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Question reference: S3W-32763

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what harbours are operated by groups, trusts and organisations other than local authorities.

Question reference: S3W-32762

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive which harbours are operated by local authorities.

Question reference: S3W-32764

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive to which harbours it has given financial support in each year since 1999.

The following tables detail the financial support given to harbours by the Scottish Executive/Scottish Government each year since 1999:

Fisheries Harbour Grants

Capital Grant Assistance Awarded to Fishery Harbours between January 1999 to March 2010

Harbour	Year Awarded	Scheme/Programme	Award (£)
St Andrews	1999	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£8,000
	Total 1999		£8,000
Dunbar	2000	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£6,400
	Total 2000		£6,400
Tarbert (Loch Fyne)	2001	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£160,000
Peterhead Port Authority (2 projects)	2001	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£23,730
Scrabster	2001	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£93,946
	Total 2001		£277,676
Gourdon	2002	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£38,250
Stornoway	2002	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£41,300
Orkney Islands Council - Various sites	2002	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£35,000
	Total 2002		£114,550
St Abbs	2003	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£171,410
Fraserburgh (2 projects)	2003	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£939,077
Voe Pier	2003	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£284,445
Lochinver	2003	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£14,305
Acarsaid Pier	2003	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£150,000
Gravir Pier	2003	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£30,000
Pol Na Crann Jetty	2003	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£40,000
Helmsdale	2003	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£6,125
	Total 2003		£1,635,362
Peerie Dock	2004	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£109,000
Dunbar	2004	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£25,300
Stornoway	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£315,906
Lochinver	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£8,757
Girvan	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£75,000
Kinlochbervie (2 projects)	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£19,635
Eyemouth	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£37,782
St Abbs	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£8,475
Kylesku	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£21,705
Ullapool	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	283,023
Kyle	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£6,840
Gairloch	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£3,900
Portree	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£2,660
Kallin	2004	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£677,515
	Total 2004		£1,595,498
Gairloch	2005	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£222,925
Lochinver	2005	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£26,481
Carradale		EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£450,000
Kallin	2005	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£98,000
Tarbert	2005	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£56,691
	Total 2005		£854,097
Helmsdale	2006	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£175,000
Lochinver	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£15,000
Kyle (2 projects)	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£95,761
Broadford	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£15,000
Toscaig Pier	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£15,000
Uig (2 projects)	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£6,828
Fraserburgh	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£1,323,377
Pittenweem	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£20,813
Dunbar	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£13,592
Peterhead (2 projects)	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£355,404
MacDuff	2006	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£1,724,800
	Total 2006		£3,760,575
Wick	2007	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£298,723
Dunbar	2007	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£14,000
Eyemouth	2007	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£31,530
Dunbar (4 projects)	2007	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and SG match funding	£319,466
Peterhead	2007	EU: Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance	£48,730
	Total 2007		£712,449
Tarbert	2008	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£39,000
	Total 2008		£39,000
Peterhead	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£5,250,000
Stornoway	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£29,629
Gairloch	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£50,998
Ullapool	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£38,721
Lochinver (2 projects)	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£96,218
Tarbert	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£104,708
Lerwick	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£51,750
Mallaig	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£465,186
Stockinish	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£51,581
Acarsaid	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£64,222
Dunbar	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£7,757
Arbroath	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£85,000
Gardenstown	2009	EU: European Fisheries Fund and SG match funding	£17,861
	Total 2009		£6,313,631
Fraserburgh	2010	SG: Fishing Harbours Emergency Repairs	£196,479
	Total 2010 “ 31 March 2010		£196,479

Piers and Harbours Supporting Lifeline Ferry Services

Table 11.6 within the Scottish Transport Statistics No.28 2009 Edition details the level of financial support given by the Scottish Government for construction and improvement of harbours between 1998-99 and 2008-09. This document is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 50075).

During 2009-10 approximately £2,752,860 has been invested in piers and harbours infrastructure which supports lifeline ferry services in Scotland. The following table sets out how this funding was allocated.

Recipient of Grant	Harbour	Financial Year 2009-10
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd	Largs	£249,000
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd	Port Ellen/Kennacraig	£1,465,000
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd	Brodick	£73,500
Mallaig Harbour Trust	Mallaig	£155,062
Ullapool Harbour Trustees	Ullapool	£306,939
Stornoway Port Authority	Stornoway	£302,175
Lerwick Port Authority	Lerwick	£201,184
Total		£2,752,860

Freight Facilities Grants (FFG)

The FFG scheme is a capital grant scheme that aims to encourage the transfer of freight from roads to more sustainable water and rail options by helping companies invest in the facilities needed to compete in financial terms with road.

