- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many secondary school-age children suffered from (a) high cholesterol levels, (b) heart failure and (c) diabetes in each year since 1995, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) location and (b) capacity is of each completed private finance initiative hospital project; what the cost was of each such project, and what the (i) location, (ii) planned capacity and (iii) expected cost is of each planned project.
Answer
PFI is an additional source of funding which contributes substantially to capital investment in NHSScotland. It makes more of resources available, giving immediate access to significant sums and delivering new services more quickly than would be possible with a publicly funded capital programme alone.
Improved value for money is achieved by risk allocation, competition and innovation and the inclusion in some cases of services such as portering and cleaning allows the NHS body to focus on its core business of providing health care. A high standard of building maintenance throughout the life of the contract ensures that the facilities are handed on to the NHS in an excellent condition.
The following table provides the information requested in respect of completed private finance initiative hospital projects:
| Project and Location | NHS Board | Capacity | Capital Value |
| Larkfield Geriatric and young disabled assessment facility | NHS Argyll and Clyde | 118 beds | 10.0m |
| East Ayrshire Community Hospital, Cumnock | NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 98 beds | 8.6m |
| Saltcoats Health Centre, provision of frail elderly and elderly mental illness care | NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 90 beds | 2.5m |
| Day case and Maternity services, Dumfries | NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 28 beds,
11 cots, | 10.0m |
| Kincardine Community Hospital, Stonehaven | NHS Grampian | 49beds | 3.8m |
| Provision of geriatric medicine and assessment facility at Southern General Hospital, Glasgow | NHS Glasgow | 210 beds | 11.0m |
| Mearnskirk, new care of the elderly building at Southern General Hospital, Glasgow | NHS Greater Glasgow | 72 beds | 2.4m |
| Easter Ross County Community Hospital, Invergorden | NHS Highland | 44 beds | 8.8m |
| New Craigs Hospital, Inverness | NHS Highland | 234 beds | 16.5m |
| Hairmyers District General Hospital | NHS Lanarkshire | 364 beds | 68.0m |
| Wishaw District General Hospital | NHS Lanarkshire | 633 beds | 100.0m |
| Stonehouse Hospital | NHS Lanarkshire | 40 beds | 3.9m |
| New Edinburgh Royal Infirmary | NHS Lothian | 812 beds | 180.0m |
| Reprovision of care of the elderly services, Tippethill Hospital, West Lothian | NHS Lothian | 60 beds | 2.3m |
| Forfar and Kirriemuir Community Resource Centre, Forfar | NHS Tayside | 60beds | 22.5m |
| Carseview Psychiatric Unit, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee | NHS Tayside | 84 beds | 10.0m |
The clinical models for hospital projects in development have not yet been finalised so final bed numbers are not yet known. However, details of the location and cost are shown in the following table:
| Project and Location | NHS Board | Capital Value |
| Mid Argyll Hospital, Lochgilphead | NHS Argyll and Clyde | 19.2m |
| Crosshouse Maternity Services | NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 20.0m |
| St Andrews Community Resource Project | NHS Fife | 20.0m |
| Fife General Hospital and Maternity Services, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy | NHS Fife | 114.5m |
| Clackmannan Community Health Services - Alloa Health Centre | NHS Forth Valley | 19.0m |
| New Forth Valley acute hospital, Larbert | NHS Forth Valley | 269.5m |
| Local Forensic Unit, Stobhill, Glasgow | NHS Greater Glasgow | 17.9m |
| Psychiatric Hospital, Gartnavel, Glasgow | NHS Greater Glasgow | 19.5m |
| Ambulatory Care Centres at Stobhill and Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow | NHS Greater Glasgow | 124.0m |
| Royal Edinburgh Hospital | NHS Lothian | 65.0m |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the biggest single payment is in respect of legal aid that has not been recouped.
