- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spent on Fairtrade products in 2007-08 and what proportion of overall spending on catering services this represents.
Answer
The total spend on fair trade and ethically traded products during 2007-2008 was £74,834. This comprises departmental and employee spend and represents 4.1% of the total catering spend of £1,819,994.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether progress towards completion of the M74 link remains on target.
Answer
Yes, progress towards completion of the M74 link remains on target for completion in autumn 2011.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for audiology services is in (a) NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) NHS Lanarkshire.
Answer
Information on audiology average waiting times is not available centrally. Audiology waiting times will be included within the 18 week referral to treatment standards by 2011 and systems are being developed to report progress towards that target. Information Services Division of National Services Scotland will publish audiology waiting times from 1 April 2009.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of NHS board budgets is allocated to the provision of GP services, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The provision of GP medical services is funded from each NHS board''s primary medical services budget, Details of the proportion of NHS board revenue resource limits in 2007-08 allocated to primary medical services are as follows:
| NHS Board | Proportion of Budget Allocated to Primary Medical Services |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 7.9% |
| Borders | 8.2% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 8.0% |
| Fife | 8.3% |
| Forth Valley | 8.7% |
| Grampian | 10.4% |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 7.7% |
| Highland | 10.7% |
| Lanarkshire | 7.7% |
| Lothian | 10.7% |
| Orkney | 14.3% |
| Shetland | 10.6% |
| Tayside | 8.7% |
| Western Isles | 9.7% |
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much VisitScotland allocated to promoting South Lanarkshire in 2007-08 and 2008-09.
Answer
VisitScotland''s promotion of Scotland and its areas, and the process by which marketing funds are allocated, is based on market research which identifies what potential visitors want from a trip to Scotland. This allows VisitScotland to focus marketing spend in order to generate the maximum economic value for Scotland, both locally and nationally. Accordingly, spend is not allocated on an area or local authority basis but spread across a wide variety of promotional activities, many of which will cover South Lanarkshire and its attractions.
Examples of these activities include the Be Inspired Campaign 2008; Go for it!; Real Scotland “ Local''s Guide; Winter White, and the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Accommodation Guide and Visitor Guide. In addition New Lanark World Heritage Site, Chatelherault Country Park and Scotkart featured in VisitScotland''s Citybreaks campaign.
VisitScotland works closely with South Lanarkshire Council, which provides funding directly to VisitScotland in order to deliver specified marketing for the benefit of the area, as well as the provision of information and inspiration via the area''s Visitor Information Centres. These activities are agreed through direct discussion between the local authority and VisitScotland, and form part of their annual partnership agreement which contributes to the promotion of the area to visitors. The council provided £97,000 under this partnership agreement in 2007-08, and the final amount to be provided in 2008-09 is still under discussion.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding was provided for primary care services in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Details of the funding provided for primary care services in 2007-08, comprising primary medical services, pharmaceutical services, general dental services and general ophthalmic services, are as follows:
| NHS Board | Primary Care Funding 2007-08 (£000) |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 152,797 |
| Borders | 39,822 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 61,660 |
| Fife | 136,508 |
| Forth Valley | 114,529 |
| Grampian | 192,250 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 513,251 |
| Highland | 136,139 |
| Lanarkshire | 221,504 |
| Lothian | 295,494 |
| Orkney | 10,988 |
| Shetland | 10,527 |
| Tayside | 158,158 |
| Western Isles | 14,558 |
| Total | 2,058,185 |
Boards are funded to the level of their expenditure for demand led primary care services. Final funding levels for each NHS board for 2008-09 are not yet available. The total primary care services funding for 2008-09 is £2,412.4 million.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding is to be provided for primary care services in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Boards are funded to the level of their expenditure for demand led primary care services. Funding levels for each NHS board for 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2001-12 have yet to be determined and are subject to pay negotiations with the professional groups concerned.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many subsidised bus services are in place in each parliamentary constituency in the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport area.
Answer
This is a matter for Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the cost of providing free school meals, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The local government settlement covering the period from 2008 to 2011, which is negotiated as a whole, provides for sufficient funding to fulfil the Scottish Government''s progressive policies to extend entitlement to free nutritious school meals.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings have been held at ministerial or official level with (a) COSLA and (b) individual local authorities since the announcement on 2 October 2008 by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Young People that free school meals for children in the first three years of primary school are to be introduced by every local authority from 2010.
Answer
Ministers and officials meet frequently with COSLA and local authorities to discuss a variety of issues. There are also bi-monthly meetings between COSLA and Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth. Since 2 October 2008, Scottish Government officials and COSLA officials met on 10 November 2008 to discuss the concordat commitments on free school meals.
