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However, the key functions of this area currently include: internal ICT system development and support; internal ICT project planning and implementation; internal ICT application development and support; ICT security for the Executive'sinternal systems; support for the Executive's telephony network; radio spectrum management and emergency systems; library, information and records management advisory and support services for the Executive and its agencies; the Executive's centralenquiry team; development and support services for the Executive's website, andadministration and financial management support services for the division.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to create a comprehensive computer-based model of the economy that can offer increased accuracy and a basis for testing the effects of government policy.The member has provided the following Gaelic translation:A dh' fhaighneachd de Riaghaltas na h-Alba dh na planaichean a tha ann gus modal cuimseach coimpiutaireachd a chruthachadh den eaconomaidh a bhios nas ceirte agus a bhios comasach air buaidh poileasaidh an riaghaltais a mheasadh. the Scottish Executive produces a wide range of economic indicators which areused by a number of external organisations to develop...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 March 2004
All new staffshould have received basic training in, for example, BSL to facilitatecommunication.In addition, boards locally offer,during induction training, learning and development opportunities for all staffin deaf awareness and sign language.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 September 2002
In Nursing for Health, we acknowledged that the current methods of recording activity are inadequate and do not reflect changing practices. Work is on-going to develop a more meaningful means of reflecting community nursing activity based on the development of an electronic primary health care patient record.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 November 2001
The Executive is implementing and developing a number of initiatives to promote information and communications technology (ICT) skills in disadvantaged communities.
(S2F-2691) Through initial teacher education and continuous professional development we are improving teachers' skills so that they can support children Does the First Minister agree that, given the increasing number of children who are being diagnosed with autism, teachers need to be supported, resourced and trained if we are to give young people the prope...
(S2O-11400) General practitioners are incentivised through the general medical services contract to address COPD. We have been encouraging the development of managed clinical networks for COPD, to integrate services.
By working in partnership with the police, we have developed football banning orders, which can be imposed for sectarian offences as well as for other forms of violent and abusive behaviour.