There are 224,117 results relating to "Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill"
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Date answered:
24 March 2006
S2W-24224
The Cities Growth Fund issupporting a wide range of projects to provide or improve facilities andinfrastructure in and around Scotland’s six cities. These include, for example, theHermiston park and ride facility on the outskirts of Edinburgh,the refurbishment of a number of parks and gardens in Aberdeen,and the Clyde Gateway project in Glasgow.
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Date answered:
24 March 2006
S2W-24317
Sportscotlandofficials have also made use of the information and advice available to themthrough seminars and information sessions organised by the Executive as well asthe web-based guidance to public sector bodies on delivering the biodiversityduty imposed by the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004.The need for training of itsstaff and board members is...
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Date answered:
17 March 2006
S2W-24068
Latest figuresfor the age profile of social workers are available in table 14 of the followingpublication http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/06/22115335/53364.Latest figures indicate there are currently 2200 people studying for a social workqualification in Scotland. The Executive has been promoting social work as partof the Care in Scotland recruitment and profile raising campaign since 2002.It is also funding a Social Work Fast Track Graduate Scheme which will produce around380 new social workers between 2005 and 2008.
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Date answered:
14 March 2006
S2W-23828
Table 1: Average available staffed cots in neonatal units; By Health Board Area: Years Ending 31 March 2002-04 NHS Board 2002 2003 2004 Argyll and Clyde 28 27 28 Ayrshire and Arran 25 25 25 Borders 8 8 8 Dumfries and Galloway 12 5 10 Fife 20 20 17 Forth Valley 17 17 20 Greater Glasgow 78 78 80 Grampian 41 38 38 Highland 18 12 12 Lanarkshire 24 20 21 Lothian 59 58 58 Tayside 22 25 29 Scotland...
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Date answered:
10 March 2006
S2W-22973
There is no crime of “kidnapping”in Scotland. The availableinformation is given in the following table.Number of Crimes ofAbduction and Plagium* Recorded by Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2004-05 Police Force Area 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Central 22 24 30 15 26 40 Dumfries and Galloway 2 1 3 1 2 2 Fife 26 21 29 30 31 38 Grampian 30 26 38 22 25 29 Lothian and Borders 59 68 66 59 51 53 Northern 1 4 14 8 14 9 Strathclyde 185 143 155 167 156 188 Tayside 33 31 33 31 36 33 All Scotland 358 318 368 333 341 392 Plagium, or child stealing, isan aggravated form of theft under Scots common law.
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Date answered:
6 March 2006
S2W-23506
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:Communities Scotland regulatesand inspects Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) on behalf of Scottish ministers.We are aware of the disproportionate impact that regulation can have on small RSLs.By small RSLs w...
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Date answered:
2 March 2006
S2W-23338
To ask the Scottish Executive what examples of international best practice in the energy performance of buildings it has (a) identified and (b) implemented to protect and enhance Scotland’s new environment, in line with paragraph 13b of International Strategy.
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Date answered:
6 February 2006
S2W-22716
The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department commissioned the University of Birmingham to carry out research, between 1995 and 1996, to scope the educational opportunities for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Scotland. Interchange No. 46: Educational Provision for Children with Autism in Scotland, which reports the findings of the research, did not contain any specific recommendations for the Scottish Office to take forward.
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19 January 2006
S2W-21686
Details of the projects which have received fundingare available on the Scottish Executive website:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2005/11/04144130.We have also awarded core fundingto NIDOS (Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland) andIDEAS (International Development Education Association of Scotland) of £85,000 and£35,000 respectively per year for three years, to provide support to the developmentof Scottish NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) through umbrella organisations.We have recently announced ourHumanitarian Health Fund, to encourage more healthcare professionals to undertakehumanitarian work through the provision of grants of up to £5,000 each to covertravel and accommodation costs and help purchase essential equipment, which willbe donated to the recipient country.Further funding announcementswill be made in due course.
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Date answered:
19 January 2006
S2W-22164
The Criminal Justice Statistics Unit within the Scottish Executive does, however, maintain and publish an annual series of Statistical Bulletins on Liquor Licences in Scotland. In 2003, statistics on the total number of licences that were suspended were collected for the first time.The figures for 2003 and 2004 are broken down into local authority areas as follows: Local Authority Number 2003 2004 Aberdeen City 2 - Aberdeenshire 2 2 Angus 1 1 Clackmannanshire - 2 Dundee City 4 - East Ayrshire - 2 East Renfrewshire 1 - Edinburgh, City of 3 4 Falkirk - 2 Fife - 1 Glasgow City - 1 Highland - 1 North Ayrshire 2 - North Lanarkshire 2 1 Orkney Islands - - Perth and Kinross - 1 Scottish Borders 1 - South Lanarkshire 1 2 West Dunbartonshire - 1 Scotland 19 21 S2W-22164
