- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive which voluntary organisations received funding from NHS Health Scotland in each year since 1999 and how much each received.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-962 on 20 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 20 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions and on what dates the Joint Ministerial Committee has met since 1999, excluding any sub-committee meetings.
Answer
The Joint MinisterialCommittee has met in plenary three times since 1999, on the following dates:
1 September 2000.
30 October 2001.
22 October 2002.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 20 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any communication from the UK Government since May 2007 to propose that a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee be convened.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring has been undertaken of the effectiveness of NHS Health Scotland’s disbursements of funding.
Answer
Monitoring the effectivenessof NHS Health Scotland’s disbursements of funding is by way of theorganisation’s performance management system.
Internal processesto monitor effectiveness are driven by quarterly business plan delivery reviewswhich involve budget holders and other staff tasked with project delivery, and stafffrom policy and planning and finance. These reviews lead to the production of reportson business plan delivery for consideration and, where necessary, action by theCorporate Management Team, the Audit Committee and the board.
External processesto monitor effectiveness include periodic reviews with organisations receiving funding,and reviews by external and internal audit. The annual delivery plan is agreed withthe Scottish Executive. Overall organisational effectiveness is reviewed annuallyby the Scottish government, through the annual review process.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the expenditure of the Scottish Health Council.
Answer
The Scottish HealthCouncil was established as part of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland but with itsown distinct identity. The Chief Executive of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland istherefore the accountable officer for the Scottish Health Council and is personallyanswerable to the Parliament for regularity, propriety and value for money in themanagement of the organisation. The council’s staff are responsible for complyingwith the requirements of NHS QIS systems of internal financial control and the board’sstanding financial instructions.
The Annual Reviewof the Scottish Health Council, which I will lead, also provides a mechanism forthe monitoring and review of expenditure.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29690 by Mr Andy Kerr on 14 November 2006, what the projected funding is for the Scottish Health Council in each financial year from 2007-08.
Answer
The funding allocationagreed for the Scottish Health Council for 2007-08 is £2.711 million. Funding forsubsequent years will be set following the spending review, which is currently underway.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the voluntary sector receives funding from NHS Health Scotland and, if so, how much it has received in each year since 1999.
Answer
The figures forfunding, since NHS Health Scotland’s inception in 2003, are shown in the followingtable.
| Organisation | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | Total Funding |
| Voluntary Health Scotland | £0 | £95,130 | £75,110 | £72,325 | £242,565 |
| Community Health Exchange (CHEX) | £146,574.80 | £74,545.50 | £105,118 | £9,050 | £335,288.30 |
| Scottish Community Development Centre (Learning Evaluation And Planning (LEAP)) | £0 | £88,229.99 | £371,242.28 | £418,451.46 | £877,923.73 |
| Community Development Foundation | £9,106 | £192,319.95 | £0 | £0 | £201,425.95 |
| Young Scot | £287,880.58 | £143,475 | £130,000 | £130,000 | £691,355.58 |
| Barnardos | £55,471 | £51,402 | £49,796 | £0 | £156,669 |
| Family Planning Association | £0 | £22,500 | £21,525 | £15,600 | £59,625 |
| Jog Scotland | £25,000 | £25,000 | £40,000 | £0 | £90,000 |
| Paths to Health | £3,867 | £0 | £4,790 | £21,500 | £30,157 |
| Paths for All Partnership | £31,000 | £31,000 | £31,000 | £65,000 | £158,000 |
| ASH Scotland | £0 | £106,800 | £98,002 | £48,037 | £252,839 |
| Age Concern Scotland | £6,500 | £6,500 | £17,500 | £4,850 | £35,350 |
| Age Concern Orkney | £0 | £8,175 | £4,822.90 | £4,087.50 | £17,085.40 |
| No Smoking Day | £50,000 | £35,000 | £25,000 | £25,000 | £135,000 |
| Totals | £615,399.38 | £880,077.44 | £973,906.18 | £813,900.96 | £3,283,283.96 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding NHS Health Scotland has received in each year since 1999.
Answer
NHS Health Scotland’s levels of funding, since inception in April 2003,are set out in the following table.
| Financial Year | Revenue Resource Limit (£000) |
| 2003-04 | 13,969 |
| 2004-05 | 17,148 |
| 2005-06 | 19,672 |
| 2006-07 | 22,595 |
This informationis available in the annual reports published by NHS Health Scotland.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive which health projects received funding from NHS Health Scotland for publicity or public information in each year since 1999 and how much each received.
Answer
Health projectsdo not receive funding from NHS Health Scotland for publicity or public information. Instead, projects receive supportfrom NHS Health Scotland staff such as expertise, literature andadvice regarding public relations.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 19 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the call by the EIS for a ban on recruitment by the armed forces in schools, whether ministers will issue immediate guidance to education authorities to ensure that this practice ceases.
Answer
Local authoritiesand schools are presently and rightly responsible for considering thearrangements under which any potential employer offers advice on careeropportunities to pupils, and does that in a professional manner, appropriate tothe pupils’ age and maturity, and in a way which does not seek to exert undueor inappropriate influence.
