- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 5 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether engineers can fulfil public expectations in relation to the upkeep of the road network given current road maintenance levels and funding methods and, if so, why its assessment of the situation differs from that of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Answer
The assessment published for the Institution of Civil Engineers relates to local roads in England, Scotland and Wales. Local roads are maintained by councils as local roads authorities. It is entirely a matter for each Scottish Council to decide the priority to be given to this work and allocate resources accordingly.
I have made it clear that the maintenance of the Scottish trunk road network and the reversal of past underfunding was a clear priority of the Scottish Executive. The condition of the trunk road network is being preserved as a result of the significant extra funds that have been allocated.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 5 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will be possible for local authorities to implement the McCrone recommendations if it does not meet the costs centrally and, if so, why its assessment differs from that of CoSLA.
Answer
Full consideration is being given to the recommendations. When I established the committee I indicated that I would undertake consultation with the relevant parties before decisions were made on implementation. Funding decisions will be based on the outcome of implementation discussions.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 5 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of children lived in households with an income below the poverty line as defined by the Child Poverty Action Group for each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested cannot be provided at local authority level.
Information currently available on household income is drawn from the Households Below Average Income dataset and the Family Resources Survey which do not have sufficient sample size for Scotland to produce the required level of detail.
The Scottish Household Survey will provide information on household income by local authority area after the first full sweep of the survey (i.e. after two years) - the results of which are not likely to be made available until summer 2001.
Work is also underway to investigate new methodologies and to consider boosting existing samples to give better coverage for Scotland.
At the Scotland level, the proportion of children in households with below 60% GB median income in 1997-98 was 30% (340,000 children). This represents a drop from a figure of 34% in 1996-97.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6113 by Susan Deacon on 8 May 2000, whether it can explain why the NHSiS capital expenditure on the provision or replacement of equipment by Tayside Health Board fell, in real terms, from #5.829 million in 1994-95 to #3.050 million in 1998-99.
Answer
It is for individual health boards and NHS Trusts to determine annually the level of funding required for new and replacement medical equipment taking into account other local priorities. Health boards and NHS Trusts can use both capital and revenue resources to meet equipment costs.
Further information on local spending decisions can be obtained from Tayside Health Board.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6113 by Susan Deacon on 8 May 2000, whether it can explain why the NHSiS capital expenditure on the provision or replacement of equipment by Fife Health Board fell, in real terms, from #1.356 million in 1994-95 to #951,000 in 1998-99.
Answer
It is for individual health boards and NHS Trusts to determine annually the level of funding required for new and replacement medical equipment taking into account other local priorities. Health boards and NHS Trusts can use both capital and revenue resources to meet equipment costs.
Further information on local spending decisions can be obtained from Fife Health Board.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6113 by Susan Deacon on 8 May 2000, whether it can explain why the NHSiS capital expenditure on the provision or replacement of equipment by Shetland Health Board fell, in real terms, from #493,000 in 1994-95 to #53,000 in 1998-99.
Answer
It is for individual health boards and NHS Trusts to determine annually the level of funding required for new and replacement medical equipment taking into account other local priorities. Health boards and NHS Trusts can use both capital and revenue resources to meet equipment costs.
Further information on local spending decisions can be obtained from Shetland Health Board.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6113 by Susan Deacon on 8 May 2000, whether it can explain why the NHSiS capital expenditure on the provision or replacement of equipment by Argyll and Clyde Health Board fell, in real terms, from #5.893 million in 1994-95 to #1.671 million in 1998-99.
Answer
It is for individual health boards and NHS Trusts to determine annually the level of funding required for new and replacement medical equipment taking into account other local priorities. Health boards and NHS Trusts can use both capital and revenue resources to meet equipment costs.
Further information on local spending decisions can be obtained from Argyll and Clyde Health Board.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6113 by Susan Deacon on 8 May 2000, whether it can explain why the NHSiS capital expenditure on the provision or replacement of equipment by Lanarkshire Health Board fell, in real terms, from #6.263 million in 1994-95 to #3.823 million in 1998-99.
Answer
It is for individual health boards and NHS Trusts to determine annually the level of funding required for new and replacement medical equipment taking into account other local priorities. Health boards and NHS Trusts can use both capital and revenue resources to meet equipment costs.
Further information on local spending decisions can be obtained from Lanarkshire Health Board.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6113 by Susan Deacon on 8 May 2000, whether it can explain why the NHSiS capital expenditure on the provision or replacement of equipment by Forth Valley Health Board fell, in real terms, from #2.043 million in 1994-95 to #555,000 in 1998-99.
Answer
It is for individual health boards and NHS Trusts to determine annually the level of funding required for new and replacement medical equipment taking into account other local priorities. Health boards and NHS Trusts can use both capital and revenue resources to meet equipment costs.
Further information on local spending decisions can be obtained from Forth Valley Health Board.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority is expected to raise in non-domestic rates in 2000-01.
Answer
Figures showing the amounts of non-domestic rate income collected by local authorities for 2000-01 are not yet available. The figures for 1998-99, the most recent available, are shown in the following table.
Council | NDR Collected | Council | NDR Collected |
Aberdeen City | 101,318,328 | Highland | 53,075,991 |
Aberdeenshire | 49,466,288 | Inverclyde* | 16,455,511 |
Angus | 19,568,920 | Midlothian | 12,994,938 |
Argyll & Bute | 28,299,338 | Moray | 19,672,200 |
Clackmannanshire | 10,495,047 | North Ayrshire | 36,854,012 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 31,789,211 | North Lanarkshire | 68,164,545 |
Dundee City | 42,071,071 | Orkney | 6,209,691 |
East Ayrshire | 21,876,160 | Perth & Kinross | 32,924,976 |
East Dunbartonshire | 14,797,539 | Renfrewshire* | 46,023,557 |
East Lothian | 24,911,565 | Scottish Borders | 18,548,281 |
East Renfrewshire | 10,126,348 | Shetland | 12,351,868 |
Edinburgh, City of | 186,151,389 | South Ayrshire | 28,296,107 |
Eilean Siar | 4,632,944 | South Lanarkshire | 69,496,242 |
Falkirk | 44,466,106 | Stirling | 26,955,963 |
Fife | 101,297,014 | West Dunbartonshire* | 22,396,416 |
Glasgow City | 231,326,059 | West Lothian | 44,096,478 |
* Audited figures not yet available - figures based on most recent estimate of NDR collected by councils.
