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I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS is seeking todeliver efficiency savings.
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Date answered:
30 January 2007
A dental bursary schemeavailable elsewhere in the UK could not be restricted only to Scottish students.The main purpose of thebursary scheme is to encourage students, who are studying at the dental schoolsin Scotland, to remain in Scotland and work in NHS dental services in Scotlandafter graduation. S2W-30777
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Date answered:
24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the average weekly cost per resident in (a) Scotland and (b) each local authority area of providing care home services in (i) local authority and (ii) private sector care homes in the most recent year for which figures are available.
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Date answered:
24 January 2007
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:A recruitment campaign for YoungOffender Institution Visiting Committees was run in the national press during October.A number of applications were received and a selection process was run during November/December.The Minister of Justice has rati...
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Date answered:
23 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, in respect of its estimates in Government Expenditure and Revenues in Scotland, what assumptions are made about the estimated multiplier effect on the Scottish economy of identifiable expenditure by the UK Government, other than the monies used to fund devolved services in Scotland. The purpose of Government Expenditureand Re...
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Date answered:
6 December 2006
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:(a) The information is in thePrison Population Projections, Scotland, 2006-2007 to 2015-2016 News Release which SPS published on 10 November 2006 andis on the SPS website at www.sps.gov.uk.On (b), projections are not doneby prison.
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Date answered:
30 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28960 by Tavish Scott on 9 November 2006, what the possible alternative meanings of “public service obligations” are in respect of the application of the 1992 Maritime Cabotage Regulation and European Commission legislation on state aid.
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Date answered:
10 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in publishing a patient information leaflet on the symptoms of deep vein thrombosis, as recommended by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman in May 2006. The NHS Quality Improvement Scotlandwork includes collecting all current patient information leaflets on the subjectof DVT.
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Date answered:
8 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities and schools have implemented, or intend to implement, the Call to Love approach to education on sex and relationships Called to Love is the workingtitle for the joint work being undertaken by Healthy Respect and the Scottish CatholicEducation Service. The pilot project aims to produce a package of teach...