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The latest available information is as follows: New JoinersRe-joiners1995-962,2781,0491996-972,0019501997-981,9911,038These figures include both nurses and midwives.
We will constantly monitor the potential for producing further publicity and information, to ensure that people are aware of the latest developments and preparations. However, we are dealing with an uncertain situation, so there needs to be some flexibility in arrangements because the information can and will change as time goes by.
We have social workers in prison, and either housing officers visit people in prison or prisoners are allowed out to visit housing officers before they are released.
In the period 1991-97, the population of the area has declined by approximately 7 per cent. The figures from the voluntary census that Argyll and Bute Council took in 1999 show that the population appears to be down to less than 15,000.
Yesterday, we spent a whole morning giving more than 100 establishments—nurseries, primary schools and as many as half a dozen out of 26 high schools—bronze, silver and gold awards for the promotion of healthy eating.
The principal mechanism for funding affordable housing is the Communities Scotland Development Programme. It provides new and improved housing to replace or improve poor quality housing and seeks to help people on low incomes to rent social housing or buy a home inareas where demand exceeds supply or where market prices are beyond the reach of their incomes.This new housing is availableto meet the most pressing housing need, including that of public sector workersand programmes are developed in close consultation with partners, based upon local housing market and needs analysis.