- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3715 by John Swinney on 11 September 2007, what the total cost to the taxpayer will be of all existing PFI/PPP projects, broken down into (a) capital construction, (b) lifecycle maintenance and (c) facilities management.
Answer
As you mention, thetotal cost of all PPP projects over the whole length of their contracts (the unitarycharge) was provided in a previous answer, and that figure was £22.3 billion. Theunitary charge is the amount paid by the public sector procuring body to the privatesector consortium for all the integrated services it provides over the length of the contract. The services include capital construction, lifecycle maintenance andfacilities management, as well as the upfront construction cost of the asset.
The information requestedfor every existing PPP project is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken or will undertake a comparative study of the savings that would have been made to existing PFI/PPP projects by using a Scottish futures trust.
Answer
As part of our workon developing the Scottish futures trust (SFT) initiative, we have been comparingthe cost of existing PFI/PPP projects with what we consider may be available throughthe SFT. This has confirmed our view that the “standard form” of PFI is expensive,and it justifies our continuing efforts to introduce an alternative which will deliverbetter value arrangements for major public infrastructure projects.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 1 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the agreement between Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Westfield Health to encourage SE staff to register for private health care.
Answer
The provision of benefitsto staff within the total reward package is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.
I have asked the Chief Executive at Scottish Enterprise to write to you on this matter.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 1 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will address the concerns of Unison that public money is being used to provide private medical care through Scottish Enterprise’s private health care benefits via Westfield Health.
Answer
The provision of benefitsto staff within the total reward package is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.
However, my officialswill raise the matter with Scottish Enterprise.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 1 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the associated costs are of the provision of private health care by Westfield Health to staff of Scottish Enterprise.
Answer
The provision of benefitsto staff within the total reward package is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.
I have asked the Chief Executive at Scottish Enterprise to write to you on this matter.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orders specifying measures to be taken to keep dogs under proper control, whether by muzzling, keeping on a lead, exclusion from specified places or otherwise, have been made in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information at thelevel of detail requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported attacks by dogs on people there have been in each year since 1999.
Answer
The available informationis given in the following table. As well as the number of attacks by dogs whichresult in an injury, and are subsequently recorded by the police, the numbers includeoffences connected to destructionand disqualification (for having custody of a dog) orders.
Number ofOffences Recorded by the Police Under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dangerous Dogs Act,1991, 1999-2000 to 2006-07
| 1999-2000 | 239 |
| 2000-01 | 257 |
| 2001-02 | 284 |
| 2002-03 | 360 |
| 2003-04 | 433 |
| 2004-05 | 618 |
| 2005-06 | 517 |
| 2006-07 | 623 |
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orders for offenders to be disqualified from having custody of a dog for such a period as the court saw fit were made under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information at thelevel of detail requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orders for destruction were made for dogs in respect of which offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 were committed in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information at thelevel of detail requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether services for young adults with physical disabilites can be differentiated from those for other adults with physical disabilities to ensure that they are accessible and appropriate to their needs.
Answer
NHS Scotland is committedto delivering patient-centred services and, as such, a young person diagnosed witha physical disability should be provided with accessible services which are appropriateto their individual needs.
Additionally, theChildren and Young People’s Health Support Group will carry out a review of servicesfor children and young people with physical disabilities in its 2008 work programme.
