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No. All Route Action Plans carriedout by the Executive have been on the trunk road network.

As I said in my answer of 2 June,this information was covered by my statement to Parliament on 9 January 2005, andit was detailed in the accompanying documents.

The information defining strategicnetwork costs is given in footnote 11 of Investing In Water Services: Objectivesfor 2006-2014, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre (Bib. number 35491).

Information defining local networkcosts is given in paragraphs 45 to 49 of The Principles To Be Applied In ChargingFor Public Water And Sewerage Services In Scotland 2006-2010, a copy of whichhas been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 35492).

The Scottish Executive has made available an international development fund of £3 million per year from 2005-06. The funding criteria and application forms for funding from the International Development budget have recently been launched by the Scottish Executive. The deadline for receipt of completed applications is 17 June 2005. These applications will then be considered by the Scottish Executive and the recently appointed expert group before any funding commitments are made.

The Scottish Executive has committed the following costs to tsunami reconstruction work:

Renfrewshire Council sending environmental health officer to Sri Lanka - one off payment of £6,000

Education Coordinator for Edinburgh Council – one post at £33,000 for 18 months

Match funding for house building project with Fife Council (to backfill posts) - £60,000 over three years.

There are a number of other proposals being considered, and some provisional decisions to fund activities have been made. We have committed £360,000 over three years to improve maternal health in Malawi. We have also agreed to fund an administrative resource within NIDOS for the benefit of all NGOs and we have agreed to work with VSO to help meet the costs of an extra 10 volunteers in Malawi. Costs for these have not been finalised.

Details of expenditure will be available on the Scottish Executive website in due course.

Since its launch in March 2002, the globalscot initiative has grown to an active network of over 800 international business people who have links to Scotland and want to contribute to its economic development. Approaching half of the members are based in the USA with around 40% in Europe and 10% in Asia.

In the last year globalscot recorded over 500 contributions by members, 300 of which involved direct assistance to Scottish organisations and individuals. Examples of support include meeting and advising Scottish businesses when they visit new markets; taking up appointments as directors with start-up companies, and participating in Enterprise in Education programmes as role models for school pupils and students.

The following tables confirm the destinations of graduates from each medical school in Scotland in 2003 and 2004. The tables show where the first appointments as a pre-registration house officer (PRHO) occurred. The destinations of St Andrews students are not shown on this table as they do not graduate in medicine in Scotland. Each year, after a three-year pre-clinical course leading to a BSc, around 100 of these students move to complete a three year clinical course at Manchester University. As graduates of Manchester University their destinations are ordinarily within the NHS in England.

Table 1 - Destination of 2003 Graduates as at 30 September 2003

Destination of PRHO* Post	Aberdeen School	Dundee School	Edinburgh School	Glasgow School	All Schools
Scotland	173	136	164	248	721
England and Wales	7	23	9	9	48
Northern Ireland	1	2	0	3	6
HM Forces	1	0	0	0	1
Abroad	2	1	0	0	3
Not known	1	1	1	3	6
Other (i.e. posts not taken up)	0	0	3	0	3
Total	185	163	177	263	788

 

Table 2 – Destination of 2004 Graduates as at 30 September 2004

Destination of PRHO* Post	Aberdeen School	Dundee School	Edinburgh School	Glasgow School	All Schools
Scotland	142	112	198	192	644
England and Wales	13	21	17	6	57
Northern Ireland	3	1	2	3	9
HM Forces	0	0	0	1	1
Abroad	2	2	3	2	9
Not known	0	1	0	3	4
Other (i.e. posts not taken up)	1 (taking Master’s degree)	1 (not applying for registration)	1 (taking 6 months leave)	0	3
Total	161	138	221	207	727

Note:*Pre- Registration House Officer.

The Executive’s review of raceequality involved extensive consultation with a wide range of stakeholders fromacross Scotland and representing various minority ethnic groups. Theevidence gathered will form the basis of advice to ministers on how to proceed inorder to ensure effective and fair delivery of race equality and community cohesionin Scotland. Given the purpose and nature of the review, and thecomprehensive consultation process, there are no plans for any further assessment.

Officials are due to presentadvice to ministers on the review in the coming weeks and an announcement aboutthe proposed way forward will be made shortly thereafter. We understand thatthe Home Office will not be responding to the Scottish report but we will beworking with them to ensure it meets the requirements of the GB Strategy.

Fresh Talent is a long-term initiative.Therefore, evaluating its overall success will take time. We will, however, be carryingout some more immediate evaluations of strands of activity which will give us someuseful data. For example, we will know how many people successfully apply to liveand work in Scotland under the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland scheme, and weare currently developing, in conjunction with the Home Office, a robust and workablearrangement for monitoring and evaluating the scheme. We also know the number ofpeople who are interested in living and working in Scotland, throughenquiries to the Relocation Advisory Service and visits to our website. An evaluationof the Relocation Advisory Service, which is now underway, will also provide uswith some useful information.

The Scottish Executive hasnot issued central guidance to the police covering the classes of persons authorisedto apply restraint to persons in a public place. The operational guidance andinstruction given to police officers is a matter for Chief Constables.

Centrally held information identifiesthe country of qualification for medical and dental staff working in theHospital, Community and Public Health Services (HCHS) of NHS Scotland. The latestavailable information is correct at 30 September 2004.

Sixty-six percent of “All HCHSMedical and Dental Staff” identified Scotland as their country of qualification.

A breakdown by each of the differentmedical and dental grades can be found in Table B5 on the Scottish Health Statisticswebsite under Workforce Statistics, at www.isdscotland.org/wf_medical.

This information isnot available for nursing staff.