- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive Executive what assessment it has made of the changes to the NHS proposed by the UK Government and the impact that they might have on spending in Scotland through the application of Barnett consequentials.
Answer
The Barnett consequentials of any changes to the health budget in England will become known when the Chancellor announces the outcome of Whitehall''s Comprehensive Spending Review on 20 October 2010.
Scottish ministers have consistently maintained that these consequentials will be applied to the Health budget in Scotland and have responded to the Independent Budget Review in these terms.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the changes to the NHS proposed by the UK Government and any impact that they might have in Scotland.
Answer
Health is a devolved matter and therefore changes proposed by the UK Government to NHS services in England do not have a direct impact on NHSScotland, however we are working with colleagues in the Department of Health to keep in touch with ongoing developments.
The principles within Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS echo the Scottish Government''s commitment to healthcare services free at the point of use for those who need them, and to our ambition to make NHSScotland a world leader in healthcare quality, which is set out in our recently published Healthcare Quality Strategy. However, some of the structural issues are of less relevance in Scotland and some aspects of the UK Government''s proposed approach are very different from the mutual NHS to which we are committed in Scotland. We will continue to consider whether there are any aspects of the UK proposals which might help us deliver the kind of world class services we have set out in our Quality Strategy.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 6 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to extend the Wider Role Fund for a further year.
Answer
The Wider Role fund for Registered Social Landlords will be considered in the work undertaken on the Scottish Spending Review.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the review of the UK response to the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic will be published.
Answer
The report of the Independent Review of the Government Response to the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic will be published today.
The review was jointly commissioned, and the chair appointed, by all four UK Health Ministers in March 2010. Dame Deirdre Hine chaired the review.
The four UK Health Ministers set up this Independent Review with a remit to review the appropriateness and effectiveness of the UK strategy for responding domestically to the swine flu pandemic, and make recommendations for any future influenza pandemic.
I would like to thank Dame Deidre Hine and her team for their work and I welcome her report and recommendations. I will take these into consideration when reviewing our future pandemic plans in the Scottish Framework For Responding To An Influenza Pandemic.
Copies of the report are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib Number 51190).
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33310 by Stewart Stevenson on 12 May 2010, what proportion of the additional funding will be allocated to the green bus fund.
Answer
£3.4 million has been allocated to the Scottish Green Bus Fund.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met the chief executive of Scottish Natural Heritage.
Answer
There is regular contact between the Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage at all levels, and in relation to a wide range of matters concerning Scotland''s natural heritage. The chief executive most recently met Scottish Government officials on 26 May 2010.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met the chairman of NHS Forth Valley.
Answer
I met the Chair of NHS Forth Valley on 24 May 2010 at the last regular meeting of NHS board chairs, when we discussed a wide range of matters affecting the delivery of patient services.
Officials from the Scottish Government Health Directorates also meet representatives of NHS Forth Valley regularly to discuss matters of current interest affecting health services in the area.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 13 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what effect the cancellation of the renewal of the Trident nuclear missile system would have on the Scottish budget.
Answer
Cancellation of the Trident nuclear missile system would create an opportunity to spend a significant sum of public money on other public spending priorities. Scotland would be entitled to the consequentials if there were any increases to comparable spending programmes such as health or education resulting from the savings created by the cancellation.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive following the announcement on 14 April 2010 on the provision of an additional £10 million for sustainable transport initiatives in 2010-11, when details on how this funding is to be allocated will be published.
Answer
As announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, the additional funding will support a range of sustainable transport initiatives, including a green bus fund, provision for the development of low carbon vehicles and cycling infrastructure. Further details will be available by early June 2010.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to make a submission to the EU consultation on sport policy.
Answer
The Scottish Government will be responding to the EU consultation on sport policy. The UK Government is co-ordinating the response.
However, Sport is a devolved responsibility and Scotland is recognised as having a different approach and the Scottish Government will ensure that the interests of Scottish Sport are represented in any UK wide response to the consultation. That makes it even more important for us to feed into the development of any UK-wide response to the consultation. We are actively engaged with the UK Government on how Scotland can help shape the UK position.
