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The point of one-stop clinics is to avoid a patient having to make numerous out-patient visits to different parts of the system to get diagnostic tests and treatment; that happens all too often.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the funds raised through Forestry Commission Scotland’s reprovisioning exercise has been reinvested in (a) tree planting and (b) purchasing land for the national forest estate since 2009. The amount reinvested in new planting since 2009 is £2,837,581 which equates to 10.2% of the total income through the rep...
Of the 6,568 housing completions under the Affordable Housing Investment Programme in 2010, a total of 1,469 were completed for low cost home ownership. This figure includes new build, rehabilitation and off the shelf.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 February 2011
In the longer term, the Strategic Transport Projects Review has recommended upgrading the A96 to dual carriageway between Inverness and Nairn as well as other enhancements, such as a bypass at Nairn and a new Inveramsay Bridge. Early design work has commenced to identify preferred solutions for these schemes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration was given to the transfer of undertakings (protection of employment) regulations (TUPE) obligations prior to appointing a new provider of advocacy services under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 Act.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce a bus scrappage scheme to enable bus operators to trade in older, polluting buses for new, low-emission vehicles. The Scottish Government has no plans to introduce a bus scrappage scheme.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of claims that Scottish Government officials told members of the Northern Joint Police Board that there was no point wasting time and money recruiting a new chief constable because the future of the force was uncertain.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Futures Trust has the expertise to advise on maximising benefit from new capital investment projects that use private finance.