- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of providing general medical services in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05 and (d) 2005-06, broken down by contract type.
Answer
The cost of providing general medical services in Scotland in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05 and (d) 2005-06, broken down by contract type is shown in the following table.
| | | £000 |
| 2002-03 | Former GMS Contract | |
| | GMS Unified | 143,260 |
| | GMS - Non-Discretionary | 305,219 |
| | | 448,479 |
| 2003-04 | Former GMS Contract | |
| | GMS Unified | 160,159 |
| | GMS - Non-Discretionary | 327,343 |
| | | 487,502 |
| 2004-05 | New GMS Contract | |
| | GMS - Section 17J | 542,855 |
| | Section 17C | 68,233 |
| | Direct Provision | 17,355 |
| | Total | 628,443 |
| 2005-06 | New GMS Contract | |
| | GMS - Section 17J | 594,969 |
| | Section 17C | 73,700 |
| | Direct Provision | 27,335 |
| | Total | 696,004 |
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Salmond on 10 September 2009
To ask the First Minister what discussions he has had with the head of the civil service regarding relations with the UK Government.
Answer
I have not had any such discussions with the UK Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O''Donnell. But I discuss matters of importance to the Scottish Government with Sir John Elvidge, as Head of the Civil Service in Scotland, on a regular basis.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of providing general medical services in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08, broken down by contract type.
Answer
The cost of providing general medical services in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08, broken down by contract type was as follows:
| Contract Type | 2006-07 (£m) | 2007-08 (£m) |
| Section 17J | 588 | 595 |
| Section 17C | 75 | 75 |
| Board provision | 25 | 29 |
| Total | 688 | 699 |
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average net income of GPs on a general medical services contract was in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.
Answer
Information on GP earnings is published by the NHS Information Centre. Figures for 2006-07 were published on 19 May 2009 and are available at:
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/primary-care/general-practice/gp-earnings-and-expenses-enquiry-2006-07--final-report.
2007-08 figures are not yet available.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 16 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the improvements made to the fabric of schools and nurseries over the last two years, the schools and nurseries concerned and the cost of improvements in each case, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not collect detailed information about improvements made to the fabric of individual schools and nurseries.
Details of the capital expenditure on the school estate for 2006-07, broken down by local authority, is contained within Table 8 of the School Estates Statistics 2008 publication, which is available online at the Scottish Government''s website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/29091400/16.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 25 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to publish reports on an annual or other regular basis setting out in a single document the progress achieved by it and local authorities in fulfilling the specified set of commitments detailed on pages four and five of the Concordat between the Scottish Government and local government and, if so, when the first report will be published.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-7396, on 18 June 2009. All answers to oral parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0618-02.htm#Col18574.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce legislation to further limit class sizes.
Answer
Under the terms of the concordat, local government will make year-on-year progress on class size reduction. Already across Scotland, class sizes in primary schools have fallen to an all-time average low of 23.2. However, we need to ensure legislation properly balances the need for local and national government to manage class size limits and the rights of parents to have a say in where there children are educated. We are currently considering whether current legislation needs to be changed.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 25 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish regular progress reports on the implementation of the specified set of commitments contained in the concordat agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0618-01.htm
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 28 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23444 by Alex Neil on 12 May 2009, what the maximum monetary discount under the modernised right to buy would be if it were indexed by reference to the rise in house prices, not the retail price index.
Answer
Although Scottish ministers do have powers to vary modernised right to buy discount entitlements in certain circumstances, no clear power exists to allow indexation.
Under the modernised right to buy the maximum discount is 35% of the market value of the property or £15,000, whichever is less. Had the £15,000 cap been indexed to the CLG (Communities and Local Government) house price index for Scotland when the modernised right to buy came into force on 30 September 2002, the maximum monetary discount would be £28,626.49 as at September 2008.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 28 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what index or indices it uses to analyse movements in house prices.
Answer
Each data source on house prices has a unique view of the market, with different strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, the Scottish Government analyses house prices by considering a wide array of data sources. Scottish house price data that the Scottish Government analyses include the quarterly data from Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), Nationwide Building Society and Lloyds TSB Scotland. The Scottish Government also analyses data from Communities and Local Government (CLG) and Registers of Scotland which have more widespread market coverage, and the benefit of being available on both a quarterly and monthly basis.
