- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when the positions of all junctions on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route will be confirmed.
Answer
The final positions of all junctions on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route will be confirmed when the decision on the route has been taken.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase car parking facilities at Stonehaven and Portlethen stations as part of the Aberdeen Crossrail project.
Answer
Car parking provision at Stonehaven and Portlethan railway stations is a matter for the relevant local authority and First ScotRail. The Scottish Executive is not aware of any current proposals to increase car parking at either Stonehaven or Portlethan.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 28 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to alter the system of equine passports.
Answer
The current system of equine passports is laid out in The Horse Passports Order 1997 which was introduced to facilitate trade in pedigree horses and the movement of horses for competition. That order will remain in force until The Horse Passports (Scotland) Regulations 2005, which was made on 21 April 2005, laid before Parliament on 22 April 2005, come into force on 16 May 2005.
The new regulations extend the requirement for passports to all equines and provide for the recording of veterinary medicines on the passport as a safeguard against contaminated horse meat entering the human food chain.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish a strategy on the role of community hospitals.
Answer
It is planned that a draft strategy on the future of community hospitals will be circulated for consultation during summer 2005. The final version is expected to be available in April 2006.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards receive specific funding to operate community hospitals.
Answer
NHS boards do not receive specific funding to operate community hospitals. Each NHS board receives an annual allocation of funds. It is for each board to decide how to utilise these funds to meet the health care needs of its resident population taking account of national and local priorities.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community hospitals there have been in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board, and what projections it has made in respect of the number of community hospitals there will be in the next three years.
Answer
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland undertook a “stocktake” of community hospitals in Summer 2004. NHS boards were asked to identify community hospitals which fitted into a specific definition. A total of 100 community hospitals, including wards in general hospitals, were identified and are listed in the following table. Prior to this stocktake no data were held on the number of community hospitals in Scotland.
No projections on the number of community hospitals in the next three years have currently been made.
| NHS Board | Number of Community Hospitals (including wards in general hospitals) |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 5 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 7 |
| Borders | 8 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 10 |
| Fife | 4 |
| Forth Valley | 5 |
| Grampian | 19 |
| Highland | 15 |
| Lanarkshire | 4 |
| Lothian | 11 |
| Tayside | 10 |
| Western Isles | 2 |
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to assess the opportunities offered by community hospitals to deliver more health care within communities.
Answer
As demonstrated by partnership agreement 408, the Executive recognises that it is important to develop the role of community hospitals. In order to meet the partnership agreement, the Executive is currently conducting a national review of the role of community hospitals in order to develop a strategy for sustaining small, rural and community hospitals where they are safe and effective, including the provision of minor surgery and to act as a resource to GPs.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to modernise community hospitals.
Answer
Capital Investment is increasing significantly with £426 million, £458 million and £532 million being made available to NHSScotland in 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 respectively. This will ensure that adequate resources are available to NHS boards to enable them to invest in infrastructure, including modernising community hospitals.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Reid on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many thefts have been recorded, and to what value, in Holyrood since its official opening, broken down by department.
Answer
The information requested,in respect of reported losses or thefts of IT related equipment is set out inthe answer to S2W-14835. In addition, there are four reported losses or theftsto a total value of £66 from offices within the Clerking and ReportingDirectorate and one reported loss or theft from within the Access andInformation Directorate of an article of clothing, value unknown.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Reid on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many reported thefts from members' offices have been recorded, and to what value, since the move to Holyrood, broken down by floor.
Answer
Only two items have beenreported lost or stolen from members’ offices since end of August 2004, namelya camera from the first floor valued at £400 and a mouse from the fifth floorvalued at £20. Both instances occurred in December 2004 with no reported lossesin any of the other months.
