- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost to charities is of the withdrawal of relief on water and wastewater charges for 2002-03 and 2003-04.
Answer
The impact on charities of the withdrawal of relief needs to be considered in conjunction with theexemption scheme for charities which meet certain eligibility criteria. Thedetail of this is an operational matter for Scottish Water.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost has been of nursing a neonate in an intensive care unit in each NHS board area in each year since 1996-97, broken down, where possible, into (a) type 1 maximal and (b) type 2 high dependency intensive nursing care.
Answer
The specific informationrequested is not held centrally.
Data are collected centrallyon activity and costs for neonatal units. A neonatal unit is a facility whichprovides neonatal special care and/or neonatal intensive care for sick babies. Itis not possible to separate the information into care types i.e. intensive orspecial care. The following table shows the average cost per inpatient casetreated in neonatal units for years ended 31 March 1997to 2003 by NHS board area.
Cost per In-patient SCBUDischarge (£): by NHS Board and Financial Year
| NHS Board | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
| Scotland | 3,683 | 4,020 | 4,028 | 4,121 | 4,559 | 5,059 | 5,169 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 3,457 | 3,589 | 3,663 | 3,895 | 4,408 | 5,328 | 6,304 |
| Borders | 2,172 | 2,682 | 2,879 | 2,523 | 3,095 | 4,311 | 5,099 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 2,441 | 2,602 | 3,039 | 3,280 | 3,673 | 3,656 | 4,254 |
| Fife | 3,024 | 3,115 | 3,180 | 4,354 | 3,663 | 3,970 | 5,335 |
| Glasgow | 3,820 | 4,040 | 4,142 | 4,272 | 5,223 | 5,746 | 5,976 |
| Highland | 4,351 | 3,395 | 3,693 | 3,874 | 5,092 | 5,552 | 6,264 |
| Lanarkshire | 2,531 | 2,833 | 2,508 | 2,740 | 2,689 | 3,728 | 4,275 |
| Grampian | 3,112 | 3,883 | 4,076 | 3,492 | 4,154 | 4,227 | 4,249 |
| Lothian | 5,856 | 7,826 | 7,616 | 6,585 | 6,347 | 6,960 | 5,384 |
| Tayside | 5,769 | 5,169 | 5,583 | 6,397 | 6,358 | 7,223 | 7,569 |
| Forth Valley | 3,748 | 3,725 | 3,924 | 4,306 | 5,092 | 4,258 | 4,189 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 2,506 | 2,815 | 2,791 | 2,735 | 3,049 | 3,349 | 2,331 |
Source: Scottish HealthService Costs
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the population in each deprivation quintile has been in each NHS board area in each year since 1998-99.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-5323 on 19 January 2004.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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many live babies have been born in each deprivation quintile in each year since 1998-99, broken down by NHS board area, expressed as a percentage of all live babies born in that NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in table 1, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre (Bib. number 30608).
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4177 by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2003, what the average running cost has been of a neonatal cot in the Borders NHS Board area in each year since 1998-99.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in table 1, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. number 30610).
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4177 by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2003, what the average running cost has been of a neonatal cot in the Greater Glasgow NHS Board area in each year since 1998-99.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in table 1, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. number 30610).
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many live, single, premature babies have been born, expressed also as a percentage of all births, in each NHS board area in each year since 1998-99, broken down by deprivation quintile.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in table 1, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre (Bib. number 30606).
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4176 by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2003, how many neonatal cots were available in neonatal units in each hospital in 2002-03, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-4990 on 19 January 2004.All answers to parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4177 by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2003, what the average running cost has been of a neonatal cot in the Lothian NHS Board area in each year since 1998-99.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in table 1, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. number 30610).
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4177 by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2003, what the average running cost has been of a neonatal cot in the Dumfries and Galloway NHS Board area in each year since 1998-99.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in table 1, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. number 30610).
