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We plan to issue next week copies of the report Protecting the Vulnerable: Caring Enough which was produced by The National Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Advisory Committee for the Chief Nursing Officer.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the standard Strategic Transport Appraisal Guidance technique is being applied when comparing the options for a new Forth crossing.
To ask the Scottish Executive what registration process exists to ensure that all foster carers are properly trained and accredited and how this compares with the registration process for those employed in residential children's homes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the volume of traffic is per day on the A80 and what the comparable figures were for (a) 1995, (b) 1985 and (c) 1975.
To ask the Scottish Executive what response it will make to the research by the Scottish Council for Single Homeless stating that local authorities estimate that 12,500 new, affordable, rented homes are needed every year, compared with the 4,900 completed in 2003-04.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 January 2004
The Scottish HigherEducation Funding Council (SHEFC) has increased its grant to the OpenUniversity in Scotland in the current year.In 2003-04, the OpenUniversity in Scotland received £14,687,000 from SHEFC, compared to a grantof £14,235,000 in 2002-03.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to issue guidance or directions to judges comparable to that issued to judges in England and Wales that the time it takes for an appeal to be heard should not be a strong enough reason to grant bail.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any differences between the administration and quality control procedures for the modern apprenticeship programme in Scotland compared with other areas of the United Kingdom and, if so, what these differences are.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young (a) men and (b) women are currently undergoing industrial apprenticeships in (i) Renfrewshire and (ii) Scotland and what the comparable figures were for 1996. There are currently 940 men and 242 women undergoing Modern Apprenticeships which are supported by Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire, and 14,911 men and 3,...