- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it is making to Her Majesty's Government regarding a review of the unemployment key economic need indicator, which takes no account of the out-migration of young people from rural areas, such as the south of Scotland, and whether it will review its Scottish Indices of Deprivation 2003, which does not take account of indicators associated with population change and economic fragility.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues.A comprehensive assessment of overall economic need would typically include consideration of a number of indicators, including indicators such as population density as well as unemployment rates.The Executive has commissioned research to underpin the development of a long-term strategy for measuring deprivation in Scotland. The interim report of this research was published for consultation in May and covered issues relating to population change and economic fragility. The Scottish Executive will make its decisions once the final report is released.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been of employing agency pharmacists in each year since 1999-2000, broken down by pharmacy grade and NHS board.
Answer
Information on the cost ofemploying agency pharmacists in each year is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to meet with the Association of Scottish Trust Chief Pharmacists.
Answer
Scottish Executive officials meet on a regular basis with representativesof the Association of Scottish Trust Chief Pharmacists.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies for NHS pharmacists have been filled by candidates from (a) within and (b) out with the NHS, expressed also as a percentage of the number of vacancies, in each year since 1999-2000, broken down by pharmacy grade and NHS board.
Answer
Information on the number ofvacancies for NHS pharmacists is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many agency pharmacists, expressed also as a percentage of the number of NHS pharmacy posts, were employed in each year since 1999-2000, broken down by pharmacy grade and NHS board.
Answer
Information on agency pharmacists and NHS pharmacy posts is not collected centrally. Centrally heldinformation on NHS pharmacists relates to staff employed only and does notcapture information on posts that are vacant.
Information on NHSpharmacists employed at 30 September each year is published on the web pages of the Information and Statistics Division of NHS Scotland, in section A of“Workforce Statistics” at the following address:
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/NHSiS_resource/Workforce/workforce_statistics.htm
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unfilled vacancies for NHS pharmacists, expressed also as a percentage of the number of pharmacy posts, there have been in each year since 1999-2000, broken down by pharmacy grade and NHS board.
Answer
Information on vacancies andposts for NHS pharmacists is not collected centrally. Centrally heldinformation on NHS pharmacists relates to staff employed only and excludes theposts that are vacant.
Information on NHSpharmacists employed at 30 September each year is published on the web pages of the Information and Statistics Division of NHSScotland, in section A of"Workforce Statistics" at the following address:
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/NHSiS_resource/Workforce/workforce_statistics.htm
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 30 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what budget has been allocated to the Active Scotland campaign; what role area tourist boards will play in promoting the campaign; what VisitScotland promotional material and other resources are being used and how the Executive will measure the campaign's cost effectiveness.
Answer
Although this is an operational matter for VisitScotland, I understand that a budget of £100,000 has been assigned to the 100% Scottish Summer Campaign that includes the Active Scotland Campaign. The promotion and the effectiveness of the campaign are entirely a matter for VisitScotland.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the proposals of the Department of Trade and Industry on European structural funding and regional policy and their impact on the south of Scotland economy and, in particular, whether a ring-fenced funding policy for the area would be appropriate given the economic situation there.
Answer
The Scottish Executive welcomes the UK Government's consultation on
A Modern Regional Policy for the United Kingdom and its commitment to regional policy. The Scottish Executive also welcomes the guarantee that Scotland would not lose out financially under the proposed EU Framework for devolved regional policy.Structural funds have brought major benefits to Scotland but the Scottish Executive acknowledges that, following enlargement, the larger part of European regional development funding will go to the new member states after the current structural funds programmes cease at the end of 2006. However, regional disparities will continue to exist and these need to be recognised and addressed. This is one of the key principles of the response that I sent on behalf of the Scottish European Structural Funds Forum to the Department of Trade and Industry on the UK Government consultation. This response is available on the Scottish Executive website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/esf.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government to promote a regional development framework in the context of European development policy.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on regional policy issues which impact on Scotland, such as structural funds and regional selective assistance. With regard to the UK Government consultation on
A Modern Regional Policy for the United Kingdom and the "EU Framework" proposed in that document, I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-1013 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: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government regarding the importance of European funding to the south of Scotland for infrastructure support.
Answer
The Scottish Executive negotiated the current South of Scotland Objective 2 programme with the European Commission and has supported a number of large infrastructure projects such as the Crichton in Dumfries and the Ettrick Mill in Selkirk.The Executive is in regular contact with Her Majesty's Government on regional policy issues which impact on Scotland.
