- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-286 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, whether it will give full details of the notice received on 30 January 2003 under paragraph 6.8 of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, including (a) the effective date of the notice, (b) the risk insured, (c) the extent of the insurance, (d) the insured sum, (e) the premium, (f) any excess requested by the previous insurer for a replacement policy, (g) details of any proposal the contractor made in the notice to mitigate, manage and control such risks and (h) details of any financial resources available to the contractor to meet any claim made against it in respect of such risks.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-722 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of each default notice received under paragraph 46 of the Minute of Agreement Between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, including the date on which each notice was received and the nature of each default.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:There have been no such notices.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-286 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, what conclusion has been reached in respect of the notice received on 30 January 2003 under paragraph 6.8 of the Minutes of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No action was necessary. Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited subsequently advised that they had obtained and placed insurance cover.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-286 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, whether it has at any time after 30 January 2003 provided any insurance in respect of HM Prison Kilmarnock; whether it currently provides any insurance in respect of the prison, and whether it will give details of any such insurance.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The Scottish Executive has not provided and does not currently provide any such insurance.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-286 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, whether it will give details of any waiver by it of the contractor's obligation to secure insurance under the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No waiver has been given.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reform the law on corporate killing.
Answer
We will study the judgement of the Appeal Court on the Transco case, once it is available, before deciding whether legislation is required.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients on the true waiting list did not have a guarantee in each of the last four quarters.
Answer
The number of patients on the in-patient and day case waiting list with an exception to the national waiting time guarantee on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December 2002 is given in the table.The increase in the number of waiting time guarantee exception codes on 31 December 2002, is in part due to NHS trusts moving patients from the deferred waiting list to the in-patient and day case waiting list in preparation for the abolition of the former on 1 April 2003.NHSScotland: Number of Patients on the In-Patient and Day Case Waiting List with an Exception to the National Waiting Time Guarantee on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December 2002.
| Date | Number of Guarantee Exception Codes |
| 31 March 2002 | 4,752 |
| 30 June 2002 | 4,402 |
| 30 September 2002 | 4,325 |
| 31 December 2002 | 6,244 |
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what incentives will be introduced as part of the Performance Incentive Framework, as referred to in chapter 4 of Partnership for Care: Scotland's Health White Paper.
Answer
The Performance Incentive Framework (PIF) will be developed over the coming months with involvement from the key stakeholders in NHS Scotland.The framework will balance the current escalating intervention protocol with a range of incentives designed to encourage and enhance good performance in the NHS, while the protocol will remain in place to help address poor or declining performance.Given that we wish to engage fully with the NHS and other stakeholders in the development of the PIF, it would not be appropriate to outline the likely content of a PIF until we have sought their views.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how Centre for Change and Innovation funding will be distributed to NHS boards, as referred to in chapter 5 of Partnership for Care: Scotland's Health White Paper.
Answer
The Centre for Change and Innovation's budget of £12.8 million will be used to fund national programmes which will be rolled out across NHSScotland. Where there is clear evidence of innovation within a board area, this may receive pump priming to pilot and evaluate change in service redesign before a programme is driven forward nationally by the Centre for Change and Innovation.All programmes are formally approved and monitored by the Scottish Health Change Panel reflecting the service's demands for modernisation.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, emergency in-patients treated in the NHS in each of the last three years were over the age of 65.
Answer
The number and percentage of emergency in-patients treated in NHSScotland over the age of 65 for the last three years are contained in the following table.
| | Number | Percentage of Total1 |
| Year Ending March 2000 | 179,456 | 38.3 % |
| Year Ending March 2001 | 179,306 | 38.0 % |
| Year Ending March 2002P | 182,570 | 38.3 % |
Source: ISD Scotland, SMR01.
PProvisional.Note:Percentage based on all emergency in-patients.
