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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.
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Date answered:
23 January 2003
S1W-33148
The SDEA is also represented on the Association of Chief Police Officers' Crack Cocaine Group, which provides Scottish Police Forces with information on developments in England and Wales.Since 1997, Grampian Police have proactively targeted individuals involved in the sale or supply of crack cocaine.
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Date answered:
11 October 2002
S1W-29377
In addition, it is open to planning authorities, when determining planning applications for new physical development or changes of use of sites that involve the storage or placement of flammable or otherwise dangerous materials in proximity to a railway line or siding, to consider whether the potential risk or impact of an accident is a material considerati...
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Date answered:
9 October 2002
S1W-29988
Further details of the work of the Task Force can be accessed at: www.communityplanning.org.uk.Community Planning Task Force MembershipWillie Rae (Chair)Chief Constable, Strathclyde PoliceSamantha BarberChief Executive of Scottish Business in the CommunityDr Stuart Black Director of Strengthening Communities, Highlands and Islands EnterpriseAnn Clark Head of Policy, Highland CouncilTom DiversChief Executive, NHS Greater GlasgowLeslie EvansHead of Local Government Division, Scottish ExecutiveDavid FletcherPartnership Manager, Greater Easterhouse PartnershipCaroline GardnerDeputy Auditor General, Audit ScotlandJon HarrisDirector of Corporate Strategy, COSLAProfessor Chris HuxhamStrathclyde University Graduate Business SchoolLynne MainVoluntary Worker, Wester Hailes Representative CouncilStephen Maxwell Assistant Director of Development...
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Date answered:
7 October 2002
S1W-29732
The research highlights that this is a rapidly developing area of provision and these estimates are unlikely to accurately reflect the up-to-date picture.In addition, the following table provides information on the number of under 16s and 16- to 20-year-olds drug users presenting at a broad range of drug services across Scotland which report to the Scottish...
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Date answered:
15 August 2002
S1W-27754
A number of the initiatives, in particular the recently announced reforms of development planning and the Executive's commitment to higher design standards, support the aims of Rethinking Construction.The modernising of the building control system, which will follow from the proposed Building Bill, will respond to several aspects of the Rethinking Construct...
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Date answered:
1 July 2002
S1W-26825
NHS Boards are at different implementation stages with a local forensic unit already established in Edinburgh and a planning application lodged in Glasgow. Plans are also being developed for other units and services in line with the published policy.State Hospital patients are entitled to access the full range of services provided by the Hospital according ...
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Date answered:
20 June 2002
S1W-26486
Planned advertising expenditure by media type for 2002-2003 is shown in the following tables:Justice Department£AprilMay JuneJulyAugustSeptTV58,801 11,220 28,090 Radio Press22,9723,580 Outdoor/Ambient Cinema Health Department£AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptTV 90,684201,022 226,560 Radio 72,205 36,361 24,238 8080Press119,218151,596104,888 14,855 14,855 23,186Outdoor/Ambient118,899 74,933 59,000 Cinema 32,417 10,735 17,843 21,240 7080 OctNovDecJanFebMarTV Radio Press 14,855 14,855 14,855 14,855 14,855 14,855Outdoor/Ambient Cinema Development...
