Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-02047

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) residential, (b) nursing and (c) mentally infirm elderly people’s care beds have been available in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area and showing the total annual cost of providing the beds in each category.

The number of beds availablein Care Homes for older people is given in the following table. Care Homes forolder people will cater for older people with varying levels of need includingnursing care and dementia. Beds are not categorised as (a) residential, (b)nursing and (c) mentally infirm and are therefore presented as a total.

Table: Number of Beds Availablein Care Homes for Older People, by Local Authority

Local Authority	Mar-02	Mar-03	Mar-04	Mar-05	Mar-06
Aberdeen City	1,697	1,613	1,606	1,586	1,553
Aberdeenshire	1,991	2,017	1,975	1,966	1,905
Angus	1,026	1,018	1,057	1,029	1,063
Argyll and Bute	777	802	776	745	734
Clackmannanshire	234	234	234	234	234
Dumfries and Galloway	1,226	1,226	1,209	1,224	1,186
Dundee City	1,021	996	998	986	957
East Ayrshire	889	844	840	804	854
East Dunbartonshire	597	601	601	527	532
East Lothian	724	696	690	701	712
East Renfrewshire	556	554	554	554	551
Edinburgh, City of	3,155	3,089	3,093	2,981	2,916
Eilean Siar	218	218	218	219	219
Falkirk	944	946	927	935	912
Fife	2,457	2,479	2,458	2,594	2,670
Glasgow City	4,637	4,620	4,569	4,541	4,526
Highland	2,021	1,993	1,981	1,996	1,956
Inverclyde	583	595	580	608	624
Midlothian	625	587	586	591	588
Moray	549	537	555	582	583
North Ayrshire	1,288	1,237	1,227	1,225	1,095
North Lanarkshire	1,708	1,788	1,830	1,960	2,100
Orkney	98	104	100	100	136
Perth and Kinross	1,444	1,446	1,419	1,408	1,412
Renfrewshire	1,157	1,167	1,208	1,270	1,273
Scottish Borders	840	854	826	835	804
Shetland Islands	142	142	142	143	144
South Ayrshire	900	901	966	938	913
South Lanarkshire	2,524	2,570	2,926	2,869	2,831
Stirling	693	637	638	690	639
West Dunbartonshire	563	557	557	623	605
West Lothian	844	856	897	852	872
Scotland	38,128	37,924	38,243	38,316	38,099

Source: Scottish Care HomeCensus (1).

Net expenditure on CareHomes for Older People was published in the Statistics Release FreePersonal and Nursing Care, Scotland 2002-03 to 2005-06 on the 26 June 2007 and can be accessed at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/22152540/13.

The expenditure figurescannot be compared with the bed numbers at local authority level as localauthorities will support residents in Care Homes outside of their councilboundary.

Question reference: S3W-02031

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of computer misuse there have been in each of its departments since 1999, broken down by category of misuse, and how many of these cases resulted in disciplinary action.

Since 1999 and until May2007 there have been 178 recorded breaches of the Scottish Executive IT Code ofConduct in core departments by Scottish Executive staff. There have been nocases of misuse recorded since May 2007. The recorded breaches are broken downby department as follows:

Development	20
Education	15
Environment and Rural Affairs	39
Enterprise Tourism and Lifelong Learning	26
Finance and Central Services	17
Health	12
Justice	22
Office of the Permanent Secretary	27
Total	178

There is a range ofdisciplinary penalties which the Scottish Executive can impose depending uponthe seriousness of the breach. Disciplinary action was taken in each of thesecases.

Question reference: S3W-02046

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many clinical psychologists have been employed in child and adolescent mental health teams in each NHS board area in each year since 2002.

The information requested isnot available centrally. However information on clinical staff employed inChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in NHS Scotland in 2005 canbe found in Workforce Planning for Specialist Child and Adolescent MentalHealth Services in NHS Scotland, Characteristics of the Specialist CAMHSWorkforce at 31 May 2005 Report, which can be found at the following address: www.isdscotland.org\isd\files\CAMHS05.pdf.

