- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37378 by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 November 2010, whether (a) territorial and (b) special NHS boards will be able to retain efficiency savings that they generate in 2011-12.
Answer
(a) All territorial health boards will retain the efficiency savings that they achieve in 2011-12.
(b) Four Special Health Boards, the Scottish Ambulance Service, the State Hospital, NHS 24 and the National Waiting Times Centre will retain the efficiency savings they generate in 2011-12. The following Special Health Boards will not retain efficiency savings on services not delivering direct patient care, NHS Education for Scotland, NHS Health Scotland, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and NHS National Services Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37378 by Nicola Sturgeon on November 2010, whether all the efficiency savings generated in the health budget line will be retained in that line.
Answer
All the efficiency savings generated by health will be retained within health.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37379 by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 November 2010, what additional funding it will provide for each NHS board currently below its NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) target share.
Answer
A decision on the allocations to the NHS boards for 2011-12 will be made following consideration of the NRAC target shares for 2011-12. It is planned to announce funding to the NHS boards in February 2011 following the final stage vote of the Scottish Government''s proposed 2011-12 budget by the Scottish Parliament.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a delay in agreeing an early severance scheme for staff in the Care Commission or Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will result in increased costs, such as for pay in lieu of notice.
Answer
We do not anticipate any increased costs.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the announcement of the appointment of the chairperson of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland was put back first from 1 to 8 November and then to 12 November 2010 and has yet to be made.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37695 on 2 December 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37018 by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010 and in light of the delay in the appointment of the chairperson, chief executive and senior management team, whether it remains its position that Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will be on target to launch on 1 April 2011.
Answer
Yes. Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland is on target to launch on 1 April 2011.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37018 by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010, whether it will forecast the budget and job losses for Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland now that the spending review is known.
Answer
We expect the business plan when approved will set out the budget and explain the implications for staff numbers.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the business plan for Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will be ready.
Answer
The chair of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) is currently considering the draft business plan along with the budget plan for the new body. Once approved by the chair and by the Minister for Children and Early Years and myself, the plan will be shared with the shadow partnership forum and with staff involved.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37018 by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010, whether the project team responsible for Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland is working under the assumption of a 12.5% budget reduction.
Answer
The Scottish Government''s budget statement indicates that SCSWIS'' budget will be reduced by 21% over the first four years'' of operation in line with planned savings in the overall direct costs of scrutiny from the baseline of the 2010-11 budget.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37018 by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010, what level of job losses in the first three years of the operation of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland was anticipated in the Draft Transitional Operating Plan.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37704 on 2 December 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.
