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The Review Body for Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicine (NPRB) has recommended a general pay increase of 3.4% for nurses, midwives, health visitors and the professions allied to medicine.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #1.5 million for implementation of the credit union action plan has now been allocated. £1.1 million has now been allocated of the £1.5 million for the implementation of the credit union action plan Unlocking the Potential over the financial years 2001-02 and 2004-05.
I read that Barlinnie has dramatically reduced slopping out and I note that the Scottish Prison Service took credit for that, but the Executive should have some credit, too.We are the first Government to offer an alternative to dealing with women's offending by creating the 218 Time Out centre in Glasgow.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has asked HM Treasury to seek derogation from the proposed European Directive on payment services in the international market in order to exclude credit unions from its scope. HM Treasury is already seekinga full exemption from the Directive for all British credit unions.