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We are considering, in consultation with Crown Office, whether to strengthen the law in this area and whether to introduce a specific new offence of grooming. S1W-31840
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 November 2002
In my Housing Policy Announcement to Parliament on 7 November, I stated my intention to include local authority housing capital finance within the new Prudential Regime. S1W-30858
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 November 2002
It brings together Area Drug and Therapeutics Committees to ensure that all NHS boards receive the same advice on the clinical and cost effectiveness of new drugs at the time of their launch, and does not need to be a statutory body.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 October 2002
The Scottish Executive is providing funding towards the recruitment of two new consultants in immunology, which should lead to improved services for people with allergies.
The Executive's guidance to planning authorities contained in National Planning Policy Guideline (NPPG) 17, Transport and Planning, places particular emphasis on accessibility to new development by public transport.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GPs have been recruited in (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) Scotland since the introduction of "Golden Hello" packages for new GPs. Provisional data from the GP payments system indicate that two GPs in Argyll and Bute and 50 GPs in Scotland as a whole have received a "Golden Hello" payment.