Question reference: S3W-02003

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been carried out of the potential impact on the Scottish economy if proposals by the UK Government to reduce rail services on the east coast mainline proceed.

The information requested isshown in the following tables.

Percentage ofFemale Police Officers in Each Police Force as a Percentage of Total Staff

All Ranks	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	14.5	19.7	17.4	18.4
2002-03	16.8	19.5	18.4	19.2
2003-04	18.3	20.7	19.9	21.6
2004-05	20.3	20.9	20.3	21.5
2005-06	21.3	22.0	20.9	21.9
2006-07	22.8	23.8	22.0	22.8

All Ranks	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	17.4	16.5	17.8	20.4	17.8
2002-03	17.7	18.1	18.9	20.8	18.7
2003-04	18.2	19.4	19.9	21.1	19.7
2004-05	19.2	21.1	21.1	22.2	20.8
2005-06	20.2	20.9	22.2	23.7	21.7
2006-07	21.1	21.9	23.0	24.3	22.7

Constable	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	17.1	23.7	21.2	22.1
2002-03	20.3	24.0	21.9	22.3
2003-04	21.6	25.5	23.5	24.9
2004-05	23.5	24.8	23.9	25.0
2005-06	25.0	26.0	24.3	25.4
2006-07	27.7	27.8	25.6	26.4

Constable	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	20.1	20.6	20.6	23.9	20.9
2002-03	20.5	22.1	21.7	24.4	21.8
2003-04	20.7	24.0	22.7	24.5	22.8
2004-05	21.7	25.5	24.0	26.1	23.9
2005-06	22.6	25.4	25.3	27.5	24.9
2006-07	23.6	26.4	26.0	27.9	25.9

Sergeant	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	7.8	6.8	3.3	10.9
2002-03	6.5	6.4	4.2	13.9
2003-04	7.1	7.5	7.0	15.1
2004-05	12.2	9.2	10.9	14.5
2005-06	10.3	10.0	12.7	15.5
2006-07	9.6	14.1	13.7	15.4

Sergeant	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	8.4	6.6	8.2	7.6	8.0
2002-03	9.1	8.0	9.7	7.0	9.1
2003-04	11.3	7.8	11.2	8.6	10.6
2004-05	12.5	11.1	12.2	7.2	11.9
2005-06	13.5	9.7	13.2	8.2	12.7
2006-07	13.9	9.5	15.5	10.0	14.0

Inspector	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	4.8	8.7	2.7	3.4
2002-03	7.0	8.0	7.0	5.8
2003-04	11.1	3.8	8.5	9.3
2004-05	8.2	11.1	7.0	9.0
2005-06	7.1	12.0	5.0	9.8
2006-07	10.5	10.7	6.3	11.8

Inspector	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland

2001-02	6.3	3.0	5.7	3.7	5.2
2002-03	6.9	2.8	7.0	3.5	6.5
2003-04	8.3	5.3	7.6	5.6	7.7
2004-05	7.8	5.9	9.3	8.6	8.7
2005-06	9.6	8.1	9.4	9.4	9.1
2006-07	10.5	10.5	9.9	9.4	10.0

Chief Inspector	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	6.7	0.0	7.1	0.0
2002-03	6.7	0.0	5.9	0.0
2003-04	7.1	11.1	5.3	0.0
2004-05	11.1	10.0	0.0	8.0
2005-06	15.8	0.0	0.0	8.0
2006-07	9.5	0.0	0.0	9.5

Chief Inspector	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	6.8	0.0	8.5	11.8	6.7
2002-03	4.4	0.0	6.9	15.0	5.9
2003-04	6.4	0.0	5.0	15.8	5.6
2004-05	8.0	0.0	6.0	20.0	7.3
2005-06	9.8	0.0	8.4	21.1	8.8
2006-07	14.3	0.0	9.2	22.2	9.5

Superintendent	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.6
2002-03	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.6
2003-04	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0
2004-05	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2
2005-06	0.0	16.7	0.0	0.0
2006-07	9.1	16.7	0.0	0.0

