- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many elderly day care places are currently provided in total by (a) voluntary and (b) statutory agencies, both expressed as a percentage of the over 65s population.
Answer
Figures for elderly day care places expressed as a percentage of the 65+ population are presented in the table, split by local authority, private and voluntary sectors. Figures for elderly day care in Scotland are available and can be found in the publication
Scottish Community Care Statistics 1999 (Table 1.8, page 9) and also on the Scottish Executive website.
Day Care places for Older People in Scotland, as a percentage of the 65+ population 1998
Sector | Number of places | Proportion of over 65 population |
Local Authority | 5,599 | 0.71% |
Private | 214 | 0.03% |
Voluntary | 1,924 | 0.25% |
Scotland | 7,737 | 0.99% |
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - D1-B Return Population Estimates, Scotland - prepared by GRO.It is for local authorities to decide whether day care centres should be available for older people in their areas. There is no common definition of statutory agencies.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) nursing home and (b) residential home places have been lost in each of the last three years, both nationally and broken down by local authority.
Answer
Information on places lost in private nursing homes and residential care homes is not available centrally.However, a census of bed complement is carried out as part of an annual return for each private nursing home and registered residential care home. Table 1 shows the number of places available in Residential Care Homes.
Table 1: Residential care homes - places (Older People Only) |
Local Authority | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Aberdeen City | 686 | 691 | 675 |
Aberdeenshire | 620 | 675 | 655 |
Angus | 606 | 593 | 535 |
Argyll & Bute | 701 | 612 | 557 |
Clackmannanshire | 83 | 83 | 83 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 650 | 716 | 818 |
Dundee City | 628 | 507 | 481 |
East Ayrshire | 368 | 479 | 432 |
East Dunbartonshire | 187 | 138 | 118 |
East Lothian | 332 | 324 | 268 |
East Renfrewshire | 201 | 206 | 200 |
Edinburgh, City of | 1,403 | 1,361 | 1,289 |
Eileanan Siar | 192 | 195 | 201 |
Falkirk | 313 | 284 | 284 |
Fife | 1,008 | 958 | 964 |
Glasgow City | 1,915 | 1,918 | 1,783 |
Highland Council, The | 1,088 | 975 | 937 |
Inverclyde | 313 | 316 | 270 |
Midlothian | 279 | 269 | 278 |
Moray Council, The | 271 | 272 | 257 |
North Ayrshire | 389 | 393 | 418 |
North Lanarkshire | 604 | 567 | 556 |
Orkney Islands | 101 | 104 | 106 |
Perth & Kinross | 722 | 755 | 704 |
Renfrewshire | 433 | 439 | 455 |
Scottish Borders | 460 | 459 | 442 |
Shetland Islands | 139 | 144 | 135 |
South Ayrshire | 337 | 294 | 293 |
South Lanarkshire | 711 | 673 | 849 |
Stirling | 407 | 361 | 305 |
West Dunbartonshire | 264 | 275 | 271 |
West Lothian | 266 | 264 | 232 |
Scotland | 16,677 | 16,300 | 15,851 |
Source: SEHD Social Work Statistics.Table 2 shows the bed complement at 31 March in 1998, 1999 and 2000, split by local council area.Table 2: Number of beds in Private Nursing Homes in Scotland as at 31 March 1998-2000. by Local Council Area
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Local Authority | Number of beds | Number of beds | Number of beds |
Aberdeen City | 777 | 1 019 | 910 |
Aberdeenshire | 1 126 | 1 227 | 1 333 |
Angus | 542 | 561 | 536 |
Argyll & Bute | 268 | 265 | 211 |
Clackmannanshire | 100 | 60 | 120 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 584 | 604 | 532 |
Dundee City | 720 | 593 | 654 |
East Ayrshire | 724 | 597 | 639 |
East Dunbartonshire | 335 | 355 | 343 |
East Lothian | 497 | 431 | 497 |
East Renfrewshire | 434 | 459 | 357 |
Edinburgh, City of | 2 109 | 2 147 | 2 031 |
Eilean Siar | 65 | 65 | 65 |
Falkirk | 557 | 557 | 579 |
Fife | 1 362 | 1 424 | 1 376 |
Glasgow City | 2 933 | 2 926 | 2 794 |
Highland | 1 354 | 1 155 | 1 086 |
Inverclyde | 358 | 295 | 302 |
Midlothian | 355 | 242 | 355 |
Moray | 285 | 305 | 305 |
North Ayrshire | 888 | 863 | 848 |
North Lanarkshire | 1 160 | 1 167 | 1 285 |
Orkney | - | - | - |
Perth & Kinross | 870 | 816 | 766 |
Renfrewshire | 797 | 816 | 614 |
Scottish Borders | 633 | 652 | 604 |
Shetland | - | - | - |
South Ayrshire | 796 | 739 | 777 |
South Lanarkshire | 1 745 | 1 569 | 1 622 |
Stirling | 607 | 598 | 576 |
West Dunbartonshire | 292 | 356 | 146 |
West Lothian | 565 | 617 | 687 |
Scotland | 23 838 | 23 480 | 22 950 |
Source: ISD Scotland, ISD(S)34.Ref: HCIU 2001/0157Notes:1. Private Nursing Homes subject to the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 (as amended) or the Mental Health Act 1960/1984. Also includes a few "other" establishments, e.g. hospices, which are registered under the Act. Private hospitals registered under the Act are excluded from this table.2. The figures shown are based on information supplied by nursing homes at the end of each financial year. It is understood from health boards that a small number of other nursing homes in Scotland have been unable to provide the information requested. Data from these nursing homes are not included in the table and account for approximately 30 homes at 31 March 1999 and 2000 and approx. 15 homes at 31 March 1998. The bed complements of these homes are not known and may explain the fluctuation in bed numbers and residents over the four-year period. 3. The figures represent a "snap shot" on 31 March each year and do not necessarily reflect the position between the censuses or at present.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) private residential homes, (b) private nursing homes and (c) local authority residential homes have been closed in each of the last three years, both nationally and by local authority.