The following table sets out capital grant assistance awarded towards the costs of developing freight handling facilities, including infrastructure, storage and equipment, at harbours and piers between January 1999 to March 2010.

Harbour(s)	Year Awarded	Scheme/Programme	Award (£)
Ayr and Troon (Associated British Ports)	2000	Freight Facilities Grant - timber and inter-modal bulk traffic	£4,410,000
Lochaline Pier (Iggesund Paperboard)	2000	Freight Facilities Grant - timber	£693,000
Rosyth (Forth Ports Plc) **	2001	Freight Facilities Grant - general cargo on the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service	£10,969,000
Rosyth (Forth Ports Plc)		Freight Facilities Grant - additional facilities for the general cargo on the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service	£490,000
Inverness Harbour (Inverness Harbour Trust)	2007	Freight Facilities Grant - general cargo	£2,300,000
Total			£18,862,000

Note: **Following a transfer of funds from the Scottish Executive the award made to Forth Ports PLC for the FFG project at Rosyth in 2001 was paid by the Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions, because at this time Scottish ministers did not have the relevant powers to enable them to award a grant for a shipping project where the service originated or terminated outside Scotland.

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

The Scottish Government, as Managing Authority for European Structural Funds Programmes in Scotland, made awards of ERDF to a number of harbour authorities for transport related investments in infrastructure. Grant rates varied between 25% and 50% with the applicant organisation being responsible for providing the balance of funds. The undernoted table outlines the awards since 1999:

Organisation	Year of Approval	Location	Grant Paid
Scrabster Harbour Trust	2001	Scrabster	£1,642,260
Lerwick Port Authority	2001	Lerwick, Shetland	£854,200
Orkney Islands Council	2001	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands	£5,598,518
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	2002	Barra/Eriskay	£325,500
The Highland Council	2002	Eigg	£2,745,138
Argyll and Bute Council	2003	Port Askaig, Islay	£2,240,000
Shetland Islands Council	2003	Pappa Stour/West Burrafirth	£767,260
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	2004	Leverburgh	£225,000
Argyll and Bute Council	2004	Campbeltown	£1,192,500
The Highland Council	2004	Eigg	£1,595,090
Shetland Islands Council	2004	Fetlar	£740,652
The National Trust for Scotland	2005	Canna	£336,025
Total			£18,262,143

Question reference: S3W-32685

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have had NHS operations cancelled on more than one occasion in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

The specific information requested is not available centrally.

Information, although limited is available on the number of hospital stays where operations or procedures were not carried out following admission to hospital. Operations may be cancelled due to a number of reasons such as a particularly high level of emergency admissions, staff sickness, patient is unfit for treatment on admission or the patient has failed to follow pre-admission advice such as fasting before admission. The following table shows the number of patients who had more than one hospital stay where an operation or procedure was not carried out following admission to a hospital for each NHS boards for 1999-2000 to 2008-09.

NHSScotland: Number of Patients with Two or More Hospital Stays where a Cancelled Operation or Procedure is Recorded for the Years Ending 31 March 2000 to 31 March 2004^1,2

NHS Board of Treatment	1999-2000	2001-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Ayrshire and Arran	45	68	66	68	77
Borders	5	1	1	2	2
Dumfries and Galloway	23	36	23	20	17
Fife	22	29	19	24	28
Forth Valley	17	29	19	22	19
Grampian	91	89	64	47	56
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	226	258	270	255	386
Highland	16	11	23	24	16
Lanarkshire	52	67	64	61	71
Lothian	66	62	45	43	40
Orkney	0	0	1	0	0
Shetland	1	3	4	1	1
Tayside	35	30	23	24	20
Western Isles	3	2	1	1	0
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	x	x	x	0	1

NHSScotland: Number of Patients With Two or More Hospital Stays Where a Cancelled Operation or Procedure is Recorded for the Years Ending 31 March 2005 to 31 March 2009^1,2

NHS Board of Treatment	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Ayrshire and Arran	64	50	52	64	61
Borders	7	5	6	2	3
Dumfries and Galloway	26	30	23	22	30
Fife	23	28	39	41	49
Forth Valley	13	14	10	8	3
Grampian	68	58	68	55	69
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	378	345	453	225	233
Highland	15	18	27	29	32
Lanarkshire	70	84	74	77	104
Lothian	33	46	31	51	49
Orkney	0	0	1	0	2
Shetland	2	2	4	2	5
Tayside	16	16	24	19	18
Western Isles	1	0	1	0	4
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	0	2	3	4	24

Source: ISD Scotland “ information derived from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric hospitals.

