Chamber and committees

We are aware thatsurvival rates in the north-east of England are betterthan those in Scotland. The trend over the last few years in Scotland has been for survival rates to increase.

I can confirmthat this Government will honour the commitment of the previous administrationto support the development of a Holocaust museum in Scotland.

Funding hasrecently been available to East Renfrewshire Council to assist with thedevelopment of an outline design for the museum; to identify the key marketsectors associated with the project and an estimate of likely capital costs.

We recognise thatnot all of those in Scotland with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy receiveoptimal care. The initiatives set out in the answer to S3W-1906 will helpprovide additional treatment and support to ensure that in the near future themanagement of these people will be comparable to that elsewhere in the UK and Europe.

In particular, the Scottish Muscle Network has as itsmain objective the development of a specialist multi-professional team whichlinks to local clinicians and services.

All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website thesearch facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-1001 on 22 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website the search facility for which can befound at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-119 on 5 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

On 20 June 2007 I announced that the Scottish Executive wouldprovide funding to local authorities to secure an additional 300 new jobs thisAugust for probationers to secure their first teaching posts.

The aim of the ScottishExecutive’s annual teacher workforce planning exercise is to broadly match the supplyand demand for teachers. Vacancies occur throughout the academic year. In orderto make early progress on our early year and class size commitments I recently announcedthat authorities would be provided with additional funding to enable them to employan additional 300 teachers.

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In April 2006, Scottish ministersannounced new measures to refresh and sustain our supply of clinical academics.These include the creation of new pre-doctoral fellowships, with an emphasis onareas of short supply, and new clinical lecturer posts for doctors and dentistswho wish to combine an academic and clinical training programme. Plans are alsounderway to create senior lectureship posts.

Information Systems andInformation Services Division manages telephony services used within the Scottish  Executive. The division does not use any 0870 numbers in theprovision of telephony services.

Individual departments may fromtime to time run public awareness campaigns which offer advice on health, educationetc that use NTS services. These services would not be funded from the admin budgetand no information is held centrally on the use of these services.

Information on the use of 0870numbers across agencies and non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally and therefore that information could only be provided atdisproportionate cost.

Information Systems and InformationServices Division manages telephony services used within the Scottish Executive.The division does not use any 0870 numbers in the provision of telephony services.

Individual departments may fromtime to time run public awareness campaigns which offer advice on health,education etc that use NTS services. These services would not be funded from theadmin budget and no information is held centrally on the use of these services.

Information on the use of 0870numbers across agencies and non-departmental public bodies is not held centrallyand therefore that information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.