Chamber and committees

This is provided through grant schemes administered on behalf of the Scottish Executive by the Voluntary Action Fund (VAF). In 2005‑06, further grant funding of £50,990 will be provided through VAF. Fuller details of the grants provided are given at Annex A.

The partnership agreement commits us to setting minimum standards for open space in new developments. This work will feed into the revision of planning policy on open space.

Strathclyde Police is conducting an investigation into the allegations made.

Following a request by Glasgow City Council, the Care Commission and HM Inspectorate of Education have investigated management and care arrangements at the school and are finalising their report.

Glasgow City Council has suspended a number of staff, including precautionary suspensions.

The Scottish Executive has written to Glasgow City Council requesting regular information on progress including any new arrangements to protect the welfare of the children.

In relation to Kibble Care and Education Centre:

Strathclyde Police is completing an investigation into the allegations.

The Care Commission and, separately, the Registrar of Independent Schools, have written and asked the centre for information on the steps being taken to ensure the protection of the children using the service.

Further action will be considered once the results of the police investigation are known.

The route to a consultant neurologist post is through specialist registrar training. At March 2004, the establishment was 21.2 Whole-Time Equivalent (WTE), a 50% increase from 14 WTE in March 2001. It is forecast that three trainees will achieve their Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in 2004. The number of trainees in each specialty is reviewed by NHS Education for Scotland on an annual basis and adjusted accordingly, in light of service need.

The number of epilepsy nurse specialists that are required in the future is a matter for individual NHS boards and relates to how epilepsy services are provided within the geographical area of their responsibility.

Table 1 – Neurology Consultants by NHS Board (as at 30 September 2003)

Notes:

1. The data aresourced from the annual medical and dental workforce census, and the annual censusof consultant vacancies provided by all NHS Organisations, as collated by ISD Scotland.

2. A doctor mayhold more than one appointment. Their appointments may be in more than one NHS organisation,in more than one specialty, or in more than one grade. In this case, they are countedonce under each organisation/specialty/grade but only once in the total.

Table 2 identifies the numberof Epilepsy Nurse Specialists working in Scotland broken down by NHS board area.

Table 2 – Epilepsy Nurse Specialistsby NHS Board (as at 30 September 2003)

The information on epilepsy nursespecialists is included within a report, Clinical Nurse Specialists – Resultsfrom Pilot Data Collection, published on 28 June 2004.It can be accessed via www.isdscotland.org/workforceand is found within Section E.