- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on official ministerial (a) business cards, (b) headed paper and (c) compliment slips in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not buy pre-printed headed paper. All letter heads have been set up as electronic templates, which are printed out locally by each business area using standard office paper. This policy has been in effect since devolution in 1999.
The Executive does not keep records centrally which clearly identify the breakdown of spend on ministerial business cards and compliment slips.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultant episodes were completed in 2004.
Answer
In-patient and day case activity
1 by specialty group for the year ending December 2004
P is shown in the following table.
| Specialty Group | In-Patient Discharges2 | Day Cases | Total Activity2 |
| All Specialties | 973,360 | 398,667 | 1,372,027 |
| Acute Medical | 377,403 | 144,299 | 521,702 |
| Acute Surgical | 373,788 | 189,243 | 563,031 |
| Dental | 5,634 | 14,758 | 20,392 |
| Geriatric Medicine | 56,050 | 75 | 56,125 |
| GP other than Obstetrics | 21,476 | 653 | 22,129 |
| Learning Disabilities | 2,230 | 0 | 2,230 |
| Neo/Post-Natal Cot | 6,765 | 0 | 6,765 |
| Obstetrics | 89,697 | 27,063 | 116,760 |
| Psychiatry | 28,342 | 0 | 28,342 |
| Radiology Specialties | 11,975 | 22,576 | 34,551 |
Source: ISD Scotland [Form ISD(S)1].
PData are provisional and may contain estimates.
Notes:
1. Includes joint-user and contractual hospitals.
2. Excludes consultant-to-consultant transfers.
Please note that out-patient activity is excluded from the table.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of career was for teachers retiring from the profession and what percentage of teachers retired in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
From the Teacher Flow survey which is part of the annual teacher workforce planning exercise it is possible to estimate the average length of service of teachers retiring. This is based on the last registration date with the General Teaching Council for Scotland of such teachers. It does not take account of possible career breaks. On this basis the average length of service is set out below for the financial years concerned.
Average Number of Years from Latest Date of Registration to Retiral -Includes Age Retirement, Early Retirement and Ill Health Retirement
| | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
| Aberdeen City | 33 | 32 | 33 |
| Aberdeenshire | 32 | 34 | 35 |
| Angus | 33 | 30 | 33 |
| Argyll and Bute | 32 | 34 | 36 |
| Clackmannanshire | 30 | 34 | 36 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Dundee City | 33 | 34 | 34 |
| East Ayrshire | 32 | 33 | 36 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 23 | 34 | 34 |
| East Lothian | 33 | 34 | 28 |
| East Renfrewshire | 34 | 33 | 32 |
| Edinburgh City of | 32 | 33 | 31 |
| Eilean Siar | 35 | 35 | 32 |
| Falkirk | 33 | 32 | 34 |
| Fife | 32 | 33 | 32 |
| Glasgow City | 31 | 29 | 33 |
| Highland | 31 | 35 | 35 |
| Inverclyde | 31 | - | 32 |
| Midlothian | 34 | 35 | 31 |
| Moray | 31 | 33 | 35 |
| North Ayrshire | 34 | 32 | 32 |
| North Lanarkshire | 31 | 31 | 34 |
| Orkney Islands | 38 | 33 | 28 |
| Perth and Kinross | 27 | 34 | 34 |
| Renfrewshire | 31 | 32 | 35 |
| Scottish Borders | 35 | 33 | 31 |
| Shetland Islands | 32 | 29 | 32 |
| South Ayrshire | 29 | 31 | 33 |
| South Lanarkshire | 30 | 32 | 31 |
| Stirling | 30 | 29 | 34 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 30 | 33 | 32 |
| West Lothian | 28 | 33 | 34 |
Information on the percentage of teachers retiring by local authority since 1997 is set out in the following table.
Percentage of School Teachers Retiring - Includes Age Retirement, Early Retirement ad Ill Health Retirement
| | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
| Aberdeen City | 7% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Aberdeenshire | 5% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Angus | 5% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
| Argyll and Bute | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Clackmannanshire | 8% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Dundee City | 7% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| East Ayrshire | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 5% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| East Lothian | 6% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| East Renfrewshire | 4% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Edinburgh, City of | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Eilean Siar | 5% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% |
| Falkirk | 7% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 4% |
| Fife | 5% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Glasgow City | 6% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| Highland | 8% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Inverclyde | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Midlothian | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Moray | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| North Ayrshire | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| North Lanarkshire | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Orkney Islands | 7% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 5% |
| Perth and Kinross | 7% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Renfrewshire | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 1% |
| Scottish Borders | 7% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Shetland Islands | 3% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
| South Ayrshire | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| South Lanarkshire | 8% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Stirling | 6% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 6% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| West Lothian | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary school teachers were on permanent contracts and (b) unfilled primary schoolteacher vacancies there were in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The estimated number full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers on permanent and temporary contracts in 1998 is given in the table below.
Data for 2003 is published in Teachers in Scotland, 2003, which is available on the Executive’s website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00352-00.asp or in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 33785).
Data for other years is not available.