Answer
Information on closures of private nursing homes and residential care homes is not available centrally.However, a census is carried out annually for each private nursing home and registered residential care home. Table 1 shows the number of residential care homes in each of the three years.
Table 1: Residential care homes - numbers of (Older People Only) |
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Local Authority Area | Local Authority | Private | Voluntary | All | Local Authority | Private | Voluntary | All | Local Authority | Private | Voluntary | All |
Aberdeen City | 10 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
Aberdeenshire | 14 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
Angus | 6 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 25 |
Argyll & Bute | 7 | 22 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
Clackmannanshire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 11 | 16 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 33 |
Dundee City | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
East Ayrshire | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
East Dunbartonshire | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
East Lothian | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
East Renfrewshire | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Edinburgh, City of | 14 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 48 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 41 |
Eilean Siar | 14 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
Falkirk | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
Fife | 12 | 22 | 11 | 45 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 42 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 40 |
Glasgow City | 23 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 55 |
Highland Council, The | 18 | 31 | 11 | 60 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 57 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 56 |
Inverclyde | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Midlothian | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Moray Council, The | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
North Ayrshire | 6 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
North Lanarkshire | 11 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
Orkney Islands | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Perth & Kinross | 4 | 18 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 29 |
Renfrewshire | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
Scottish Borders | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
Shetland Islands | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
South Ayrshire | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
South Lanarkshire | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
Stirling | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
West Dunbartonshire | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
West Lothian | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Scotland | 239 | 273 | 169 | 681 | 219 | 275 | 165 | 659 | 213 | 261 | 157 | 631 |
Source: SEHD Social Work Statistics.Table 2 shows the number of homes in each of the three years.Table 2: Number of Private Nursing Homes
1 in Scotland
2,3 at 31 March 1998 - 2000 by Local Council Area
| 31-Mar | 31-Mar | 31-Mar |
1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Aberdeen City | 15 | 20 | 18 |
Aberdeenshire | 30 | 32 | 33 |
Angus | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Argyll & Bute | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Clackmannanshire | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Dundee City | 17 | 15 | 16 |
East Ayrshire | 19 | 16 | 17 |
East Dunbartonshire | 5 | 7 | 7 |
East Lothian | 12 | 10 | 12 |
East Renfrewshire | 10 | 11 | 8 |
Edinburgh, City of | 46 | 46 | 44 |
Eilean Siar | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Falkirk | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Fife | 29 | 32 | 32 |
Glasgow City | 54 | 52 | 47 |
Highland | 34 | 29 | 30 |
Inverclyde | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Midlothian | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Moray | 7 | 8 | 8 |
North Ayrshire | 16 | 16 | 15 |
North Lanarkshire | 22 | 22 | 24 |
Orkney | - | - | - |
Perth & Kinross | 21 | 21 | 20 |
Renfrewshire | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Scottish Borders | 16 | 17 | 16 |
Shetland | - | - | - |
South Ayrshire | 22 | 20 | 22 |
South Lanarkshire | 38 | 32 | 34 |
Stirling | 12 | 12 | 11 |
West Dunbartonshire | 4 | 5 | 3 |
West Lothian | 9 | 10 | 12 |
Scotland | 518 | 508 | 505 |
Source: ISD Scotland, ISD(S)34.Ref.: HCIU 2001/0157.Notes:1. Private nursing homes subject to the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 (as amended) or the Mental Health Act 1960/1984. Also includes a few "other" establishments, e.g. hospices, which are registered under the Act. Private hospitals registered under the Act are excluded from this table.2. The figures shown are based on information supplied by nursing homes at the end of each financial year. It is understood from health boards that a small number of other nursing homes in Scotland have been unable to provide the information requested. Data from these nursing homes are not included in the table and account for approximately 30 homes at 31 March 1999 and 2000 and approximately 15 homes at 31 March 1998. The bed complements of these homes are not known and may explain the fluctuation in bed numbers over the four-year period.
