- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 18 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers to be the options for flexible working practices that reduce costs.
Answer
The Scottish Public Sector Pay Policy for 2011-12 sets out the circumstances in which employers may wish to identify flexible working practices that reduce costs while maintaining headcount and services. These should be appropriate to workforce circumstances and need to be agreed between employers and staff representatives.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37313 by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 November 2010, whether it will suspend the National Performance Management Committee.
Answer
No. I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40438 on 18 March 2011. The National Performance Management Committee has an important function to perform in ensuring that NHSScotland has a fit for purpose performance management system in place for its most senior managers.
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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37314 by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 November 2010, for what reason the National Performance Management Committee has met on average 33% more times in the last three years than the largest NHS board.
Answer
The number and timing of meetings of the National Performance Management Committee are determined by the business of that Committee and its formal Terms of Reference “ a copy has been placed in SPICe under Bib number 52071. There is no connection between that and the frequency with which any NHS board or other committees or groups might met.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what budget reduction has been applied to Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland for 2011-12.
Answer
Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) has up to £35.9m available to it in 2011-12. That is the same figure as the 2010-11 baseline, ie the cost in that year of the corresponding functions in SCSWIS''s three predecessor bodies. The total available includes provision for one-off transitional costs. The amount budgeted for operating costs in 2011-12 is £33.7m.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37318 by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 November 2010, when it will provide the distribution of appraisal scores for the NHS Executive Managers Cohort for 2009-10.
Answer
Further to the answer to question S3W-37318, the following table now includes the percentage distribution for both the Executive and Senior Management cohorts across each of the performance ratings for the 2009-10 performance year.
| Year | Unacceptable | Incomplete | Fully Acceptable | Superior | Outstanding |
| 2007-08 | 0.00% | 2.33% | 79.87% | 17.47% | 0.33% |
| 2008-09 | 0.25% | 1.88% | 80.62% | 16.43% | 0.82% |
| 2009-10 | 0.16% | 2.13% | 82.50% | 14.64% | 0.57% |
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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37317 by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 November 2010 and given the need to ensure that the principles of diversity and equality policies are followed, for what reason the National Performance Management Committee does not collate information on the sex and ethnicity of the NHS Executive Managers Cohort.
Answer
It is the responsibility of health boards as employers to ensure compliance with their obligations on all aspects of equality and diversity and to conduct impact assessments as required
The National Performance Management Committee collates and analyses information in relation to posts and not individuals.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many senior managers are employed in each (a) NHS board and (b) Special Health Board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39384 on 24 February 2011. 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what its assessment is of the value of surplus NHS land and buildings.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The day-to-day management of NHSScotland assets including the sale of surplus land and buildings is a matter devolved to NHS boards to undertake following well established guidance and mandatory procedures as directed by the NHSScotland Property Transactions Handbook.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-39516 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 March 2011, in light of Lord MacLean not yet being advised that a delay in publishing the report would be acceptable, for what reason further witness evidence sessions of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry have been postponed until after May 2011.
Answer
The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry is an independent Inquiry. The procedure and the conduct of an Inquiry is determined by the Inquiry''s Chairman in accordance with his/her duties under the Inquiries Act 2005. For further information, please contact the Secretary of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Team at
[email protected].
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry is paying the BIG Partnership for public relations services.
Answer
The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry is an independent Inquiry. The procedure and the conduct of an Inquiry is determined by the Inquiry''s Chairman in accordance with his/her duties under the Inquiries Act 2005. For further information please contact the Secretary of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Team at
[email protected].
