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It is about allowing police officers to target the power when there is a problem in the local area. That is the flexibility that ministers are keen to achieve.
European, national and Scottish Executive funds and programmes have been used to benefit the people of Fife and to enable us to offer a highly skilled, motivated and well trained work force.
It is clear that there is an important difference between a developer of a large private development and a developer of small social housing developments.
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are applied to assess whether an elderly person is entitled to free nursing care and whether local authorities have any flexibility in applying such criteria. Nursing care payments are providedto self-funders in care homes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that the current relationship between the NHS and GPs is sufficiently flexible to allow the provision or modernisation of local health facilities, such as health centres or GP surgeries, to go ahead in an expeditious manner.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 November 2004
We are actively encouraging schools to adopt flexible and innovative approaches to curriculum design and delivery which will meet the needs and wishes of all pupils.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 October 2003
We have recently announced theWarm Deal allocation for this financial year and have allowed local authoritiesmore flexibility to use their allocation to tackle fuel poverty in their area.We are awaiting the results of the fuel poverty report from the Scottish House Condition Survey 2002 before wedecide on further action to tackle fuel poverty.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 December 2001
The Scottish Executive Health Department does not make national recommendations on staffing levels as they would cut across local responsibilities and would undermine boards' and trusts' ability to provide a modern, flexible service matched to local needs.
That number can be increased (subject to health, safety and fire evacuation regulations) for special occasions, through planned flexibility, by the removal of seats to create additional space for up to a further seven wheelchair users.