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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S2W-19672

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority was allocated in the distribution of the "Remaining Leisure and Recreation" line of Grant Aided Expenditure in 2005-06.

Question reference: S2W-19139

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 20 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been provided in this financial year to each local authority for the development and support of core paths.

In the current financial year, £8.1 million was included in the local government settlement in recognition of the responsibilities of local authorities under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. This provision is included in the total for the “Remaining Leisure and Recreation” line of Grant Aided Expenditure (GAE). In 2005-06 the total for this line was £66.6 million and this was allocated between authorities in accordance with the distribution formula for that line. GAE provisions are not budgets or spending targets, but form part of the local government funding formula used to calculate a single revenue grant figure for each council. It is up to local authority to decide how best to allocate resources based on local needs and priorities.

Question reference: S2W-19140

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 20 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive on what basis funding for the development and support of core paths is shared out between local authorities.

Within the current Spending Round, provision has been included in the “Remainder of Leisure and Recreation” Grant Aided Expenditure (GAE) line in recognition of the responsibilities of local authorities under the access provisions of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003.

The formulae for distribution of the local government funding settlement are the subject of consultation and agreement between the Executive and COSLA. The GAE line referred to here is allocated on the basis of the adjusted population of each council in Scotland and makes allowance for residents, commuters and tourists.

There is no ring-fenced allocation or budget for individual local authorities’ responsibilities under the access legislation. It is a matter for each local authority to determine how to allocate the resources available to it according to its own needs and priorities.

Question reference: S2W-17875

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all air ambulance missions carried out between Orkney airstrips, excluding Kirkwall Airport, and airports on the Scottish mainland since February 2005, giving the route taken with the patient, the aircraft type used, the time between the Scottish Ambulance Service air desk being contacted and the aircraft arriving at the airstrip to collect the patient, the time on the ground at that airstrip, the duration of the flight with the patient on board and, where the aircraft used was not the EC 135 helicopter, the reason the EC 135 helicopter was not used.

Question reference: S2W-17876

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all air ambulance missions carried out within Orkney since February 2005, giving the route taken with the patient, the aircraft type used, the time between the Scottish Ambulance Service air desk being contacted and the aircraft arriving at the airstrip to collect the patient, the time on the ground at that airstrip, the duration of the flight with the patient on board and, where the aircraft used was not the EC 135 helicopter, the reason the EC 135 helicopter was not used.

Question reference: S2W-18112

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of illness have been attributed to an infection contracted by a patient as a result of their treatment by a mobile dental unit in (a) Orkney and (b) the rest of Scotland, in each of the last 10 years for which records are available.

Question reference: S2W-17874

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all air ambulance missions carried out between Kirkwall Airport and airports on the Scottish mainland since February 2005, giving the route taken with the patient, the aircraft type used, the time between the Scottish Ambulance Service air desk being contacted and the aircraft arriving at the airstrip to collect the patient, the time on the ground at that airstrip, the duration of the flight with the patient on board and, where the aircraft used was not the Super King Air B200, the reason the Super King Air B200 was not used.