- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many psychologists are employed in each NHS board, broken down by category and expressed also on a per capita basis, and what the average waiting times are for an appointment for each category of psychologist.
Answer
The data on psychologists has been provided in the table below which is based on Whole Time Equivalent and is correct at 30 September 2003.
Table 1 - Applied Psychologists by NHS Board (Whole-Time Equivalent (WTE) at 30 September 2003)
| Clinical Psychologists Grade B | Clinical Psychologists Grade A | Other Applied Psychologists(*) | Total WTE of All Applied Psychologists | Ratio of per capita population to 1 WTE of All Applied Psychologists |
Argyll and Clyde | 9.7 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 25.0 | 16 919 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 10.6 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 19.7 | 18 879 |
Borders | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 9.2 | 11 875 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 7.2 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 11.8 | 12 719 |
Fife | 16.1 | 18.5 | 4.0 | 38.6 | 9 205 |
Forth Valley | 11.2 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 13 429 |
Grampian | 8.8 | 21.9 | 4.4 | 35.0 | 15 091 |
Greater Glasgow | 33.4 | 39.8 | 2.1 | 75.3 | 11 627 |
Highland | 4.8 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 13.1 | 16 075 |
Lanarkshire | 10.1 | 15.7 | 3.7 | 29.5 | 18 949 |
Lothian | 24.4 | 30.2 | 5.2 | 59.9 | 13 145 |
State Hospital | 1.2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 6.2 | not relevant |
Tayside | 11.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 27.0 | 14 507 |
Scotland | 152.5 | 191.0 | 27.7 | 371.0 | 13 633 |
Source: ISD Scotland.
Notes *“Other Applied Psychologists” include Counselling Psychologists, Health Psychologists, Forensic Psychologists and Neuropsychologists.
Information on waiting times for an appointment with a psychologist is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much, and what percentage of, timber was imported in the last three years.
Answer
Figures are not available for Scotland. However, the latest UK figures indicate that the total timber import figures were 10.9 million cubic metres in 2001, 11.4 million cubic metres in 2002 and 12.2 million cubic metres in 2003. These figures cover sawnwood and woodbased panels.
Imports of all wood products as a percentage of total consumption (production and imports) represent 65% in 2001, 66% in 2002 and 67% in 2003.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated to each NHS board in each of the last three years and how much funding has been allocated for each of the next three years, expressed also on a per capita basis.
Answer
Details are as follow:
NHS Board | 2001-02 Total Allocation (£ Million) | 2001-02 Per Capita £ | 2002-03 Total Allocation (£ Million) | 2002-03 Per Capita £ | 2003-04 Total Allocation (£ Million) | 2003-04 Per Capita £ | 2004-05 Total Allocation (£ Million) | 2004-05 Per Capita £ |
Argyll and Clyde | 454.343 | 1,080 | 476.764 | 1,139 | 509.567 | 1,222 | 564.615 | 1,354 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 386.696 | 1,050 | 412.956 | 1,125 | 446.036 | 1,215 | 496.343 | 1,352 |
Borders | 111.389 | 1,042 | 117.69 | 1,096 | 127.071 | 1,174 | 141.848 | 1,310 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 162.489 | 1,100 | 173.251 | 1,176 | 185.178 | 1,258 | 207.027 | 1,406 |
Fife | 334.372 | 956 | 358.873 | 1,009 | 382.916 | 1,088 | 427.666 | 1,215 |
Forth Valley | 276.361 | 990 | 294.722 | 1,055 | 312.759 | 1,118 | 342.25 | 1,224 |
Grampian | 502.968 | 956 | 539.08 | 1,030 | 576.841 | 1,102 | 609.3 | 1,164 |
Greater Glasgow | 1034.98 | 1,192 | 1118.24 | 1,291 | 1176.2 | 1,358 | 1273.03 | 1,469 |
Highland | 231.063 | 1,106 | 246.927 | 1,186 | 266.721 | 1,276 | 301.076 | 1,440 |
Lanarkshire | 554.346 | 1,002 | 574.003 | 1,038 | 624.011 | 1,128 | 684.807 | 1,237 |
Lothian | 771.94 | 991 | 775.075 | 995 | 886.27 | 1,136 | 920.438 | 1,180 |
Orkney | 24.498 | 1,275 | 25.696 | 1,338 | 27.033 | 1,400 | 29.623 | 1,534 |
Shetland | 28.239 | 1,286 | 30.974 | 1,412 | 33.308 | 1,523 | 34.162 | 1,562 |
Tayside | 459.06 | 1,181 | 473.887 | 1,223 | 496.043 | 1,283 | 533.85 | 1,381 |
Western Isles | 43.869 | 1,659 | 46.515 | 1,775 | 50.265 | 1,926 | 53.368 | 2,045 |
Firm allocations for 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 have still to be finalised following the outcome of the 2004 Spending Review. NHS boards will be notified of firm allocations for 2005-06 in the near future.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to measure the economic impact on the income of farmers of the rising cost of fuel, fertiliser and other expenses.
