- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many in-patients waited for (a) less than three months, (b) less than six months, (c) less than nine months, (d) less than 12 months and (e) 12 months or more for an NHS appointment in each year since 1998, broken down by NHS hospital.
Answer
The very detailed informationrequested is being compiled by the Information Services Division of NHS NationalServices Scotland. Once the information becomes available, I shall write to themember and place a copy of my reply in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many out-patients waited for (a) less than three months, (b) less than six months, (c) less than nine months, (d) less than 12 months and (e) 12 months or more for an NHS appointment in each year since 1998, broken down by NHS hospital.
Answer
The very detailed informationrequested is being compiled by the Information Services Division of NHS NationalServices Scotland. Once the information becomes available, I shall write to themember and place a copy of my reply in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many in-patients waited for (a) less than three months, (b) less than six months, (c) less than nine months, (d) less than 12 months and (e) 12 months or more for an NHS appointment in each year since 1998, broken down by speciality.
Answer
The very detailed informationrequested is being compiled by the Information Services Division of NHS NationalServices Scotland. Once the information becomes available, I shall write to themember and place a copy of my reply in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-27675 by Ross Finnie on 29 August 2006, what bearing the decision to set aside the convictions referred to will have on those who, as a result of these convictions, also had penalties applied to their single farm payments for breaching subsidy guidelines.
Answer
The interplay between Europeanand domestic legislation is complicated as the former deals with penalties to beapplied to support scheme payments in the event of non-compliance and the latterwas intended to cover the enforcement powers. My officials are seeking further,detailed, legal advice to make clear if the circumstances that led to the convictionsbeing set aside also means that any scheme penalties should also be set aside.
If that advice, which is awaited,were that there is an undoubted read-across to support scheme payments, my officialswould move to reverse any penalties applied to the producer’s single farmpayment.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-27675 by Ross Finnie on 29 August 2006, what bearing the decision to set aside the convictions referred to will have on those who were wrongly convicted during the reference period for the single farm payment.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28311 on 22 September 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament Website the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk//webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many paediatric units are (a) being downgraded and (b) having in-patient facilities reduced.
Answer
This is a matter for individualNHS boards. Any proposed significant changes in provision need to be submitted forministerial approval. Ministers are currently considering proposals from NHS Grampianrelating to provision of services in Aberdeenshire.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) consultant-led and (b) midwife-led maternity units are being considered for closure.
Answer
This is a matter for individualNHS boards. Any proposed significant changes in provision need to be submitted forministerial approval. Ministers are currently considering proposals from NHS Grampianrelating to provision of services in Aberdeenshire.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 21 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff have been employed by VisitScotland and what its staff costs have been in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) department and (b) salary band.
Answer
The number of full timeequivalent staff employed by VisitScotland in each year since 1999 along withtheir associated costs is shown in the following table:
| Year | Staff Numbers | Staff Costs (£000) |
| 1999-00 | 193 | 4,687 |
| 2000-01 | 199 | 5,176 |
| 2001-02 | 215 | 5,666 |
| 2002-03 | 211 | 5,767 |
| 2003-04 | 197 | 5,789 |
| 2004-05 | 218 | 7,078 |
A breakdown of staff costsby department and salary band would not be consistent over the period as aresult of the restructuring of VisitScotland which took place in 2001-02 whenchanges were made to both the department and salary grading structures of the Scottish Tourist Board.
Figures for 2004-05 includethe staff costs of the transition project to merge VisitScotland with the 14area tourist boards, which was implemented in April 2005. Figures for 2005-06will not be available until VisitScotland publishes its audited accounts laterin the year.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Answered by Tom McCabe on 20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many companies (a) failed and (b) reduced operations in each of the last five years as a result of problems paying business rates, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what publicly-funded assistance is available to mature students to study law and subsequently train as lawyers.
Answer
Full details of the support availableto students undertaking a BA in Law and subsequently a Diploma in Legal Practicescan be found on the Student Awards Agency for Scotland’s website
www.saas.gov.uk.
