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How much of the increased figure is new money and how much is intended to meet new burdens or initiatives that the Executive may put on you in terms of policy initiatives?
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Date answered:
17 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its latest calculations are of the annual cost to businesses of congestion on the Kingston Bridge and in the Clyde Tunnel.
He suggested that a benefit of the proposed new policy is that it would weed out some applications and ensure that new applications from the industry are substantive.
Although there is no specific target associated with school nurses, the latest figures show that, at September 2004, there were 423 headcount qualified school nurses working in NHS Scotland.
We have received another letter from the Executive on having recourse to section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998, which enables Westminster to legislate on devolved areas. I invite views on the latest correspondence from the Executive, which refers to "Revision or Abolition of the Fertilisers Regulations 1991".
(S1O-522) The Minister for Health and Community Care (Susan Deacon): The latest figures show that 74.9 per cent of women who are diagnosed as having breast cancer will still be alive five years after diagnosis.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 January 2007
It is likely that the Standards Commission andprison visiting committees will be considered within that independent review.Any consideration of changing existing remits would have to take account of thereview’s findings.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 September 2004