- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
-
Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bank and agency nurses have been employed by each NHS Trust in the last year and what the cost was to each Trust of employing such nurses.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following tables and covers the period April 2000 to March 2001. The information includes qualified and unqualified staff in whole-time equivalent terms for bank and agency nurses. Headcount for bank nurses has been included but is not available for agency nurses.Table 1: Bank and Agency Nursing and Midwifery Staff Employed by Trust
1April 2000 - March 2001
| | Headcount2,3 | Bank Nurse Average WTE4 | Agency Average WTE4 |
Scotland | 9,821 | 1,345.8 | 725.1 |
Argyll & Clyde Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 690 | 51.0 | 8.0 |
Lomond & Argyll PCT | 180 | 20.8 | 4.3 |
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde PCT | 85 | 12.5 | 58.0 |
Ayrshire & Arran Acute Hospitals Trust | 348 | 68.0 | 8.3 |
Ayrshire & Arran PCT | 351 | 45.3 | - |
Borders General Hospital NHS Trust5 | 217 | 11.7 | .. |
Borders PCT | 305 | 36.3 | 0.6 |
Dumfries & Galloway AHT | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Dumfries & Galloway PCT6 | .. | .. | - |
Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 295 | 35.3 | 33.0 |
Fife PCT | 260 | 37.4 | 12.9 |
Forth Valley Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 262 | 29.5 | 8.1 |
Forth Valley PCT | 57 | 6.1 | 10.1 |
Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust | 461 | 102.3 | 26.8 |
Grampian PCT | 535 | 73.0 | 1.4 |
North Glasgow UHT | 1,023 | 179.2 | 141.7 |
South Glasgow UHT | 393 | 78.7 | 76.2 |
Yorkhill NHS Trust | 107 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
Greater Glasgow PCT | 118 | 25.3 | 6.7 |
Highland Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 286 | 33.6 | 2.4 |
Highland PCT | 349 | 37.7 | 7.4 |
Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 403 | 54.2 | 33.6 |
Lanarkshire PCT | 303 | 32.9 | 4.4 |
Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust | 527 | 54.1 | 236.7 |
Lothian PCT | 1362 | 157.8 | 10.9 |
West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust | 342 | 52.7 | 6.4 |
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust | 329 | 32.3 | 18.4 |
Tayside PCT | 318 | 37.9 | 0.6 |
Orkney Health Board | 45 | 5.9 | - |
Shetland Health Board | 73 | 5.9 | 0.2 |
Western Isles Health Board | 100 | 15.8 | - |
Borders HQ | 1 | 0.1 | - |
Source: ISD(M)18ERBOD (via the SSPS)ISD ScotlandNotes: 1. These data are not included under the National Statistics banner.2. There are a large number of bank and agency nursing and midwifery staff recorded on payroll, however not all are active. The number shown here relates to the number of nursing and midwifery staff that were paid for at least 7.5 hrs (one day) of work in this period.3. The headcount figures for Scotland are adjusted to take into account individuals who work in more than one organisation in within Scotland. For this reason, the Scotland figures may not equate to the sum of all the organisations.4. To calculate the average, one WTE is taken as a contribution of 37.5 hours per week x 52 = 1,950 hrs per year.5. Borders General Hospital NHS Trust were unable to provide the number of hours worked by agency staff, hence an average WTE figure is not available.6. Data for Dumfries & Galloway PCT are missing as they do not use the Scottish Standard Payroll System.Table 2: Bank and Agency Nursing and Midwifery costs by Trust
1April 2000 - March 2001
| | Bank Nurse Staff Costs2,3 (£) | Agency Nurse Staff Costs (£) |
Scotland | 24,887,686 | 19,028,372 |
Argyll & Clyde Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 948,578 | 207,401 |
Lomond & Argyll PCT | 336,364 | 80,026 |
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde PCT | 221,239 | 885,750 |
Ayrshire & Arran Acute Hospitals Trust | 1,085,742 | 388,119 |
Ayrshire & Arran PCT | 726,589 | - |
Borders General Hospital NHS Trust | 218,802 | 74,129 |
Borders PCT | 573,914 | 22,789 |
Dumfries & Galloway AHT | C | - |
Dumfries & Galloway PCT | .. | 127 |
Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 726,099 | 1,082,342 |
Fife PCT | 869,488 | 307,010 |
Forth Valley Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 557,315 | 244,564 |
Forth Valley PCT | 104,832 | 328,518 |
Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust | 2,041,013 | 1,016,405 |
Grampian PCT | 1,456,156 | 23,760 |
North Glasgow UHT | 3,155,889 | 3,418,697 |
South Glasgow UHT | 1,346,311 | 2,168,012 |
Yorkhill NHS Trust | 245,965 | 287,651 |
Greater Glasgow PCT | 376,645 | 174,220 |
Highland Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 615,685 | 131,761 |
Highland PCT | 697,083 | 169,420 |
Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 919,527 | 724,811 |
Lanarkshire PCT | 595,436 | 119,650 |
Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust | 1,236,602 | 5,792,951 |
Lothian PCT | 2,840,146 | 268,516 |
West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust | 1,010,196 | 296,821 |
