There are 224,202 results relating to "Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill"
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Date answered:
16 August 2005
S2W-17951
Entrants to chemistry Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses in 2004-05 were up by 15% compared to 2003-04 as part of the build towards the general commitment in the Partnership for a Better Scotland to teacher workforce to 53,000 by 2007.
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Date answered:
12 August 2005
S2W-17905
Headcount at 30 September 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Senior House Officer 525 525 636 726 762 House Officer 52 88 49 54 146 Itshould be noted that there has been a significant increase in the overall numberof Senior House Officer positions available in NHS Scotland. Posts haveincreased from 2,021 positions in 2000, to 2,729 positions in 2004.
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Date answered:
10 August 2005
S2W-17573
The recorded crime statisticsavailable centrally do not differentiate the circumstances of the crime and as suchit is not possible to distinguish cases where a computer was involved incommitting a fraud or theft.Inrelation to computer hacking, two types of crime and offence may be recorded bythe police under the Computer Misuse Act 1990; Section 3(1) of the act coversthe unauthorised modification of the contents of any computer while Sections1(1) and 2(1) relate to securing unauthorised access to any data or programheld in any computer.Thenumbers of crimes and offences relating to computer hacking, recorded by thepolice in Scotland...
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Date answered:
9 August 2005
S2W-17855
However, information on Administrative and Clerical, andSenior Management staff in post in NHS Scotland is published on the ScottishHealth Statistics website under Workforce Statistics, at:www.isdscotland.org/workforce.Tables G1 and G2 show the whole timeequivalent (WTE) number and headcount respectively for Administrative andClerical grades 7-10 and senior...
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Date answered:
1 August 2005
S2W-17497
The Scottish Executive receives letters and telephone calls from members of the public and MSPs on behalf of constituents, regarding the definition of the 48 hour access target in Scotland and its implementation. Correspondence and enquiries receive an appropriate explanation.
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Date answered:
29 July 2005
S2W-17473
Candidates from the EU would be entitled to apply forposts that they are qualified for but specific information is not held centrallyby the Scottish Executive.There has been a high-level ofinterest from Indian dentists wishing to work in Scotland. However, before beingconsidered fit to practice in the UK by the General Dental Council, applicants fromoutwith...
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Date answered:
26 July 2005
S2W-17714
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its consultation paper, Reforming Complaints Handling, Building Consumer Confidence: Regulation of the Legal Profession in Scotland, what the estimate is of the costs of option D, setting up an independent complaints handling body, referred to in paragraph 5.17.
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Date answered:
24 June 2005
S2W-17248
The remit of the Accounts Commission is set out in the commission’s April 2005 strategy document on its website at: http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/publications/pdf/2005/05cp02ac.rtf.The statutory functions of the commission have been amended and adjusted over time and are now:to secure the audit of all accounts of local authorities and associated bodies, either by employed staff of Audit Scotland or by firms of accountantsto secure the audit of the performance by local authorities of their Best Value and Community Planning dutiesto undertake or promote Best Value studies in local governmentto give directions to local authorities on performance informationto consider reports made by the Controller of Audit, to investigate all matters raised and to conduct hearings where appropriateto make recommendations to the Scottish Executive and to local authorities, and to impose sanctions on individual officers and members responsible for illegalityto advise the Scottish Executive on local authority accounting matters.The commission receives no financial support from the Scottish Executive.
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Date answered:
24 June 2005
S2W-17359
The latest available information is set out in the following table. 2003-04 Force Number of Visibly Ethnic Officers Number of Visibly Ethnic Recruits Wastage of Visibly Ethnic Officers Promotion of Visibly Ethnic Officers Central Scotland 3 1 1 0 Dumfries and Gallowa...
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Date answered:
15 June 2005
S2W-17145
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total funding for the NHS was in each year since 2000, expressed in cash and real terms at 1998-99 prices. Expenditure on health in Scotland since 2000-01 is set out in the table.
