- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23597 by Malcolm Chisholm on 1 March 2002, how much money prescription charges have raised for the NHS in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the following table:Revenue from Prescriptions in Scotland 1995-96 to 2000-01
| Financial Year | £000 |
| 1995-96 | 34,249 |
| 1996-97 | 33,993 |
| 1997-98 | 36,141 |
| 1998-99 | 38,715 |
| 1999-2000 | 42,926 |
| 2000-01 | 43,500 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-4741 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 28 February 2002, which obsolete regulations affecting business it has revoked.
Answer
The Review Regulatory Impact Assessment or "Regulatory MOT", introduced in February 2001, requires that all regulations which impact significantly upon business are subject to a rigorous review within 10 years of their introduction. This is not a short-term measure, though rather aims to ensure the regulatory environment remains effective in the longer term and that regulations do not remain in force by default.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Ministerial Code applies to those appointed as ministerial parliamentary aides.
Answer
The only provisions in the Scottish Ministerial Code, which apply directly to ministerial parliamentary aides, are those in paragraphs 4.6 - 4.13 of the code, which set out their role and arrangements for their appointment. Paragraph 4.12 of the code makes it clear, however, that while ministerial parliamentary aides are not subject to the rules on private interests, which apply to ministers, they must, as a general rule, seek to avoid any real or perceived conflict of interest between their role as a Ministerial Parliamentary Aide and their private interests.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which ambulance stations within the Forth Valley Ambulance area do not provide round the clock 24 hour cover.
Answer
The ambulance stations at Balfron, Callander and Killin operate on an on-call basis.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a shortage of ambulance staff in the NHS Forth Valley area and, if so, whether information on this shortage can be broken down by ambulance station location.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-23436.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulance staff are employed in the NHS Forth Valley area, broken down by ambulance station location.
Answer
The table shows the ambulance staff establishment levels by ambulance station location in the NHS Forth Valley area. The stations are all currently staffed to the establishment level.
| Station | Accident & Emergency Establishment(Full-time) | Non-Emergency(Full-time) | Establishment(Part-time) |
| Alva | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| Balfron | 5 | 1 | - |
| Callander | 5 | - | - |
| Falkirk | 23 | 16 | 10 |
| Killin | 5 | - | - |
| Stirling | 18 | 8 | 5 |
| Total | 66 | 27 | 19 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its press release SE0285/02 of 7 February 2002, which organisations have been sent the consultation paper The Future of Scotland's Water: Proposals for Legislation, how much it cost to print and distribute the document and when the consultation period will close.
Answer
The Future for Scotland's Water: Proposals for Legislation has so far been sent to approximately 510 different organisations and individuals. These can be summarised as follows:
| Type of organisation | Number |
| Government | 18 |
| Public Bodies | 95 |
| Local Authorities | 36 |
| Industry | 74 |
| Voluntary/Environment Groups | 25 |
| Water Industry | 6 |
| Fishery Organisations | 114 |
| Consultancies | 15 |
| Agricultural Sector | 19 |
| Legal | 14 |
| Leisure | 8 |
| Academic/Research | 35 |
| Individuals | 18 |
| Equality/Churches | 12 |
| Other | 21 |
The cost of printing and distributing 2,000 copies of the consultation paper to the above organisations was in the region of £4,500. The consultation period closes on Friday, 5 April 2002.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to print, publish and distribute its leaflet Scotland's Economic Future - A new start for a new era - doing it differently and how many copies were distributed.
Answer
The total publication costs of the Scotland's Economic Future leaflet were approximately £8,960. This figure is based on 8,000 copies of the leaflet and 5,000 copies have been distributed to date.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how long on average it takes ambulances within the NHS Forth Valley area to respond to calls, broken down by ambulance station location.
Answer
The table shows the number of 999 emergency calls, broken down by ambulance station in the NHS Forth Valley area, and the average response times for each between 1 April 2001 and 31 January 2002. The service also responded to 6,552 GPs' urgent calls in the NHS Forth Valley area over the same period.
| Station | No. of 999 emergency calls | Average response time (minutes) |
| Alva | 1,692 | 9.9 |
| Balfron | 381 | 16.5 |
| Callander | 382 | 14.2 |
| Falkirk | 5,373 | 9.3 |
| Killin | 187 | 18.3 |
| Stirling | 3,547 | 9.4 |
| Total | 11,562 | 10.0 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets it has set for the timescales within which ambulances must respond to calls within the NHS Forth Valley area.
Answer
The Ambulance Service's Emergency Service performance is currently measured against "ORCON" national response targets. These vary according to population density and cover targets for the 50th percentile and 95th percentile. For the stations at Alva, Falkirk and Stirling, which are regarded as being "medium density" areas, the targets are for 50% of emergency 999 calls to be responded to within eight minutes and 95% within 18 minutes. For the stations at Balfron, Callander and Killin, regarded as "sparse density" areas, the targets are 50% within eight minutes and 95% within 21 minutes.For GPs' urgent calls, the national response time target is to transfer the patient to hospital within 15 minutes of the time agreed with the requesting GP.
