There are 209,808 results relating to "Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill"
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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 November 2000
S1W-11222
To ask the Scottish Executive why the target set in Scottish Enterprise's Business Birth Rate Strategy in 1993 for Scotland to at least equal the UK average in the number of new businesses created each year per head of population by the end of the 1990s has not been achieved and what steps it will take to address this situation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 November 2000
S1W-10941
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the possible introduction of a tiered system of scallop testing would require a new enforcement regime and, if so, (a) whether such a regime would be more stringent in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK, (b) what measures such a regime might include, (c) whether it would be necessary to introduce such a regime via a Sco...
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Date answered:
20 November 2000
S1W-10493
Decisions on which projects to support will take account of all relevant industry factors, including the prospects for fish supplies.Arrangements for implementing the FIFG programme for the Highlands and Islands, which has been approved by the European Commission, are well under way and the aim remains to open schemes of assistance up to the industry before the end of the year. The plan for the rest of Scotland...
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Date answered:
15 November 2000
S1W-08915
This work is being undertaken with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the countryside agencies for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.Local authorities may act under the powers of the Environment Protection Act 1990 and the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 where the amenity of a public area is at risk.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 October 2000
S1W-10025
Enhanced capitation fees are also paid to dentists registering 3-5 year olds in the lowest deprivation categories.A number of local schemes are in place in Scotland, mainly involving health visitors, which seek to encourage mothers to register their babies and toddlers on the NHS with a dentist.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 October 2000
S1W-07639
Question S1W-6255 sought information on the aggregate external finance (AEF) for particular individual councils, thus my reply quoted the relevant AEF distribution figures published in the report which accompanied the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2000, approved by the Scottish Parliament on 1 March.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 September 2000
S1W-08749
However, as groundwater is ubiquitous and there are few areas of Scotland where neither sheep farming nor arable farming is practised, there is potentially a risk that these dangerous chemicals could enter groundwater in most areas if adequate precautions are not taken.The disposal of these and other waste agrochemicals to land requires an authorisation to ...
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Date answered:
31 August 2000
S1W-05947
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have records of need in each local authority area in Scotland. The information requested is given in the table below.PQ S1W-5746 - Data collected by the School Census in September 1998Number of pupils with a Record of Needs, by Education AuthorityLocal AuthorityPrimarySecondarySpecialTotal% of School RollScot...
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Date answered:
31 August 2000
S1W-04114
In A Programme for Government, the Scottish Executive has made a commitment to expanding treatment and rehabilitation facilities for drug, alcohol and substance abuse. An action priority in Scotland's drug strategy is to provide a range of services to meet the assessed needs of drug misusers and their families, including improved and appropriately targeted ...
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Date answered:
19 July 2000
S1W-08046
The pack has been sent to every GP practice in Scotland. I was pleased to have been asked to launch this initiative in February of this year.GPs and other primary care staff are able to refer smokers for a course of specialist counselling, advice and support.Nicotine Replacement Therapy is also routinely considered as a means of assisting smokers to stop.