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust | 634,138 | 782,114 |
Tayside PCT | 743,165 | 23,881 |
Orkney Health Board | 118,837 | - |
Shetland Health Board | 141,128 | 8,927 |
Western Isles Health Board | 276,883 | - |
Borders HQ | C | - |
Source: ISD(M)18ERBOD (via the SSPS)ISD ScotlandNotes:1. These data are not included under the National Statistics banner.2. Costs are under recorded for two reasons. Firstly, data for Dumfries and Galloway PCT are missing as they do not use the Scottish Standard Payroll System (SSPS). Secondly, for other trusts, costs relating to bank nurses are not always identified explicitly on the SSPS.3. Costs relating to less than 10 bank nursing and midwifery staff are omitted to avoid the possibility of an individual's earnings being identified. The trusts affected by this have C in the bank nurse cost column.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
-
Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to meet Angus Council to discuss the review of the cities.
Answer
We are in the process of setting up a meeting with Angus and the other councils neighbouring Dundee.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2002
-
Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the applications to join the Rural Stewardship Scheme this year did not match the funding criteria.
Answer
Three hundred and eighty of the 476 eligible applications submitted this year were accepted for funding. Applications were assessed against published ranking criteria and the applications which provided the most environmental benefit were funded.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2002
-
Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of this year's budget for the Rural Stewardship Scheme has not been allocated and what will happen to this money.
Answer
All of the funding available this year for agri-environment schemes, including the Rural Stewardship Scheme has been allocated.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 25 January 2002
-
Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 8 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a breakdown of how money was allocated under the Rural Stewardship Scheme in the current financial year.
Answer
The breakdown of how money was allocated under the Rural Stewardship Scheme in the current financial year is as follows:
Management Options: | £0 |
Environmental Audits/Moorland Management Plans: | £191,819 |
Capital Options: | £2,091,061 |
The first management payments amounting to £2,750,046 for applications approved this year will be made in 2002-03.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 25 January 2002
-
Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 8 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications under the Rural Stewardship Scheme have been made in the current financial year.
Answer
Four hundred and seventy-eight applications under the Rural Stewardship Scheme have been made in the current financial year.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 25 January 2002
-
Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 8 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money allocated for field margins and boundaries under the Rural Stewardship Scheme was specifically allocated for (a) fencing (b) hedging and (c) stone dykes.
Answer
Funding of £2,557,891 has been allocated to fencing required in connection with conservation management. No funding has been allocated to hedge planting or restoration of stone dykes.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2002
-
Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to local authorities of self-financing local authority pay awards was in 2001-02.
Answer
An allowance for general local authority pay and price inflation was included in the local government settlement allocations for 2001-02, as well as specific provision for teachers, police and fire officers. The actual costs of meeting pay awards will depend on local decisions and the Executive does not collect separate information on this.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2001
-
Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 28 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to ensure that local authorities contiguous to cities are consulted on and participate in the review of the cities.
Answer
All local authorities neighbouring Scotland's cities will have the opportunity to meet with ministers as part of the review process.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2001
-
Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 28 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to take account of the interaction between cities and their surrounding areas as part of the review of the cities.
Answer
The remit of the Cities Review states that the review process will take account of the interaction between the cities and their surrounding areas.Ministers intend to meet with the cities neighbouring authorities, to listen to any issues that they wish to raise.
