- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to nursing students in rural areas who may have to travel considerable distances each day to their clinical placements.
Answer
The nursing and midwifery studentbursary provides normal day to day living support, including daily travellingcosts from home to the student’s institution. When they are on placement,students can apply for expenses they incur that are above what they normallyspend when in attendance at their institution. These expenses can includeadditional travelling costs and board or lodging charges if students have tolive away from their term time address while they are on placement.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents have been recorded on the A90 at the Invernorth and Gash junctions south of Fraserburgh in each of the last seven years and how many such accidents have involved fatalities.
Answer
The number of fatal, seriousand slight injury accidents that have occurred on the A90 in the vicinity of the Invernorth and Gash junctions south of Fraserburgh in each of the lastseven years (up to the beginning of 2003) is as follows:
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure that nurses and other healthcare staff employed by the NHS who are required to use their own vehicles when working in the community are fairly and fully reimbursed for the costs they incur.
Answer
The levels of mileageallowances and all other travel and subsistence allowances for nurses and otherhealth care staff are negotiated nationally through the General WhitleyCouncil.
Discussions with stafforganisations have resulted in an agreement in principle that any decisionsabout arrangements for travel and subsistence should be taken following theestablishment of the new NHS staff council to be created in the wake of Agendafor Change, the new pay system for NHS staff. This is subject to the outcome of the staff ballot on Agenda for Change to be held by a number of stafforganisations next year.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was (a) allocated to and (b) spent on support for carers by (i) local authorities and (ii) other organisations in each of the last four years.
Answer
The following table sets outthe pre-existing provision for carers and the total new resources allocated bythe Scottish Executive to local authorities this year and over the last fouryears under (i) the Carers Strategy and (ii) specifically to develop respiteservices. In addition, local government finance settlements for social careover the same period rose from £1.1 billion in 1999-2000 to £1.6 billion thisyear. These resources are just part of the total resources available to localauthorities. Councils make service planning decisions based on all availableresources and in the light of local needs and priorities.
Information on localauthorities’ expenditure on respite and other services to support carers is nowbeing collected centrally. Figures for 2002-03 will be available early nextyear. In addition, the Executive is working to develop outcome measures forcarers in order to provide a clearer picture of how carers are being supportedon the ground.
A great many voluntarysector organisations receive support both at a national and local level toprovide support for service users and their carers. Information on the totalresources available to such organisations is not held centrally.
Resources to LocalAuthorities to Support Carers (£ Million)
| | Existing | New | New | New |
| | | Carers Strategy | Respite | Cumulative |
| 1999-2000 | 5.00 | | | 0.00 |
| 2000-01 | 5.00 | 5.00 | | 5.00 |
| 2001-02 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 15.00 |
| 2002-03 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 26.00 |
| 2003-04 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 11.00 | 42.00 |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target (a) 3 and (b) 6 of the Health and Community Care chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target 6 of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional dentists will be required in each NHS board area to meet target 6 of the Health and Community Care chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target (a) 6 and (b) 8 of the Tourism, Culture and Sport chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target (a) 2, (b) 7 and (c) 11 of the Education and Young People chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what is included as “other means” in target 10 of the Justice chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to questionS2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
