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Parents have a right to make a placing request for a school of their choice, and to appeal against the decision should this be refused. The new duty on an education authority to provide education in mainstream schools comes into effect in August 2003.
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16 January 2003
We have launched national standards for the youth justice system; announced a planned increase of 25% in secure places; amended the Criminal Justice Bill to allow more information and support to victims; provided an additional £6 million to local authorities for youth justice work and to improve IT capabilities; launched two major new funds - the Intensive ...
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6 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21417 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 January 2002 and to its news release SE5006/2001 on 10 December 2001, what the timetable is for the creation of a human rights commission; how many commissioners will be appointed; whether any progress has been made in setting out the commission's relationshi...
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17 December 2002
The National Treatment Agency (England and Wales) is developing new guidelines on the prescribing of diamorphine, and we are already in touch with the agency so that we can consider possible application in Scotland.
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13 December 2002
The amendment of the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 in 1997, among other things, introduced a new duty on local authorities to publish a report every two years specifying:(a) any measures which the council considered it was required to take to mitigate flooding of non-agricultural land;(b) any measures already taken since publication of previous repor...
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10 December 2002
However, it is important to note that there are only limited opportunities available in terms of new species to exploit onto which fishing effort could be diverted.In relation to re-seeding, our scientists believe that the current levels of farmed cod stocks are insufficient to make any such scheme a realistic proposition.
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21 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how all stakeholders will derive benefit from the ending of the two-tier workforce in new public private partnerships. As the Deputy First Minister said in his response to you on 14 November, workers will all be treated on an equal basis, which must be good for employee morale.
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13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why the new passenger-only vehicle has been chartered for the Gourock to Dunoon route before the consultation process in regard to Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd has been completed.
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7 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what new investment was made at HM Prison Aberdeen, and for what purpose, in each of the last five years and what investment is planned, and for what purpose, in future years.
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7 November 2002