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The Cabinet Secretary has also written to the Chair of the Prisons Commission, asking him to ensure that the need for the Open Estate be considered as part of his wider ranging work on the future of prisons in Scotland. S3W-09601
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Date answered:
28 February 2008
Postcode Area Number of Prisoners AB 378 DD 467 DG 175 EH 893 FK 268 G 2,066 HS 12 IV 176 KA 528 KW 23 KY 369 ML 545 PA 432 PH 123 TD 60 ZE 11 No Fixed Abode 308 Outwith Scotland...
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Date answered:
27 February 2008
HCHS Medical Staff in NHS Lanarkshire Reaching the Age of 651 Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 NHS Lanarkshire 3 6 6 5 7 Source: ISD Scotland. Note: ages 60 to 64, as at 30 September 2007.
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Date answered:
27 February 2008
The target referred to in the question forms part of the National Service Framework for CHD (2000), which applies only to England. The position in Scotland is governed by SIGN Guideline 57 (2002) and the CHD and Stroke Strategy (2002, revised 2004).
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Date answered:
25 February 2008
Bus is an important enabler for Scotland''s economy by carrying people daily to and from their place of employment (currently 12% of the Scottish workforce use the bus to travel to work) and by providing access to retail, leisure and sports facilities.
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Date answered:
25 February 2008
In seeking to improve on this single tiered system the Scottish Government recently held a consultation exercise on A System of Administrative Penalties for Fisheries Offences in Scotland. Following this exercise the Scottish Government are now finalising an SI to put before the Scottish Parliament in March which will bring into force a system of fixed fina...
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Date answered:
21 February 2008
In addition to the fares collected by train operators, the Scottish Government currently subsidise the rail network and services in Scotland by over £650 million per annum.
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Date answered:
20 February 2008
The Scottish Government provides core funding under section 10 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 to Update, a charitable organisation which aims to improve the quality of life of disabled people by enabling information providers to offer accurate, relevant and accessible disability related information.
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Date answered:
6 February 2008
The Scottish Government,through its transport agency, Transport Scotland, takes active steps to control the cost and delivery timescale of both theGlasgow Airport Rail Link, and the Airdrie to Bathgate project.
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Date answered:
1 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to limit the spread of bracken in the north and west of Scotland. Funding tosupport the eradication and/or control of bracken has been available to allfarmers and crofters through agri-environment schemes for a number of years andwill continue to be available via Rural Development Contracts under the new Scotl...