- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it has of the economic benefits to Scotland folllowing implementation of the recommendations of John McClelland’s 2006 report, Review of Public Procurement in Scotland, also taking into account local employment and welfare benefit costs and the multiplier effect of local spending.
Answer
The Scottish Government is monitoring the proportion of contracts which go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and has asked all public bodies to do the same.
According to the recently published Audit Scotland report Improving Public Sector Purchasing, implementation of the McClelland report''s recommendations saved around £327 million in 2006-07 and 2007-08. We have no evidence to suggest that local employment, welfare benefits costs or local spending have been adversely affected. Monies saved should be available to public bodies for deployment on other priorities.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 28 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of council tax receipts is allocated to contributing to the pensions of local authority staff, also broken down by local authority.
Answer
It is the responsibility of each local authority to allocate the total financial resources available to it, including council tax receipts, on the basis of local needs and priorities having first fulfilled its statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national and local priorities including the Scottish Government''s key strategic objectives. For its part, the Scottish Government is providing local government in Scotland with record levels of funding, £23 billion over the period 2008-10.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the pilot study to identify and log unmet gaps in the provision of attendant-controlled powered wheelchairs will implement a national standard assessment tool based on the social model of disability.
Answer
As part of the wheelchair and seating services modernisation action plan the need for a standard assessment tool that will assess mobility within a framework of the social model of disability has been identified. As part of the planning process for this pilot the services are developing an audit tool, based on assessment, that will assist in identifying whether the wheelchair user''s goals have been met and whether the equipment has been of benefit to them.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost per journey to the Scottish Ambulance Service of transporting a patient to a health appointment was by (a) volunteer driver and (b) taxi in each year since 1997, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost of reimbursing volunteer ambulance drivers was in each year since 1997, expressed in both real and cash terms, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual mileage of volunteer ambulance drivers was in each year since 1997, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total annual cost of the Scottish Ambulance Service using taxis to transport patients to appointments was in each year since 1997, expressed in (a) real terms, (b) cash terms and (c) as a proportion of total expenditure on reimbursing volunteer drivers, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what proportion of volunteer ambulance drivers have exceeded a total of 10,000 miles per annum in each year since 1997, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patient journeys to health-related appointments by (a) volunteer driver and (b) taxi the Scottish Ambulance Service funded in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) longest and (b) average return journey undertaken was by (i) a volunteer ambulance driver and (ii) an ambulance service funded taxi in each regional ambulance division in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
