- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6022 by John Swinney on 20 November 2007, what domestic visits have been undertaken by the unpaid special adviser referred to; how the visits have been funded, and what the total cost was of such visits.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-6777 on 6 December 2007. Allanswers 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6022 by John Swinney on 20 November 2007, whether the overseas visit referred to is included in the expenses information provided in the answer to question S3W-4830 by John Swinney on 31 October 2007.
Answer
I refer the memberto the question S3W-6777 on 6 December 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questionsare available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6022 by John Swinney on 20 November 2007, what overseas visit has been undertaken by the unpaid special adviser referred to and when.
Answer
Professor Sir NeilMacCormick undertook one trip to Brussels on 11 and 12 July 2007. The related expenses were included in the answer toquestion S3W-4830 on 31 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.Professor MacCormickhas also undertaken one domestic visit to Dunblane Hydro in the company of the Ministerfor Europe, External Affairs and Culture. There is thereforeno cost of the visit attributable to him.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive why a ministerial statement has not been made to the Parliament about the missing personal pension information sent by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Answer
A ministerial statementwas made on 28 November 2007, the first parliamentary sitting day after the issueemerged.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when ministers were made aware that personal pension information sent by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde had gone missing.
Answer
My statement to parliamentof 28 November 2007 confirms that the SPPA informed the ScottishGovernment of the potential problem on Friday 23 November 2007.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when the personal pension information sent by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde went missing.
Answer
My statement to parliamentof 28 November 2007 confirms that the data did not go missingand was in fact located at the address to which it had been sent.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any Scottish ministers have commissioned since 31 October 2007 any external legal advice that is likely to incur public expense in respect of their personal liability for costs incurred in discharge of their responsibilities.
Answer
I am not aware ofany such instance.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 6 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-5873 by Bruce Crawford on 7 November 2007, whether any responses to the First Minister’s letter have been received and, if so, from which states.
Answer
We have received responsesfrom the following states:
Austria
Cameroon
Germany
Grenada
Guyana
Indonesia
Ireland
Lesotho
Mexico
Norway
Philippines
Romania
Senegal
Sweden
United Arab Emirates
The Vatican
Venezuela.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what time targets apply to the ambulance service for responding to emergency calls and what times are actually achieved for the Vale of Leven Hospital catchment area, broken down by local authority ward.
Answer
The key response timetargets which apply to the Scottish Ambulance Service differ according to the priorityattached to the call. The performance information requested is not broken down bylocal authority ward, however the ambulance stations which service the Vale of LevenHospital are Arrochar, Helensburgh and Vale of Leven and their performance is setout in the following table. Not all missions carried out from these stations willresult in the patient being taken to the Vale of Leven hospital, as that will dependon the condition of the patient and whether the Vale of Leven is the most appropriatehospital for them to be taken to.
Performance AgainstCategory A (Life-Threatening) and Category B (Serious but not Life-Threatening Calls)between 1 April 2007 and 25 November 2007.
| Station | Category A Demand | Category A Met within 8 Minutes | Category B Demand | Category B Met within 21 Minutes |
| Arrochar | 76 | 6(7.9%) | 101 | 50(49.5%) |
| Helensburgh | 500 | 269(53.8%) | 1,167 | 1,073(91.9% |
| Vale of Leven | 911 | 557(61.1%) | 1,643 | 1,538(93.6%) |
Note: *Informationsupplied by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-42 by Nicola Sturgeon on 31 May 2007, whether it has now received a report from the Scottish Health Council on the community engagement process undertaken by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in the review of services at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
Answer
As I made clear inmy previous response, it is imperative that NHS boards engage with patients andthe public and that their views are fully taken into account as proposals for servicechange are developed. The remit of the Independent Scrutiny Panel (ISP) which Iset up to consider NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s (NGSCC) proposals included assessingthe degree to which the board’s pre-consultation proposals appropriately took accountof the views of local stakeholders. The ISP received an interim report from the Scottish Health Council on the board’s engagement process to inform this part oftheir work.
The ISP report waspublished on 4 December and is available on the panel’s website:
http://www.independentscrutinypanels.org.uk/index.html.I expect NHSGGC totake full account of the findings of the ISP in developing its proposals for publicconsultation. As with any proposals for significant service change, final decisionswill rest with ministers. In making a decision I will take full account of all theavailable information, including the ISP report and the Scottish Health Councilreport on the board’s consultation process.
