- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive in which of its directorates responsibility for the Court of the Lord Lyon lies.
Answer
The Justice Directorate has a sponsorship role for the Court of the Lord Lyon, however the court exercises its judicial functions independently and some aspects of the work are reserved as it is part of the Royal household.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what budget is allocated to the Court of the Lord Lyon and who the accountable officer is.
Answer
This year a budget of £106,000 was allocated to the Court of the Lord Lyon. The accountable officer is Stella Manzie, Director General of Justice and Communities within the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking in conjunction with NHS Ayrshire and Arran to reduce drug addiction in North Ayrshire.
Answer
Our national drug strategy,
The Road to Recovery, published in May 2008, is focused on recovery and the needs of the individual. NHS Ayrshire and Arran has received an extra 28% drug treatment funding since 2006-07.
Officials are working closely with NHS Ayrshire and Arran to help them meet the treatment waiting times target, that by March 2013, 90% of people who need help with their drug problem will wait no longer than three weeks for treatment. National Support Coordinators are working with the Alcohol and Drug Partnership in North Ayrshire, to support their efforts to tackle drug misuse.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 16 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much North Ayrshire Council paid to fund PPP/PFI payments for schools in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09 and will have to pay in each year from 2009-10 until the end of the contracts and what the Scottish Government’s contribution will be in each of those years.
Answer
The following table shows the Unitary Charge payments made by North Ayrshire in 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 and the estimated Unitary Charge payments in each year onwards until the end of the contract. North Ayrshire Council were offered revenue support of £5.72 million per annum for 30 years, equivalent to an overall capped amount of £171.6 million, for their PFI school building project. The actual amount of Scottish Government support in each of the 30 years, adjusted to reflect the phased delivery of the project, is also shown in the table below.
| Year | Unitary Charge (£ million) | Scottish Government Support (£ million) |
| 2006-07 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2007-08 | 3.82 | 2.25 |
| 2008-09 | 9.79 | 5.55 |
| 2009-10 | 9.96 | 5.66 |
| 2010-11 | 10.17 | 5.86 |
| 2011-12 | 10.34 | 5.86 |
| 2012-13 | 10.51 | 5.86 |
| 2013-14 | 10.69 | 5.86 |
| 2014-15 | 10.87 | 5.86 |
| 2015-16 | 11.05 | 5.86 |
| 2016-17 | 11.24 | 5.86 |
| 2017-18 | 11.43 | 5.86 |
| 2018-19 | 11.62 | 5.86 |
| 2019-20 | 11.81 | 5.86 |
| 2020-21 | 12.01 | 5.86 |
| 2021-22 | 12.21 | 5.86 |
| 2022-23 | 12.41 | 5.86 |
| 2023-24 | 12.62 | 5.86 |
| 2024-25 | 12.83 | 5.86 |
| 2025-26 | 13.04 | 5.86 |
| 2026-27 | 13.26 | 5.86 |
| 2027-28 | 13.48 | 5.86 |
| 2028-29 | 13.71 | 5.86 |
| 2029-30 | 13.94 | 5.86 |
| 2030-31 | 14.17 | 5.86 |
| 2031-32 | 14.41 | 5.86 |
| 2032-33 | 14.65 | 5.86 |
| 2033-34 | 14.90 | 5.86 |
| 2034-35 | 15.15 | 5.86 |
| 2035-36 | 15.40 | 5.86 |
| 2036-37 | 15.66 | 5.86 |
| 2037-38 | 9.29 | 0.00 |
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, under staff and service transfer terms, local authorities are expected to formally meet regularly with Mitie PFI Ltd to discuss service provision and, if so, how often such meetings have taken place.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31149 on 3 February 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff who have transferred to Mitie PFI Ltd under respective school contracts have experienced an incorrect pension deduction from salary and how much the average shortfall is.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31149 on 3 February 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff have transferred from each local authority to Mitie PFI Ltd.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31149 on 3 February 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have contracted out cleaning and janitorial services to Mitie PFI Ltd.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Information of this sort is a matter for local authorities as independent corporate bodies.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost will be in each year from 2010-11 onwards for which information is available to (a) each NHS board, (b) each local authority and (c) the remainder of the Scottish block grant of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s decision to increase employers’ national insurance contributions by 0.5% from 2011.
Answer
Employers and employees'' National Insurance contributions are to increase by a further 0.5% from 1 April 2011. This is in addition to the 0.5% increase from 1 April 2011 announced at PBR 2008. In total, this will mean an estimated additional pressure on Scottish Budgets from 2011-12 of approximately £104 million.
The estimated additional costs on individual areas of the public sector are £36 million for NHS, £57 million for local government, £10 million for the police and fire services and £1 million for the Scottish Government.
The following tables show the split by local authority and NHS board:
| Local Authority | 1% increase. |
| £m |
| Aberdeen City | 1.9 |
| Aberdeenshire | 2.6 |
| Angus | 1.1 |
| Argyll and Bute | 1.1 |
| Clackmannanshire | 0.6 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1.6 |
| Dundee City | 1.7 |
| East Ayrshire | 1.4 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1.2 |
| East Lothian | 0.9 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1.0 |
| Edinburgh (City of) | 4.7 |
| Eilean Siar | 0.5 |
| Falkirk | 1.6 |
| Fife | 4.5 |
| Glasgow City | 6.6 |
| Highland | 2.1 |
| Inverclyde | 0.9 |
| Midlothian | 0.9 |
| Moray | 0.9 |
| North Ayrshire | 1.6 |
| North Lanarkshire | 3.6 |
| Orkney Islands | 0.5 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1.4 |
| Renfrewshire | 1.8 |
| Scottish Borders | 1.2 |
| Shetland Islands | 0.7 |
| South Ayrshire | 1.2 |
| South Lanarkshire | 2.9 |
| Stirling | 1.0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1.2 |
| West Lothian | 1.9 |
| Total Councils | 56.8 |
| | Estimated Additional Cost (£m) |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 2.1 |
| NHS Borders | 0.7 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 0.9 |
| NHS Fife | 1.8 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 1.4 |
| NHS Grampian | 3.2 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 9.2 |
| NHS Highland | 1.8 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 2.6 |
| NHS Lothian | 6.0 |
| NHS Orkney | 0.1 |
| NHS Shetland | 0.1 |
| NHS Tayside | 2.9 |
| NHS Western Isles | 0.2 |
| NHS 24 | 0.3 |
| NHS Education for Scotland | 0.1 |
| NHS Health Scotland | 0.1 |
| NHS National Services Scotland | 0.9 |
| NHS Quality Improvement Scotland | 0.1 |
| National Waiting Times Centre | 0.3 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service | 1.3 |
| The State Hospitals Board for Scotland | 0.2 |
| Total for NHS Boards | 36.3 |
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 December 2009
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost is in 2009-10 to (a) each NHS board, (b) each local authority and (c) the remainder of the Scottish block grant of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s decision to increase employers’ national insurance contributions by 0.5% from 2011.
Answer
Awaiting answer
