- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 12 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities no longer provide a meals on wheels service and have opted for a frozen food option and how many people received such an option in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 11 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will respond to the Waverley railway project outline business case sent to it by the Waverley Railway Partnership on 8 June 2004.
Answer
The Scottish Executive will respond to the Waverley Railway’s outline business case once it hasconsidered the implications of the delay to the Parliamentary Bill.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 11 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many excess winter deaths of people (a) of all ages, (b) aged 60 to 74, (c) aged 75 to 84 and (d) aged 85 or over there were in each year since 1994-95 in (i) Scotland, (ii) each parliamentary constituency and (iii) each NHS board area.
Answer
There is no universally accepteddefinition of “excess winter deaths”. A number of options were discussed in an OccasionalPaper entitled
The Raised Incidence of Winter Deaths published in 2002 bythe General Register Office for Scotland and available at:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/occ7.The following table, which presentsthe data requested for Scotland, gives the difference between the number of deaths occurringin the four winter months (December to March) and the average of the number of deathsduring the preceding four months and the following four months. Detailed tables presenting similar information for parliamentaryconstituencies and health board areas have been placed in the Parliament's ReferenceCentre (Bib. number 34231).
Number of Deaths in WinterPeriod Compared with Average of Non-Winter Period, Scotland
| Age Group | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 |
| All ages | 2,310 | 3,650 | 3,640 | 2,610 | 4,750 |
| 60-74 | 470 | 980 | 780 | 790 | 960 |
| 75-84 | 930 | 1,420 | 1,350 | 950 | 1,660 |
| 85 and over | 760 | 1,120 | 1,350 | 760 | 1,920 |
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| All ages | 5,190 | 2,220 | 1,840 | 2,510 | 2,840 |
| 60-74 | 1,250 | 480 | 290 | 450 | 610 |
| 75-84 | 1,820 | 820 | 820 | 940 | 840 |
| 85 and over | 1,750 | 760 | 710 | 920 | 1,170 |
Note: The information for 2003-04 is provisional.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of assault have been reported to the Care Commission in each year since its inception, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Care Commission operates a complaints procedure approved by Scottish ministers under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001. It does not separately identify complaints alleging assaults.
It would be for the police to investigate cases of physical assault reported to them. If such an assault is reported in a regulated care service, the Care Commission will consider what action to take, both during any police investigation and after it has been concluded.
The total numbers of complaints each year, by Care Commission regional office, were as follows:
| Care Commission Region | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | April - September 2004 (Provisional) |
| Central West | 229 | 297 | 126 |
| Central East | 211 | 350 | 251 |
| North | 115 | 162 | 90 |
| South West | 175 | 247 | 125 |
| South East | 126 | 252 | 149 |
| Total | 858 | 1,308 | 741 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded assaults there have been on care workers in residential care homes in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-11345 by Johann Lamont on 18 October 2004, how many households lived in fuel poverty in each of the last five years, broken down by household type and local authority area.
Answer
According to the Scottish House Condition Survey 1996, 738,000 households lived in fuel poverty which made up approximately 35% of the total population. The Scottish House Condition Survey 2002 showed that 286,000 households lived in fuel poverty, approximately 13% of the total population. The Scottish House Condition Survey is the only source we have for reliably measuring fuel poverty, and it has now moved to annual surveys which will mean it will report more frequently in future.
For the breakdown of fuel poverty by household type in 2002, please see the answer to question S2W-11345 answered 18 October 2004. all answers to which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.Fuel poverty broken down by local authority area in 2002 was as follows:
| Local Authority | Number of Fuel Poor Households (000s) | Percentage of Fuel Poor Households |
| Aberdeen City | 8† | 8 |
| Aberdeenshire | 15† | 17 |
| Angus | 8† | 16 |
| Argyll and Bute | 8† | 21 |
| Borders | 8† | 17 |
| Clackmannan | 2† | 10 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 14† | 23 |
| Dundee City | 9† | 13 |
| East Ayrshire | 6† | 11 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 3† | 7 |
| East Lothian | 4† | 11 |
| East Renfrewshire | 4† | 11 |
| Edinburgh City | 24 | 12 |
| Falkirk | 6† | 10 |
| Fife | 17† | 12 |
| Glasgow City | 38 | 14 |
| Highland | 18† | 21 |
| Inverclyde | 4† | 10 |
| Midlothian | 2† | 7 |
| Moray | 8† | 21 |
| North Ayrshire | 7† | 11 |
| North Lanarkshire | 13† | 10 |
| Orkney | 3 | 31 |
| Perthshire and Kinross | 9† | 14 |
| Renfrewshire | 8† | 11 |
| Shetland | 2† | 25 |
| South Ayrshire | 7† | 14 |
| South Lanarkshire | 14† | 11 |
| Stirling | 4† | 11 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 3† | 8 |
| West Lothian | 4† | 6 |
| Western Isles | 4 | 34 |
| Scotland | 286 | 13 |
Note: †Indicates an unweighted sample of 30 to 100.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 8 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether legal advice given to parliamentary committees can now be made public, or will be made public, under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
The release of legal advicegiven to a committee is a matter for that committee. Legal advice falls withinan exemption under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and requestsfor disclosure of such advice will be considered accordingly.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of electricity used by buildings in each of its departments and agencies has come from renewable sources in each year since 1999.