Superintendent	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	9.4	0.0	4.9	8.3	4.9
2002-03	3.0	0.0	5.8	14.3	5.1
2003-04	5.4	0.0	7.8	14.3	6.2
2004-05	5.3	0.0	8.7	12.5	6.4
2005-06	9.5	0.0	8.6	13.3	7.2
2006-07	12.5	0.0	10.2	14.3	8.9

ACPOS	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002-03	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003-04	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004-05	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005-06	33.3	0.0	33.3	0.0
2006-07	33.3	0.0	33.3	0.0

ACPOS	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	0.0	0.0	14.3	0.0	3.6
2002-03	0.0	0.0	12.5	0.0	6.9
2003-04	0.0	0.0	14.3	0.0	7.1
2004-05	0.0	0.0	12.5	0.0	7.1
2005-06	0.0	0.0	12.5	0.0	10.7
2006-07	0.0	0.0	10.0	0.0	9.7

Percentage ofEthnic Minority Female Police Officers in Each Police Force as a Percentage of TotalStaff

All Ranks	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	0.27	0.21	0.32	0.39
2002-03	0.27	0.21	0.53	0.31
2003-04	0.39	0.20	0.41	0.23
2004-05	0.49	0.21	0.60	0.36
2005-06	0.47	0.39	0.48	0.36
2006-07	0.47	0.40	0.47	0.78

All Ranks	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	0.78	0.29	0.76	0.34	0.61
2002-03	0.85	0.29	0.78	0.42	0.64
2003-04	1.07	0.29	1.80	0.51	1.17
2004-05	1.12	0.28	1.67	0.42	1.14
2005-06	1.32	0.28	1.61	0.42	1.14
2006-07	1.51	0.28	1.72	0.60	1.28

Constable	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	0.18	0.27	0.41	0.53
2002-03	0.18	0.28	0.67	0.42
2003-04	0.35	0.27	0.52	0.31
2004-05	0.65	0.28	0.78	0.48
2005-06	0.62	0.52	0.62	0.50
2006-07	0.64	0.27	0.61	1.07

Constable	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	0.85	0.40	0.94	0.43	0.74
2002-03	0.90	0.38	0.94	0.53	0.76
2003-04	1.11	0.39	2.05	0.66	1.34
2004-05	1.13	0.38	2.00	0.54	1.35
2005-06	1.40	0.39	1.89	0.54	1.34
2006-07	1.61	0.37	2.01	0.76	1.49

Sergeant	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	0.86	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002-03	0.81	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003-04	0.88	0.00	0.00	0.00
2004-05	0.81	0.00	0.00	0.00
2005-06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2006-07	0.00	1.18	0.00	0.00

Sergeant	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	0.27	0.00	0.21	0.00	0.19
2002-03	0.54	0.00	0.30	0.00	0.28
2003-04	1.00	0.00	0.98	0.00	0.68
2004-05	1.04	0.00	0.56	0.00	0.48
2005-06	1.00	0.00	0.83	0.00	0.56
2006-07	0.71	0.00	1.07	0.00	0.66

Inspector	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002-03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003-04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2004-05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2005-06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2006-07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Inspector	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	0.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12
2002-03	0.69	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12
2003-04	0.69	0.00	0.95	0.00	0.59
2004-05	1.31	0.00	0.69	0.00	0.56
2005-06	1.27	0.00	0.22	0.00	0.32
2006-07	1.97	0.00	0.21	0.00	0.42

Chief Inspector	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002-03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003-04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2004-05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2005-06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2006-07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Chief Inspector	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	2.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.45
2002-03	2.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.42
2003-04	2.13	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.81
2004-05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2005-06	0.00	0.00	0.93	0.00	0.38
2006-07	0.00	0.00	0.84	0.00	0.37

Superintendent	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002-03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003-04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2004-05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2005-06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2006-07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Superintendent	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002-03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003-04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2004-05	2.63	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.45
2005-06	2.38	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.45
2006-07	5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.89

ACPOS	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian
2001-02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002-03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003-04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2004-05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2005-06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2006-07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

ACPOS	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
2001-02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002-03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003-04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2004-05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2005-06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2006-07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Question reference: S3W-02030

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staffed hospital beds there have been in each category of care in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S3W-02036

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of GP practices in each NHS board prescribe methadone.

