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Question reference: S3W-12665

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people died in each year since 1997 as a result of NHS negligence.

Question reference: S3W-12838

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time GPs there were in each NHS board area in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S3W-12837

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time nurses were employed by each NHS board in each year since 1997, also broken down by hospital in (i) NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (ii) NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

The information requested on the numbers of full-time and part-time nurses in each NHS board area in each year from 1997-2004 inclusive has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) under Bib. number 45615, along with incomplete proportions of full time and part time GPs for 2007. The 2007 figures are based on incomplete data, taken from the results of a national Primary Care Workforce survey. Information to Hospital level is not available centrally.

Question reference: S3W-12836

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time hospital doctors were employed by each NHS board in each year since 1997, also broken down by hospital in (i) NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (ii) NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

Question reference: S3W-12666

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-10960 by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 April 2008, what form its review on hospital car parking charges will take and from whom submissions will be sought.

Question reference: S3W-12664

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new organ donors were registered in each month since May 2007.

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Year	Month	Country				UK
Year	Month	England	N Ireland	Scotland	Wales	UK
2007	April	55,121	4,572	27	2,817	62,537
	May	60,858	3,172	20	3,757	67,807
	June	72,970	3,350	40,049	3,948	120,317
	July	78,277	4,059	24	4,193	86,553
	August	90,480	1,245	31,644	4,643	128,012
	September	76,809	3,720	4,023	4,189	88,741
	October	90,419	6,248	23	5,180	101,870
	November	79,213	4,155	33,769	4,301	121,438
	December	50,994	3,796	1,878	2,702	59,370
2008	January	91,483	1,338	14,781	4,578	112,180
	February	96,667	1,181	13,499	4,647	115,994
	March	76,644	925	0	3,272	80,841
Total		919,935	37,761	139,737	48,227	1,145,660

Source: UK Transplant, as at 12 May 2008.

Notes:

New registrations for Scottish residents are only entered on to the NHS Organ Donor Register after their NHS number is matched with each individual. Currently there is a delay in this matching process, and this has led to the temporary under-reporting of Scottish registrations from mid-February 2008.

The figures are also subject to slight change, as the information is constantly updated.

Question reference: S3W-12663

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that its recent campaign to increase the number of registered organ donors was successful.

Question reference: S3W-12662

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what mileage rate were payable to volunteer drivers who took patients to health-related appointments in each year since 1997 in (a) cash and (b) real terms and when these rates will be reviewed.

Mileage rates payable by the Scottish Ambulance Service to volunteer drivers are set out in the following table.

Ambulance Car Service Mileage Rates (Pence per Mile) Cash and in Real Terms Using April 1997 as a Base and Retail Price Index (CBZW) Series

	Cash Rate			Real Terms Rate
	Up to	Over	RPI	Up to	Over
	1500cc	1500cc	(CBZW)	1500cc	1500cc
April 1997	29.0	35.0	150.8	29.0	35.0
April 1998	29.0	35.0	154.1	28.4	34.3
April 1999	29.0	35.0	156.9	27.9	33.6
April 2000	29.0	35.0	159.4	27.4	33.1
April 2001	30.5	36.9	162.9	28.2	34.2
April 2002	30.5	36.9	166.9	27.6	33.3
April 2003	30.5	36.9	171.8	26.8	32.4
April 2004	30.5	36.9	174.9	26.3	31.8
April 2005	30.5	36.9	179.0	25.7	31.1
April 2006	30.5	36.9	183.2	25.1	30.4
April 2007	30.5	36.9	190.0	24.2	29.3
April 2008	30.5	36.9	196.3	23.4	28.3

Note: *Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service

The Scottish Ambulance Service has recently reviewed the mileage allowance as part of its annual budget setting process and has no plans to increase the rate payable. However, the service was asked to look again at this matter, and have confirmed that they will now be reviewing the rates on a monthly basis to ensure that costs continue to be covered.

