- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what output was in each of the last five years for which figures are available in each of the textile, footwear, leather and clothing manufacturing sectors.
Answer
Data on the gross output of manufacturing businesses in Scotland are available from the Scottish Production Database for the five years to 1997 as follows:
| | Gross output (£ million) |
1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
Textiles | 913 | 958 | 920 | 1027 | 979 |
Clothing | 714 | 774 | 874 | 967 | 857 |
Leather and Footwear | 120 | 95 | 126 | 110 | 137 |
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full time equivalent jobs there were in each year from 1994-95 to 1999-2000 in each of the textile, footwear, leather and clothing manufacturing sectors.
Answer
The number of employee jobs in Scotland in the textile, footwear, leather and clothing manufacturing sectors is shown in the following table. The leather and footwear sectors have been combined due to confidentiality.
| | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
Textiles | 21,300 | 22,200 | 19,200 | 17,700 |
Clothing | 14,000 | 15,100 | 13,500 | 13,700 |
Leather and Footwear | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,200 | 1,100 |
Source: Annual Employment Survey, Office for National Statistics.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the NHS capital allocations and actual expenditure were for each health board in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer
The following table sets out the capital allocations and expenditure for each health board area for the period 1997-98 to 1999-2000:
Health Boards | 1997-98 Allocation £000 | 1997-98 Expenditure £000 | 1998-99 Allocation £000 | 1998-99 Expenditure £000 | 1999-2000 Allocation £000 | 1999-2000 Provisional Expenditure* £000 |
Argyll & Clyde | 7,167 | 5,404 | 6,200 | 5,043 | 3,750 | 3,500 |
Ayr & Arran | 8,347 | 7,798 | 7,335 | 6,005 | 3,411 | 2,181 |
Borders | 2,172 | 282 | 4,352 | 1,303 | 5,943 | 4,119 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 3,889 | 2,379 | 1,969 | 1,221 | 2,423 | 1,183 |
Fife | 4,332 | 3,207 | 3,266 | 2,478 | 5,837 | 2,687 |
Forth Valley | 3,856 | 2,267 | 4,951 | 3,821 | 6,178 | 4,065 |
Grampian | 10,060 | 7,698 | 12,343 | 10,910 | 8,167 | 6,526 |
Greater Glasgow | 34,901 | 27,759 | 27,535 | 23,876 | 45,341 | 38,918 |
Highland | 7,212 | 6,357 | 5,726 | 4,644 | 5,371 | 3,704 |
Lanarkshire | 9,826 | 7,060 | 19,960 | 16,515 | 10,525 | 6,937 |
Lothian | 30,278 | 19,759 | 33,616 | 22,882 | 39,173 | 27,301 |
Orkney | 758 | 758 | 1,353 | 1,353 | 2,474 | 2,474 |
Shetland | 2,662 | 2,662 | 1,052 | 1,052 | 2,279 | 2,279 |
Tayside | 31,974 | 25,081 | 16,774 | 8,059 | 6,665 | 984 |
Western Isles | 1,132 | 1,132 | 972 | 972 | 3,345 | 3,345 |
TOTAL | 158,566 | 119,603 | 147,404 | 110,134 | 150,882 | 110,203 |
* The 1999-2000 figures are unaudited.
Capital to revenue transfers amounting to £39.0 million, £37.3 million and £40.7 million in 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000 respectively were made to enable health boards and NHS Trusts to meet the costs of minor projects and non-added value elements of capital schemes.
From 2000-01 onwards, all capital funds must be spent on capital items.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Voluntary Charter on Smoking in Public Places will improve the current situation where 92% of public houses in areas of deprivation do not have smoking policies in place to protect the health of staff and customers.
Answer
I refer Mr Gibson to the answer to question S1W-8262 on 10 July 2000.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive who would have jurisdiction over an individual suffering from mental illness in prison and who would deal with any possible lapse in care.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The Prison Governor, supported by medical and nursing staff, has responsibility for the physical and mental wellbeing of all prisoners in his custody. It would be the Governor's responsibility to deal with any identified lapse in care.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider using wage or benefit arrestment as a means of recouping fines from offenders who have defaulted.
Answer
Under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, the courts already have extensive powers to recover fines (including possible seizure of earnings). We have no plans to modify those powers at present.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into Scots law will have on police surveillance operations and informant handling.
Answer
The need to ensure compliance with the Convention on these matters is recognised and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill currently before the Scottish Parliament will address this.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional funding it will allocate to each police force to assist in the establishment of race crime units.
Answer
Race crime units have been suggested in a response to the consultation on our action plan for implementing the recommendations in the MacPherson Report on the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. The suggestion is being considered by the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Steering Group in Scotland but there are no current plans to establish such units.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial impact of the health and safety at work regulations, enacted in 1974 and applied to police forces in 1998, was in each police force in financial years 1998-99 and 1999-2000 and what additional resources it has allocated to each police force to meet any costs arising from the implementation of those regulations.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. The application of health and safety at work regulations is an operational matter and therefore the responsibility of the relevant chief constable.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing conditional offers, similar to those used for speeding offences, for other offences.
Answer
Conditional offers may already be made by Procurators Fiscal for crimes and offences other than road traffic offences. There is extensive use of this power for less serious crimes and offences.
