There are 224,117 results relating to "Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill"
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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 February 2007
S2W-31753
The Scottish Executive is notaware of any representation since 2002, from either emergency planning officersor representative groups, about a lack of equipment to deal with a “dirty bomb”.However, the Executive engages constantly with all the key representative organisations,including those covering local government interests, about all aspects of emergencyplanning and response. As a result of this dialogue Scotland’s...
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Date answered:
26 February 2007
S2W-31820
Previous research wascarried out in 1996 through the International Adult Literacy Survey. Since thelaunch of Scotland’s Strategy’s for literacy and numeracy of 2001 over137,000 adults have been helped to improve their low levels of literacy andnumeracy.
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Date answered:
14 February 2007
S2W-31568
All NHS dental examinations havebeen free since 1 April 2006.We have put in place anumber of initiatives to address problems of access to NHS dental services insome parts of Scotland. The number (headcount) of non-salaried principalsproviding NHS general dental services in Scotland has risen from 1,933 at 30September...
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Date answered:
1 February 2007
S2W-30852
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5062 by Patricia Ferguson on 19 January 2004, what subsequent discussions it has had with Her Majesty’s Government on any modifications of the Schedule of reserved matters under section 29(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 and what any such modifications were.
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Date answered:
24 January 2007
S2W-30603
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities are permitted to use the Supporting People grant for the provision of services which are not included in the list of prescribed housing support services in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Housing Support Services) Regulations 2002, such as the provision of support for garden maintenance.
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Date answered:
23 January 2007
S2W-30663
The review took cognisance of the community specialist qualification framework. NHS Education Scotland and Skillsfor Health will undertake a review of the competencies and capabilities of the newcommunity health nurse and the Nursing and Midwifery Council will determine whetheror not they meet the requirements for the existing specialist practitioner regist...
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Date answered:
18 January 2007
S2W-30548
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:The Scottish Executive understandsthat the Executive Committee of Glasgow City Council agreed to explore alternativearrangements for the delivery of community services by the Chirnsyde Initiativeat its meeting on 8 December 2006.As members of the board of thelocal community planning partnership, Communities Scotland will seek to be partof any dialogue aimed at ensuring that services valued by the community can continueto be delivered.
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Date answered:
30 November 2006
S2W-29875
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fines have been issued to people found guilty of offences under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005, broken down by the level of fine.
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Date answered:
30 November 2006
S2W-29633
Police forces, in consultationwith relevant local authorities, have discretion to use the power in appropriatecircumstances i.e. where antisocial behaviour is significant, persistent and serious.We are not in a position to estimate how frequently such circumstances will arise.Latestfigures, to end September 2006, indicate that dispersal orders have been used 12times, by six police forces across Scotland, as follows. Police Force Dispersal Orders Issued Grampian 2 Lothian and Borders 3 Central Scotland 1 Dumfries and Galloway 4 Northern 1 Strathclyde 1 S2W-29633
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 November 2006
S2W-29572
On current plans, it is expectedthat Firelink – the new radio system for the GB Fire and Rescue Service announcedby the Minister for Justice on 6 April 2006 – will be fully implanted in Scotland by mid-February2009. It is currently estimated that the costs to Scotland forparticipation in Firelink up to the end of fin...
