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Responsibility for public sector pay is a devolved matter (with the exceptionof the civil service in Scotland) and it will be for the Scottish Executive to decidewhat is appropriate in our circumstances.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide assistance to Highland Council and other funding partners to ensure the renewal of the service provided by the Family Association for Children with Special Needs at the Bada-guish Centre at Glenmore and what steps it will take to ensure that children with special needs will have the opportunity to enjoy...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 September 2003
Working with the Home Office and HerMajesty's Inspectorate of Education, the Care Commission will regulate theservice, taking into account the National Care Standards for Early Educationand Childcare services published by Scottish ministers.
Current research includes work on the modelling of sea lice dispersion and on planktonic sea lice numbers in relation to the management of farmed fish. Fisheries Research Services also monitors the return rates of sea trout smolts from the Shieldaig River and supports Fisheries Trust biologists in sampling wild sea trout and monitoring sea lice abundance.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total value of claims was for hospital eye service contact lens solution made through Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board and, of this, how much was claimed by each registered optician in the board's area in each year since 1996.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 March 2003
The Scottish Executive representative on the UK delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) is Peter Peacock MSP, Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services. Mr Peacock's substitute on CLRAE is Ben Wallace MSP.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 March 2003
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The director has indicated that some further work is being undertaken which will not be completed until the end of March.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31405 by Mr Frank McAveety on 20 November 2002, whether the BetterCare Group Ltd ruling implies that there is any potential for education services to be subject to the Competition Act 1998.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 January 2003
The Executive is actively looking at ways of achieving more integrated funding streams, following the Spending Review 2002, as part of its general drive towards more integrated services for children and young people.