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With their knowledge of the system and network of contacts, they can get word out to the correct organisation or individual which can provide the necessary support.4Local Government and Communities Committee.
Without adequate access to employees with the right skills, SMEs cannot grow their businesses and given the demographic challenges Scotland already experiences, we need to ensure that we are getting the most out of our workforce.
Fathers can also register an agreement with the child’s mother in order to get PRRs (1995 Act, section 4).
Raising a court action in order to acquire PRRs is also possible, as discussed in more detail in the next section of this briefing (1995 Act, section 11).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 September 2008
New GP contract (known as General Medical Services (GMS) contract): The total expenditure on the GMS contract increased from £503.9 million in 2003-04 to £696 million in 2005-06 which was the first year in which the new contract was fully in place.
However, it will be helpful to have the clarity that a legislative requirement on the provision of student support that might otherwise have been affected by the new act will give. Therefore, we have no objection to amendment 1.
The cabinet secretary will recall that, before she opened the new St Andrews community hospital on Tuesday, she had to face a demonstration by irate patients of dispensing doctors in Balmullo and Leuchars.
In addition to our immediately sanctioning three new prisons in the prison estate, increased capacity is coming on stream in Edinburgh, Perth, Glenochil and Polmont.
What progress will be made through the publication of a new fire and rescue framework document in ensuring that there is a robust assessment of the number of firefighters required in local areas to ensure community safety?