- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the number of people affected by Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven hospital has changed since originally reported
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39515 on 23 February 2011. 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the view of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry that 60 people were affected during the outbreak and that 38 people subsequently died
Answer
The inquiry''s investigations are ongoing and I understand that they are currently investigating the treatment of 60 patients at the Vale of Leven Hospital, including 38 deaths. That does not mean that the inquiry has concluded that the outbreak caused 38 deaths. The terms of reference provided the inquiry with a wide discretion to investigate the matter thoroughly.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the proceeds of the proposed large retail supplement will be accounted for in the local government budget line.
Answer
The Parliament voted on 2 February 2011 that nothing further be done under the regulations that would have introduced the large retail property supplement.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what allocation of Supporting People funds it made in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 and has made for (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The allocation of the baselined ring-fenced Supporting People funding of £383.620 million for 2007-08, broken down by local authority, is provided in the following table. It should be noted that an additional £17.276 million in respect of Supporting People funding was also distributed in 2007-08 as one-off, non-baselined, payments.
With effect from 1 April 2008 the baselined former ring-fenced Supporting People funding was rolled-up into the general local government finance settlement and distributed as part of the block grant which the Scottish Government provides to local authorities. There are, therefore, no separate Supporting People allocations of funding for the years 2008-12, although the distribution of the baselined provision of £383.620 million has been retained within the needs-based formula.
The distribution of this provision for the years 2008-11 was based on a number of needs-based indicators agreed in 2004. These indicators were, at COSLA''s request, and as agreed at the Council Leaders'' meeting on 19 November 2010, updated for the 2011-12 distribution. The effects of using the 2004 indicators were dampened by an interim adjustment, introduced for the period 2005-08, which ensured that no local authority would lose more than 18 per cent of its funding over the period 2005-08 compared with it''s allocation in 2004-05. This adjustment was not retained in the 2011-12 calculations.
Supporting People Baselined Allocations for 2007-08
| Local Authority | 2007-08 |
| Aberdeen City | 11.370 |
| Aberdeenshire | 9.289 |
| Angus | 6.400 |
| Argyll and Bute | 11.695 |
| Clackmannanshire | 3.685 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 11.835 |
| Dundee City | 11.536 |
| East Ayrshire | 7.281 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 5.012 |
| East Lothian | 7.352 |
| East Renfrewshire | 4.913 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 35.081 |
| Eilean Siar | 0.567 |
| Falkirk | 8.716 |
| Fife | 23.503 |
| Glasgow City | 75.454 |
| Highland | 11.223 |
| Inverclyde | 7.354 |
| Midlothian | 4.766 |
| Moray | 5.432 |
| North Ayrshire | 11.546 |
| North Lanarkshire | 24.748 |
| Orkney | 0.659 |
| Perth and Kinross | 6.781 |
| Renfrewshire | 14.400 |
| Scottish Borders | 5.503 |
| Shetland | 0.886 |
| South Ayrshire | 7.631 |
| South Lanarkshire | 21.371 |
| Stirling | 4.449 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 13.736 |
| West Lothian | 9.446 |
| Scotland | 383.620 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much Supporting People funding would be allocated to each local authority for 2011-12 based on the decision reached at the COSLA leaders meeting on 19 November 2010.
Answer
With effect from 1 April 2008 the former ring-fenced Supporting People funding was rolled-up into the general local government finance settlement and distributed as part of the block grant which the Scottish Government provides to local authorities. There are, therefore, no separate Supporting People allocations of funding for 2011-12 although the distribution of this funding has been retained within the needs-based formula.
The distribution of this former ring-fenced funding was based on a number of needs-based indicators agreed in 2004. These indicators were, as agreed at COSLA''s leaders meeting held on 19 November 2010 updated for the 2011-12 distribution. The effects of using the 2004 indicators were dampened by an interim adjustment, introduced for the period 2005-08, which ensured that no local authority would lose more than 18 per cent of its funding over the period 2005-08 compared with it''s allocation in 2004-05. This adjustment was not retained in the 2011-12 calculations. In recognition of the impact that the dampening had on individual local authority funding allocation for 2011-12 I announced as part of the debate on the 2011-12 Scottish Budget on 9 February 2011 that I intend to allocate an additional £5 million to tackling the problem and have invited COSLA to match that amount. The distribution, once agreed with COSLA, will be included in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 to be tabled March 2011.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth has refused to meet West Dunbartonshire Council regarding its budget settlement for 2011-12.
Answer
I did not refuse to meet West Dunbartonshire Council. Following a request from the council, my office notified it that I would not be able to meet before the requested date of 27 January 2011 due to my other diary commitments.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth will allocate Supporting People funding based on the decision reached at the COSLA leaders meeting on 19 November 2010.
Answer
With effect from 1 April 2008 the former ring-fenced Supporting People funding was rolled-up into the general local government finance settlement and distributed as part of the block grant which the Scottish Government provides to local authorities. There are, therefore, no separate Supporting People allocations of funding for the years 2008-12 although the distribution of this provision, including the updating of the indicators for 2011-12 as agreed at the Council Leaders meeting on 19 November 2010, has been retained within the needs-based formula.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth will provide sufficient funds to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council to make up the shortfall in Supporting People funding.
Answer
I announced as part of the debate on the 2011-12 Scottish Budget on 9 February 2011 that I intend to allocate an additional £5 million to help smooth the impact of the redistribution of the former ring-fenced Supporting People funding within the distribution formula as a result of updating the needs-based indicators for 2011-12. I have also invited COSLA to match that amount. The distribution of these extra funds has still to be agreed but I fully expect that both Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire Councils will receive additional allocations of money given that they were the two local authorities that lost out most, proportionately, from the updating of the indicators.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many generalist doctors have been trained in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information on the number of general practitioners that have gained Completed Certificate of Training is only available from the year 2000, as detailed in the following table:
| Year | Total |
| 2000 | 221 |
| 2001 | 235 |
| 2002 | 228 |
| 2003 | 232 |
| 2004 | 245 |
| 2005 | 222 |
| 2006 | 241 |
| 2007 | 268 |
| 2008 | 248 |
| 2009 | 258 |
| 2010 | 247 |
Source: NHS Education for Scotland.
Based on current projected figures, 331 general practitioners will complete their training in 2011.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff in NHS National Services Scotland are absent on sick leave due to work-related stress and how many have been absent for this reason in each year since 2007-08.
Answer
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) do not collate and categorise sickness absence figures into those relating to purely work-related stress. NSS do however collate sickness absence figures for employees absent for the following reasons - anxiety, stress, depression, other psychological illness. The figures provided below represent the number of NSS employees absent from work due to those reasons:
| 2007-08 | 67 |
| 2008-09 | 143 |
| 2009-10 | 189 |
| 2010-11 | (to date)109 |
NHS NSS have indicated that the increase in recorded cases is due to improved reason for absence recording rather than an upward trend in actual cases. It is also important to note that the 2007-08 figure relates to stress only.
