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To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are for any products still held by Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service’s Protein Fractionation Centre. Following the Medicines andHealthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) inspection in January 2006, adecision was taken by the Scottish Blood Transfusion Service not to issueproducts from the Protein ...
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26 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-31570 by Rhona Brankin on 12 February 2007, whether the £56,000 which is to be spent on Warm Deal measures in council-owned properties in Inverclyde in 2007-08 will be re-allocated to houses that are to be transferred from Inverclyde Council to River Clyde Homes in October 2007 following ...
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20 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will take forward its commitment to publishing a renewed statement on architecture policy, as announced in its response to the Cultural Commission report in 2006 and following its recent review and public consultation on architecture policy.
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5 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the nursing vacancy rate was for posts vacant for more than three months in each year since 1999. The following table shows thefigures for nursing and midwifery staff vacancies (three months or more) by wholetime equivalent each year since 1999.At 31 March 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 ...
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1 February 2007
Thesedevelopments will help in part to mitigate the economic impact of the decisiontaken on deep sea species at the November Council, which was necessary as thescience was very bleak and strong action had to be taken to safeguard thestocks.We are also consideringchanges to the UK’s licensing regime, following extensive consultationwith the Fishing Vessel Li...
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29 January 2007
The total of agricultural subsidypayments in each year since 2003 are as follows: Year Amount 2003 £18,508,862.06 2004 £18,739,581.03 2005 £16,799,013.66 2006 £25,965,016.56 The fluctuation in payments between2005 and 2006 arises for two reasons.
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22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to ensure that GPs follow the drug misuse and dependence guidelines when prescribing methadone.
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19 January 2007
A summary of thisreport can be accessed on the internet at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/08/03161745/17507.Subsequently, the National Forumon Drug-related Deaths was established following publication of the Executive’saction plan, Taking Action to Reduce Drug-related Deaths, to look at trends in drugdeaths and identify “hot spot” areas where ...
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19 December 2006
The number of units approved for Homestakesince its introduction in 2005-06 is as follows:2005-06 - 1,008 units.We expect to assist around 1,000households in the current financial year but do not have projections for futureyears.As part of an on-going evaluation,information on the composition of households who have benefited from the schemeis under analysis...
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6 December 2006
Numbers of thosewith cardiomyopathy are available from hospital discharges, death registrationsand contacts in General Practice, but these sources identify only those who havebeen diagnosed with cardiomyopathy.Data on the number of patientsadmitted to Scottish hospitals with a diagnosis of cardiomyopathy in the year endingMarch 2006 and number of deaths from cardiomyopathy in the year ending December2005 are shown in the following...