Answer
For the period from January 1999 until 8 November 2005, the biggest single payment in respect of legal aid that has not been recouped was £131,880.83 on 28 July 2004 in the case of Philip King v Bristow Helicopters.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences of tuberculosis there were in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The total number of cases and the population incidence of TB in Scotland have remained relatively stable over recent years (less than 400 cases each year and an incidence less than eight per 100,000). We are now targeting BCG vaccination programmes to those parts of the population at most risk of exposure to TB.
The information requested is shown in the following table.
| | Number of TB case Reports |
| NHS Board of Notification | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004* |
| Argyll and Clyde | 35 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 17 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 21 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| Fife | 19 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 15 |
| Forth Valley | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 |
| Grampian | 21 | 30 | 33 | 18 | 23 |
| Greater Glasgow | 170 | 154 | 195 | 167 | 171 |
| Highland | 15 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Lanarkshire | 22 | 30 | 35 | 29 | 35 |
| Lothian | 59 | 47 | 53 | 53 | 80 |
| Tayside | 24 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
| All other NHS Boards † | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Scotland | 403 | 351 | 393 | 366 | 384 |
| | TB Rate (per 100,000) |
| NHS Board of Notification | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004* |
| Argyll and Clyde | 8.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 4.1 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 5.7 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| Fife | 5.5 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Forth Valley | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 1.8 |
| Grampian | 4.0 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| Greater Glasgow | 19.6 | 17.7 | 22.5 | 19.3 | 19.7 |
| Highland | 7.2 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| Lanarkshire | 4.0 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
| Lothian | 7.6 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 10.2 |
| Tayside | 6.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| All other NHS Boards† | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Scotland | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
Notes:
*Data is provisional.
†To avoid deductive disclosure from small numbers, the data for Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles NHS Boards is aggregated.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average funding was per pupil in special schools in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
Local authority reported expenditure on special education is published in
Expenditure on School Education in Scotland, 2005, table 4.1, which is available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00389-20.asp.
These figures include all aspects of expenditure on special education, including where pupils are in mainstream schools. It is therefore not possible to calculate per pupil expenditure figures for special schools.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made regarding the Waste Incineration Directive, with specific reference to burning tallow as a fuel.
Answer
The Executive has supported the UK Governments representations to the European Commission to exclude tallow from the scope of the Waste Incineration Directive.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with EU officials regarding the Waste Incineration Directive, with specific reference to burning tallow as a fuel.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has had no direct discussions with the European Commission about the regulation of tallow burning under the Waste Incineration Directive. However, the Executive is supporting the UK Government’s approaches to the Commission to exempt tallow burning from the scope of this Directive.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with officials of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding the Waste Incineration Directive, with specific reference to burning tallow as a fuel.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has had wide ranging discussions with DEFRA officials about various aspects of the implementation of the Waste Incineration Directive, including the implications for burning tallow.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds have been available in each NHS hospital in each year since 1997, broken down by major category.
Answer
The information requested is given in the table
Average Available Staffed Beds by NHS Hospital and Specialty Group 1998 - 2005. A copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37985).
The table shows information on average available staffed beds. This indicates the average daily number of beds, which were staffed and were available for the reception of in-patients and day cases. Borrowed and temporary beds are included; beds in day bed units are excluded.
The Executive does not set target numbers for beds. These are local planning decisions taken by NHS boards who have the information necessary to make the correct judgements.
There are good reasons for reductions in bed numbers. These include:
Medical advances continue to reduce lengths of stay associated with many planned procedures, and some are now routinely carried out in a few hours without the need for any overnight stay.
Numbers of in-patient beds do not include beds in dedicated day surgery units. 64% of elective admissions are day cases where there is no need for an overnight bed.
NHSScotland is making better use of available beds. Average bed occupancy has risen from 78.5% in 1997-98 to 81.7% in 2004-05.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to each NHS board of legal fees for defending equal pay claims has been in each year since 1997.
Answer
Health boards in NHS Scotland have fiscal responsibility for the budgets allocated to them by the Scottish Executive. We therefore do not hold centrally details on the cost of legal fees incurred by individual boards.
