- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists have provided NHS general dental services in each of the last two years in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) Mid Highland, (c) North Highland and (d) South East Highland community health partnerships, also expressed per 10,000 of population.
Answer
The information is shown in the following table.
Number of Dentists1 who have Provided NHS General Dental Services, and Rates2 per 10,000 of Population; at 30 September
| 2006 | 2007 |
Community Health Partnership | Head Count | Rate | Head Count | Rate |
Argyll and Bute | 50 | 5.5 | 49 | 5.4 |
Mid Highland | 33 | 3.7 | 32 | 3.6 |
North Highland | 19 | 5.0 | 17 | 4.5 |
South East Highland | 64 | 7.3 | 77 | 8.8 |
Sources: MIDAS (Management Information and Dental Accounting System) and GRO(S).
Notes:
1. The number (head count) of NHS non-salaried and salaried principals, assistants and vocational dental practitioners, based on the location of the dental practice.
2. Crude rates (all ages) for years 2006 and 2007 have been calculated per 10,000 persons, using 2006 mid-year population estimates from General Register Office for Scotland (GRO(S).
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 24 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated for affordable homes for rent in each year since 2003-04 in (a) Highland, (b) Orkney, (c) Shetland, (d) Western Isles, (e) Moray and (f) Argyll and Bute and how much will be allocated in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10, also expressed at constant prices, and how many homes (A) were and (B) will be approved for development in each such year.
Answer
The grant allocation at the beginning of each financial year is a single figure which includes provision for all relevant elements of the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP). In addition to the provision of affordable housing for rent this includes an allocation for grant mechanisms providing low cost home ownership (LIFT) and Grants for the Physical and Social Environment. The allocation for affordable housing for rent is not recorded separately.
The grant allocation for the Affordable Housing Investment Programme for each year since 2003-04 for the local authorities requested is in table 1 below. This shows the allocation in constant terms. Table 2 provides details of the total homes approved for development over the same period for all tenures.
Planned expenditure for 2008-09 by local authority area is set out in the answer to question S3W-13606 on 30 May 2008. All answers 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.
Over the period 2008-11 the government will be providing investment of over £1.5 billion for affordable housing across Scotland. £493 million in 2008-09, £566 million in 2009-10 and £591 million in 2010-11. Taking into account the local government settlement this is 19% more than planned by the previous administration for 2005-08. Over the period 2008-11 the government aims to deliver more than 21,500 new affordable homes nationally which is in line with levels of approvals achieved for 2005-08 despite increasing costs. These will be split 6,000 in 2008-09, 7,100 in 2009-10 and 8,400 in 2010-11.
Details of the programme split by local authority for 2009-10 will be available nearer the time.
Table 1, Investment
Local Authority | 2003-04 Planned Total | 2003-04 Planned Real Terms | 2004-05 Planned Total | 2004-05 Planned Real Terms | 2005-06 Planned Total |
Highland | 11.220 | 12.868 | 12.037 | 13.435 | 25.615 |
Orkney | 1.850 | 2.122 | 1.897 | 2.117 | 5.100 |
Shetland | 0.905 | 1.038 | 0.948 | 1.058 | 2.255 |
Western Isles | 2.380 | 2.730 | 2.826 | 3.154 | 4.030 |
Moray | 1.755 | 2.013 | 1.667 | 1.861 | 3.600 |
Argyll and Bute | 4.715 | 5.408 | 6.565 | 7.327 | 12.027 |
Local Authority | 2005-06 Planned Real Terms | 2006-07 Planned Total | 2006-07 Planned Real Terms | 2007-08 Planned Total | 2007-08 Planned Real Terms |
Highland | 27.987 | 31.500 | 33.499 | 36.325 | 37.415 |
Orkney | 5.572 | 5.500 | 5.849 | 6.000 | 6.180 |
Shetland | 2.464 | 2.500 | 2.659 | 3.800 | 3.914 |
Western Isles | 4.403 | 4.200 | 4.467 | 6.500 | 6.695 |
Moray | 3.933 | 6.000 | 6.381 | 9.525 | 9.811 |
Argyll and Bute | 13.141 | 15.550 | 16.537 | 17.675 | 18.205 |
Table 2
Unit Approvals | 2003-04 Total | 2004-05 Total | 2005-06 Total | 2006-07 Total | 2007-08 Total | 2008-09 Planned |
Local Authority |
Highland | 268 | 267 | 682 | 552 | 536 | 352 |
Orkney | 72 | 42 | 56 | 120 | 94 | 83 |
Shetland | 38 | 59 | 18 | 94 | 45 | 30 |
Western Isles | 60 | 48 | 56 | 80 | 35 | 38 |
Moray | 92 | 159 | 222 | 90 | 250 | 146 |
Argyll and Bute | 89 | 307 | 198 | 217 | 183 | 128 |
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the mortality rates have been per 100,000 population for coronorary heart disease in people aged under 75 in the NHS Highland area in each year since 2000, also expressed as a percentage of the 2000 rate.
