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To ask the Scottish Executive what the average number was of people on waiting lists for (a) radiotherapy, (b) chemotherapy and (c) other treatments for prostate cancer in the latest period for which figures are available and what the average waiting time was during that period.
To ask the Scottish Executive how healthcare professionals will be kept up to date with the latest developments in infant formula feeding and its preparation to ensure that parents are given the information they need in order to minimise the risks associated with formula feeding.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2005
One thousand, five hundred and six children attended pre-school education in Clydesdale in January 2004, the latest date for which figures are available.
I do not accept that. I think that the proposed new definition is much narrower in scope than both the current definition and the proposed new English definition, and that that might have quite a profound effect on the number of charities in Scotland.
However, I assure the chamber that those members who visited schools during and outwith the election period and spoke to pupils and teachers can verify that the pupils said—they certainly said it to me at the schools that I visited—that they had lost facilities because of the new PFI or PPP schools.
Last year, 58,500 visitors took advantage of the Free Weekend to visit the 74 paying sites throughout Scotland, including Edinburgh, Stirling and Urquhart Castles.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 December 2002
The upper limits have generally been increased to 20 sets for first visits and 60 for subsequent visits, subject to the return of used equipment, at follow-up visits, for safe disposal by exchange staff.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 October 2001
Section 19(3) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (as amended) provides that the members of visiting committees for young offenders institutions shall be appointed by the Scottish ministers.