- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25676 by Mr Andy Kerr on 27 May 2002, whether any monies were paid to the Scottish Consolidated Fund as a result of adjustments prior to the statement by the Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services on 23 January 2002 and, if so, whether the Deputy Minister was aware of the position when he made that statement.
Answer
No monies were paid to the Scottish Consolidated Fund prior to the Statement.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25676 by Mr Andy Kerr on 27 May 2002, on what date the adjustment figure to the Scottish Assigned Budget for 2000-01 was agreed; what the figure is, and when the monies will be received.
Answer
A further adjusted figure in respect of 2000-01 for council tax rebate was agreed in February 2002. An addition to the Scotland DEL for 2002-03 of £2.006 million in respect of the adjustment for 2000-01 will be picked up in the Autumn Budget Revision in December.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25676 by Mr Andy Kerr on 27 May 2002, when the adjustment figure to the Scottish Assigned Budget for housing benefit for 2001-02 will be finalised; what it expects the figure to be, and when the monies will be paid.
Answer
A figure of £8.218 million has been agreed for 2001-2002 in respect of rent rebate. It will be picked up in the Autumn Budget Revision in December. It will be subject to revision in light of outturn for 2001-02, when known, and will not therefore be finalised until early 2003.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how it evaluates task forces like the one set up for former Motorola employees at Easter Inch; what criteria it uses in such evaluations, and whether such an evaluation has been carried out on the Motorola Task Force and, if so, whether it will publish any findings.
Answer
An evaluation of Motorola Taskforce (MTF) activity has been commissioned by Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian on behalf of the Taskforce and is currently in the final stages of preparation. The final report is due at the end of July at which time decisions will be taken as to publication and distribution of the findings.The MTF action plan set targets at the outset to evaluate the effectiveness of the response and to identify learning points and best practice. The objectives of the evaluation include:
- Mapping the process (including influencing factors; organisations involved; actions taken; and identification and analysis of outputs);
- Impact assessment (impact of intervention and other measure of effectiveness), and
Recommendations (identification of learning points/good practice; recommendations for future redundancy responses).
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21786 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 25 January 2002, whether the #6 million set aside for the West Lothian Strategic Action Plan for economic development for the area has been made available and, if so, when the funds were made available and to whom.
Answer
The funding for the West Lothian Strategic Action Plan is spread over three years and is available as from this financial year. Scottish Enterprise is administering the funds on behalf of the West Lothian Economic Partnership.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current status of the Motorola Task Force is.
Answer
From 1 July 2002, the activities of the Motorola Taskforce were dispersed although a range of support and advice for former employees is still available from all the public agencies involved.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies for consultants in the West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust area there are, broken down by speciality and whether it expects this number to reduce and, if so, how, when and by how much.
Answer
The responsibility for employing consultants and filling vacant posts rests with the individual Trust. Information on when these posts are likely to be filled is not held centrally but may be held by local NHS management. Contact details for NHS management personnel are available on www.show.scot.nhs.uk.The Information and Statistics Division (ISD) of the Common Services Agency (CSA) conducts an annual collection of consultant and staff grade medical and dental vacancies.
Consultant vacancies in West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust by speciality
as at 30 September, 2001 were:
| Speciality1 | 2001 Vacancies |
| All Specialities | 6 |
| Anaesthetics2 | 1 |
| Clinical radiology | 2 |
| Nuclear medicine | 0 |
| General surgery | 1 |
| Plastic surgery | 1 |
| Oral surgery | 1 |
Source: ISD(M) 4 Medical and Dental CensusNotes:1. Includes honorary appointments.2. Includes pain management.These data are released under National Statistics.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what charging structure will be in place for car parking at the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and whether staff and medical students will be exempted from charges.
Answer
This is a matter for Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust but any charges in place should be in accordance with national guidance. The department has begun a review of current car parking charge practice.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected shortfall in NHS funding for Lothian NHS Board is, broken down by NHS trust and hospital.
Answer
NHS Lothian has received its fair share of funding. In 2002-03 NHS Lothian will receive record funding of over £754 million, a 6.8% increase on 2001-02.Distribution of this allocation is a matter of local negotiation.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current average hours worked by junior doctors in the West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust area are and what support it intends to provide to reduce the number of hours worked by junior doctors in the area.
Answer
Information is not held centrally on the average number of hours worked by junior doctors. However, data is available on whether junior doctors meet the limit of 56 hours of work a week, set down in the New Deal for junior doctors. The most recent monitoring data held for West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust shows:
| | PRHOs | SHOs | SpRs |
| Compliance with New Deal | 100% | 14% | 23% |
Pre-Registration House Officers (PRHOs) were required to be compliant with the New Deal from August 2001.Senior House Officers (SHOs) and Specialist Registrars (SpRs) are not required to achieve compliance until August 2003.The New Deal Implementation Support Group, set up by ministers in 1999 to help trusts to achieve compliance, offers support to all trusts, including West Lothian Healthcare Trust, to help them overcome obstacles to full compliance by identifying and promoting best practice and assisting in work pattern redesign.
