistics release on waiting times.
Answer
Table M6.1 is no longer published. Information on in-patient and day case activity in each of the last five years for which information is available is given in the table. Information for 2001-02 is provisional.
| Year | Number of Elective In-patient/Day Case Discharges | Of Which Admissions from In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List | Emergency In-Patients | Total Emergency In-patients and Elective Discharges |
| 1997-98 | 622,198 | 487,627 | 459,303 | 1,081,501 |
| 1998-99 | 649,188 | 495,219 | 463,720 | 1,112,908 |
| 1999-2000 | 629,832 | 461,550 | 468,458 | 1,098,290 |
| 2000-01 | 633,009 | 454,646 | 471,756 | 1,104,765 |
| 2001-02P | 600,206 | 426,881 | 480,006 | 1,080,212 |
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- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive . further to the answer to question S1W-29930 by Mr Frank McAveety on 9 October 2002, when it intends to complete its consideration of the implications for its policy on free personal care of the decision of the Competition Commission Appeals Tribunal.
Answer
We do not consider there are any immediate implications for, or actions required in respect of, our policy on free personal care arising from the Bettercare judgement. I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-31405 on 20 November 2002, which makes clear that more general assessment must await judgement on another related case and that we remain in close contact with our counterparts in Northern Ireland and the other UK administrations on this matter.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 27 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what bodies were formally consulted by the First Minister in the preparation of his report to be submitted to the Committee of the Regions for the Convention on the Future of Europe.
Answer
The Opinion "More democracy, transparency and efficiency in the European Union" was drafted by me for the Committee of the Regions in a personal capacity. The Scottish Executive has consulted extensively on Future of Europe issues to inform an official submission to be sent to the Convention later in the year.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) contributions and (b) responses it has received in respect of its national debate on the Future of Europe and, of these, how many have been posted on its website about the Future of Europe under (i) "noticeboard" and (ii) "contributions".
Answer
As at 11 October, 28 responses had been received. Three contributions have been posted on the "Noticeboard" on the Executive's Future of Europe website, and five have been posted under "Contributions". The remainder are either not available electronically or sought further clarification and were not final responses to the consultation. In addition, forty Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) were represented at three seminars organised on the Executive's behalf by the Scottish Civic Forum.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 9 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to any implications for its policy on free personal care of the decision by the Competition Commission Appeals Tribunal on 1 August 2002 in favour of Bettercare Group Ltd with reference to payment for nursing and care services in the North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust and whether it plans to take any action in respect of this matter.
Answer
We are currently considering the implications of the judgement.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations have submitted applications for grants from its fund for Future of Europe debates, referred to in paragraph 10 of its paper submitted to the European Committee on 18 June 2002, Future of Europe Debate: Involving Civil Society, and which applications (a) are pending and (b) have been successful.
Answer
The Scottish Executive approached the Scottish Civic Forum to gauge interest in the Future of Europe debate amongst medium- and small-sized Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Based on their findings, and in the interests of ensuring that a reasonable number and wide spread of NGOs could take part in the debate, it was decided that the most effective option would be to commission the civic forum to hold a small number of seminars open to all NGOs, rather than to invite bids for grant funding from individual bodies. Three events were held during September, in Dumfries, Edinburgh and Perth, which were attended by 40 NGOs and a number of individuals.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times it has commented on European memoranda submitted to it by departments of Her Majesty's Government since May 1999.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Under the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and the devolved administrations arrangements are in place for the UK Government to consult the devolved administrations on relevant European Union matters, including draft explanatory memorandums. This happens on a regular and consistent basis.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the recommendation at paragraph 106 of the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee's 30th Report, European Scrutiny in the Commons.
Answer
The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee's 30th report is addressed to the UK Government, which will be responding to it shortly.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has complied with guidance issued by Her Majesty's Government that comments on European memoranda be with the relevant departments within 10 days of receipt from the European Union.
Answer
UK Government departments are under an obligation to the UK Parliament to ensure that explanatory memoranda are provided to the UK Parliament within 10 days of the deposit of the European Union document which requires the memorandum. Any consultation between Government departments and the Scottish Executive on the content of memoranda should be completed within this timescale.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 30 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers will be attending the Britain at the Leading Edge trade convention in Shanghai, China in October.
Answer
No Scottish Executive minister will attend Britain at the Leading Edge, which is a programme of events aimed at demonstrating that the UK is modern, innovative and technologically advanced. UK Government ministers are currently considering their attendance at the event. Scottish Development International works closely with Trade Partners UK and the China-Britain Business Council who are organising a number of the business related events, including the British Business Showcase at which four Scottish companies will be represented.
