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Question reference: S4W-00891

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many student midwife places there have been in each NHS board area in each year since 1999-2000.

All midwifery students undertake placements within NHS boards during each year of their training programme. The pre-registration midwifery programme consists of 50% theory at university and 50% placement within NHSScotland.

Pre-registration midwifery students are not recruited to NHS board areas but to the universities providing the training programme. Information on the number of placement opportunities by NHS boards is therefore not held centrally.

Question reference: S4W-00890

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of NHS midwives worked (a) part and (b) full-time in each year since 1999.

The precise information requested is not available.

Information about the number and whole time equivalent of midwives employed by contract type and NHS board is published by ISD annually at 30 September. The latest published information showing figures for 30 September 2007 to 30 September 2010 is available at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health%2DTopics/Workforce/Nursing%2Dand%2DMidwifery/Nursing_and_midwifery%202010.xls.

The number of midwives by contract type for the years 30 September 2003 to 30 September 2005 is available at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health%2DTopics/Workforce/Nursing%2Dand%2DMidwifery/list-of-historic-tables.asp.

Figures for 1999 to 2002 are not available. Figures for 2006 are not available due to the assimilation to Agenda for Change.

Question reference: S4W-00887

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total cost and (b) cost per individual has been of training student midwives in each year since 1999-2000.

Information on the total cost and the cost per pre-registration midwifery student is only available from 2006-07 to 2010-11 in the following table:

Year	Average Cost per Midwife	Total Amount Paid (£1,000's)
2006-07	£12,895	£5,996
2007-08	£13,360	£6,746
2008-09	£13,680	£10,328
2009-10	£14,035	£8,531
2010-11	£14,085	£6,098

This data has been supplied by the Students Awards Agency for Scotland and is the most up to date available.

Question reference: S4W-00883

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many births per full-time-equivalent NHS midwife there have been in each NHS board in each year since 1999.

The number of births per whole time equivalent NHS midwife by NHS Board in each year since 1999 are shown in the following table.

All births¹ per whole time equivalent NHS midwife by NHS board of treatment

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Scotland ²	24.0	22.9	22.1	21.7	21.8	22.3	22.3	22.0	..	20.8	19.6

Argyll & Clyde ³	20.9	20.0	19.4	18.7	17.0	14.5	17.1	16.2	..	x	x
Ayrshire & Arran	22.4	20.3	20.9	20.4	19.7	20.8	20.7	21.1	..	14.3	14.4
Borders	24.0	22.9	22.1	21.7	21.8	22.3	22.3	22.0	..	19.9	19.1
Dumfries & Galloway	18.3	16.3	15.8	14.5	16.8	17.4	18.4	19.1	..	11.8	12.0
Fife	23.9	23.6	22.3	22.2	23.2	23.0	22.9	24.5	..	22.5	22.9
Forth Valley	22.4	20.7	20.3	18.7	19.0	19.4	19.6	19.8	..	19.2	19.5
Grampian	25.4	24.4	21.8	20.4	20.9	20.7	21.4	21.1	..	18.1	16.0
Greater Glasgow³	24.7	23.3	23.3	23.3	24.9	26.6	25.2	24.4	..	x	x

Greater Glasgow & Clyde³

23.9

22.9

Highland ³ (pre 01.4.06)	24.0	21.3	20.6	19.8	19.5	19.4	19.9	19.7	..	x	x
Highland ³ (post 31.3.06)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	..	13.6	14.2
Lanarkshire	21.9	22.1	21.6	22.5	22.5	22.1	22.8	20.4	..	21.5	17.0
Lothian	31.4	30.4	28.3	26.9	26.5	27.6	27.0	27.1	..	32.3	30.3
Orkney	19.4	19.5	15.5	14.2	25.0	21.1	28.6	29.4	..	10.1	10.4
Shetland	21.6	23.5	18.9	17.6	16.6	19.1	19.3	15.6	..	9.8	8.5
Tayside	21.7	20.3	20.5	21.0	19.5	21.4	19.9	20.7	..	19.8	19.0
Western Isles	16.8	14.9	14.9	14.2	14.3	15.5	13.7	11.1	..	11.2	9.0

Sources: SMR02, SWISS, ISDScotland

Notes:

1. All live and still births.

2. Includes cases where NHS Board of treatment was not recorded.

3. The dissolution of NHS Argyll and Clyde took effect from 1April 2006. From 2006, staff from NHS Argyll and Clyde transferred to NHS Highland and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

4. All births data is based on financial year to 31 March. Midwifery staff in post data is as at 30 September within the relevant financial year, for example all births data for the year to 31 March 1999 is divided by midwifery staff in post as at 30 September 1998.

