- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 14 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for Children and Education will now visit Bell Baxter High School in Cupar, in view of the HMI Report on the conditions of the Westport buildings.
Answer
The responsibility for the condition of the buildings at Bell Baxter High School lies with Fife Council. I am aware of concerns about the accommodation at the Westport site. However, Fife Council have reinstated to their capital programme the proposal to construct a new south wing at the main school site, which, when completed, should allow the Westport site to be taken out of use. These are matters for Fife Council, who are familiar with the contents of the recent HMI report, and I have no plans to visit the school.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish local authorities undertake regular cycles of road maintenance on the roads in their area and, if so, whether this cycle of maintenance complies with either the highway maintenance code of good practice or the Society of Chief Officers for Transportation in Scotland's standards.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not hold the information requested.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish, with regard to its Common Repairs Working Group, the criteria for selecting the individual members of the working group, its budget allocation and details of the number of times it has met so far.
Answer
The Scottish Executive invited representatives from various organisations representing landlord, tenant and housing professional interests to act as an informal working group to identify gaps in the current factoring process. The group has met three times so far. It does not have a budget allocation.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the individual members, including their remuneration and expenses, of the "It Pays to Pay" Implementation Working Group, together with the criteria for selecting members of the group, its budget allocation and the number of times it has met so far.
Answer
The membership of the "It Pays to Pay" Implementation Group comprises officials from local government, CoSLA and the Scottish Executive. The local government representatives are finance officials nominated by CoSLA and the Scottish Executive representatives are officials responsible for council tax policy and Civil Justice. No remuneration or expenses are paid to members and the group has no separate budget.
The working group has met three times, on 3 April, 4 May and 19 June.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the individual members, including their remuneration and expenses, of the Strategic Issues Joint Working Group, together with the criteria for selecting members of the group, its budget allocation and the number of times it has met so far.
Answer
The membership of the Strategic Issues Joint Working Group comprises officials from local government and the Scottish Executive. The local government representatives were nominated by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Scottish Executive representatives are officials responsible for local government finance. No remuneration or expenses are paid to members and the group has no separate budget.
The working group has met four times, on 29 March, 27 April, 23 May and 20 June. The group has been set up to identify practical improvements to the local government finance system to be implemented in time for the 2001-02 settlement.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 28 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what budget it has set aside to cover the costs of its Renewing Local Democracy Working Group and how much has been spent to date.
Answer
As indicated in the reply to question S1W-7333, the budget for costs of the Renewing Local Democracy Working Group is £30,100. £2,482.86 has been spent to date and the remainder of the budget is allocated to meeting the costs of producing and distributing the working group's report.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the outstanding total rent arrears of former council tenants, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Information on the rent arrears of former council house tenants is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to question S1W-2232 by Susan Deacon on 30 November 1999 and S1W-4679 by Susan Deacon on 26 April 2000, how many consultant clinical and medical oncologists were employed at each of the five Scottish specialist cancer centres in the year to September 1999 and how many patients were seen per consultant at each centre.
Answer
The number of consultant clinical and medical oncologists employed at each of the Trusts that contain the five Scottish specialist centres is shown in the attached table 1. The information is given in terms of whole time equivalent at 30 September 1999. The table should be read in conjunction with the notes below.Table 1
| | Medical Oncologists | Clinical Oncologists |
Scotland | 11.1 | 36.3 |
Totals (5 Trusts) | 11.0 | 33.1 |
Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust | 2.6 | 4.0 |
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust | 0.6 | 3.6 |
Highland Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | - | 2.0 |
Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust | 3.8 | 8.8 |
North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust | 3.9 | 14.6 |
Notes:
1. Source: Medical and Dental Manpower Census, ISD Scotland.
2. Data at 30 September 1999 is provisional.
3. It is assumed that the medical and clinical oncologists are working at the specialist centres within the Trust.
4. The difference in the totals for Scotland and the totals for the five trusts is due to some consultants working part-time outside the main cancer centres.
5. The two oncologists at Highland Acute Trust give both radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Table 2 shows the number of patient episodes per consultant at each centre for the year ending 31 March 2000. The figures in the table were arrived at by adding the number of patient episodes for each centre for medical oncology and for clinical oncology and dividing by the whole time equivalent consultant figures given in table 1. Patient episodes comprise inpatient, outpatient and day-case episodes. The number of patient episodes is not the same as the number of patients, as the number of visits by an individual patient varies according to the type and stage of the disease. The figures do not include outreach patients seen outwith the centre and do not show the total workload per consultant. The table should be read in conjunction with the notes below.Table 2
| | Medical Oncology | Clinical Oncology |
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary | 3265.8 | 1649.5 |
Ninewells Hospital | 5538.3 | 2436.7 |
Raigmore Hospital | - | 2569.5 |
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh | 3806.6 | 2466.0 |
Western Infirmary, Glasgow | 3770.3 | 1664.3 |
Notes:
1. Staffing data referred to in table 1 is collected once a year, as at 30 September, and does not reflect average staffing levels throughout the year to which the patient activity refers.
2. Patient activity data is collected quarterly by ISD Scotland and is provisional for year ending 31 March 2000.
3. Medical oncology data for Raigmore is recorded under clinical oncology.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 26 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many posts in the Scottish Executive, including its agencies, have been created in or transferred to Fife since 6 May 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executive and its agencies currently have 114 staff in the Fife local authority area. No additional permanent posts have been created in or transferred to Fife since 6 May 1999.The Executive's policy on location and relocation of civil service jobs remains as set out by the First Minister in his answer of 15 September 1999 (S1W-01558, Mr Duncan McNeil MSP). When opportunities arise potential locations across Scotland will be considered on a case-by-case basis consistent with our objectives of efficiency and effectiveness.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 26 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what total amount was raised in non-domestic rates in 1999-2000, and what total amount will be raised in 2000-01.
Answer
Based on the most recent information available, it is estimated that around £1,500.163 million will be raised in non-domestic rates for 1999-2000. We estimate that £1,550 million will be raised for 2000-01, the same in real terms as for 1999-2000.