The table shows thepercentage of GP practices (by NHS board area) that prescribed methadonehydrochloride for the year ending 31 March 2007.

NHS Board	%
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	29.4%
NHS Borders	63.0%
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	64.1%
NHS Fife	81.8%
NHS Forth Valley	59.4%
NHS Grampian	75.0%
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	79.8%
NHS Highland	53.8%
NHS Lanarkshire	52.5%
NHS Lothian	87.1%
NHS Orkney	31.6%
NHS Shetland	30.8%
NHS Tayside	70.7%
NHS Western Isles	22.2%

Question reference: S3W-02009

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the social work expenditure on care of elderly people was in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority and expressed also per head of population.

Net expenditure figures areprovided from 2002-03 onwards. Expenditure figures prior to 2002-03 are notcomparable. The information requested is given in the following table:

Net expenditure¹per Local Authority on Older People

	2002-03³		2003-04		2004-05		2005-06
	£000s	£ per head²	£000s	£ per head²	£000s	£ per head²	£000s	£ per head²
Scotland	769,997	947.25	853,185	1,041.66	914,005	1,105.80	952,543	1,143.38
Aberdeen City	29,626	915.15	35,832	1,108.18	37,296	1,155.64	42,303	1,310.18
Aberdeenshire	29,285	886.24	34,991	1,032.06	37,762	1,080.43	39,751	1,106.81
Angus	20,944	1,059.70	22,729	1,138.33	24,110	1,192.91	24,705	1,204.89
Argyll and Bute	16,885	987.83	17,514	1,007.13	18,447	1,042.32	19,562	1,089.81
Clackmannanshire	5,710	807.75	6,415	891.96	7,225	988.10	7,515	1,018.15
Dumfries and Galloway	22,326	770.74	26,047	886.71	28,322	949.16	28,451	939.10
Dundee City	23,606	915.71	26,236	1,016.98	29,933	1,163.08	29,709	1,158.34
East Ayrshire	18,057	925.72	20,544	1,049.50	21,272	1,081.11	21,991	1,110.15
East Dunbartonshire	9,769	563.74	12,839	723.28	12,222	678.13	12,958	708.01
East Lothian	13,582	863.99	15,819	990.11	18,400	1,143.28	18,627	1,149.18
East Renfrewshire	12,416	866.68	13,042	889.21	11,621	783.98	13,092	873.44
Edinburgh, City of	56,934	824.28	70,890	1,027.33	78,487	1,139.09	89,475	1,303.41
Eilean Siar	8,379	1,597.22	9,307	1,768.05	9,263	1,754.69	12,053	2,252.90
Falkirk	22,266	982.79	23,647	1,036.69	24,997	1,078.11	25,627	1,095.45
Fife	54,532	945.75	61,818	1,064.85	61,857	1,054.68	62,561	1,056.27
Glasgow City	102,876	1,148.73	93,694	1,061.54	105,453	1,211.32	99,194	1,156.79
Highland	36,745	1,042.35	39,404	1,095.29	42,364	1,157.14	49,534	1,321.61
Inverclyde	14,315	1,024.18	16,324	1,162.60	16,088	1,149.55	17,449	1,243.16
Midlothian	10,045	819.93	12,201	995.67	12,929	1,038.47	13,153	1,048.55
Moray	11,458	796.41	13,705	939.21	15,144	1,014.40	16,524	1,091.05
North Ayrshire	18,102	812.51	21,459	944.08	23,739	1,031.41	27,236	1,163.78
North Lanarkshire	56,803	1,262.01	55,829	1,225.61	61,287	1,329.38	59,686	1,275.78
Orkney Islands	4,166	1,275.18	5,094	1,521.96	5,431	1,588.94	6,353	1,796.15
Perth and Kinross	22,099	868.13	26,407	1,023.21	27,336	1,036.51	27,730	1,035.01
Renfrewshire	23,856	889.12	25,874	962.14	27,482	1,014.96	26,494	976.02
Scottish Borders	15,980	784.83	18,923	918.99	19,968	951.54	23,075	1,089.52
Shetland Islands	4,847	1,542.16	5,678	1,781.05	5,912	1,826.38	7,732	2,324.71
South Ayrshire	19,848	913.18	25,604	1,167.48	26,563	1,202.00	26,099	1,166.96
South Lanarkshire	45,319	972.80	50,279	1,064.65	53,951	1,121.99	56,771	1,167.41
Stirling	11,163	813.99	14,246	1,035.70	15,120	1,082.86	14,245	1,006.86
West Dunbartonshire	13,582	922.69	12,993	885.81	14,519	987.22	12,889	880.28
West Lothian	15,766	840.81	17,801	927.67	19,505	985.25	19,999	986.19