Answer
Figures for individual buildings are not available, however since 1999 supplies of electricity have been governed by an overarching contract put in place by the Executive’s procurement staff. This contract covers all core Executive departments and buildings in Scotland, the majority of our Executive Agencies and a number of non-departmental public bodies. The current contract is used by 34 different public sector organisations and covers 770 sites across Scotland.
From July 1999 to July 2000 it is estimated that between eight and 10% of electricity supplied under the Executive’s contract was from renewable sources. This figure was based on the proportion of the supplier’s output which was from renewable sources. In July 2000 a new contract was awarded following competition. This contract provided for 100% of the Executive’s electricity to come from new renewable sources. When the Climate Change Levy (CCL) became effective, in April 2001, 100% of our supplies under the contract were certified as exempt.
Following a further competition a new contract was awarded in August 2003. Due to growth in the number of organisations and sites covered by this new contract it was only possible to secure 80% of our supplies from CCL exempt new renewable sources under this contact. However, the remaining 20% comes from non-CCL exempt renewable sources (i.e. large scale hydro-electric). The current contract, including options for renewal, may extend to 2006.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 1 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many properties are rented by each of its departments and what the annual costs were of each property in each year since 1999.
Answer
At present there are 13 properties rented by core executive departments. Both the number and level of rental costs of these properties varies from year-to-year. The following table is a summary of the historical position from 1999 as requested.
Rented Properties of the Core Executive Departments
| | | Rental Cost per annum |
| Department | Rented Property Identification | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| OPS:CCS:FES | Northern College of Education, Dundee | £32,000 | £32,000 | - | - | - |
| Scottish Entp Tech Park, East Kilbride | £12,601 | £12,601 | - | - | - |
| Pentland House | £1,163,250 | £1,163,250 | £1,314,573 | £1,177,005 | £1,351,250 |
| Unit 4A, Bonnington Ind Est, Edinburgh | £37,130 | £38,451 | £40,431 | £38,187 | £38,187 |
| Unit 4B, Bonnington Ind Est, Edinburgh | £19,270 | £20,063 | £18,621 | £20,856 | £20,856 |
| Unit 6B, Tower St., Edinburgh | £15,750 | £15,750 | £18,687 | £18,700 | £18,700 |
| 139 Leith Walk, Edinburgh | £90,843 | £85,250 | £76,116 | £87,279 | £115,000 |
| 17 Waterloo Pl., Edinburgh | £82,949 | £82,949 | £84,798 | £9,379 | - |
| Old Fruit Market, Blochairn Rd., Glasgow | £8,500 | £8,500 | £7,583 | £10,616 | £9,100 |
| Meridian Court, Glasgow | £1,149,150 | £985,706 | £1,182,252 | £1,056,220 | £1,398,250 |
| Europa Building, Glasgow | - | - | £583,545 | £575,052 | £746,000 |
| Broxden, Perth | - | - | £139,869 | £446,198 | £446,000 |
| Mill St., Perth | - | - | £41,992 | £17,353 | - |
| Ord Croft, Lairg | £3,000 | £3,000 | £3,000 | £3,000 | £3,000 |
| 20 Shore St., MacDuff | £1,950 | £3,720 | - | - | - |
| Ferry Terminal Office, Cairnryan | £1,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
| Greenside Lane, Edinburgh | £170,497 | £200,334 | £95,156 | £308,437 | - |
| Southlands, 32 Reidhaven St., Elgin | £20,211 | £14,467 | £20,211 | £16,169 | £26,500 |
| Justice Department | Northern College of Education, Dundee | - | - | £32,000 | - | - |
| Scottish Entp Tech Park, East Kilbride | - | - | £12,601 | - | - |
| ETLLD:Transport Group | Bandeath | £26,000 | £26,000 | £29,000 | £29,000 | £29,000 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 1 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed by each non-departmental public body in each year since 1999; what the budget of each such body was in each year, and what proportion of each such budget was allocated for administrative costs in each year, broken down into (a) pay and (b) other costs.
Answer
Information on non-departmental public bodies, including details of the number of staff employed is contained on the public bodies website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/government/publicbodies/.Prior to the website’s establishment in 2002, detailed information on public bodies was published in the annual Cabinet Office document Public Bodies. Copies of this document are available from http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/agencies-publicbodies/publicbodies/index.shtm.Detailed financial information is included in the annual report and accounts of individual bodies.
