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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S2W-02366

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Euan Robson on 18 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to establish specific vocational training for care workers in the elderly sector.

The Scottish Social ServicesCouncil is responsible for the regulation and promotion of education andtraining of the social services workforce. The council will establish registersof key groups of staff and set qualifications criteria as part of theeligibility criteria for entry to the register.

The council is currentlyinvolved in a consultation exercise which will inform the final decisions toset the qualifications criteria for workers in adult residential services. Indeveloping the proposed qualifications framework for workers in adultresidential services, the council will take account of the diverse nature ofwork in this sector.

The council is also leading,on behalf of the UK, a review of the occupational standards for care,which includes occupational standards for the care of older people. The workshould be complete by March 2004.

The Scottish Executive is also establishing an Education, Training and Development WorkingGroup as part of a National Workforce Group. This group will devise a trainingand development strategy covering all the social care workforce.

Question reference: S2W-02305

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 12 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it allocated to Glasgow Housing Association Ltd prior to the completion of the Glasgow housing stock transfer.

The New Housing Partnership grantspent by the Glasgow Housing Association prior to transfer was as follows:

	£ Million
2000-01	3.624
2001-02	7.886
2002-03	15.755

Question reference: S2W-02307

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 11 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has allocated to Glasgow Housing Association Ltd since the completion of the Glasgow housing stock transfer.

Question reference: S2W-02306

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many financial institutions have invested in Glasgow Housing Association Ltd since the completion of the Glasgow housing stock transfer.

Question reference: S2W-01738

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 August 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34474 by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 March 2003, how often arrangements have been made by each NHS board for the funding of out-of-area treatment for patients and what plans it has to review these arrangements in order to meet waiting time guarantees.

Question reference: S2W-01739

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 August 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33751 by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 February 2003, what plans it has to review the status of Yorkhill Hospital NHS Trust following the proposed abolition of NHS trusts.

Question reference: S2W-01737

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 August 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been provided to each NHS board for the treatment of patients who were residents of another NHS board area in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-01701

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 August 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7260 by Mr Jack McConnell on 4 October 2000, how many documents it published in August 2000 and, of these, how many bore the heading "Making it Work Together", and how much each document cost to produce.

The Executive produced eight main publications in August 2000, three of which did not carry the heading "Making it Work together" because they were published by the Scottish Executive on behalf of other bodies. The details are as follows:

Unsuitable Adults Working with Children	£5,293.00
NHS confederation leaflet*	£781.00
Sex Offenders Act 1997 revised guidance	£7,820.25
Active Communities Response Document	£2,274.20
Maclean Committee Executive Summary*	£891.00
Scottish Economic Report - July 2000*	£9,343.85
Chief Medical Officer's Report	£11,471.00
Framework for Economic Development	£17,651.88

Note:*Branding not included.

Question reference: S2W-01498

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 August 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many unrestricted principals in general medical practice have been the sole practitioner within their practice in each year since 1999.

The numbers of unrestricted principals in general medical practice who have been the sole practitioner within their practice in Scotland, in the years 2000 to 2003 are shown in the table. Unrestricted Principal Equivalents (UPEs)^{1, 2} (Without the Assistance of a Non-Principal)

Scotland	All UPEs	All Single-Handed Principals	Single-Handed Principals (Without Assistance)
2000	3,707	181	97
2001	3,756	182	108
2002	3,767	177	108
2003^P	3,797	167	108

Notes:1. Comprises "in post" unrestricted principals in General Medical Services (GMS) practices and their equivalents in Personal Medical Services (PMS) practices.2. Data for 1999 is not available, data for 2000-2002 are as at 1 October, data for 2003 are as at 1 April. ^PProvisional.

Question reference: S2W-01499

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 August 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many unrestricted principals in general medical practice were (a) under 30 and (b) over 60 in each year since 1999.

The numbers of unrestricted principals in general medical practice who were aged (a) under 30 and (b) over 60 in Scotland, in the years 1999 to 2003 are shown in the table. Unrestricted Principal Equivalents (UPEs)^{1, 2} Aged Under 30 and Aged Over 60

Scotland	All UPEs	Aged Under 30	Aged Over 60
1999	3,697	57	89
2000	3,707	63	82
2001	3,756	64	80
2002	3,767	60	84
2003^P	3,797	58	84

Notes:1. Comprises "in post" unrestricted principals in general medical services (GMS) practices and their equivalents in Personal Medical Services (PMS) practices.2. Data for 1999-2002 are as at 1 October. Data for 2003 are as at 1 April.^PProvisional.