We understand that some other NHS boards may use volunteer drivers and are aware that they also indirectly support initiatives involving community transport schemes. Information on mileage rates paid are not held centrally.

Question reference: S3W-11763

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many osteoporosis scanners there have been in the NHS in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board, and what steps it is taking to increase the number of such scanners.

This information is not held centrally in the form requested. At April 2008, there were 18 DEXA scanners in NHSScotland, and a further two will be commissioned by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in this financial year. Every NHS board has access to DEXA scanning.

NHS boards are expected to provide services for people with osteoporosis based on their assessment of local needs. We have drawn to NHS boards'' attention the results of an NHS Quality Improvement Scotland audit, published at the end of 2005, on the effectiveness of strategies for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fracture in Scotland. The audit concluded that a fracture liaison service and direct access to assessment by DEXA scanning would allow patients who have sustained a fracture to be offered and receive appropriate therapies to prevent osteoporotic fractures in future.

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Question reference: S3W-11694

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 28 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish rent collection figures for each local authority since 1997, broken down by total rent (a) due for collection, (b) collected and (c) the percentage of which has actually been collected.

Total rent due for collection is not held centrally, however table 1 shows local authority rental income from housing between 1997-98 and 2006-07. Table 2 shows housing rent arrears at 31 December each year, except for 1997 (as at 30 September), and 2006-07 (as at 31 March).

Table 1 - Standard Rental Income from Houses (£ Million)

	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Scotland	1,071.1	1,090.9	1,086.0	1,092.8	1,089.2	1,077.6	838.5	842.5	849.7	837.3
Aberdeen City	43.1	50.0	48.4	49.8	51.1	52.2	52.5	54.8	57.2	59.4
Aberdeenshire	26.2	26.4	26.7	27.0	27.7	28.3	28.8	29.8	30.8	31.4
Angus	13.8	14.6	15.1	15.8	16.2	16.5	16.7	17.1	17.5	17.3
Argyll and Bute	13.3	13.6	13.2	13.4	13.8	14.1	14.1	13.5	13.3	n/a
Clackmannanshire	10.2	10.5	10.5	10.6	11.2	11.9	11.3	11.7	11.9	12.2
Dumfries and Galloway	24.5	23.9	23.9	23.8	39.5	24.7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dundee City	43.7	43.5	42.4	41.7	24.4	38.0	38.0	37.8	37.5	37.2
East Ayrshire	27.6	28.6	28.9	31.6	31.8	31.5	31.0	32.5	32.0	31.9
East Dunbartonshire	10.3	11.1	11.3	11.7	11.8	11.9	11.8	9.6	10.9	10.0
East Lothian	16.1	16.6	17.0	17.1	17.3	17.2	16.8	16.1	16.2	16.0
East Renfrewshire	6.7	7.0	7.3	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.4
Edinburgh, City of	75.2	72.8	70.2	67.8	65.2	64.7	63.0	63.1	61.9	63.2
Eilean Siar	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.5	n/a
Falkirk	34.9	35.7	36.1	39.2	39.7	41.1	40.7	40.4	40.2	40.0
Fife	66.2	67.2	68.5	69.7	70.0	71.7	72.0	73.8	74.8	74.9
Glasgow City	216.5	219.8	216.8	211.4	207.7	194.3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Highland	39.6	40.2	39.8	39.5	38.4	37.9	37.6	37.8	37.7	37.7
Inverclyde	23.5	24.7	24.4	23.6	23.4	23.4	24.0	25.2	23.5	22.7
Midlothian	11.0	11.6	11.2	11.5	12.2	11.7	11.0	11.3	12.0	12.7
Moray	11.1	11.3	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6
North Ayrshire	29.3	29.5	28.9	29.6	29.1	29.7	30.0	30.3	31.2	32.4
North Lanarkshire	86.8	89.1	91.6	92.8	93.4	93.9	94.5	94.6	95.6	96.1
Orkney Islands	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Perth and Kinross	15.3	15.9	16.0	16.2	16.6	16.2	16.7	16.5	17.4	17.6
Renfrewshire	38.9	39.9	39.9	41.3	39.5	37.3	35.6	35.6	37.3	37.7
Scottish Borders	13.0	12.9	12.5	12.8	12.7	12.1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Shetland Islands	4.4	4.8	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.0	5.0	5.0
South Ayrshire	19.0	19.0	19.0	19.4	20.0	20.2	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.3
South Lanarkshire	71.7	73.1	72.5	71.7	71.3	69.7	68.3	65.9	65.7	66.0
Stirling	15.6	14.7	14.8	14.9	14.8	14.6	14.2	14.7	14.3	14.3
West Dunbartonshire	26.7	26.7	26.3	26.8	27.6	27.3	26.6	27.5	27.7	27.9
West Lothian	31.2	30.7	30.8	32.3	32.4	35.3	33.1	32.8	32.6	32.8

