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To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are applied by Ministers in deciding who should reply to official correspondence from their own constituents and other members' constituents.
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Minister for Finance arrived at the figure of 7.5% real terms increase in health expenditure, as given in the Official Report for 30 March 2000, col. 1197.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 August 1999
Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, who is Patron of the Parliament, has written to me and other Ministerial colleagues about their activities and plans. Officials have met representatives of the Parliament and are maintaining contact.
Self-evaluation will be a useful tool, but only if it used alongside on-site inspections. Work on the implications for local authorities—as both providers and purchasers of services—of the transfer of funding and the new regime of fees is not complete.
That is why we are engaged in discussion with other agencies to try to get therapies offered on site as part of our local provision rather than having to bring them in from outside.
What do you think about establishing women's centres in major towns and cities, where the different organisations could all be sited? Is that idea worth considering, or would different organisations want to retain their separate identities?
To ask the Scottish Executive what bonus payments have been paid to officials and officers of the Scottish Legal Aid Board in each year since 1999 and how such bonuses are calculated.