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New frameworks for progressive specialty training, including those for general practice, are being developed across the UK administrations in partnership with the NHS, the BMA, the relevant statutory authorities and with our Medical Royal Colleges.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 November 2004
The duty under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 does not give local authorities new functions. Instead it requires them to review the way they carry out their existing functions, to maximise the benefits for biodiversity.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 November 2004
NHS boards and their local authority partners have already provided new forensic psychiatric facilities and services for East Scotland and plans are advancing for further new provision across Scotland in accordance with the established policy set out in NHS Management Executive Letter (1999)5, (Bib. number 12317) and...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to issue any guidance to Scottish Water in respect of reducing or eliminating the allowable cost figure that Scottish Water applies in respect of new water and sewerage connections. Part 2 of the WaterEnvironment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 provides for ministers tomake regulations determining what is a reasonable cost, for the purposes of section1 of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 and section 6 of the Water (Scotland) Act1980, which deal respectively with new water and new sewerage connections tothe public water and sewerage networks.Ministers made clear duringthe passage of the 2003 act that regulations determining reasonable cost were likelyto mean that developers would no longer receive an automatic subsidy fromScottish Water on more or less every house that they build.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 October 2003
This can also be offered to tenants where they are subject to an ASBO. This new power came into force on 30 September 2002.It is too early to assess the impact of these measures.