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That is why the First Minister had the support of Strathclyde police when he launched the scheme and why I had the support of Lothian and Borders police when I recently visited Broomhouse. I think that I will listen to the police rather than the Tories on this matter.
In the meantime, we will work up questionnaires that we can send out to groups that members have visited already and to other people. That will allow us to obtain responses quickly to feed into the Executive's work and to lay the foundations should we, or the Parliament, wish to pursue the matter.
Are applicants notified of decisions by recorded delivery, e-mail, or other means, such as personal visits? Does the Executive consider that the issue requires an amendment to the regulations or, at the least, a clear statement of practice to be issued by the local offices of the Scottish Executive rural affairs department to all applicants who may wish to ...
When we have more details about what the organisation has to say, we will see how that would affect our work programme. We might get more benefit from a visit if we go when our ideas about a national scheme are a bit clearer.
In reaching a decision on where the service is to be located, my primary concern will be to ensure that the highest quality of service is provided in future for those children who need cardiac surgery. In the week that Tony Blair visited Hamilton and pledged to pour £21 billion extra— that is on record—into the health service and to give priority to consume...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 March 2007
Discussions on thecontent of the report took place with RNIB on 26 March 2007.A stakeholder group meeting will be convened in May to considerthe report.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2006
The numbersof posts dispersed from Edinburgh, in terms of the civil service and public service,to each local authority to date are as follows: Glasgow has received 400; ScottishBorders has received 218; North Ayrshire has received 140; Aberdeen has received50; Falkirk has received 26; Dundee has received 30; West Lothian has received 104;West Dunbartonshire...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people registered unemployed were (a) 25 and under, (b) 26 to 35, (c) 36 to 45, (d) 46 to 55 and (e) over 55 in each year since 1999, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 August 2005
I wrote to all 32 Chief Executives on 26 October 2004 announcing the £6 million additional funding for aprogramme of educational support for looked after children and advising themthat pilot areas would be identified in consultation with COSLA.