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We have subsequently amended the draft code in light of comments received. To assist the committee's consideration of the matter we forwarded, on 26 November, to the committee clerk a summary of the responses received and details of how we have subsequently amended the code.
Will the minister reassure me that, while the legal technicalities, draft codes for attorneys and the rest are devised, the wishes of people with incapacity, or of those who are close to them, will remain at the centre of our thinking?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 September 2005
National Statistics came into force in June 2000 and the Code of Practice was issued in 2002. Information on breaches of the Code of Practice are published each year in the Chief Statistician’s Annual Report, which can be accessed via the links below.
Centrally collected information is available on the number of patients on the out-patient waiting list who held an availability status code on each census date, but this information does not indicate the date on which the code was applied.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the consultation code required under section 28 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 has been submitted to ministers and when the code will be made publicly available.
The outcome of this representation, and other similar representations, was the OFT’s announcement of an audit of the code, aimed at establishing the effectiveness of the code.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 September 2004
The handbook sets out the standards of conduct required of Scottish Executive staff and these are consistent with both the Civil Service Code and the Civil Service Management Code.