Answer
The number of deaths and the death rates per 100,000, both crude and age-sex standardised, from coronary heart disease for NHS Highland in people aged under 75 during the years 2000-06 are set out in the following table:
Year | Number of Deaths | Crude | Standardised | Crude as % 2000 Rate | Standardised as % 2000 Rate |
2000 | 339 | 122.1 | 96.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
2001 | 289 | 104.3 | 81.2 | 85.4 | 84.1 |
2002 | 276 | 100.1 | 76.3 | 81.9 | 79.0 |
2003 | 253 | 91.5 | 67.4 | 74.9 | 69.8 |
2004 | 246 | 88.4 | 65.5 | 72.4 | 67.9 |
2005 | 207 | 74.0 | 53.4 | 60.6 | 55.3 |
2006 | 205 | 72.9 | 52.1 | 59.7 | 53.9 |
Source: GRO Scotland Death Registrations and Populations.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Ministerial statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 22 May 2008 on fuel poverty, what priority will be given to those aged between 75 and 80 who require a central heating system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14165 on 20 June 2008. All answers 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: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the ministerial statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 22 May 2008 on fuel poverty, what priority will be given to those who suffer from chronic health illnesses, such as asthma and diabetes and require central heating systems.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14165 on 20 June 2008. All answers 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: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Ministerial statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 22 May 2008 on fuel poverty, what priority will be given to those aged between 75 and 80 who have a partial or inefficient central heating system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14165 on 20 June 2008. All answers 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: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to Ministerial the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 22 May 2008 on fuel poverty, what criteria will be used to prioritise cases when considering future applications for new central heating systems.
Answer
All householders who were eligible for the Central Heating Programme before my announcement of 22 May 2008 remain eligible. Amongst new applicants received after 22 May 2008, priority will be given to those most likely to be fuel poor. For this year, priority is being given to those without a central heating system, along with those who either receive the guarantee element of pension credit or are aged over 80 and have a central heating system that has broken down. Within these priority groups, the position on prioritising applicants on health or social grounds has not changed. Those applicants who do not fall into one of these priority groups can reapply next financial year, when the Scottish Fuel Poverty Forum has reached its conclusions and the future shape of the programme is clear.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Ministerial statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 22 May 2008 on fuel poverty, what priority will be given to those who have chronic health illnesses, such as asthma and diabetes, and who have a partial or inefficient central heating system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14165 on 20 June 2008. All answers 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: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 19 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of what percentage of adults who smoke resided in the NHS Highland area and its constituent Community Health Partnership areas in each of the last two years.
Answer
The official source of statistics on smoking prevalence amongst adults is the Scottish Household Survey. This survey is not designed to be representative at NHS board level, so smoking prevalence figures at this level of geography should be interpreted with caution. Based on the most recent two years of results available from this survey, adult smoking prevalence in the NHS Highland area was 21% in 2007 and 25% in 2006.
Estimates of smoking prevalence in the Community Health Partnership areas within NHS Highland are only available for the two year sample 2003-04. These figures, and other supporting information, are published in An Atlas of Tobacco Smoking in Scotland at:
http://www.scotpho.org.uk/home/Publications/scotphoreports/pub_tobaccoatlas.asp.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to Her Majesty’s Government on changes to the tax-free rate to ensure that volunteer driver numbers are maintained, in light of the impact of rising fuel costs on such drivers.
Answer
One of the first actions outlined in the Refreshed Strategy for Volunteering issued recently to the NHS in Scotland was to review the payment of out of pocket expenses for volunteers. This review is currently in hand and further guidance will be issued on this in due course to ensure a consistent approach across the NHS in Scotland. We are concerned about the impact of rising fuel costs on volunteer drivers, and plan to hold discussions with HM Revenue and Customs on the current tax-free rate, which is a reserved matter.
The Refreshed Strategy for Volunteering in the NHS in Scotland is available at:
http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2008_10.pdf.