- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average gross remuneration of consultants in the NHS was in each of the last three years.
Answer
Information on the average gross remuneration of consultants in the NHS in the last three years is given in the table. Latest available data is at 31 March 2005.
Average Gross Remuneration (£) of Consultants in NHS Scotland
| | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| Consultant/Public Health Medicine | 76,622 | 85,704 | 101,422 |
Source: Scottish Standard Payroll System.
Notes:
1. Average gross remuneration is calculated using total cost divided by whole-time equivalent staff who were in post for the full financial year. Information for staff who joined or left part way through the year have been excluded. Honorary consultants have also been excluded.
2. Total cost: gross salary (basic salary plus overtime, enhancements and allowances etc) plus employers' national insurance and superannuation.
3. Whole time equivalent is calculated by dividing the number of contracted hours/sessions by the normal conditioned hours.
4. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest pound.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider giving revenue and capital support, either directly or indirectly, to the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no current plans to provide revenue or capital support to the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 14 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients, addicted to heroin and treated with methadone, have successfully had their methadone prescriptions reduced to zero in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
The redesigned Scottish Drug Misuse Database will enable collection nationally of information about patients receiving methadone as well as other types of treatment.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive which exhibition and conference centres have received capital support and how much each has received.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not provided capital support to Scotland’s exhibition and conference centres. I understand that support has been provided by Scottish Enterprise, details of such support are a matter for the Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive which exhibition and conference centres have received revenue support from it or any of its agencies in the last three financial years and how much each has received.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not provided revenue support to Scotland’s exhibition and conference centres. I understand that such support has been provided by Scottish Enterprise, details of such support are a matter for the Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to measure the public benefit of the new NHS consultant contracts.
Answer
The Scottish Executive issued a Health Department Letter (HDL(2005)28) on delivering the benefits of Pay Modernisation in July 2005. The HDL asked boards to submit Pay Modernisation Benefits Delivery Plans by 30 September 2005. This will allow the department to measure the effective delivery of the three strands of pay modernisation (Consultant Contract, Agenda for change and General Medical Services contract).
The Pay Modernisation Team are working with Audit Scotland who are currently undertaking an audit of the implementation of the consultant contract and a full report is expected to be published early in 2006.
The Executive hold an annual review with each health board. These reviews are held in public and are this year conducted by the Minister for Health and Community Care. Due to its high priority, Pay Modernisation is one of the items which boards are specifically asked to cover in their review.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many letters to university and college graduates have been issued in respect of the graduate endowment.
Answer
Forty-five thousand, four hundred and fifty-eight letters have been issued to university and college graduates in respect of the graduate endowment.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of graduate endowment funding it expects to recover.
Answer
The Scottish Executive expects recovery of all graduate endowment due.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total amount of money is that ministers have billed university and college graduates for in respect of the graduate endowment.
Answer
As at 1 April 2005, £3,820,000 has been billed to university and college graduates in respect of their possible Graduate Endowment liability.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board has spent from capital in order to balance its budget in each of the last three financial years.
Answer
The following boards transferred an element of their capital allocation as follows:
| NHS Board | 2002-03 (£ Million) | 2003-04 (£ Million) | 2004-05 (£ Million) |
| Argyll and Clyde | 10.400 | 3.000 | 13.473 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 3.818 | 5.697 | 6.300 |
| Borders | 4.378 | 6.200 | 5.854 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1.974 | 4.441 | 2.947 |
| Fife | 1.704 | 2.393 | 4.325 |
| Forth Valley | 3.037 | 5.206 | 5.913 |
| Grampian | 10.158 | 19.023 | 10.170 |
| Greater Glasgow | 20.155 | 25.905 | 23.969 |
| Highland | 3.954 | 4.970 | 1.450 |
| Lanarkshire | 19.403 | 11.450 | 12.850 |
| Lothian | 46.827 | 23.305 | 38.155 |
| Tayside | 15.369 | 17.059 | 14.287 |
| Orkney | 0.850 | 1.309 | 0.900 |
| Shetland | 0.869 | 0.773 | 0.750 |
| Western Isles | 1.000 | 0.500 | 0.855 |
| NHS National Services Scotland | 0.835 | 0.950 | 0.980 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service | 1.561 | 0.311 | 0.600 |
| State Hospital | 1.250 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Total | 147.542 | 134.992 | 146.278 |
The figures in the table represent total capital to revenue transfers. The majority of this relates to routine transfers in respect of refurbishment/maintenance projects, IM&T projects and other one off funding arrangements such as PPP fees.