Source: Housing Revenue Account returns to the Scottish Government.

Table 2 - Rent arrears (£ Million)

	September 1997	December 1998	December 1999	December 2000	December 2001	December 2002	December 2003	December 2004	December 2005	Mar ch2007
Scotland	40.3	50.5	54.8	60.4	55.2	57.3	38.0	31.9	41.5	41.1
Aberdeen City	1.4	1.9	2.1	2.4	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.6	6.8	7.1
Aberdeenshire	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.9	1.6
Angus	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.1
Argyll and Bute	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	n/a
Clackmannanshire	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.8	0.8
Dumfries and Galloway	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dundee City	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.4	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.4
East Ayrshire	1.2	1.6	1.9	2.7	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.9	1.0
East Dunbartonshire	0.9	1.2	1.3	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.8
East Lothian	0.7	0.7	1.1	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.6	1.1	1.1
East Renfrewshire	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.3
Edinburgh, City of	2.2	2.6	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.6	2.9	3.2	3.0	2.9
Eilean Siar	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	n/a
Falkirk	1.3	1.4	1.5	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.6	1.4	1.0	1.5
Fife	2.5	3.0	3.4	3.7	3.9	2.7	2.6	3.3	3.3	2.6
Glasgow City	12.7	13.9	16.9	18.7	18.3	19.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Highland	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.8	1.7	1.9	1.1	1.3	2.3	2.9
Inverclyde	1.5	1.7	2.1	2.2	2.0	1.9	2.3	1.0	3.3	2.7
Midlothian	0.4	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.0	1.1
Moray	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3
North Ayrshire	1.2	2.0	2.2	2.1	1.1	1.5	1.3	1.0	0.8	1.0
North Lanarkshire	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.8	4.9	1.6	1.6	1.4
Orkney Islands	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Perth and Kinross	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.8
Renfrewshire	1.5	1.7	1.9	2.1	1.7	1.3	2.5	1.9	2.2	2.1
Scottish Borders	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Shetland Islands	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
South Ayrshire	0.5	2.5	1.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7
South Lanarkshire	1.5	2.3	1.5	2.5	2.1	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.2
Stirling	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.7
West Dunbartonshire	1.0	2.3	2.4	3.7	2.9	2.7	2.6	1.5	1.5	2.4
West Lothian	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.4

Source: Housing Revenue Account and Rent Arrears returns to the Scottish Government.

Notes:

- Figures exclude rental income and arrears from non-housing properties, such as hostels, lock ups, garages or shops.

- Total rent arrears are at 31 December each year, except for 1997 (30 September) and 2007 (31 March).

- Excludes technical arrears where the tenant has agreed with the council to pay their rent fortnightly in arrears.

- Figures may include arrears originating from previous years.

- Following housing stock transfer, Dumfries and Galloway, Glasgow, Scottish Borders, Eilean Siar, Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde are excluded.