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To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it gives to organisations providing support to the victims of sexual offences. Our Domestic Abuse Service Development Fund is providing £117,659 this year to organisations that specifically support victims of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse.
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Date answered:
2 December 2002
And we are increasing resources for child care - by £23.9 million in 2006 - and to back change and improvement in the planning and delivery of children's services - by £32.5 million in 2006. S1O-05980
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Date answered:
18 November 2002
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The error in recording the charges, in the early months of the new prison, was made by then inexperienced Kilmarnock Prison staff.
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Date answered:
13 November 2002
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No, numbers are currently about 260 but they have reached that number in recent months.
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Date answered:
12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many breaches of requirements of licences granted under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 reported to procurators fiscal were marked no proceedings in respect of each category recognised by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in each the last three years, broken down by sheriff court district.
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Date answered:
12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many breaches of health and safety regulations made under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 were marked no proceedings in respect of each category recognised by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court district.
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Date answered:
12 November 2002
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Though the number of hours of education delivered to prisoners in Barlinnie increased by 5% between 2000-01 and 2001-02, in the first year the price was more expensive than in the second year so the cost was lower in year 2.
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Date answered:
8 November 2002
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:This procurement project is in its early stages and no such decisions or projections have yet been taken by SPS.
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Date answered:
8 November 2002
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:In one case, the item was a small quantity of coffee sachets, in another it was a small piece of cannabis.