- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 26 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people, on average, were sleeping rough in (a) Edinburgh and (b) Glasgow, broken down on a nightly basis, for each year from 1997 to date.
Answer
As I indicated in reply to question S1W-18044, the report of a prevalence assessment conducted in May indicated that an average of 23 people were sleeping rough in Glasgow and 19 in Edinburgh. We intend to repeat this assessment bi-annually. One-night street counts carried out in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1997 indicated 53 and 42 people sleeping rough.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hours home helps employed by local authorities worked in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information is detailed in the following table:
| | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Percentage Change 1999/1998 | Percentage Change 2000/1999 |
| No of Clients | Solely from local authority | 74,198 | 68,116 | 63,290 | -8.2% | -7.1% |
| Solely from private/voluntary sector | 2,896 | 4,130 | 4,590 | 42.6% | 11.1% |
| Combination of provision1 | 2,200 | 1,812 | 2,349 | -17.6% | 29.6% |
| Total | 79,294 | 74,058 | 70,229 | -6.6% | -5.2% |
| Staff-Numbers | Local authority employed staff (WTE) | 10,802 | 10,158 | 10,055 | 0.8% | -1.0% |
| Private/voluntary sector | N/A | N/A | N/A | | |
| Staff - Total Direct Client Contact Hours | Local authority employed staff | 352,470 | 333,205 | 341,296 | -5.5% | 2.4% |
| Private/voluntary sector | N/A | N/A | N/A | | |
| Client Hours Provided/Purchased | Solely from local authority | 357,675 | 322,482 | 321,763 | -9.8% | -0.2% |
| Solely from private/voluntary sector | 25,364 | 30,372 | 39,713 | 19.7% | 30.8% |
| Combination of provision1 | 18,187 | 22,445 | 31,598 | 23.4% | 40.8% |
| Total | 401,226 | 375,299 | 393,074 | -6.5% | 4.7% |
| Hours per Client | Solely from local authority | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | -2.1% | 8.5% |
| Solely from private/voluntary sector | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.7 | -15.9% | 17.6% |
| Combination of provision1 | 8.3 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 49.4% | 8.9% |
| Total | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 0.0% | 9.8%2 |
Source: Home Care Statistical Return H1.
Notes:
1. Local Authorities and the Independent sector working in partnership - not able to disentangle figures.
2. As quoted in paragraph 2.12 of Fair Care for Older People (Care Development Group Report), home care worker hours spent with clients were up by 9.8%.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people each local authority employed as home helps in each of the last three years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-18359.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how the #100 million announced by the Minister for Health and Community Care on 5 October 2000 to support home caring has been allocated.
Answer
The new resources announced on 5 October 2000 were: £10 million for Hospital Discharge annually from 2000-01; £5 million for Equipment and Adaptations in 2000-01; £12 million for Extended Disregards and Loans for People Entering Residential Care annually from 2002-03; £24 million in 2001-02 rising to £48 million by 2003-04 for Home Care Services and £25 million annually from 2002-03 for Free Nursing Care in care homes.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets it will put in place to enable the effectiveness of the #100 million additional resources allocated to support home caring to be monitored.
Answer
Following discussions with CoSLA, local authorities were invited to enter into local outcome agreements with the Executive and to provide draft agreements by 15 October with the aim of having final agreements in place by November. Monitoring of the arrangements will commence in March 2002 and progress will be evaluated from summer 2002.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 18 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many voluntary organisations have entered into three-year funding arrangements with (a) Glasgow City Council and (b) South Lanarkshire Council in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 15 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to tackle the issues identified in the Scottish Council Foundation report Beyond Disappointment: Building Better Communities with respect to the community of Govanhill, Glasgow.
Answer
Beyond Disappointment: Building Better Communities highlighted a number of key issues impacting on Govanhill. Glasgow City Council has provided a formal response to the Scottish Council Foundation. The priorities identified - tackling drugs, improving local employment opportunities and environmental standards - are being pursued by Glasgow City Council, in partnership with relevant agencies.
Building strong and inclusive communities is at the heart of our Social Justice agenda. The Scottish Executive's Community Regeneration Statement, which will be published later this year, will set out what is being done to revive and empower communities across Scotland.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 11 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place that ensure that the work of the Scottish Medicines Consortium is transparent and accountable.
Answer
Membership of the Scottish Medicines Consortium has been drawn from across Scotland and includes lay members. The Consortium's recommendations to NHS Boards will be made public shortly after each meeting and will appear on a dedicated website.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 11 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the Scottish Medicines Consortium.
Answer
The Chief Medical Officer has asked the Consortium to make recommendations to all health boards and their Area Drug and Therapeutic Committees about the formulary status of all newly licensed medicines, all new formulations of existing medicines and any major new indications for established products. This advice should be promulgated as soon as practicable after the launch of the product involved.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 5 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15440 by Sarah Boyack on 11 May 2001, whether it will list the sources of the other public/private sector funding for the M74 northern extension, specifying the amount of funding from each source.
Answer
The £3 million of other public/private sector funding for the project has still to be secured. I have agreed with my partners in this project, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Councils that they will use their best endeavours to secure contributions from other public and private sector bodies as the project progresses. The councils are presently considering potential funding sources.
