Chamber and committees

The Scottish Executive has increased capital investment in the NHS in Scotland from £136 million two years ago to £179 million this year. We will increase investment to at least £194 million next year - a rise of over 40% in just three years.In addition, we anticipate £171 million will be invested this year through PPP is estimated for the current year and we have committed a further £41 million to the NHS from the Capital Modernisation Fund.

The Executive and the local enterprise company have been in discussion with Rolls Royce about its plans for the Hillington site. I am pleased to say that the number of redundancies now likely has fallen to 87 and may be even further reduced as a result of new orders. We will remain in close contact with the company to discuss its plans for the future.

Comprehensive information on all financial packages available to inward investors is not held centrally and to provide a detailed list would involve disproportionate costs. However, the following information on each of the companies specified shows total assistance given in RSA and Scottish Enterprise/Local Enterprise Company packages since 1 April 1989:

Levi Strauss	£2,063,579
Hyundai	Nil
Lite On	£1,767,737
Mitsubishi	£2,583,136
Continental Tyres	Nil
Caterpillar	Nil
Kvaerner	£4,038,800
Viasystems	Nil
National Semiconductor	£2,161,980
Wrangler	Nil
Volvo	£88,000

The figures shown, where appropriate, are net amounts following recovery of payments made.

Comprehensive information on all the financial packages available to inward investors is not held centrally and to provide a detailed list would involve disproportionate costs. However, the number of companies that received Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) over £1 million total 72.Some of the companies have undertaken more than one project, and their total RSA payments over this period have exceeded £1 million. This information covers 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1999. Locate in Scotland's results for 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 will be published in June 2000.

The Scottish Executive is not necessarily aware of job numbers in a company unless these arise as a result of a project which is being grant assisted. However, according to our best information, the table below shows details of the highest level of numbers of jobs in each company specified since 1 April 1989, and the latest information held on the number of jobs still in existence:

COMPANY	Highest No. of Jobs	Current No. of Jobs
Levi Strauss	1,546	701
Hyundai	Nil	Nil
Lite On	400	Nil
Mitsubishi	1,700	400
Continental Tyres	1,000	Nil
Caterpillar	Nil	Nil
Kvaerner	1,958	800
Viasystems	1,200	Nil
National Semiconductor	2,300	696
Wrangler	740	Nil
Volvo	c 450	c 200

Mental illness is equated with the specialties of General Psychiatry, Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry.The information available from health boards regarding expenditure on mental illness treatment is provided on the basis of patient category i.e. in-patient; outpatient; day-patient and community. In answering this question, secondary mental health services has been interpreted to mean hospital-based services, i.e. in-patient, outpatient, and day-patient categories only.The following table presents the aggregate expenditure on this group of patients for the periods 1996-97 until 1998-99 expressed in terms of 1998-99 prices.

Hospital Based Expenditure on Mental Health Services
Year	Expenditure in terms of 1998-99 Prices(£ million)	% of Total HCH
1996-97	380	12.6%
1997-98	377	12.2%
1998-99	376	12.1%

Source: Scottish Health Service Costs.

In 1995-96 health boards did not consistently identify the costs of Community Psychiatric Teams. It is therefore not possible to provide meaningful comparative figures for this period.

Expenditure figures for 1999-2000 are not yet available, and health boards will not be in a position to provide forecasted expenditure for 2000-01 until later this year.

There has been a steady reduction in the real terms expenditure on hospital-based treatment commensurate with the increase in community based health spend as part of the Executive's Modernisation agenda to provide support for Mental Health patients in the community. This additional support is provided not only by the NHS in Scotland, but extends to care in the community provided by local authorities.

The Scottish Executive expects health boards to carry out effective public consultation on proposals for significant service changes and developments. The Executive welcomes the fact that Greater Glasgow Health Board is actively seeking to improve their arrangements for public consultation. It is for the GGHB to decide what advice it needs to commission to assist it in that process.

The table below shows the cumulative percentage increase in the unweighted average house price in Scotland, the weighted average house price (which takes account of the sizes of the property sold), and the Retail Price Index for the period since the introduction of the council tax in 1993.

	Retail Price Index	Unweighted Average House Price	Weighted Average House Price
Cumulative % Increase (1993-99)	18.4%	20.1%	36.1%

This information is not held centrally.

Prior to 1 April 1996 the amount which local authorities could spend on improvement and repairs grants was determined by the Secretary of State. CoSLA asked that this arrangement be discontinued. Since that date it has been for authorities to set their own budgets for this purpose.