- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken, and what discussions it has had, regarding the introduction of direct flights between Edinburgh and Munich.
Answer
Discussions have been held with airlines on the new direct air routes which could be supported by the Route Development Fund – this has included a potential connection between Scotland and Munich. The Executive will consider any approach by an airline to commence services to Munich or other destinations which will improve business links and encourage inbound tourism, and which meets the Fund’s criteria. The detail of any discussions is commercially confidential.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive,further tothe answer to questionS2W-7812byCathy Jamieson on 19 May 2004,what the final total delegated budget has been for each prison and young offenders institution in each of the last three financial years and the present financial year to date and what the expenditure out-turn has been in each case.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows: I refer the member to the answers to questions S1W-33583, S2W-7812 and S2W-16417 on 10 February 2003, 19 May 2004 and 24 May 2005 respectively which gave the final devolved local budgets for 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 and final outturns for 2001-02 and 2002-03. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search. Final outturns for 2003-04 are detailed as follows. | | 2003-04 Outturn (£ Million) |
| HM Prison Aberdeen | 6.4 |
| HM Prison Barlinnie | 25.5 |
| HM Prison Castle Huntly | 3.0 |
| HM Prison Cornton Vale | 9.5 |
| HM Prison Dumfries | 5.8 |
| HM Prison Edinburgh | 24.7 |
| HM Prison Glenochil | 19.2 |
| HM Prison Greenock | 7.6 |
| HM Prison Inverness | 4.2 |
| HM Prison Low Moss | 10.2 |
| HM Prison Open Estate | 6.1 |
| HM Prison Perth | 20.8 |
| HM Prison Peterhead | 9.0 |
| HM Prison Polmont | 19.6 |
| HM Prison Shotts | 17.2 |
Outturn figures for 2004-05 are not yet available.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the hospital information system in use at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh cost and what level of funding for that system came from the Executive.
Answer
The cost of hospital information systems used in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is a matter for Lothian Health Board. The information requested is not held centrally. No funding has been allocated from the Executive.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 7 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken, or plans to take, to ensure that organisations which could be considered to be public authorities, and are created by new legislation, are designated asScottish Public Authorities and included in Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
The case for any such organisation to be brought within Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is considered on its own merits.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 7 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of visitors to Scotland who arrive via a port in north-east England.
Answer
In 2003, the number of visitors who came to Scotland via a port in the north-east of England was estimated from survey data to be in the region of 98,000. This comprised 11,000 visitors passing through Newcastle Airport and 87,000 arriving through a sea port on the north-east coast of England.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 7 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-15184 and S2W-16049 by Ms Margaret Curran on 10 and 3 May 2005, what issues ministers are considering in relation to S2W-15184, given that it is simply a request for information as to which persons or bodies it has designated as Scottish public authorities under section 5 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
Ministers are considering a range of issues connected with the question asked in S2W-15184. These include issues of substance, process and timing.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 7 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-15187 and S2W-16048 by Ms Margaret Curran on 10 and 3 May 2005, what issues ministers are considering in relation to S2W-15187, given that it is simply a request for information as to which PPP/PFI operators it considers are providing a service that could be considered to be a function of a Scottish public authority, as defined in section 3 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
Ministers are considering a range of issues connected with the question asked in S2W-15187. These include issues of substance, process and timing.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the hospital information system (HIS) in use at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh has been successfully implemented and how many attempts it took to implement the system successfully, regardless of the supplier of the HIS.
Answer
This is a matter for LothianHealth Board. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive which hospital information systems are in use in NHS hospitals.
Answer
The main hospitalinformation systems in use in NHS Scotland hospitals are iSoft’s Patient AdministrationSystem (13 instances), COMPAS Patient Administration System (15 instances),Meditech Hospital Information System (3 instances), Capula’s Oasis HospitalInformation System (2 instances), and McKesson’s Star Hospital InformationSystem (1 instance). A range of departmental systems e.g. for laboratory andradiology departments are used alongside these systems.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive which hospital information system is in use at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Answer
The main hospital systemscurrently in use at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh are the iSoft Patient AdministrativeSystem and the iSoft laboratory system. The Trac system is in use in the accidentand emergency department.