3. The figures represent a "snap shot" on 31 March each year and do not necessarily reflect the position between the censuses or at present.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 22 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10798 by Sarah Boyack on 14 November 2000, how many individuals in Scotland will have lost jobs following the relocation of the Seacat from Stranraer to Troon and thereafter from Troon to Belfast.
Answer
This is a matter for the company.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 22 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether charging older people for personal care through compulsory sale of their home accords with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-10578 and S1W-10579.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11525 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 January 2001, what the total annual cost per prisoner place at Kilmarnock Prison would be if it was calculated using the same methodology as is used to calculate annual costs per prisoner place in relation to Scottish Prison Service prisons and excluding any capital costs such as designing, construction and financing costs.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS annual cost per prisoner place is based on the net current expenditure. This excludes all capital expenditure and financing costs of the service.
The Kilmarnock prison contract won in open competition is for the provision of a complete custodial service over 25 years and the price includes all design, construction, financing and management costs and cannot therefore properly be compared with this SPS figure.The only meaningful comparison is between the cost of the winning bid for Kilmarnock and the estimated cost of SPS providing the equivalent custodial service as specified in the contract over the whole period of the contract. This is properly done by comparing the respective net present values over the 25 year period. On this basis, the average net present value per prisoner place for HMP Kilmarnock amounts to £11,000 compared to an SPS equivalent of £21,000 or £23,000 including risks.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8788 by Sarah Boyack on 21 August 2000, whether it was aware at that time that the Scottish Borders Tourist Board report which informed the Borders railway feasibility study's conclusions on tourism pre-dated the feasibility study by three years and looked only at the effect a train line from Edinburgh to Galashiels could have on tourism and, if not, whether it adheres to its position that a supplementary study looking at the potential impact on tourism of the reopening of the line from Edinburgh to Carlisle is not necessary.
Answer
Yes, the Scottish Executive did know that the Scottish Borders Tourist Board report predated the feasibility study, was aware of the report's remit and believes that a supplementary report is unnecessary.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4363 by Sarah Boyack on 15 February 2000, whether it was aware at that time that the Scottish Borders Tourist Board report which informed the Borders railway feasibility study's conclusions on tourism pre-dated the feasibility study by three years and looked only at the effect a train line from Edinburgh to Galashiels could have on tourism and, if not, whether it adheres to its statement that the feasibility study was the product of a detailed assessment of the economic, social and environmental impacts of reopening part or all of the railway line from Edinburgh to Carlisle.
Answer
Yes, the Scottish Executive did know that the Scottish Borders Tourist Board report predated the feasibility study and is content that the feasibility study represents a detailed assessment of the economic, social and environmental impacts of reopening part or all of the railway line from Edinburgh to Carlisle.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10209 by Sarah Boyack on 28 November 2000, whether, in the absence of any publicly available documentary evidence on the impact of a Borders railway on tourism other than the Scottish Borders Tourist Board report dating from 1996 on the effect of a train line from Edinburgh to Galashiels on tourism in the Scottish Borders and Midlothian, it will now convert the information obtained in the consultants' interviews into a publishable form and publish this information.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 9 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9643 by Henry McLeish on 19 September 2000, how many textile-related projects have been developed by (a) the enterprise network and (b) the textile industry, and which of these projects are receiving or are to receive financial support, specifying the amount of support in each case.
Answer
We are determined to help the textile sector in its transition from volume manufacturing to higher added-value markets. Since the Scottish Textile Forum was established on 6 June last year, nearly £3 million of public support has been provided to the textile sector in Scotland. The Scottish Executive and its agencies have over this period provided: over £2 million towards retraining of those made redundant by textile companies; £300,000 in Regional Selective Assistance to textile companies; £10,000 to support companies attending London Fashion Week; £449,000 over two years for the cashmere club; £20,000 support for in-store promotion; £20,000 for the development of a website for the Scottish textile industry; £15,000 to support companies attending industry trend presentations; and £20,000 support for the development of a national textile action plan. The DTI has also provided £70,000 under their Engineering Technicians programme to raise skill levels in the Borders and are currently considering support for various other projects from Scottish companies. The £3 million figure does not include a £1.2 million DTI Faraday award for the UK-wide Technitex project led by Heriot-Watt University in Galashiels.