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Copies of a table showing thenumber of home care clients in each year since 1999 have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 41537).The table shows home care clientsreceiving a service provided or purchased by local authorities.
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Date answered:
21 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the method of calculating the cost of civil service time spent on the consultation on the establishment of a coastal and marine national park is the same as that for calculating the cost of answering parliamentary questions and, if not, whether it will explain the methodological differences.
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Date answered:
21 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to inform parents of any dispute in respect of a Care Commission inspection report during the period between the lodging of the complaint and the decision by the Commission and, ultimately, by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman about whether the complaint should be upheld.
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Date answered:
22 November 2006
We have committed as part of the Action Plan for Improving Oral Health and Modernising NHS Dental Services toensure that all secondary schools will be offered as part of the health promotingschools ethos, an interactive smile programme, promoting oral health, good eating,no smoking and prevention of sporting injuries to teeth.
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Date answered:
14 November 2006
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Information on the number ofprisoners found guilty of committing a crime in prison is not available.
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Date answered:
10 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28124 by Lewis Macdonald on 19 September 2006, in respect of how many care homes the Care Commission has put recommendations or requirements on a care service since 2001. The number of recommendationsand requirements put on care homes by the Care Commission is an operational matterfor the...
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Date answered:
8 November 2006
The National Sexual Health Strategy defines the best SRE programmes as those whichaim to delay sexual activity in combination with communication skills developmentand information about sexual health services. S2W-29318
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Date answered:
25 September 2006
Work is underway to establishthe actual cost of delivering these services to people in care homes, as part ofour review of the implementation and delivery of free personal care.
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Date answered:
31 August 2006
The Executive has offered funds to local authoritiesto establish such support services and many offers of such help have been takenup.No parenting orders have yetbeen applied for or granted.