- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on roads and transport in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007, shown also as a percentage of its total budget.
Answer
The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45113).
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on housing in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007, shown also as a percentage of its total budget.
Answer
The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45110).
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on cultural and related services in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007, shown also as a percentage of its total budget.
Answer
The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45112).
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on education in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007, shown also as a percentage of its total budget.
Answer
The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45108).
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 14 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was spent by each local authority on consultancy fees during (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05, (d) 2005-06, (e) 2006-07 and (f) 2007-08.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is being invested in the Young Students’ Bursary scheme in 2008-09 and how much was spent on the scheme in 2007-08.
Answer
Applications for student support in the 2007-08 academic session are still being received. To date, £67 million has been committed to the Young Students'' Bursary Scheme (YSB) for students studying in Scotland and this may rise to £68 million. The investment in YSB for 2008-09 will be driven by the number of students who apply for and are eligible for support.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it will provide during the current spending review period to fund new ambulances and up-to-date mobile equipment to use on them, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The Scottish Government has provided the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) with a revenue allocation of £183.4 million for 2008-09, an increase of 3.15% over the equivalent 2007-08 allocation. Decisions on funding levels for 2009-10 and 2010-11 have yet to be made.
The SAS is allocated capital resources based on their approved financial plans. They have been given a capital allocation of £15.180 million for 2008-09 and notified of indicative capital allocations of £13.200 million and £12.350 million for 2009-10 and 2010-11 respectively. Funding for vehicles and equipment programmes over £5 million (such as defibrillators) are allocated in addition to basic allocations following approval of required business cases by the Capital Investment Group.
It is for the SAS to decide how best this money should be used to obtain the maximum benefits for patients all over Scotland, as well as ensuring value for money.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances are to be provided for each NHS board area during the current spending review period.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10707 on 13 March 2008. 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.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many 999 calls were responded to in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006 and (e) 2007, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The following table gives details of the number of 999 calls responded to by the Scottish Ambulance Service for the years 2003-04 to 2007-08, broken down by NHS board area. Category C calls are not included as many do not receive an emergency ambulance response.
| NHS Board | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08* |
| Argyll and Clyde | 7,842~ | 23,469 | 25,721# | 31,009# | 30,500# |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 597~ | 22,516 | 23,378 | 27,605 | 28,125 |
| Borders | 5,736 | 6,439 | 7,018 | 7,728 | 7,556 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 228~ | 8,174 | 8,882 | 10,031 | 10,007 |
| Fife | 20,330 | 21,242 | 23,319 | 25,284 | 25,479 |
| Forth Valley | 12,664 | 13,247 | 15,405 | 18,075 | 18,104 |
| Grampian | 24,674 | 24,142 | 25,530 | 29,216 | 29,296 |
| Greater Glasgow | 67,243 | 63,931 | 67,349 | 76,797 | 74,047 |
| Highland | 10,100 | 10,260 | 11,246 | 13,332 | 13,459 |
| Lanarkshire | 33,509 | 32,755 | 35,774 | 42,012 | 43,045 |
| Lothian | 45,469 | 48,325 | 53,141 | 57,936 | 58,881 |
| Tayside | 21,424 | 22,517 | 23,533 | 26,087 | 25,140 |
| Scotland | 249,816 | 297,017 | 320,296 | 365,112 | 363,639 |
Notes:
Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service
*To 9 March 2008.
#For the purposes of comparison, figures are shown reflecting NHS board configurations at the beginning of the time period enquired about.
~South West Division was not fully operation under priority based dispatch until 1 April 2004.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances are in use by each NHS board area.
Answer
The following table gives details of the number of ambulances in use during 2007-08. The information is provided in terms of Scottish Ambulance Service division areas and is not available broken down into NHS board areas.
| Division | Accident and Emergency | Patient Transport Service |
| East Central | 86 | 119 |
| North East | 62 | 55 |
| North West | 70 | 31 |
| South East | 71 | 85 |
| South West | 121 | 131 |
| West Central | 118 | 157 |
Note: Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
