- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many learning providers or other organisations or individuals have been reported for fraudulent claims relating to individual learning accounts.
Answer
A number of learning providers are presently under police investigation. The Crown Office has advised that it would be inappropriate to comment further at this point.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all legitimate invoices in respect of the individual learning accounts (ILA) scheme have now been cleared and, if they have not all been paid, how many ILA invoices have been (a) paid in full, (b) paid in part and (c) not received any payments.
Answer
The payments validation exercise undertaken by Scottish Enterprise and
Highland and Islands Enterprise has now been completed, with the vast majority of claims having been validated and cleared for payment. However, in some cases, the validation exercise has identified indications of irregular payments. In such cases work is progressing to conclude the payment process, taking due account of the problems identified.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the bed occupancy rates were at acute hospitals in each of the last two years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) medical and (b) surgical.
Answer
The following table gives the percentage bed occupancy in acute trusts. The percentage bed occupancy for acute surgical specialties and acute medical specialties is also given for each trust. The year ending March 2002 data is provisional.NHSiS - Bed Occupancy
1; by NHS Trust of Treatment
2,3; Acute Surgical and Medical Specialities: Year Ending 31 March
| | 2001 | 2002P |
| Scotland | 78 | 78 |
| Acute Surgical | 74 | 73 |
| Acute Medical | 83 | 82 |
| Argyll and Clyde Acute | 80 | 80 |
| Acute Surgical | 73 | 73 |
| Acute Medical | 86 | 86 |
| Ayrshire and Arran Acute | 80 | 79 |
| Acute Surgical | 75 | 74 |
| Acute Medical | 85 | 84 |
| Borders Acute | 75 | 75 |
| Acute Surgical | 70 | 71 |
| Acute Medical | 79 | 77 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Acute | 71 | 72 |
| Acute Surgical | 64 | 65 |
| Acute Medical | 78 | 78 |
| Fife Acute Hospitals | 82 | 79 |
| Acute Surgical | 78 | 75 |
| Acute Medical | 84 | 83 |
| Forth Valley Acute | 74 | 72 |
| Acute Surgical | 71 | 71 |
| Acute Medical | 78 | 74 |
| Grampian University Hospitals | 78 | 78 |
| Acute Surgical | 73 | 73 |
| Acute Medical | 83 | 84 |
| Highland Acute | 76 | 77 |
| Acute Surgical | 68 | 68 |
| Acute Medical | 84 | 86 |
| Lanarkshire Acute | 75 | 79 |
| Acute Surgical | 72 | 76 |
| Acute Medical | 78 | 82 |
| Lothian University Hospitals | 84 | 80 |
| Acute Surgical | 80 | 76 |
| Acute Medical | 87 | 83 |
| North Glasgow University Hospitals | 79 | 78 |
| Acute Surgical | 74 | 73 |
| Acute Medical | 83 | 83 |
| Orkney Health Board Unit | 57 | 51 |
| Acute Surgical | 57 | 51 |
| Acute Medical | - | - |
| Shetland Hospitals and Common Services Unit | 68 | 70 |
| Acute Surgical | 52 | 53 |
| Acute Medical | 80 | 83 |
| South Glasgow University Hospitals | 82 | 81 |
| Acute Surgical | 76 | 75 |
| Acute Medical | 87 | 86 |
| Tayside University Hospitals | 80 | 81 |
| Acute Surgical | 78 | 79 |
| Acute Medical | 82 | 83 |
| West Lothian Healthcare | 80 | 79 |
| Acute Surgical | 77 | 76 |
| Acute Medical | 83 | 84 |
| Western Isles Health Board Unit | 72 | 73 |
| Acute Surgical | 64 | 65 |
| Acute Medical | 78 | 79 |
| Yorkhill | 64 | 67 |
| Acute Surgical | 62 | 62 |
| Acute Medical | 66 | 70 |
PProvisional.Notes:1. The figures presented in the tables are averages over the year. The percentage of available staffed beds that were occupied by in-patients during the year [derived as: (total occupied bed days/all available staffed beds)*100].2. Any information for primary care trusts included in the Scotland Summary.3. Includes joint-user and contractual hospitals.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what traffic volume figures are currently used in specifications set for the design of the proposed Glasgow southern orbital junction with the A77.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27858 on 22 August 2002.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 10 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received about any feedback following the Evaluation of the Dundee Families Project - Final Report in July 2001.
Answer
Our understanding is that there has been considerable interest in both the project itself and the independent evaluation by the University of Glasgow.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current volume of traffic is on the A77 at the location of the proposed Glasgow southern orbital junction.
Answer
The latest available information shows the average annual daily two-way traffic flow on the A77 just south of the location of the proposed Glasgow Southern Orbital junction to be 28,198 vehicles per day. Morning peak flows were measured at 2,560 vehicles per hour and evening peak flows at 2,805 vehicles per hour.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Fire Statistics Scotland, 2002, how many individuals were identified as being responsible for fire raisings of the 8,815 malicious fires.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Fire Statistics Scotland, 2002, how many individuals were convicted in respect of the 8,100 malicious false fire alarms, and what proportion of the total incidences these convictions represent.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Fire Statistics Scotland, 2002, what range of sentences was imposed on those convicted of raising malicious false fire alarms.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Fire Statistics Scotland, 2002, how many individuals were prosecuted in respect of the 8,100 malicious false fire alarms, and what proportion of the total incidences these prosecutions represent.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
