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Question reference: S2W-26780

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to improve the treatment of strokes in each year since 1999.

This information is not heldcentrally. NHS boards do not receive a specific budget for the treatment ofstroke. NHS boards receive an annual allocation. It is for each NHS board toutilise the funds available to meet the health care needs of its residentpopulation, including the cost of treatment for stroke, taking account of nationaland local priorities. The general allocations to boards since 1999 are asfollows:

1999-2000- £4,566.26 million

2000-01- £4,919.40 million

2001-02- £5,272.54 million

2002-03- £5,932.08 million

2003-04- £6,384.51 million

2004-05- £7,465.22 million

2005-06- £8,112.94 million.

£40 million of additionalfunding has been allocated to boards to help implement the recommendations of the CHD and Stroke Strategy since 2002. Approximately 50% of this funding wasallocated to priority projects identified by each Stroke MCN. In addition, afurther £15 million has been ring-fenced in 2006-07 to help boards improve CHDand stroke services.

Question reference: S2W-26721

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding was provided to NHS Argyll and Clyde for national initiatives outwith its annual budget allocation in each year from 1999-2000 to 2005-06, broken down by initiative.

Question reference: S2W-26722

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual allocation of resources to NHS Argyll and Clyde was from 1999-2000 to 2005-06.

Question reference: S2W-26725

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding was provided to (a) NHS Greater Glasgow and (b) NHS Highland for national initiatives outwith its annual budget allocation in each year from 1999-2000 to 2005-06.

Question reference: S2W-26726

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the allocation of resources was to (a) NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) NHS Highland for 2006-07.

Question reference: S2W-26712

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated for crime prevention to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1999.

We have funded a range of measureswhich contribute to crime prevention including Make our Communities Safer Challenge Competition, the Community Safety Partnership Award Programme, AntisocialBehaviour funding and our investment in record numbers of police officers.

Underthe Make our Communities Safer Challenge Competition which ended in March 2002,the awards detailed in the following table were made:

Argylland Bute

Year	Project	Award
1998-99	Rothesay Town Centre CCTV	£63,300
1999-2000		£0
2000-01	Campbeltown CCTV	£9,500
2001-02	Dunoon New Community Schools	£8,100

West Dunbartonshire

Year	Project	Award
1998-99		£0
1999-2000	Dumbarton Town Centre CCTV	£160,000
2000-01	New Bonhill CCTV	£140,000
2001-02	Clydebank Trust CCTV Youth Shelters	£129,440 £18,500

On1 April 2002 we introduced a new Community Safety Partnership (CSP)Award Programme for all local authority-led CSPs. The programme assists CSPs toidentify and address their local community safety priorities, including crime prevention.The awards for 2002-03 onwards are set out in the following table:

Year	Argyll and Bute	West Dunbartonshire
2002-03	£84,127	£118,491
2003-04	£78,465	£122,875
2004-05	£87,609	£120,508
2005-06	£75,097.39	£108,594
2006-07	£75,097.39	£108,594

Argylland Bute and West Dunbartonshire Community Planning Partnerships have been allocatedfunding to tackle antisocial behaviour over the period 2004-08 as set out in thefollowing table. This has included funding for a range of initiatives, which includemeasures that can contribute to crime prevention, such as community wardens.

Year	Argyll and Bute	West Dunbartonshire
2004-05	£184,000	£1,364,000
2005-06	£204,700	£1,513,550
2006-07	£247,000	£1,765,000
2007-08	£260,000	£1,900,000

PoliceGAE funding is paid directly to Strathclyde Joint Police Board and it is for theChief Constable of Strathclyde Police to decide on the best use of the funding availableto him. The amount of police GAE allocated to Strathclyde Police in each year since1999 is shown in the following table.

Year	Police GAE (£000)
1998-99	328,336
1999-2000	339,260
2000-01	352,183
2001-02	370,940
2002-03	389,140
2003-04	421,023
2004-05	444,070
2005-06	476,424
2006-07	496,307

Question reference: S2W-26724

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual allocation of resources was to (a) NHS Greater Glasgow and (b) NHS Highland from 1999-2000 to 2005-06.

Details are as follows:

	NHS Greater Glasgow (£ Million)	NHS Highland (£ Million)
1999-2000	800.079	171.762
2000-01	864.156	184.198
2001-02	951.162	204.907
2002-03	1,034.677	222.063
2003-04	1,101.880	244.851
2004-05	1,280.160	302.818
2005-06	1,370.302	330.287

Question reference: S2W-26622

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses in the (a) West Dunbartonshire Council area, (b) Argyll and Bute Council area and (c) Dumbarton parliamentary constituency are now centrally heated as a result of its central heating installation programme.

I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

Information is not held in theform requested. For private sector dwellings, information is held by main postcodearea. In the PA postcode area, a total of 3,848 houses in the private sector arenow centrally heated as a result of the central heating programme.

Information on installationsin council properties is held at local authority level. In the West DunbartonshireCouncil area, a total of 202 council owned dwellings are now centrally heated asa result of the central heating programme. In the Argyll and Bute Council area atotal of 151 council owned dwellings had systems installed under the programme.

Question reference: S2W-26785

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been allocated to the health and community care budget in each year since 1999.

The final Health Departmentcombined Departmental Expenditure Limit and Annually Managed Expenditure foreach year was as follows:

Year	£000
1999-2000	4,926,991
2000-01	5,481,234
2001-02	6,284,026
2002-03	6,982,428
2003-04	7,316,933
2004-05	8,158,716
2005-06	8,955,401
2006-07²	9,512,956

The figures for 1999-2000and 2000-01 are on a cash basis while those for 2001-02 onwards are on aresource basis and are therefore not directly compatible.

Question reference: S2W-26777

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to improve the treatment of coronary heart disease.

The Coronary Heart Disease andStroke Strategy sets out the actions required to improve the treatment of coronaryheart disease in Scotland. The National Advisory Committee on Coronary Heart Diseasewas established to take forward the CHD element of the Strategy. Managed ClinicalNetworks for cardiological services have been set up in each NHS board area to implementthe Strategy at local level.

Evidence based standards havebeen set by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS), based on relevant SIGN Guidelines.These standards are monitored and evaluated by NHS QIS. MCNs are responsible fortaking the findings of evidence based practice and guidelines forward to improvestandards and quality of care.

	(£ Million)
1999-2000	349.083
2000-01	379.134
2001-02	411.698
2002-03	435.462
2003-04	453.508
2004-05	527.517
2005-06	616.052