Chamber and committees

The information requested is available at the following website:http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/NHSis_resource/Workforce/workforce_statistics.htm.

Details of additional funding provided to Argyll and Clyde NHS Board for national initiatives outwith its annual budget from 1999-2000 to date are as follows:

National Initiative	1999-2000(£000)	2000-01(£000)	2001-02(£000)	2002-03(£000)
Primary Care Investment				1.014
Delayed Discharges				1.734
Electronic Clinical Communication Implementation		0.115	0.751	0.184
Have a Heart Paisley		1.141	2.334
Innovation Fund for Children's Services	0.161	0.154	0.346
Roll-out of New General Practice Administration System for Scotland	0.738
Primary Care Act Pilots			0.115
NHS Personal Learning Credits				0.030
Health Improvement Fund		1.143	1.343	1.244
Personal Medical Services Initiatives				0.068
Waiting Times Orthopaedics Initiative				0.155
IM&T Infrastructure	0.392	0.373		0.165
Telemedicine		0.066	0.247	0.027
Designed Health Care	0.031	0.135	0.274
Learning Together			0.120
Specialist Nursing Initiative		0.409	0.512	0.512
Flu Immunisation		0.294	0.363
Winter Pressures			0.947	1.040
Cancer in Scotland: Action for Change			0.200	1.043
General Medical Services Local Development Schemes	0.044
Mental Health and Well-being Development Fund	0.079	0.410	0.540
Clinical Effectiveness		0.012		0.011
Occupational Health and Safety Service				0.052
Return to Practice				0.043
Continuous Professional Development				0.151
Rough Sleepers Initiative		0.138
Development of Managed Clinical Networks		0.675
Leadership Development for Community Nursing Team Leaders		0.012

The annual allocation of resources to Argyll and Clyde NHS Board from 1999-2000 to date are as follows:

1999-2000	£396.906 million
2000-01	£430.583 million
2001-02	£456.986 million
2002-03	£475.936 million

Note:The allocation shown for 2002-03 is as at Friday 1 November 2002. Further allocations may issue before the end of the financial year.

It is Executive policy to review the work of all departments and agencies from time to time. The Education, Culture and Sport Committee have asked ministers to review the roles and responsibilities of Historic Scotland in their response to the Public Appointments (Scotland) Bill. Ministers are considering this request and will be responding in advance of the Stage 2 discussions on the bill.

The Child Witness Support Implementation Group was set up in September 2001 to take forward implementation, and established three multi-agency sub groups to develop different aspects of the work. In the light of their reports we are today launching a package for consultation. The package comprises papers on the following:

• The Establishment of a Child Witness Support Service
• Interviewing Child Witnesses in Scotland
• Code of Practice on the Provision of Therapy to Child Witnesses prior to Criminal Trials and Children's Hearing Court Proceedings
• Conduct of Child Witness Court Familiarisation Visits
• Information about Young Witnesses to Inform Decision-making in the Legal Process
• Questioning of Children in Court

The implementation group aims to review these documents in the light of responses, which are requested by 31 January 2003, and to complete its work by spring 2003.Copies have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 24508).

The future of the fund will be decided in the light of the consultation on the framework and plan for museums launched by Mike Watson on 9 September.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29032 today. All answers to written PQs are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29030 today. All answers to written PQs are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

The Scottish Executive does not provide direct funding to non-national museums and galleries in Scotland. The Executive is responsible only for the National Institutions. Funding to the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Museums of Scotland for 1999-2000 to 2001-02 is shown in the following table.

Funding (£m)	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
National Galleries of Scotland	10,085	11.185	12.535	12.285
National Museums of Scotland	13,291	14.427	17.177	17.477

Note:These amounts include revenue and capital funding.Funding is also provided for the Scottish Museums Council as shown:

Scottish Museums Council
	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Funding (£m)	0.941	0.941	1.041	1.191
Strategic Change Fund			0.5	1.0

Of the strategic change fund £420,000 in each year is allocated to the support package for the three industrial museums.In addition, the Scottish Maritime Museum received emergency funds of £90,000 in 2000-01 and £110,000 in 2001-02 and £30,000 in 2002-03.In addition, in March 2002 in connection with the refurbishment of the Kelvingrove Gallery by Glasgow City Council the Executive made an exceptional one off payment of £3 million to Glasgow's Museum Service including £1 million specifically identified for the Kelvingrove Refurbishment Appeal Trust.

The Executive initiated a three-month consultation on the findings of the National Audit of Scotland's Museums and Galleries on the 9 September. The consultation process will include a seminar organised by the Scottish Museums Council on 4 November. Information submitted during this period will inform the creation of an action plan, to be published in spring 2003, providing a framework for the development of the museums and galleries sector in Scotland.