Answer
The Scottish Executive produces two annual estimates of farm income, Net Farm Income (NFI) for individual farm types and Total Income from Farming (TIFF)for the agricultural sector as a whole. Both sets of figures take account of thecosts of fuel, fertiliser and general expenses incurred by farmers. Figures forprevious years may be viewed on the Executive website:
www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/agriculture. The next set of estimates will be published in January 2005.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the central heating installation programme with a view to extending it beyond 2006.
Answer
In our spending proposals for 2005-08, Building a Better Scotland, we announced our target that by 2008 all pensioner households eligible for pension credit will meet the energy efficiency components of the Scottish Housing Quality Standard. We will announce the programmes that will deliver that target shortly.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to develop biofuels and what funds it has allocated for this purpose.
Answer
The Scottish Executive supports the UK’s Powering Future Vehicles strategy which aims to promote the development and take-up of new vehicle technologies andcleaner fuels, including biofuels. The Executive is represented on theMinisterial Low Carbon Group which oversees the implementation of the strategy.In addition, the Executive is supporting, through a £1.2 million RegionalSelective Assistance grant, the building of Scotland’s first large-scalebiodiesel production plant. It is anticipated that this development will leadto an increase in the number of outlets selling biodiesel in Scotland.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of grants it has paid for the growing of forestry and woodland, detailing the top 20 recipients and the amounts each received, in each of the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive currently administers two grant schemes for the growing of forestry and woodland. The Scottish Forestry Grants Scheme (SFGS), which replaced the Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS) in 2003, is run by Forestry Commission Scotland. The Farmland Premium Scheme (FPS), which replaced the Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) in 2003, is run by the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD).
The level of grant paid by these schemes for each of the last three years is as follows:
Scheme | Year Paid, £ Million |
2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
WGS/SFGS | £16.49 | £13.96 | £16.04 |
Farm Woodland Scheme | £05.00 | £05.50 | £06.20 |
Total Grant Paid | £21.49 | £19.46 | £22.24 |
The amounts paid to the top 20 recipients for each scheme are shown below. These are shown separately as they are separate schemes.
