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The Mental Health and Well Being Support Group, which of course includes a user of mental health services and a carer on each visit, raises this important issue in their discussion with the care agencies in each area.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 January 2001
These services comprise regular scheduled "clinics" for prisoners, medical examinations for prisoner receptions and out of hours cover for visits by Medical Officers. Costs for this service are entirely confidential between Medacs and SPS.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to ring-fence funding for the Association of Visiting Committees for Scottish Penal Establishments in order to facilitate it carrying out its statutory duties.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Ministers fully reimburse the Consolidated Fund for any journeys taken in their Ministerial vehicles when visiting their constituencies or attending party political events.
I have received the general impression that there can be changes in attitudes when immigrants are faced with a new set of cultural pressures. If you want to gather evidence from elsewhere, you might want to consider places with large immigrant populations that have faced the problems for longer than Scotland has, such as London or some of the Scandinavian c...