5. 2006 midwifery data is not available due to assimilation to Agenda for Change.

Question reference: S4W-00888

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on (a) the NHS and (b) NHS maternity services in (i) Scotland and (ii) each NHS board area in each year since 1999-2000.

Table 1 details how much has been spent on the NHS in Scotland, broken down by each NHS board area and special health boards:

Table 1: Total NHS Spend Since 1999-2000, Broken Down by NHS Board

NHS Board	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
NHS Argyll and Clyde	398.0	438.4	468.3	434.9	506.7	587.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	338.4	370.7	395.1	375.6	402.6	485.9
NHS Borders	103.2	113.5	115.6	109.4	124.1	143.5
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	146.4	156.7	167.6	157.4	174.5	202.8
NHS Fife	300.8	322.4	344.4	319.8	359.2	421.5
NHS Forth Valley	244.7	266.8	284.9	269.4	289.2	340.8
NHS Grampian	452.3	489.0	519.8	499.7	533.4	620.4
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	916.2	985.3	1,067.9	1,022.5	1,096.9	1,268.1
NHS Highland	198.7	214.2	236.5	221.6	242.3	301.0
NHS Lanarkshire	479.3	513.9	577.2	548.3	588.1	682.6
NHS Lothian	683.2	736.8	803.9	739.5	910.2	937.0
NHS Orkney	21.9	24.4	25.2	23.8	25.6	31.0
NHS Shetland	25.5	28.8	30.5	29.9	31.4	36.1
NHS Tayside	397.4	428.3	472.4	438.8	468.5	543.7
NHS Western Isles	37.4	43.1	45.1	44.5	47.2	54.8
Total	4,743.4	5,132.4	5,554.4	5,235.3	5,799.8	6,656.0
Special Health Boards	427.4	463.3	512.2	567.4	630.3	773.2
Total	5,170.8	5,595.7	6,066.6	5,802.7	6,430.1	7,429.2

Table 1 (continued)

NHS Board	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
NHS Argyll and Clyde	615.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	531.6	560.6	586.2	609.0	627.9
NHS Borders	153.8	163.0	174.4	179.5	185.6
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	217.9	233.3	250.1	257.5	264.7
NHS Fife	458.2	488.6	514.7	540.2	555.4
NHS Forth Valley	377.0	385.7	406.1	420.4	434.4
NHS Grampian	651.6	675.8	722.9	749.9	784.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,358.0	1,894.3	2,013.7	2,046.2	2,100.2
NHS Highland	329.4	485.9	516.8	537.6	543.3
NHS Lanarkshire	731.7	757.8	810.1	839.7	832.8
NHS Lothian	1,005.5	1,028.3	1,079.7	1,118.2	1,122.2
NHS Orkney	35.1	34.1	38.0	39.8	42.5
NHS Shetland	37.7	39.2	41.2	44.5	45.8
NHS Tayside	576.0	599.5	633.1	655.8	675.8
NHS Western Isles	59.8	61.6	63.4	67.6	69.8
Total	7,138.9	7,407.6	7,850.4	8,105.8	8,284.4
Special Health Boards	886.3	978.1	1,134.5	1,196.2	1,219.7
Total	8,025.2	8,385.8	8,984.9	9,302.0	9,504.1

Due to baseline adjustments and technical accounting changes, expenditure figures are not directly comparable with previous years.

