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I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows: The relevant performance measures were applied at the time under the contract.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the proposal by Scottish Borders Council to delay the implementation of the proposal to close Newlands Primary School on condition that parents of children at the school raise £1 million for repairs constitutes a precedent that the Executive would wish to see followed elsewhere. I understand that the council’s decision...
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Date answered:
13 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP practices were certified as training practices in each year since 1999. The following numbers of GP practices were accredited as training practices in each of the relevant years: 1999 282 2000 282 2001 273 2002 276 2003 283 2004 282 Over the sa...
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Date answered:
15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the savings expected in health care following the publication of Building a Better Scotland: Efficient Government — Securing Efficiency, Effectiveness and Productivity.
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Date answered:
9 December 2004
We are committed to ensuring that by the end of next year no patient will wait more than 26 weeks for a first outpatient appointment with a consultant, following GP referral. I know that waiting times for outpatient appointments are too long and more needs to be done to reduce these lengthy waits.
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Date answered:
16 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to address any concerns that have been notified to it about the Sodexho contract at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Following recent allegations in a newspaper article, the Executive has received assurances from the Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow.The Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow has made it...
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Date answered:
10 November 2004
The final report, which recommended that the development of this estimate should not be pursued, is available on the Scottish Executive website via the following link:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/scotstats/committees/economy/meetings/sescg912003.pdf.
The information is shown in the following table: Year Royal Infirmary Royal Infirmary, Little France 1998 29,047 - 1999 30,406 - 2000 31,512 - 2001 32,057 - 2002 30,157 853 2003 9,739 20,959 S2W-09236
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional input there has been from senior Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd staff to ensure a more efficient service following the meeting between the company and the Scottish Prison Service on the 12 April 2004.
To ask the Scottish Executive Whether it will provide a full record of support and funding for the Straight Out project that assists young offenders to find employment following their release. The Straight Out project hasreceived New Futures funding of £350,000 during Phase 2 (2002-05) from ScottishEnterprise (SEn).