- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what average number of return air trips has been made per head of population in each year since 1991.
Answer
The information requested for year 2000 is given in The Regional Air Services Co-ordination Study (RASCO), in Table 3.13.1, page 3-44, which was published by the Department for Transport in July 2002. A copy of the RASCO report is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 26018). The information requested for the remaining years from 1991 is not held centrally nor with the Civil Aviation Authority.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the actual growth rates for international scheduled air services for Scotland and (a) Aberdeen, (b) Edinburgh and (c) Glasgow airports have been in each year since 1991 and what trends have been identified as a result.
Answer
The information from 1997-2001 is given in each of the annual documents CAA-UK Airports - Annual Statements of Movements Passengers and Cargo, Table 5, which were published by the Civil Aviation Authority, the search facility for which can be found as follows:1997-2000: www.caa.co.uk/erg/erg_stats/sgl.asp?sglid=32001: www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport_data/2001annual/05_Air_Transport_Movements_2001.pdf.The information requested from 1991-96 is not held centrally.Over the past decade, Scottish airports as a whole have grown at 7% per annum. Passenger traffic has doubled; international scheduled services have grown faster than domestic; international charter traffic has grown less quickly, and, after London, Scotland has the next highest propensity to fly.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2003
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 17 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on how many complaints have been made to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman or its predecessor by individuals about their treatment by local authorities in each of the last five years for which figures are available, what percentage of such complaints in that period resulted in the conduct of a formal investigation; in what percentage of formal investigations a finding of maladministration by a local authority was made; how many of the ombudsman's staff engaged in the investigation of complaints of maladministration by local authorities in each of those years, and what funds were made available in each of those years for the investigation of complaints of maladministration by local authorities.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Details of complaints made against local authorities to the former Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland during the years 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 are contained in the office-holder's relevant annual reports, copies of which are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 16263, 21048 and 26250). Information requested that is not contained in those reports may be available from the office of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 February 2003
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to increase the number of fee-paying and grant-aided primary and secondary schools that provide education in line with current national advice on (a) drugs, (b) safe use of medicines, (c) alcohol and (d) tobacco.
Answer
National guidance on health education, including drug education, has been issued to all independent and grant-aided schools. This guidance offers a framework within which drug education programmes should be developed. In addition, these schools are included in the Executive's annual survey of drug education in which we publish statistics about the numbers of schools that provide education on each of these topics.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it has undertaken on future changes to the rate of return since making the Damages (Personal Injury) (Scotland) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/46).
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-31777 on 2 December 2002. 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: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33523 by Mr Andy Kerr on 14 February 2003, how many specialists were recruited into the civil service in each year since 1996.
Answer
The following table details the number of specialists who joined the Scottish Executive Core in each financial year since April 1999. Data pre-1999 is unavailable.Scottish Executive Core DepartmentsPermanent Specialist Staff Who Joined in Each Financial Year1999-2000 to 2002-03 (Year to Date)
| Financial Year | Headcount |
| April 1999 to March 2000 | 156 |
| April 2000 to March 2001 | 110 |
| April 2001 to March 2002 | 116 |
| April 2002 to January 2003 | 95 |
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 5 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of housing stock in (a) Scotland and (b) the East Dunbartonshire Council area is rated under the National Home Energy Ratings as (i) poor, (ii) moderate and (iii) good.
Answer
The latest information on the National Home Energy Rating (NHER) of Scottish housing stock is the Scottish House Condition Survey 1996. According to this report, (a) in Scotland (i) 17% is NHER poor, (ii) 76% is NHER moderate and (iii) 7% is good.The data is not broken down by local authority area.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for the implementation of Agenda for Change in Scotland; to which staff groups it will apply, and what its implications are for qualified maintenance craftspersons and maintenance technicians employed in the National Health Service.
Answer
Currently NHS professional organisations and trade unions are consulting their members on the Agenda for Change proposals. If agreed, Agenda for Change will be implemented in Scotland in October 2004. Agenda for Change will apply to all directly employed NHS staff within the NHS with the exception of doctors and dentists and the most senior managers. The new pay system will offer all staff, including qualified maintenance craftspersons and maintenance technicians, employed in the NHS, fairer pay, harmonised conditions of service and better links between career and pay progression.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 27 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in respect of the needs of families with disabled children in response to the report by Barnardo's, Still missing out? Ending poverty and social exclusion: messages to government from families with disabled children.
Answer
The Executive is already taking action to support the needs of families with disabled children. Sure Start Scotland delivers support to very young children with disabilities and their families. Guidance emphasises that services should "provide inclusive support which is both culturally appropriate and sensitive and takes account of any special needs of children and parents". Funding through the Executive's child care strategy supports the provision of child care to meet local needs, including those of families with disabled children. Sitter services provide child care in the parent's home, and existing services support some families with disabled children. A development worker is being funded to take forward the promotion and development of sitter services across Scotland.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual net salary, inclusive of overtime payments, of (a) senior house officers, (b) specialist registrars and (c) consultants has been in the Greater Glasgow NHS Board area in each year since 1992.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
