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We have committed over £339 millionfrom 2000-01 to 2007-08 under the Strategic Waste Fund and made indicative awardsof over £720 million from 2008-09 onwards. This totals over £1 billion to localauthorities to improve recycling and divert waste from landfill.
There have been no appeals,in relation to the erection of mobile telephone masts, received from theadministrative area of any of the local authorities in Ayrshire since 1 July 2005. S2W-27300
Portable oxygen has been availableon prescription since 1 April 2004.The preferred cylinders for thesupply of portable oxygen at present on the Scottish Drug Tariff are 300 litresPD and 430 litres B2i cylinders.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 February 2006
Information on the trends in the current set of sustainable development indicators is published in Indicators of Sustainable Development for Scotland: Progress Report 2005 published in August 2005, ISBN 0-7559-2695-1. S2W-22818
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 October 2005
The arrangements for the appointment of GPs under the new general medical services contract came into effect on 1 April 2004. There are no plans to review them at this time.
The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2004, which came into effect on 1 April, provide that all patients aged 75 or over are entitled to a consultation with a general practitioner each year.