Source: As reported on theLocal Finance Return (LFR3) for Social Work.

Notes:

1 Net expenditure isexpenditure to be financed from grants, non-domestic rates, council taxes andbalances.

2 All per head figures arebased on mid year estimates for Scotland population aged 65 years plus.

3 From 2002-03, expenditurefigures include items such as home care, equipment and adaptations, communityalarms, lunch clubs and meals on wheels. It also includes free personal carefrom 1 July 2002.

Question reference: S3W-02018

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with a registered disability it has employed in each year since 1999, broken down by grade and expressed also as a percentage of total staff numbers.

The following percentages ofself-declaration forms were received from disabled Scottish Executiveemployees:

Payband		Apr-99	Apr-2000	Apr-01	Apr-02	Apr-03	Apr-04	Apr-05	Apr-06	Apr-07
SCS & non assimilated	% disabled	*	*	*	*	*	*	1.8%	2.8%	3.1%
SCS & non assimilated	no. disabled	*	*	*	*	*	*	7	12	12
C	% disabled	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%	1.0%	1.2%	1.1%	1.9%	2.2%	2.0%
C	no. disabled	7	8	8	8	11	11	19	23	22
B	% disabled	1.8%	1.8%	2.0%	2.2%	2.2%	2.6%	3.5%	3.4%	3.3%
B	no. disabled	43	49	54	66	71	92	121	120	120
A	% disabled	3.3%	3.4%	3.5%	3.9%	4.2%	5.1%	6.2%	6.3%	5.9%
A	no. disabled	94	96	96	113	118	145	154	150	136

Note:*Information cannot be provided where the numbers involved are fewer than 5 andcould lead to the individuals being identified.

In line with its DiversityStrategy and Diversity Delivery Plan, the Scottish Executive is committed tobeing an organisation that values the contribution of each member of staff andreflects the communities it serves.

Question reference: S3W-01368

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 23 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of public funding has been allocated for wind farm developments in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S3W-01922

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual NHS staff costs were in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board, expressed also as a percentage of each board’s total budget and showing year-on-year changes.

We are committed toNHSScotland being an exemplar employer. Enhancements to staff terms andconditions provide benefits to staff by recognising their contribution throughfair pay, greater flexibility and improved development opportunities; they alsohelp deliver benefits to patients by creating a more motivated and betterskilled workforce, and a platform for new working practices that can drive moreresponsive patient-centred services.

The figures are given intable 1 of parliamentary question S3W-1922 – Annual NHS staff costs 2001-02 –2005-06 a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. reference 43219). The tableshows the annual NHS staff costs over the last five years for each NHS board,the costs expressed as a percentage of each Board’s total budget and year onyear changes:

Reason for Increase

A range of factors impactupon staff costs. These include increases in staff numbers (which have beensignificant in recent years), annual uplifts to staff pay, movement of staff uppay scales, temporary supplements to staff pay such a New Deal bandingsupplements for junior doctors, introduction of pay modernisation and thechange in employers’ superannuation contributions from 5.5% of totalpensionable salaries to 14% in April 2004.

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