- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25676 by Mr Andy Kerr on 27 May 2002, when the adjustment figure to the Scottish Assigned Budget for 2001-02 will be finalised; what it expects the figure to be, and when the monies will be paid.
Answer
A figure of £3.066 million has been agreed for 2001-02 in respect of council tax benefit. It will be picked up in the Autumn Budget Revision in December. It will be subject to revision in light of outturn for 2001-02, when known, and will not therefore be finalised until February 2003.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25676 by Mr Andy Kerr on 27 May 2002, when the adjustment figure to the Scottish Assigned Budget for housing benefit for 2001-02 will be finalised; what it expects the figure to be, and when the monies will be paid.
Answer
A figure of £8.218 million has been agreed for 2001-2002 in respect of rent rebate. It will be picked up in the Autumn Budget Revision in December. It will be subject to revision in light of outturn for 2001-02, when known, and will not therefore be finalised until early 2003.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how it evaluates task forces like the one set up for former Motorola employees at Easter Inch; what criteria it uses in such evaluations, and whether such an evaluation has been carried out on the Motorola Task Force and, if so, whether it will publish any findings.
Answer
An evaluation of Motorola Taskforce (MTF) activity has been commissioned by Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian on behalf of the Taskforce and is currently in the final stages of preparation. The final report is due at the end of July at which time decisions will be taken as to publication and distribution of the findings.The MTF action plan set targets at the outset to evaluate the effectiveness of the response and to identify learning points and best practice. The objectives of the evaluation include:
- Mapping the process (including influencing factors; organisations involved; actions taken; and identification and analysis of outputs);
- Impact assessment (impact of intervention and other measure of effectiveness), and
Recommendations (identification of learning points/good practice; recommendations for future redundancy responses).
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how it allocated the #16.75 million in Regional Selective Assistance recovered from Motorola at the time of the closure of the Easter Inch plant and how much of that money has been spent in generating new centres of employment in West Lothian or in supporting and improving the transport and communications infrastructure of the area.
Answer
On 25 April 2001, Wendy Alexander announced in the Parliament that the Scottish Executive was setting aside up to £10 million to help fund the Motorola Taskforce's action plan. Expenditure reports from Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL) for the financial year 2001-02 show costs to date of £3.3 million for the activity of the Motorola Taskforce (MTF). SEEL's projected costs for the financial year 2002-03 are £150,000. The total costs from both financial years amount to £3.45 million.On 19 December 2001 Wendy Alexander further announced in the Parliament that the Scottish Executive will provide £6 million (of the up to £10 million which had been set aside) to the West Lothian Strategic Action Plan for economic development for the area. The aim of the Plan is to provide a three-year programme of specific actions to help get the West Lothian economy back on the growth track, and this work is currently under way.All recoveries of Regional Selective Assistance are returned to the Executive's budget, in line with normal procedure.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25676 by Mr Andy Kerr on 27 May 2002, on what date the adjustment figure to the Scottish Assigned Budget for 2000-01 was agreed; what the figure is, and when the monies will be received.
Answer
A further adjusted figure in respect of 2000-01 for council tax rebate was agreed in February 2002. An addition to the Scotland DEL for 2002-03 of £2.006 million in respect of the adjustment for 2000-01 will be picked up in the Autumn Budget Revision in December.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25676 by Mr Andy Kerr on 27 May 2002, whether an adjustment figure to the Scottish Assigned Budget has been agreed for housing benefit for 2000-01; if so, when that agreement was reached; what the figure is, and when the monies will be received.
Answer
An adjusted figure of £0.329 million was agreed in February 2002 for 2000-01 in respect of rent rebate. It will be picked up in the Autumn Budget Revision in December.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #10 million set aside for use by the Motorola Task Force (a) has been spent by the Task Force, (b) is projected to be spent, (c) has been re-allocated to other priorities and (d) will still be made available to support the West Lothian economy.
Answer
On 25 April 2001, Wendy Alexander announced in Parliament that the Scottish Executive was setting aside up to £10 million to help fund the Motorola Taskforce's action plan. On 19 December 2001, Wendy Alexander further announced that the Scottish Executive would provide £6 million (from the up to £10 million which had been set aside) to the West Lothian Strategic Action Plan. The aim of the plan is to provide a three-year programme of specific actions to help get the West Lothian economy back on the growth track, and will commence imminently.Expenditure reports from Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothians (SEEL) for the financial year 2001-02 show costs of £3.3 million. SEEL's projected costs for the financial year 2002-03 are £150,000. The total costs from both the financial years amount to £3.45 million.No other monies will be provided to support the West Lothian economy from this budget.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many former staff of the Motorola plant at Easter Inch are (a) in full-time employment on a pay scale equal to or greater than that which they enjoyed at Motorola, (b) in full-time employment on a pay scale lower than that which they enjoyed at Motorola, (c) in full-time education funded by Motorola, (d) in full-time education funded by central government, (e) self-employed, (f) unemployed and (g) in other circumstances.
Answer
The Motorola Taskforce (MTF) was able to make contact with 2,631 redundant employees of the Motorola plant at Easter Inch. Of these there are 2,099 in employment (this figure excludes self-employed and details as to part-/full-time are not available). Of this number, only 1,506 chose to answer the question relating to pay scales and 806 claimed to have attained a similar or higher salary level.One hundred and forty-four former staff are in full time education. A recent survey of those in further and higher education showed that 48 had been funded by Motorola (the company itself).Fifty-five former staff are self-employed; 124 are actively seeking work; 169 are in other circumstances (retired, sick, taking a break, emigrated); 40 chose not to avail themselves of MTF services, and 448 have been uncontactable by the MTF.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what charging structure will be in place for car parking at the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and whether staff and medical students will be exempted from charges.
Answer
This is a matter for Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust but any charges in place should be in accordance with national guidance. The department has begun a review of current car parking charge practice.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies for consultants in the West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust area there are, broken down by speciality and whether it expects this number to reduce and, if so, how, when and by how much.
Answer
The responsibility for employing consultants and filling vacant posts rests with the individual Trust. Information on when these posts are likely to be filled is not held centrally but may be held by local NHS management. Contact details for NHS management personnel are available on www.show.scot.nhs.uk.The Information and Statistics Division (ISD) of the Common Services Agency (CSA) conducts an annual collection of consultant and staff grade medical and dental vacancies.
Consultant vacancies in West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust by speciality
as at 30 September, 2001 were:
| Speciality1 | 2001 Vacancies |
| All Specialities | 6 |
| Anaesthetics2 | 1 |
| Clinical radiology | 2 |
| Nuclear medicine | 0 |
| General surgery | 1 |
| Plastic surgery | 1 |
| Oral surgery | 1 |
Source: ISD(M) 4 Medical and Dental CensusNotes:1. Includes honorary appointments.2. Includes pain management.These data are released under National Statistics.
