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Details of the distribution to local authorities, along with accountability mechanisms, are set out in a package of information and guidance which was issued to all Drug Action Teams shortly following the distribution announcement.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will eliminate postcode prescribing of the three Al'heimer's disease drugs, Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl following the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's cessation of the practice in England and Wales.
The Scottish Executive has a contract with Banner Business Supplies which commenced on 1 August 1999 for a period of three years plus an option of two one year extensions, subject to performance.Banner Business Supplies provides office stationery products and desktop accessories to Scottish Executive offices across the country. Following open competition an...
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Date answered:
9 February 2001
As at 29 January the breakdown of the prison population's declared religious beliefs was as follows: % of totalBaptist4-Buddhist5-Christian - other771Church of England651Church of Scotland2,56545Episcopalian5-Hindu1-Jehovah Witness5-Muslim481No Record912No Religion119421Other531Roman Catholic162128Total5,734 The Scottish Prison Service accepts all prisoner...
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Date answered:
22 January 2001
The information is provided in the following table:YearNumber of Officers Who Leftthe Scottish Police Service199050119915521992584199360519944831/1/95 to 31/3/96 7481996-975371997-985631998-995431999-2000569Figures on officers leaving the police service are collected annually by HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and published in his Annual Report.
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Date answered:
4 January 2001
Scottish Executive officials, however, attended a presentation by UKAEA on the proposed Dounreay restoration programme and participated in follow up discussions with UKAEA, DTI and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency about the Site Plan.
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Date answered:
20 November 2000
The most recent information available on current employment in the fish processing industry is provided in the following table. The information comes from the Scottish Production Database where the most current data is for 1997.
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Date answered:
15 November 2000
The number of miles of trunk road by local authority area is contained in Table 5.2 of the 2000 edition of the Scottish Transport Statistics, which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.There are 334 railway stations in Scotland. These are located in the following local authority areas:Local Authority AreaStationsCity of Aberdeen2Aberde...
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Date answered:
12 October 2000
These are: slippage of particular schemes where expenditure planned to be met in one year falls to be made in the following year; and the transfer of capital resources to revenue budgets to pay for minor works of a capital nature that do not add capital value to the NHS estate.
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Date answered:
15 September 2000
This was increased to £6 million (£1.8 million) in 1992-93 and then to £10 million (£3 million) the following year. Total grant was increased again to £14 million (£4.2 million) in 1994-95 and finally to its current level of £18 million (£5.4 million) in 1995-96.