1. Up to six diagnoses (one principal and five secondary) are recorded on SMR01 returns. All six diagnoses positions have been used to identify cancelled operations. The following International Statistical Classifications of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD -10) code has been used to identify cancelled operations/procedures “ Z53; person encountering health services for specific procedure not carried out.

2. Cases were an operation or procedure was cancelled prior to the patient being admitted to hospital are excluded.

x Not applicable.

Question reference: S3W-32684

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS operations have been cancelled in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

The specific information requested is not available centrally.

Information, although limited, is available on the number of hospital stays where operation or procedure were not carried out following admission to hospital. Operations may be cancelled due a number of reasons such as a particularly high level of emergency admissions, staff sickness, patient is unfit for treatment on admission or the patient has failed to follow pre-admission advice such as fasting before admission. The number of such operations or procedures by each NHS Boards for 1999-2000 to 2008-09 is provided in the following tables.

NHSScotland: Number of Hospital Stays Where a Cancelled Operation or Procedure is Recorded for the Years Ending 31 March 2000 to 31 March 2004^1,2

NHS Board of Treatment	1999-2000	2001-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Ayrshire and Arran	1,145	1,345	1,240	1,149	1,275
Borders	121	97	83	79	95
Dumfries and Galloway	530	560	556	470	471
Fife	800	863	695	710	685
Forth Valley	593	647	727	597	550
Grampian	1,929	1,811	1,567	1,357	1,439
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	4,799	5,021	4,958	4,790	5,034
Highland	531	546	596	597	624
Lanarkshire	1,443	1,584	1,504	1,345	1,590
Lothian	1,966	1,836	1,438	1,306	1,275
Orkney	11	11	14	16	20
Shetland	72	81	81	66	76
Tayside	1,066	1,103	776	622	618
Western Isles	58	53	44	50	44
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	x	x	x	27	99

NHSScotland: Number of Hospital Stays Where a Cancelled Operation or Procedure is Recorded for the Years Ending 31 March 2005 to 31 March 2009^1,2

NHS Board of Treatment	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Ayrshire and Arran	1,244	1,263	1,270	1,269	1,368
Borders	153	166	187	154	156
Dumfries and Galloway	460	624	527	576	637
Fife	686	773	897	990	942
Forth Valley	433	385	354	303	284
Grampian	1,456	1,466	1,497	1,441	1,667
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	4,995	4,768	5,301	4,491	4,697
Highland	690	741	854	854	842
Lanarkshire	1,616	1,641	1,709	1713	2,159
Lothian	1,283	1,452	1,438	1,579	1,674
Orkney	21	32	50	62	61
Shetland	63	59	73	62	69
Tayside	663	718	739	629	610
Western Isles	53	34	29	29	60
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	109	227	270	290	687

Source: ISD Scotland “ information derived from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric hospitals

1. Up to six diagnoses (one principal and five secondary) are recorded on SMR01 returns. All six diagnoses positions have been used to identify cancelled operations. The following International Statistical Classifications of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD -10) code has been used to identify cancelled operations/procedures “ Z53;person encountering health services for specific procedure not carried out.

2. Cases were an operation or procedure was cancelled prior to the patient being admitted to hospital are excluded.

x Not applicable.

Question reference: S3W-32172

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 18 March 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is supporting children with dyslexia in schools in Berwickshire.

It is for Scottish Borders Council to determine how best to meet the needs of children with dyslexia in schools in Berwickshire.

The Scottish Government has provided funding of £29,000 to Dyslexia Scotland over the financial year 2009-10 to develop a comprehensive web based resource for all teachers and early years workers for the assessment of literacy difficulties and dyslexia. Already available as a pilot version online at www.frameworkforinclusion.org, the final version will be launched in early summer and will be accessible to staff in all local authorities and schools across Scotland.

Through Curriculum for Excellence the Scottish Government is transforming education in Scotland and delivering better outcomes for all children and young people including those with dyslexia.

Question reference: S3W-31714

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 2 March 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would cost to upgrade the Whitsome telephone exchange to provide 8Mb broadband capacity.

Question reference: S3W-31616

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 February 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 2 March 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the availability was of wind-produced electrical power at periods of peak demand during the recent adverse weather conditions.

Question reference: S3W-31715

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 2 March 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would cost to upgrade the Abbey St Bathans telephone exchange to provide 8Mb broadband capacity.

Question reference: S3O-09572

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 February 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 25 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive when details will be made available of the Post Office Diversification Fund announced in its 2010-11 budget.

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