- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has cost to maintain ministerial cars since 1999.
Answer
The cost of maintaining Government Car Service vehicles since 1999 is shown in the following table.
| Year (April – March) | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| Service/Repairs (£) | 12,775 | 13,757 | 26,470 | 37,516 | 32,363 | 38,641 |
The level of maintenance costs reflects both the number and the age of Government Car Service vehicles.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ministerial cars have been sold since 1999 and for how much each was sold.
Answer
The Government Car Service supports ministers in their official duties across Scotland. The number of Government Car Service vehicles that have been sold since 1999 and the cost each was sold for is shown in the following table.
| Year (April to March) | Number of Cars Sold | Selling Price (£) |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | - |
| 2000-01 | 8 | 1,203.00 1,253.00 1,303.00 4,753.00 2,803.00 3,553.00 3,553.00 3,927.12 |
| 2001-02 | 0 | - |
| 2002-03 | 4 | 4,367.12 4,247.12 5,197.12 5,147.12 |
| 2003-04 | 4 | 3,547.12 3,797.12 3,897.12 3,947.12 |
| 2004-05 | 4 | 2,797.12 2,747.12 2,847.12 2,447.12 |
| 2005-06 (to date) | 3 | 2,497.12 2,347.12 2,547.12 |
The policy for replacing Government Car Service vehicles is subject to consideration of mileage and age; balancing the increasing maintenance costs of ageing vehicles against the capital costs of replacements. All Scottish Executive vehicles are sold through auction.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses have been working in the NHS in each year since 1999, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Answer
Information on doctors and nurses working in the NHS broken by parliamentary constituency is not available centrally.
Information on staff in post by NHS board in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under Workforce Statistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce.
Section B gives details of medical staff employed in NHS Scotland. In particular, tables B1 and B2 shows the whole-time equivalent and headcount number of medical staff, for years 1999–2004, broken down by NHS board. Section E gives details of nursing and midwifery staff employed in NHS Scotland. In particular, tables E1 and E2 show the whole-time equivalent and headcount number of nursing and midwifery staff employed, for years 1999–2004, broken down by NHS board.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital mergers have taken place in the last five years; what the projected effects of each merger were on costs, and what actual savings have been achieved in each case in the last relevant financial year.
Answer
There have been no hospital mergers, although services originally provided in some hospitals have been re-provided elsewhere as part of the continual process of modernising and improving the whole range of services that the NHS provides. Where a board proposes to close a hospital or make major changes to services, it must consult on the proposals and seek ministerial approval.
It is for each board to arrange the provision of a full range of services to its population within the resources made available to it. Records of the costs and financial benefits of individual board level projects are not maintained centrally.
Boards make changes to services, including re-provision and merging of services, for quality of service and sustainability reasons as well as for value for money reasons. For example, a board might bring stand-alone maternity services onto an acute hospital site so that there could be immediate access to adult intensive care facilities.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 5 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it and its agencies have spent on (a) the design and production of new logos and (b) employing external (i) public relations and (ii) graphic design agencies in each year since 1999, broken down by project.
Answer
The information in the form requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Executive and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions for domestic violence there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.
Answer
The latest available information on incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police is included in the statistical bulletin Domestic abuse recorded by the police in Scotland, 1 January-31 December 2004 published by the Scottish Executive in September 2005, a copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37594). Incidents which result in a conviction are not separately identifiable.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 1 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many deaths obesity was a contributory factor in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Answer
The information available is given in the following table.
Deaths in Scotland Where Obesity1 was Mentioned on The Death Certificate, 1995–2004
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| 95 | 100 | 99 | 111 | 91 | 107 | 119 | 140 | 147 | 139 |
Note: 1. 1995-1999, ICD9 code 278.0; 2000-04, ICD10 code E66
It is likely that the figures quoted under-estimate the true figure because such information may not always be recorded by the doctor completing the medical certificate of cause of death.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 30 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many deaths it estimates obesity will be a contributory factor over the next 10 years.
Answer
No such estimate has been made.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 29 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average pay of (a) primary and (b) secondary teachers holding a (i) degree, (ii) master’s degree and (iii) doctorate was in 2004-05.
Answer
Information linking the salary of teachers and qualifications is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences have been committed by offenders released on home detention curfew, broken down by (a) offence and (b) police force area.
Answer
Home Detention Curfew is not yet available in Scotland. The Home Detention Curfew provisions in the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Bill, passed by the Parliament on 3 November 2005, are not expected to come into force until next year.
