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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.

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Question reference: S2W-30859

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what total amount was spent in (a) Scotland and (b) each local authority area on local authority-run care homes in the last full year for which figures are available.

Figures detailing the amountspent on local authority-run care homes are not held centrally. The following tableshows the total expenditure by each local authority on care homes for allclient groups. This will include money paid to operators of private sector carehomes as well as money spent on care homes run by local authorities.

Gross¹ and Net²Expenditure by Local Authorities on Care Homes, 2005-06

	Gross Expenditure¹ (£000)	Net Expenditure² (£000)
Aberdeen City	66,556	46,992
Aberdeenshire	44,211	27,738
Angus	23,397	16,938
Argyll and Bute	20,150	15,836
Clackmannanshire	10,831	4,424
Dumfries and Galloway	23,344	13,219
Dundee City	31,000	24,656
East Ayrshire	18,732	13,991
East Dunbartonshire	9,032	6,789
East Lothian	13,371	12,024
East Renfrewshire	6,731	6,575
Edinburgh, City of	98,964	73,070
Eilean Siar	8,948	6,853
Falkirk	23,930	12,025
Fife	53,477	37,394
Glasgow City	45,932	40,359
Highland	53,141	36,190
Inverclyde	12,418	8,044
Midlothian	18,794	12,937
Moray	13,958	11,187
North Ayrshire	18,261	13,471
North Lanarkshire	53,336	37,388
Orkney Islands	4,859	4,080
Perth and Kinross	27,927	21,064
Renfrewshire	36,678	22,645
Scottish Borders	24,534	17,102
Shetland Islands	9,979	5,495
South Ayrshire	8,409	6,994
South Lanarkshire	40,470	32,061
Stirling	12,921	8,357
West Dunbartonshire	23,047	11,503
West Lothian	17,572	14,081
Scotland	874,910	621,482

Source: Local FinancialReturn LFR3 2005-06.

Notes:

1. Gross expenditureincludes the full cost of running local authority owned care homes and the fullfees paid to private and voluntary care homes for local authority fundedclients. It also includes free personal and nursing care payments for selffunders.

2. Local authorities receiveincome in the form of (i) client contributions toward care home fees and (ii)transfers from health boards. These are subtracted from the gross figure toproduce the net figure.

Question reference: S2W-30861

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what average gross weekly fee per care home resident has been charged by each local authority for care and accommodation services, other than for personal and nursing care, in (a) 2005-06 and (b) the current financial year.

I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-30520, on 19 January 2007, which shows the average gross weeklycharge for local authority run care homes and for privately operated care homesas at 30 September 2005. More recent data is not currently available. Theinformation requested can be found in the local authority column.

Thesefee levels are inclusive of money for personal and nursing care as dataexcluding these charges is not available.

All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S2W-31012

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 23 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total funding allocated for primary medical services was in Orkney in each year since 1996-97.

Details are as follows:

	£ Million
1996-97	2.08
1997-98	1.974
1998-99	2.238
1999-2000	2.335
2000-01	2.595
2001-02	2.728
2002-03	2.851
2003-04	3.726
2004-05	3.886
2005-06	3.884
2006-07	4.413

Question reference: S2W-31035

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what total amount of aggregate external finance (AEF) was paid to Orkney Islands Council in each year since 1995-96 (a) in actual terms and (b) at 1996 prices.

The information requested isshown in the following table.

	AEF (£ Million)	AEF at 1995-96 Prices (£ Million)
1995-96	37.539	37.539
1996-97	37.977	36.740
1997-98	38.208	35.919
1998-99	39.508	36.221
1999-2000	40.424	36.326
2000-01	40.306	35.718
2001-02	43.119	37.325
2002-03	46.212	38.802
2003-04	49.410	40.289
2004-05	52.331	41.527
2005-06	54.836	42.718
2006-07	58.510	44.389

The AEF figures used above areactuals as announced in the annual Local Government Finance settlements and havenot been adjusted for transfers of responsibility.

Question reference: S2W-31011

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total (a) recurring and (b) non-recurring allocation of funding was to NHS Orkney in each year since 1996-97.

