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Date answered:
12 September 2007
S3W-03322
The exact form of the national conversation will dependon the responses received, but the government is determined to support a conversationthat ensures that all sectors of Scottish society have the opportunity to contribute.The level of civilservice support will reflect decisions made as the national conversation develops. S3W-03322
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Date answered:
12 September 2007
S3W-03440
Distributionof the document cost a further £5,000, and the cost of the launch event was £8,000.The total cost of launching the national conversation to date is therefore £48,000.The costs of carryingout the conversation will depend on how its structure develops, in light of responsesfrom the people of Scotland as to how they wish to be involved.
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Date answered:
12 September 2007
S3W-03971
However, NHSScotland InformationServices Division has recently undertaken a census of AHP workload, the resultsof which are published at:http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/data-development-dev-info.jsp?pContentID=1359&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show&.The results of thecensus include figures for podiatrists and chiropodists combined.
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Date answered:
29 August 2007
S3W-02723
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new houses to be sited in or near Stow, Galashiels or Tweedbank have been proposed under Scottish Borders Council’s draft development strategy. I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond.
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Date answered:
28 August 2007
S3W-03081
Our prime objectiveis to increase the rate of Scottish economic growth and to ensure that this is sustainable.As a component part of this we want to improve the efficiency and effectivenessof the delivery of economic development activity and we are looking at how the enterprisenetworks, including Highlands and Islands Enterprise, can contribute tothat.
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Date answered:
27 August 2007
S3W-02773
The rolling stockprocurement plan continues to be developed by Transport Scotland alongside the wider procurement plan to address the requirementsof both the major projects, including Airdrie to Bathgate, and the increasing demandsfor rail services.
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Date answered:
24 August 2007
S3W-03053
We welcomethe contribution which Citizens Advice has made to the development and implementationof the Scottish National Standards for Information and advice providers, which coverwelfare rights, money and housing advice, for example, by their involvement in piloting.
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Date answered:
14 August 2007
S3W-02378
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to meet private sector ferry operators to discuss how they could make a greater contribution to innovation and improved cost-effectiveness in respect of Scottish shipping services, as outlined in the recent Sustainable Transport Research and Development Network in the North Sea Region (SUTRANET) report, Sta...
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Date answered:
14 August 2007
S3W-02473
Responsibility forthe Dunoon Pier development rests with Argyll and Bute Council.
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Date answered:
2 August 2007
S3W-01940
Scottish IntercollegiateGuidelines Network Guideline 71 on the Management of Osteoporosis recommendsthe use of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) scans for the diagnosis ofosteoporosis, and states that DEXA should be available in all NHS Board areas.This will be taken into account in the framework for access to communitydiagnostics which is being developed as part of the policy of shifting thebalance of care to the community.We have drawn boardsattention to the findings of an NHS Quality Improvement Scotland audit (2005)showing the benefits in preventing future osteoporotic fractures of directaccess to DEXA scanning by patients who have sustained a fracture.