Table 2 contains details of the spend on NHS maternity services in each board area in each year since 1999-2000:

Table 2: Total NHS Maternity Spend, Broken Down by NHS Board

NHS Board	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
NHS Argyll and Clyde	16.0	15.3	16.8	16.8	19.5	20.7
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	13.0	12.9	13.3	13.4	14.9	18.4
NHS Borders	4.6	3.7	4.0	4.6	4.6	3.6
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	5.3	5.8	6.5	5.8	6.8	7.3
NHS Fife	8.2	8.9	9.3	10.2	11.5	13.5
NHS Forth Valley	11.5	12.7	13.0	12.1	12.7	9.8
NHS Grampian	17.6	18.3	19.4	20.8	23.0	25.4
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	32.6	34.2	36.3	39.4	41.3	49.9
NHS Highland	8.5	8.6	8.8	9.5	10.1	11.8
NHS Lanarkshire	16.1	16.1	16.8	19.8	21.0	21.9
NHS Lothian	23.3	23.5	24.6	24.2	28.0	30.2
NHS Orkney	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.0
NHS Shetland	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.2
NHS Tayside	15.9	16.8	17.0	18.1	17.9	19.1
NHS Western Isles	1.2	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.3
Total	175.2	179.9	188.8	197.9	214.6	235.1

Table 2 (continued)

NHS Board	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
NHS Argyll and Clyde	19.2
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	21.2	19.8	19.4	20.2	21.6
NHS Borders	4.3	4.8	5.2	5.3	5.4
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	8.7	8.9	10.3	10.5	11.2
NHS Fife	15.3	17.9	17.0	17.6	17.9
NHS Forth Valley	9.2	9.1	12.7	14.6	14.9
NHS Grampian	28.3	28.6	30.9	31.6	34.2
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	54.4	75.9	81.4	89.0	84.6
NHS Highland	12.5	14.4	15.7	19.2	19.1
NHS Lanarkshire	22.8	24.4	25.5	29.8	30.1
NHS Lothian	33.8	34.9	36.2	42.8	46.0
NHS Orkney	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.4
NHS Shetland	1.2	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.1
NHS Tayside	19.5	19.3	19.6	20.6	25.3
NHS Western Isles	1.8	1.7	1.8	2.2	1.9
Total	253.4	262.7	279.0	306.5	314.6

NHS Argyll and Clyde was dissolved at the end of 2005-06 and responsibilities were transferred to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (previously NHS Greater Glasgow) and NHS Highland. This means that pre 2005-06 figures are not directly comparable with post 2005-06 for these two boards.

Question reference: S4W-00886

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many student midwives have received a bursary, (b) what the average bursary has been and (c) what the total cost of bursaries has been in each year since 1999-2000.

The total number of pre-registration midwifery students receiving bursaries, (including allowances and placement expenses), the average bursary and the total cost of bursaries from 1999-2000 to 2009-10 in the following table:

Year	Number of Students in Receipt of Bursary	Average Payment per Student	Total Amount Paid (£1,000's)
1999-2000	560	£4,325	£2,422
2000-01	555	£4,405	£2,444
2001-02	665	£5,075	£3,380
2002-03	450	£5,120	£2,304
2003-04	530	£5,045	£2,675
2004-05	515	£5,390	£2,775
2005-06	485	£5,535	£2,684
2006-07	465	£5,465	£2,541
2007-08	505	£5,895	£2,977
2008-09	755	£5,950	£4,492
2009-10	615	£6,010	£3,696

This data has been supplied by the Students Awards Agency for Scotland and is the most up to date available.

Question reference: S4W-00845

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the actions set out by the Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty 2011.

Question reference: S4W-00846

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what its current estimate is of the number of people living in fuel poverty.

Question reference: S4W-00849

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is on course to end fuel poverty by 2016 as set out in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.

The Scottish Government remains committed to eradicating fuel poverty in Scotland by 2016 as far as practicably possible. The number of people in fuel poverty at any given time is determined by income levels, energy prices and the energy efficiency of their homes. We have seen fuel price rises recently by Scottish Power that have clearly impacted on the number of people affected by fuel poverty.

Energy prices are dictated by markets and regulation of the energy companies is reserved to Westminster. The Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth has written to OfGEM seeking discussions with them and urging that they build on their Retail Market Review to deliver a radical simplification of tariff structures including considering possible compulsory tariffs for the fuel poor. OfGEM subsequently announced, on 22 June 2011, that it would press ahead with a radical overhaul of the retail energy market, including looking at sweeping away complex tariffs.

Question reference: S4W-00832

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of care providers reducing budgets and employees in that sector having to self-fund training and, if so, what its position is on this.