There are 134,189 results relating to "flexible workforce development fund"
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Date answered:
21 June 2004
S2W-08881
We are taking forward a number of initiatives which follow up the conclusions made by the Ministerial Group on Women Offenders contained in its report, A Better Way.These include pilots in Glasgow and Ayrshire for the mandatory use of supervised attendance orders to help reduce the numbers imprisoned for fine default; arrest referral scheme pilots which offer access to drug treatment facilities at the point of entry to the criminal justice system; an investment of £1 million per annum in bail supervision and information schemes to provide an alternative to custodial remand; plans to pilot structured deferred sentences to provide the courts with a lower tariff disposal to help avoid escalating women offenders quickly towards short custodial sentences; the development...
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Date answered:
15 June 2004
S2W-08655
Department/Agency 2002-03 2003-04 Scottish Executive Corporate Services 306,090 378,494 Finance and Central Services Dept 584,301 173,764 Education Dept 88,892 175,930 Development Dept 132,516 2,199 Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Dept 14...
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Date answered:
4 June 2004
S2W-08388
The Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services hostedan enlargement/Europe day lecture given in Edinburgh Castle on 10May by the Estonian Minister for Economic Affairs and Communications, Mr MeelisAtonen.The First Ministersent a letter to major newspapers in the new member states, welcoming theircitizens to the EU.In Brussels, wehave organised a season of films from the new member states throughout 2004.This was opened in January by the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport.Officials from the Scottish Executive are undertaking a programme of fact-finding visits to the new member statesto mark enlargement; three of these visits were timed to coincide with accessionday.We have also developed...
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Date answered:
19 May 2004
S2W-08055
The Executive does not consider that it would be necessary or appropriatefor the power to advance well-being to be relied upon by any local authority inthe exercise of that discretion.Planning guidance makes clearthat it is expected that development proposals that are in accordance with localplans will be granted planning permission.
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Date answered:
11 May 2004
S2W-07688
Where appropriate theyalso did so for representatives of the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh and GlasgowCity Councils and other visitors from Scotland.Scottish Executive ministers and officials received invitations and attendedthe following Tartan Day events: New York Caledonian Club lecture(officials only) Kirkin' of the Tartan ChurchService (officials only) Tartan Day parade (officialsonly) VisitScotland Business Tourismlunch Dressed to Kilt Reception Icons of Scotland AwardsDinner Scottish Development...
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Date answered:
30 March 2004
S2W-06996
The number of General Medical Service practices, containing unrestricted principals and their equivalents in Personal Medical Service practices, are shown in the attached table.It is for NHS boards to maintain plans for the development of GP premises to deliver General Medical Services, Primary Medical Services from 1 April 2004,in accordance with legislati...
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Date answered:
29 January 2004
S2W-05647
The median waiting times fora first outpatient appointment with a consultant in the specialty of ear, noseand throat (ENT), following referral by a general medical practitioner, in eachNHS board area, for the year ended 30 September 2003, is given in the table.The Centre for Change and Innovation, as part of its Outpatients Programme, hasidentified ENT as a candidate for national service redesign to help achieve theoutpatient waiting time target that no patient should wait longer than 26 weeksfor a first outpatient appointment with a consultant by 31 December 2005, and itis currently developing...
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Date answered:
15 December 2003
S2W-04332
In line with therecommendations in the For Scotland’s Children report, weare working with agencies to ensure better co-ordination across all servicesfor children and young people, in particular for those who are vulnerable ordisadvantaged, such as young people leaving care.The new cabinet delivery groupon Children and Young People has identified key cross-cutting priorities tocarry forward this work – on issues such as information-sharing and assessment,inspection and quality assurance, planning and delivery and workforce.The three-year Child Protection Reform Programme isdeveloping a range of measures to help ensure effective and coherent supportand protection for children who are at risk of neglect or abuse, including aChildren’s Charter and national standards for child protection, which willapply across all agencies and individuals working with children, and monitoringthrough a joint inspection system.The ministers for Justice,Health and Community Care and myself wrote to the leaders and chief executivesof local authorities, health boards and chiefinspectors of police on 11 November asking them to provide a statement of assurance that they have reviewed current childprotection operations, singly and collectively; they are satisfied with theperformance of services, or, if not, have put plans in place to addressweaknesses, and have robust quality assurance procedures in place.In addition we will accelerate the development...
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Date answered:
12 August 2003
S2W-01534
As recommended by the Homelessness Task Force, existing guidance, developed in consultation with COSLA and others, requires councils to identify in their homelessness strategies actions and targets for eliminating the use of bed and breakfast for families.
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Date answered:
17 July 2003
S2W-00969
The Executive received 25 responses to the consultation document Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: proposals for developing a policy for managing solid radioactive waste in the UK, which ran from 12 September 2001 to 12 March 2002.