Estimated FTE of Teachers, by Mode of Employment, 1998
| Local Authority | Permanent | Temporary |
| Aberdeen City | 1,652 | 147 |
| Aberdeenshire | 2,173 | 183 |
| Angus | 1,008 | 67 |
| Argyll and Bute | 805 | 97 |
| Clackmannanshire | 430 | 26 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,413 | 114 |
| Dundee City | 1,317 | 85 |
| East Ayrshire | 1,030 | 123 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,012 | 126 |
| East Lothian | 716 | 56 |
| East Renfrewshire | 787 | 108 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 2,874 | 226 |
| Eilean Siar | 372 | 39 |
| Falkirk | 1,254 | 71 |
| Fife | 3,263 | 200 |
| Glasgow City | 4,559 | 502 |
| Highland | 2,287 | 97 |
| Inverclyde | 745 | 90 |
| Midlothian | 770 | 53 |
| Moray | 817 | 83 |
| North Ayrshire | 1,198 | 110 |
| North Lanarkshire | 2,961 | 382 |
| Orkney Islands | 245 | 21 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1,127 | 81 |
| Renfrewshire | 1,485 | 155 |
| Scottish Borders | 981 | 66 |
| Shetland Islands | 371 | 22 |
| South Ayrshire | 926 | 116 |
| South Lanarkshire | 2,620 | 302 |
| Stirling | 774 | 55 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 869 | 109 |
| West Lothian | 1,443 | 90 |
The available information on teacher vacancies by local authority is in a set of tables Full-time Equivalent Teacher Vacancies in Schools which is in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 32903). The latest information available, at February 2004, shows the number of vacancies is around 1.6% of the total numbers of teachers.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the amount of public funding required to finance PPP projects (a) in each of the last seven years and (b) which are repayable in each of the next 15 years.
Answer
Theestimated annual expenditure to service PPP projects undertaken by public sectorbodies over the period requested is shown in the table below.
Existing Deals (Operational andSigned): Total Estimated Service Payments (in Cash Terms)
| Year | Amount (£ Million) |
| 1997-98 | 13.8 |
| 1998-99 | 28.0 |
| 1999-2000 | 83.7 |
| 2000-01 | 108.9 |
| 2001-02 | 226.7 |
| 2002-03 | 297.8 |
| 2003-04 | 364.4 |
| 2004-05 | 380.7 |
| 2005-06 | 413.5 |
| 2006-07 | 431.5 |
| 2007-08 | 453.0 |
| 2008-09 | 455.5 |
| 2009-10 | 461.6 |
| 2010-11 | 470.6 |
| 2011-12 | 479.9 |
| 2012-13 | 491.2 |
| 2013-14 | 496.2 |
| 2014-15 | 507.6 |
| 2015-16 | 527.4 |
| 2016-17 | 531.5 |
| 2017-18 | 545.6 |
| 2018-19 | 555.0 |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent it advertises a geographic telephone number as an alternative to each non-geographic number used to access services provided by it or its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
Answer
The Scottish Executive advertises telephone numbers for services through British Telecommunicationsplc phonebooks, the Scottish Executive website and individual publications and leaflets.
The Scottish Executive’s central switchboard and enquiry facility has two published numbers, onegeographic and one non-geographic. In 2004 the decision was made to promote theuse of the 0845 774 1741 number rather than the 0131 556 8400 in order to provideequality of access across Scotland. The British Telecommunications plc phonebook entriesare being updated to reflect this and work is currently underway on redesigningthe content and format of these entries.
The Scottish Executive website advertises both the geographical and non-geographical numbers whereverappropriate.
Information on the use of advertisingof non geographic numbers as an alternative to geographic numbers across the Scottish Executive, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally andtherefore the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many 0800, 08000, 0500 or other "free to the caller" numbers (a) it uses, (b) its agencies use and (c) non-departmental public bodies use and what revenue it has derived, or costs it has incurred, from each such number in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information on the use of 0800,08000, 0500 numbers across the Scottish Executive, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is notheld centrally and therefore the information requested could only be provided atdisproportionate cost.
Communications and InformationServices Division manages telephony services used within the Scottish Executive; the Division makes use of two 0800 numbers to provide remote access tothe Scottish Executive’s IT network at a combined cost of around £100,000 perannum. A call to an 0800 number is free to the caller with the called party payingthe full cost of the call. A further four 0800 numbers in use and registered inthe name of the Scottish Executive have been identified by British Telecommunications plc but no cost data is heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes it will make to its use of telephone numbers, in light of Ofcom's guidance for government departments using 0845 and 0870 numbers, referred to in Number Translation Services - Options for the future, published by Ofcom on 22 October 2004.
Answer
The Ofcom consultation document
Number Translation Services - Options for the future was published by Ofcomon 22 October 2004 with the consultation closing on 7 January 2005. Following receipt and consideration of responses,Ofcom will set out its decision as to the NumberTranslation Services optionto be implemented in a Statement likely to be published in calendar quarter twoof 2005.
The Scottish Executive is aware of this review and will adopt Ofcom recommendations on best practicefor the use of these services when the review is complete.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many 0845 numbers (a) it uses, (b) its agencies use and (c) non-departmental public bodies use and what revenue it has derived, or costs it has incurred, from each such number in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information on the use of 0845numbers across the Scottish Executive, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is notheld centrally and therefore the information requested could only be provided atdisproportionate cost.
Communications and InformationServices Division manages telephony services used within the Scottish Executive. The Division uses one 0845 number in the provision of telephony services,specifically to facilitate calls to the Scottish Executive on a local call tariff from anywhere in the UK. This service costs about £9,000 per annum.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what 0870 numbers (a) it uses, (b) its agencies use and (c) non-departmental public bodies use and what revenue it has derived from each such number in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information on the use of 0870numbers across the Scottish Executive, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is notheld centrally and therefore the information requested could only be provided atdisproportionate cost.
Communications and InformationServices Division manages telephony services used within the Scottish Executive. The division does not use any 0870 numbers in the provision of telephonyservices.
