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To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive a report of the focus groups set up following the consultation on the review of NHS prescription charges and exemption arrangements, which closed on 30 April 2006.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff at the Social Work Services Inspectorate were disciplined following allegations of staff misuse of resources in 2004-05.
In the financial year2006-07, Planning Aid for Scotland will receive up to £225,283 from the ScottishExecutive. This is made up of the following four streams:Core funding - £100,000from the Scottish Executive Planning Division;Funding for a VolunteerDevelopment Officer - £24,000 from the Planning Development Budget;Reach Out - £43,796from the Race Equality,...
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:£86 million has been set asideto fund the central heating programme this year and next.
Where specific issues arise concerning theimplementation of guidance, the Executive will follow up on a pro-active basiswith the appropriate NHS boards.
In 2004 sportscotland published a research report on curling participation.The research was undertaken in 2003 by MORI, on behalf of sportscotland,following the success at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
To ask the Scottish Executive how leave from the State Hospital, Carstairs, is monitored and on how many occasions since 1999 guidance in respect of the monitoring of leave has not been followed and the policy on this matter breached Scottish ministers do not havea statutory role to consent to suspension of detention of non-restricted patients.The monitori...
The number of firefighters whohave retired due to ill health or injury is shown in the following table. 2000-01 54 2001-02 110 2002-03 87 2003-04 37 2004-05 27 Source: HM Chief Inspector ofFire Services for Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 March 2006
The annual budgets of the ScottishPublic Services Ombudsman since the office was established on 23 October 2002 areas follows: Year Budget 2002-03 £1,731,000¹ 2003-04 £2,568,000 2004-05 £2,836,000 2005-06 £2,727,168 Note: 1.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 March 2006
In every case that is reportedto the Procurator Fiscal, the decision as to whether criminal proceedings are appropriatewill be made following an objective assessment of the evidence and the public interest.