Details are as follows:

	Recurring Allocation (£ Million)	Non-Recurring Allocation (£ Million)
1996-97	17.307	2.065
1997-98	19.042	2.152
1998-99	19.438	3.63
1999-2000	19.805	3.909
2000-01	20.972	5.835
2001-02	22.963	2.506
2002-03	24.676	3.133
2003-04	25.746	4.488
2004-05	30.577	3.174
2005-06	32.982	6.607
2006-07 to date	34.528	3.638

Question reference: S2W-30520

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average weekly gross charge for care home residents is in the current financial year, also shown for each local authority.

The figures requested are notyet available for this financial year. The following table shows the average weeklyfees for September 2005 by sector and local authority.

Average Gross Weekly Charge perResident in Care Homes for Older People by Sector and Local Authority - September2005

Local Authority	September 2005
Local Authority	Local Authority (£)	Independent (£)	All (£)
Aberdeen City	438	487	480
Aberdeenshire	474	454	457
Angus	455	439	440
Argyll and Clyde	768	412	467
Clackmannanshire	451	*	505
Dumfries and Galloway	--	392	392
Dundee City	634	421	455
East Ayrshire	363	409	405
East Dunbartonshire	--	478	478
East Lothian	523	478	488
East Renfrewshire	509	470	473
Edinburgh, City of	756	564	606
Eilean Siar	684	*	601
Falkirk	524	437	450
Fife	620	445	468
Glasgow City	435	436	435
Highland	523	437	451
Inverclyde	--	442	442
Midlothian	372	455	437
Moray	--	441	441
North Ayrshire	364	439	432
North Lanarkshire	510	456	463
Orkney Islands	657	*	621
Perth and Kinross	446	441	441
Renfrewshire	442	449	448
Scottish Borders	416	422	421
Shetland Islands	621	*	609
South Ayrshire	436	453	452
South Lanarkshire	271	432	416
Stirling	515	434	443
West Dunbartonshire	418	448	438
West Lothian	374	442	438
Scotland	515	451	460

Source: Scottish Care Homes CensusSeptember 2005.

Notes:

*Where the average is based onless than five homes in the independent sector, the figure has been withheld tomaintain care home confidentiality.

--This symbol indicates thatthere were no local authority care homes in the local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-30296

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 21 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any representations from, or on behalf of, police forces regarding the level of freedom of information requests received and the costs incurred.

The Scottish Freedom of InformationImplementation Group includes representation from the police forces. During 2005,members of the group provided indicative information on the numbers of requestsreceived by their respective sectors. This information is provided as an annex tothe minutes from the meetings of the group which are published on the Scottish Executivewebsite at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/FOI/18022/11344.

One of the questions in the publicconsultation on Freedom of Information was “Do you have any evidence of the resourceimplications/general impact of FOISA on your Organisation?” A response to the consultation,including this question, was received from the Association of Chief Police Officersin Scotland.

The responses to the consultationare available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/11085226/0.

Question reference: S2W-30365

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Des McNulty on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications were received by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland for rectification of the Land Register of Scotland in each year from 1999-2000 to 2005-06 and how many of these applications were granted in each of those years.

The following applicationsfor rectification were received by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland forthe years undernoted:

	No. of Land Register Applications	Applications for Rectification Received	Applications for Rectification Granted
2002-03	298,476	443	411
2003-04	358,855	447	423
2004-05	378,659	378	349
2005-06	393,300	482	454

Note: No figures relating torectification are held by the agency prior to those for 2002-03.

In addition to the formalprocess of rectification of the Land Register, small scale corrections (around5,000 each year) are made administratively in respect of presentational matters(e.g. typing, spelling, layout errors) disclosed in Land Certificates.

Question reference: S2W-30367

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Des McNulty on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases since 1 April 2006 the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland has awarded indemnity for loss under the terms of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979; what the total value was of such indemnifications paid, and in how many cases a decision by the Keeper on a possible indemnity award is pending.

Question reference: S2W-30368

Asked by: Mr Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Des McNulty on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for rectification of the Land Register of Scotland have been received by the Keeper of the Register of Scotland since 1 April 2006 and, of these, how many (a) have been granted and (b) are still awaiting determination.