There are 131,552 results relating to "flexible workforce development fund"
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Date answered:
24 December 2004
S2W-12970
The savings shown from portfolios (including procurement savings from health and local government) equal £674.7 million, shown as follows: Portfolio Page Savings (£ million) Administration 20 8 Communities 20 9 Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service 21 3 Education and Young People 22 12 Enterprise and Lifelong Learning 23 5 Environment and Rural Development...
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Date answered:
29 June 2004
S2W-08130
Similarly, Information gathered from each housing association does not separately identify rural from other areas served by the association.The Executive does not have statistical information on numbers wishing to purchase or to rent privately.In preparing local housing strategies councils assess local housing markets to, among other things, identify actual or potential shortages with the aim of developing strategies to address these. The review of affordable housing currently being undertaken by the Executive includes an assessment of shortages based on the available information, which will inform policy proposals.
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Date answered:
16 March 2004
S2W-06664
It isanticipated that this work will improve the capacity of specialist CAMHservices to provide a more effective service for looked after children andyoung people. A key element is the development of a “template” which will describethe essential elements of a comprehensive CAMH service.
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Date answered:
20 November 2003
S2W-03637
I expect this guidance note to be a public document.Local authorities alreadyhave the powers, expertise and knowledge within their environmental healthresponsibilities to deal with the nuisance caused by seagulls and many havealready developed best practice guidance, which is freely available, to deal withtheir particular gull issues.In relation to licensin...
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Date answered:
26 August 2003
S2W-01707
Each NHS board has agreed local targets with the National Waiting Times Unit which demonstrate the progress they are expected to make towards delivery of the national targets and guarantees in 2003-04.Increased support is being provided to NHS boards and trusts to reduce waiting times, by my department, and in particular the National Waiting Times Unit and the Centrefor Change and Innovation, by for example:- introducing a new, national programme of service improvement and redesign;-leading work on capacity planning;- ensuring the Golden Jubilee National Hospital supports NHS boards by contributing appropriately to reducing waiting times for out-patient, diagnostic, day caseand in-patient services;- booking spare capacity in the private sector to reduce the longest waiting times, where such action complements NHS boards’ strategies for developing...
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Date answered:
16 June 2003
S2W-00583
Obesity is a known risk factor in the development of a range of chronic diseases including coronary heart disease, some types of cancer, stroke and hypertension but is not recorded as the cause of death.There is no definitive methodology for counting alcohol-related deaths.
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Date answered:
3 June 2003
S2W-00200
A Partnership for a Better Scotland also contains commitments "to introduce a national language strategy to guide the development and support of Scotland's languages, including British Sign Language and ethnic community languages" and to "give local authorities and other public bodies a responsibility to draw up a languages plan which reflects the communiti...
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Date answered:
11 October 2002
S1W-29322
In addition to the Parliament's Reference Centre and the relevant Parliamentary Committees, the outside bodies contacted as part of the Parliamentary Notification system since May 2002 are shown in the following table:Outside Bodies ContactedCBI ScotlandSTUCAssociation of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary OrganisationsCommunity Service VolunteersCouncils for Voluntary Service Scottish Council for Voluntary OrganisationsUnemployed Voluntary Action FundVolunteer Centre ScotlandVolunteer Development...
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Date answered:
25 September 2002
S1W-29097
The SAC reviewed the actions taken and estimated that the potential movement of oocysts will be reduced by 95% or greater as a result of the actions taken.To build on the work from the SAC report we will look at any further viable risk minimisation measures to reduce the risk of cryptosporidium.Any further necessary works will be developed into an action pl...
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Date answered:
23 April 2002
S1W-24654
Following the report of the 2001 Review of PACE, work is in hand to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework to learn from the experience of the PACE teams and continue to improve PACE performance.
