- 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.
- 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 9 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much debt each NHS board had accumulated at the end of the last financial year.
Answer
The health boards which overspent against their revenue resource in 2004-05 are detailed in the table, along with their actual cumulative overspend:
Table 1: Accumulated Financial Deficits as at 31 March 2005
NHS Board Area | £000 |
Argyll and Clyde | 59,492 |
Grampian | 10,774 |
Lanarkshire | 20,042 |
Western Isles | 738 |
The department is working closely with NHS Argyll and Clyde, NHS Grampian, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Western Isles to address their cumulative overspend position.
- 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 9 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has written off any of the accumulated debts of NHS boards since 1999 and, if so, of which boards, by how much and when.
Answer
In 2001-02, the Scottish Executive allocated an additional £90 million to NHS boards to accelerate the implementation of
Our National Plan: A plan for action, a plan for change. The £90 million formed part of the Finance Minister’s End Year Flexibility settlement and was distributed across all NHS boards. First call on this funding was, as a priority, the clearing of all cumulative deficits which had arisen since April 2001. Hence using these resources, seven NHS trusts cleared their cumulative financial deficits of £41 million as shown in the table.
Table 1: Cumulative Financial Deficits Cleared in 2001-02
NHS Trust | £000 |
Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 3,305 |
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Primary Care Trust | 1,077 |
Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust | 4,914 |
North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust | 9,491 |
South Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust | 4,092 |
Highland Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 2,744 |
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust | 15,852 |
Total | 41,205 |
- 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 9 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a policy on the use of non-recurring monies to fund the revenue budgets of NHS boards.
Answer
NHS boards are allocated a Revenue and Capital Resource Limit by the Executive and it is the responsibility of each NHS board to manage within these resources.
I have made it clear to boards that any use of non-recurring monies must be within the context of a sound long-term financial strategy.
- 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 6 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to implement changes to the Arbuthnott formula.
Answer
The recommendations of the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee, which is tasked to look at ways of improving and refining the Arbuthnott formula, will impact on revenue allocations for 2008-09, at the earliest.
- 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 Patricia Ferguson on 5 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when Cruise Scotland last published its accounts.
Answer
Cruise Scotland last published its accounts on 19 March 2004 for the period 1 March 2002 to 28 February 2003.
- 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 Tom McCabe on 5 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to discuss the implementation of "single status" schemes with (a) individual local authorities such as Aberdeen City Council or Moray Council or (b) COSLA.
Answer
We have no plans to meet with either COSLA or individual local authorities to discuss the implementation of the Single Status Pay Agreement.
- 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 Tom McCabe on 5 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the implications for local authorities and their budgets of the recent rulings on equal pay in England.
Answer
Although the Scottish Executive provides financial support for salaries and wages in the grant provided to local authorities, it is the responsibility of each local authority to allocate its financial resources to reflect local needs and priorities. In accordance with current legislation, the responsibility for the terms and conditions of local authority employees also lies with individual local authorities.
The Single Status Pay Agreement was negotiated and agreed between local authorities and the unions in 1999. The Scottish Executive has no plans to provide further financial assistance for the implementation of the Single Status Pay Agreement. It is for local authorities to consider the implications of agreements which they negotiate with any party.
- 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 Patricia Ferguson on 5 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions about tourism challenge funding for golf cruises.
Answer
VisitScotland has no record of any application for Challenge Funding for golf cruises.
- 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 Patricia Ferguson on 5 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met Cruise Scotland and what issues were discussed.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not met with Cruise Scotland.