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The analysis of the draft budget can be discussed again on 26 September. As the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform will not come to talk about the budget until our external meeting in November, we still have a bit of time.Before we begin, I ask Arthur Midwinter to say something about an error that he has found in the draft budget document.
I note from Malcolm Chisholm's response of 26 January to a question from Elaine Smith that the Executive will have spent around £954,000 over five years on the promotion of breastfeeding—it proposes to spend £230,000 this year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2007
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.
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.