- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was allocated in 1994-95 and 1997-98 to Health Boards, the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland, the Health Education Board for Scotland, the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland, the Scottish Ambulance Service, the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education and the State Hospital.
Answer
The allocations were as follows:
| | 1994-95 | 1997-98 |
| | £000 | £000 |
Health Boards | 2,963,661 | 3,573,799 |
Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (1) | 0 | 0 |
Health Education Board for Scotland | 7,217 | 7,365 |
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland (2) | 4,077 | 3,163 |
Scottish Ambulance Service (3) | 0 | 0 |
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education | 89,083 | 103,078 |
State Hospital(4) | 19,743 | 18,070 |
(1) The Clinical Standards Board was only established on 1 April 1999.
(2) From 1996-97 responsibility for initial teacher training for nurse lecturers was transferred from the National Board to universities providing nurse education.
(3) The Scottish Ambulance Service received funding via the Common Services Agency in 1994-95. It was established as an NHS Trust with effect from 1 April 1995 and therefore received its resources for 1997-98 through contracts with Health Boards and other NHS Trusts.(4) The 1994-95 allocation includes funding for a major capital project.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Donald Dewar on 18 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any further plans to promote its Scotland in Europe campaign.
Answer
Scotland's future is important in Europe. The Executive will continue to work to get Scotland the best possible deal out of Europe, supported and strengthened by being in Europe as part of the UK. The recently opened Scotland House is an important part of that. The promotion of the Scotland in Europe campaign is a matter for the members of that campaign.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Donald Dewar on 18 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any further plans to promote its Scotland in Europe campaign.
Answer
Scotland's future is important in Europe. The Executive will continue to work to get Scotland the best possible deal out of Europe, supported and strengthened by being in Europe as part of the UK. The recently opened Scotland House is an important part of that. The promotion of the Scotland in Europe campaign is a matter for the members of that campaign.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was allocated in 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 to the following bodies: Health Boards, Clinical Standards Board for Scotland, Health Education Board for Scotland, National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland, Scottish Ambulance Service, Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, and State Hospital.
Answer
The allocations were as follows:
| | 1995-96 | 1996-97 |
| | £000 | £000 |
Health Boards | 3,211,466 | 3,368,939 |
Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (1) | 0 | 0 |
Health Education Board for Scotland | 7,166 | 7,470 |
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland (3) | 3,818 | 3,541 |
Scottish Ambulance Service (2) | 0 | 0 |
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education | 93,190 | 99,901 |
State Hospital | 21,525 | 22,337 |
(1) The Clinical Standards Board was only established on 1 April 1999.
(2) The Scottish Ambulance Service was an NHS Trust in 1995-96 and 1996-97, and therefore received its resources through contracts with Health Boards and other NHS Trusts.(3) From 1996-97 responsibility for initial teacher training for nurse lecturers was transferred from the National Board to universities providing nurse education.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 17 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will, in line with proposed legislation on transport, seek the re-opening of Laurencekirk Station to assist commuters taking the train into Aberdeen.
Answer
I understand that ScotRail, Great North Eastern Railways and Railtrack are at present considering with Aberdeenshire Council the operational and financial implications of having Aberdeen-Glasgow/Edinburgh services make a stop at Laurencekirk. I await the results with interest.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 17 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will re-examine the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 in order to re-define the Water Authorities' duty towards clearing up pollution caused by deteriorating drainage infrastructure.
Answer
The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 places duties on water authorities to provide and maintain drainage infrastructure. The 1968 Act does not deal with preventing pollution which is controlled under the Control of Pollution Act 1974. The Scottish Executive considers that these two Acts together provide an acceptable framework and there are no plans to re-define the water authorities' duties.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 17 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the total spend by local authorities on transporting excluded pupils to alternative schools.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many junior Doctors are presently contracted to work 72 or more hours per week.
Answer
The current target is that no junior doctor on an on-call rota should be contracted to work for more than an average of 72 hours per week. On 31 March 1999, 98.1% of junior doctors working in Scotland met this target. The number contracted to work in excess of 72 hours is now 76 (out of 4053) and continues to fall.We have announced joint plans with the BMA to accelerate compliance with working hours targets and other improvements to junior doctors' working conditions.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 3 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans the Scottish Executive has for the future funding of Tourist Boards.
Answer
I will consider the position in the light of the responses to our consultation exercise.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 2 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans the Scottish Executive has for the future funding of Tourist Boards.
Answer
I will consider the position in the light of the responses to our consultation exercise.
