- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it estimates that capital allocations to NHS boards are likely to increase or decrease in moving from an Arbuthnott-based to an NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee-based formula.
Answer
The overall level of resources allocated will not be affected by the changed basis of the formula. The recommendations of the Capital Strategy Group simply update the basis on which a defined level of resource is allocated to NHS boards. There will be minor variations in the proportion of the total received by individual NHS boards as a result of the change in formula.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will task the Scottish Futures Trust with advising NHS boards on the use of private finance for new capital investment projects.
Answer
The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) is advising a number of NHS boards regarding future capital projects. Such advice includes, but is not limited to, issues regarding the use of private finance. For example, SFT is leading on the delivery of the hub Initiative which will deliver community facilities for a range of public sector bodies and for which public capital and private finance can be applied.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that Scotland’s corporation tax receipts would have risen or fallen since the start of the last spending review if Scotland had been an independent country.
Answer
Estimates of the tax revenue which could have been raised during this period had Scotland been independent are not available.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on NHS boards using private finance in new capital investment.
Answer
The Scottish Government considers that the use of private finance should only be considered where value for money can be demonstrated. The Scottish Government believes that the Non Profit Distributing model demonstrates best value to the tax payer by capping private sector returns.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new private finance projects it anticipates will be tested by NHS boards under the recommendations made by the Capital Strategy Group on the future handling of capital resources across NHSScotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36226 on 21 September 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Futures Trust has the expertise to advise on maximising benefit from new capital investment projects that use private finance.
Answer
Yes. Staff at Scottish Futures Trust have experience in both the private and public sector of delivering capital investment projects using private finance. This experience is demonstrated by SFT''s delivery £111 million of net savings and benefits for the taxpayer during 2009-10, its full year of operation.
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- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board has received in capital allocation in 2010-11.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32579 on 22 March 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the information is publicly available that was used to calculate the First Minister’s figure of almost £900 million stated on 8 September 2010 (Official Report c. 28246) in relation to his assessment of the fall in Scottish income tax receipts that would have resulted if the Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution’s income tax proposals had been introduced for the start of the last spending review and, if so, where.
Answer
The data sources and methodology used to estimate the impact of the Calman Commission''s income tax proposals on the Scottish Government''s Budget during the current Spending Review period are set out in the paper Scottish Government Budget: Calman Commission Proposals. The paper is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 51636).
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that income tax receipts would have risen or fallen since the start of the last spending review if Scotland had been an independent country.
Answer
Estimates of the tax revenue which could have been raised during this period had Scotland been independent are not available.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has calculated or estimated by how much Scotland’s receipts from (a) corporation tax including from the North Sea oil and gas industry, (b) corporation tax excluding from the North Sea oil and gas industry, (c) capital gains tax, (d) national insurance contributions, (e) VAT and (f) income tax would have changed since the start of the last spending review if Scotland had been independent and, if so, whether this information is publicly available.
Answer
Estimates of the tax revenue which could have been raised during this period had Scotland been independent are not available.
