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The Executive has put substantial extra investment into the NHS in Scotland, including targeted investment to help reduce waiting, and this will be coupled with new ways of working and delivering services to achieve sustained improvements.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 September 2000
The agency's primary concern is to ensure the protection of public health, whilst also ensuring that its actions are proportionate in respect of their impact on industry. Any new regime must be capable of satisfying both objectives.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2000
In addition, the responsibilities of the previous Project Sponsor have been split between the recently appointed Project Director and a Financial Controller, and a new post of secretary to the HPG has been established.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give an assurance that any new arrangement for general medical practitioner services in the Scottish Prison Service will ensure that quality of care to prisoners complies with the 8 April 1998 recommendation of the European Council of Ministers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 September 2000
The Assisted Areas map is a reserved matter for the UK Government.The UK Government has submitted to the European Commission, the Assisted Areas map proposals published on 10 April 2000 in Amendments to the Government's Proposals for New Assisted Areas (URN 00/776). This document is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
This will include improved support arrangements for high growth start-ups. The new arrangements will provide greater consistency in core support for such companies, while ensuring that detailed assistance continues to reflect the specific needs of the businesses involved.
The Scottish Labour Market Intelligence Unit is being established to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of information which informs decisions and actions in the labour market. One of the roles of the new Unit will be to ensure that information and intelligence is available to employers to predict movement, trends and demands.
Yes, the Renewables (Scotland) Obligation will in future be the main vehicle for increasing the amount of new renewable electricity generation in Scotland.