Amounts Paid to the Top 20 Recipients for WGS/SFGS
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
1 | £398,983.90 | £567,864.15 | £474,815.82 |
2 | £381,049.11 | £338,813.50 | £262,005.05 |
3 | £267,893.42 | £219,279.34 | £210,583.81 |
4 | £202,652.98 | £216,393.98 | £162,264.28 |
5 | £191,617.67 | £202,757.00 | £153,691.50 |
6 | £186,253.53 | £184,490.51 | £142,002.30 |
7 | £152,105.00 | £155,321.30 | £141,742.44 |
8 | £150,029.40 | £152,430.41 | £133,488.54 |
9 | £149,537.89 | £148,949.21 | £119,424.85 |
10 | £147,835.70 | £127,304.50 | £118,705.68 |
11 | £140,817.18 | £121,785.58 | £112,441.53 |
12 | £139,886.32 | £119,033.85 | £110,513.60 |
13 | £139,390.40 | £118,425.26 | £108,338.88 |
14 | £137,043.29 | £110,056.86 | £106,475.25 |
15 | £135,080.65 | £109,130.90 | £105,730.65 |
16 | £128,571.88 | £108,633.00 | £102,536.17 |
17 | £127,778.53 | £107,321.70 | £101,942.03 |
18 | £124,209.03 | £100,970.51 | £100,001.50 |
19 | £116,731.50 | £97,902.00 | £96,726.60 |
20 | £116,694.76 | £94,890.39 | £95,735.50 |
Amounts Paid to the Top 20 Recipients for FWPS/FPS
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
1 | £126,586.60 | £130,921.60 | £132,498.00 |
2 | £117,448.00 | £117,448.00 | £119,222.00 |
3 | £98,298.80 | £60,618.60 | £80,059.50 |
4 | £43,801.60 | £53,507.60 | £58,496.80 |
5 | £40,977.80 | £43,834.00 | £56,736.00 |
6 | £35,736.80 | £40,977.80 | £50,159.40 |
7 | £35,566.60 | £26,408.80 | £49,508.00 |
8 | £30,879.00 | £26,214.20 | £41,379.00 |
9 | £27,472.00 | £25,448.20 | £39,886.40 |
10 | £26,214.20 | £25,293.00 | £37,588.00 |
11 | £25,488.20 | £25,072.00 | £34,053.80 |
12 | £24,086.40 | £24,933.00 | £29,333.20 |
13 | £23,284.00 | £24,087.40 | £28,832.80 |
14 | £23,238.60 | £24,050.00 | £28,751.40 |
15 | £22,687.00 | £23,238.60 | £28,152.00 |
16 | £22,214.00 | £22,644.00 | £26,673.80 |
17 | £21,580.00 | £22,475.00 | £26,169.00 |
18 | £21,348.00 | £21,348.00 | £25,171.00 |
19 | £20,952.00 | £20,936,60 | £23,904.00 |
20 | £21,916.00 | £20,916.00 | £23,712.00 |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will attract new entrants into the agricultural industry and what incentives are currently available for this purpose.
Answer
The Scottish Executive recently announced that new entrants to agriculture - since 2002 and up until 2 November 2004 - shall have access to a National Reserve under the new Single Farm Payment Scheme. This will provide assistance, in the form of an allocation of entitlement from the reserve to receive Single Farm Payment, to those that have entered farming under the current support arrangements. No specific provision has been made for new entrants to farming after 2 November 2004, but the position will be reviewed at the end of 2005.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) volume and (b) value was of fish caught in Scottish waters in each of the last three years.
Answer
The EC log book regulation requires fishermen to declare the amount of fish caught in each sea rectangle, and identify which zone of a rectangle in cases where the rectangle is split by third country waters, for example between EU and Norwegian waters.
There is no requirement under the regulations to differentiate between Scottish and other UK waters.
Therefore the volume and value of fish landed by UK vessels, plus any additional landings by foreign vessels into the UK, from an approximation of Scottish waters is shown in the table below.
Fish/Shellfish | Year |
2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Fish | Live weight (tonnes) | 386,537 | 377,913 | 348,515 |
Value £ | 231,583,073 | 231,483,033 | 199,337,430 |
Shellfish | Live weight (tonnes) | 29,944 | 33,726 | 32,575 |
Value £ | 50,260,946 | 53,876,639 | 54,137,141 |
Total live weight (tonnes) | 416,481 | 411,639 | 381,091 |
Total value £ | 281,844,019 | 285,359,672 | 253,474,570 |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to develop biomass and what funds it has allocated for this purpose.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer that I gave to question number S2W-11676 on 8 November 2004. 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/webapp/wa.search.We have not allocated any specific level of funding for developing biomass.